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and so do us civilians

Many Mk I owners have installed hinges on their fridge lids.  I looked through the Projects and FAQs at www.c34.org, but haven't found what I was looking for to show you a picture.  This has been an issue ever since the boat was introduced: 20 Years!!!

Please note that Steve Lyle, your Technical Editor, was the first to recognize this milestone in his recent Mainsheet Technical Notes.

I have not yet heard of a Mark II owner doing this, but it sure seems possible.

What we did, however, in addition to the hinges, was to add a spring loaded mini-spring to keep the top UP when we wanted to assure we wouldn't get clobbered by the top coming down on our arms.

[Guide to the C34 Website Technical Resources]

Brain

Go to: http://www.c34.org/mainsheet/pdf/May_2004.pdf

As a C34IA member, you should have access to that.

Alternatively, go to the top of this page, click on "C34 Tech Notes" which will get you to the index.

Please let me know if this is what you need.

I don't see the lightning discussion in this May 2004 Tech Notes.  If it's another magazine issue, then going to the "Tech Notes Online" Index at http://www.c34.org/techindex_top.htm (which is just like going to the top of this page, click on "C34 Tech Notes") will show you the topics.

I also suggest this earlier post Guide to the C34 Website Technical Resources which you may have seen:  http://c34.org/bbs/index.php?topic=2629.0

Welcome

With your vintage boat, I heartily recommend that you read:  http://c34.org/bbs/index.php?topic=2629.0.  It's a Guide to Technical Resources on our website.

It will be of immense help to you in your learning curve.

All the best, please let us know if there is anything we can do.  Please join the C34 International Association.  Email me at mraquaq@aol.com at anytime if you have any questions.

[2005]

Willie

Thinking?  It's more like "what were they thinking?"

The Mark II brochure claims a lower profile and "sleek" lines.  See: http://www.c34.org/brochures.html, from the Original C34 Homepage.

With solid triple hatch boards on the Mark II, compared to the two on the Mark I, one of which has slits, it seems that passive ventilation is measurably reduced on the Mark IIs.

Of course, Mark II owners do NOT have the problem of replacing the dorade vents (see Mainsheet Tech Notes for a replacement project I documented http://www.c34.org/mainsheet/pdf/Aug_2005.pdf), or of trying to keep them clean, to say nothing about having the mainsheet get caught up on them... 

It's a boat, there are compromises.

[If you are not yet a C34IA member and the link above doesn't work for you without a password, you can join the Association and obtain access to all of the C34 Tech Notes from 1987 via "Tech Notes Online", which are PDF versions of ALL the C34 Tech Notes, pretty much up to date.  The Tech Notes Index, {2005 is: http://www.c34.org/tech-notes-index/tech-notes-index-2005.htm, and the whole Index is: http://www.c34.org/techindex_top.htm) is available to everyone, so you can see the topics that have been covered over the past 20 years.]

Mark II owners can chime in on what works for them for ventilation.

This goes to: http://c34.org/bbs/index.php?topic=2639.0

This came from:  http://c34.org/bbs/index.php?topic=2285.0

There have been many discussions about the table mods over the years.

In fact, Dave Commando's boat #55 Kindred Spirit's PO was one of the first to post!

Here are two appropriate links:

http://www.c34.org/projects/projects-table-modification.html 

http://www.c34.org/projects/kindred-spirit/coffee.html

These links go "through" this: http://www.c34.org/projects/projects.html. 

That's one of the technical resources I mentioned in my "Guide" post recently.  Very handy and useful information in the Projects and FAQ sections.

The "Guide" Post is:  http://c34.org/bbs/index.php?topic=2629.0

[The Original Homepage of your Association is:]

It has also occurred to me that

The Original Homepage of your Association is:  www.c34.org

It still exists.  It has a tremendous amount of information, especially for the older boats.  This Message Board part of the Forum is very useful for both newer and older boats and is a daily and searchable source of information in addition to the original homepage.

Please note that there is additional information on this page beyond the technical information noted above, including manuals, brochures, history, etc.  Please review the index at the left side of that C34 homepage.

Doug

The Master ON/OFF Switch is just that.  Once you plug into shore power, that's the switch that opens the AC current anything on board that's AC.

Plug in, switch off, no power to outlets or your heater.  Switch on, heater works and so do outlets and anything else connected to AC.

Here's an updated AC manual for our 1986 boat.  The manual was WRONG!!  (You'll probably have to blow it up in your photo shop program, the file size was too big before I re-sampled the image.)

Ron raises a very good solution.  The standard Catalina rub rail may not be appropriate for the stern lines on your Mark II.  It could look "heavy" and out of place.  You may want to investigate the material used by other manufacturers, like the white transom line used by Hunter.  The white wouldn't be as "obvious" and would maintain the "lines" of the boat.

Photo 2 below

Reverse Polarity:

There are three A.C. wires: black (hot), white (Neutral) and green (ground).

ON SHORE the neutral and ground are tied together. NEVER on a boat. It's pretty simple.

The AC and DC green grounds are connected on a boat.

Reverse polarity is when the HOT and NEUTRAL are reversed, usually at the dockside by, as Maine Sail has written, Darrryl & his other brother Darryl. It is rarely wrong on a boat unless the PO has snafued his own work.

Reverse polarity is measured between the neutral and ground wire ON THE BOAT with the neon glow lamps with the 25K ohm resistors. However, what they are telling you, regardless of how this is done, is that you have the HOT and NEUTRAL reversed. That's why we recommend that everyone just go down to their ACE hardware store and buy one of those simple plug-in testers. That avoids any confusion about RP. F'rinstance, in our boat we have THREE RP lights, two are indicating NORMAL and means everything is OK. When the third light comes on: PROBLEM!!! Confuses some people. SOME FOLKS ONLY HAVE ONE LIGHT SO WHEN IT COMES ON IT MEANS a PROBLEM.

Doug

More REVERSE POLARITY. 

I went to the boat today and took these photos.  This is our AC panel.  We have two lights, normal and reverse.  Your panel MAY BE, and probably is[/u], different.  This is an obvious question, but it could be that the "normal" lights are on - I must admit that until I studied boat electrical systems, I was mystified by this.  It means that the neutral (white) wiring and the black (positive?) wiring are reversed.  Without going into detail, it means stuff on AC will work, but it has a potential for harm - please read any electrical book, like Don Casey or Nigel Calder.  If you don't have Calder's book, I highly recommend it.  Could be the best $50 (less probably on ebay) that you'll ever spend on your boat.

I agree with Jeff that you should check the system all the way to the "starting point" at the shorepower inlet.  Because the shorepower inlet is most likely in your port locker, the back of it could have been subject to damage by stuff"" moving around in the locker (don't know what you have in there).  Also check if the blades of your cord are marred, which would indicate that there is some shorting going on there.  A clean contact on all blades is important.

A "Search" on "GFI" and "GFCI" may help, too.

John

I recommend an "Advanced Search" on "rub rail."  Click on Advanced Search at the top of the message board, then use "match all words" NOT "match any words."  I believe you will find the resources to describe where to obtain your material from earlier posts that will come up from that search.  I do not know of anyone who has added rub rail material at the edge of the transom.  We have a Mark I boat, so do not have that issue.

A representative photo.  Thanks for your note and a great day together.