We were goofing around getting some water out of WAVE's cockpit and I tried out the vintage Wilcox and Crittenden bronze bailer, it worked great. No telling how old it is, at least 50 years, but it picked up the water in column and spit it out the top.
For some reason when I was grabbing the W&C bailer I spotted the Skipper's 16 oz red Handy paint cup. I thought it might work well with the flattened front section and sure enough it did. If you are bailing one handed while tending to a few other items then this would do the trick. The red color makes it easy to spot and the big bonus is that it costs about 3 dollars at Lowes, vs 10 for a "marine" dinghy bailer.
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