Digital Yacht Bilge IQ
Practical Boat Owner
|February 2026
It's easy to assume that fitting an automatic bilge pump is a guaranteed solution in the event of a boat springing a leak. But the opposite can be true as intermittent running of the pump may mask the scale of the problem until it becomes a significant issue.
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Digital Yacht's Bilge IQ has a wireless interface enabling a phone or tablet to display a history of pump operation, allowing users to spot changing trends such as the pump running progressively more and more frequently. It also allows a variety of remote monitoring option
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