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Hello,

Thanks to all for advice on appropriate headsail. Should also have asked the obvious...reefing gear.

Hood recommend upgrade to Hood Seafurl 707SL to replace the old 915. Local rigger suggests that the 707 is too light for the C34. Has anyone had any experience with the 707? BTW the upgrade price at $835 seems very good

Thank you

Brian Sherratt

Thanks Ken,

In touch with Hood who still give deep discount for new single line system. Looks like that is the way to go with 135 % genoa.

Thanks to all for the advice.

Brian Sherratt

Hello,
We have the tall rig, what you say makes sense. We seem to spend most of the time with one reef in the main. Perhaps I should chage the headsail reeling from the 915 to a single line system .

Regards
Brian

Looking for advice on appropriate size for headsail. The 155% genoa has a beer belly and flabby leach, crew suggest we are related. She does not point well and is tender in winds over 12 knts. Sydney Harbour is quite narrow and afternoon sea breeze can get up to 25 knts. Thinking of about 110 % sail?

Would really appreciate advice on he appropriate size. We don't race but might do some twilight racing once we have her sorted.

Thanks

Brian Sherratt
Capella Sydney

Yes you are right 700 ah and 300 w. Things we do for those in charge. One advantage of Sydney is that we usually get a lot of sunshine. Think the idea of a generator is perhaps the best way to go. Checked the thermostat and it is fine it seems like my motor will not get to operating temp at idle even if i run it at 2000 rpm

Thanks for the advice. Now have spreadsheet on my iPad

Thanks for all the suggestions. Capella has 700 kWh spread over 7 batteries and 300 kWh solar panels which churn out quite a lot of charging power . So i am thinking of installing a 2000w modified sine wave inverter which should be enough to drive the hot water element.

Have read all the posts on fuel guage issues, checked the wiring and still have a situation where when full the guage reads full. But after using approx 15 l, 4 gallons, it starts to flick between zero and full and at about 20 l used drops to zero where it stays. Could this be a sender unit?

Hi,

We have an issue with the hot water. The motor heats up to 160 quite quickly when motoring and thus provides hot water. However, is the motor is at idle on an anchorage it steadfastly refuses to heat above 120 and as a consequence we don't get hot water. Has anyone had similar experience and if so a solution?

Senior management refuses to go sailing again until this matter is resolved so I guess for me it has become a critical matter

Thanks in anticipation

Thanks for the input which is not easy to get here 33 s 151 e or thereabouts

Can anyone advise what the correct size sail slides for C34 Mk1 are?

Decided to treat Capella to a professional service. Was told the raw water pump required a new bearing, seals and impeller. Cost $ 280 including labour. The repaired pump failed to prime after the inlet was lifted out of the water while sailing. Mechanic told me that Oberdorfer pumps are not very good and could not be relied to self prime. To cut a long story short I purchase a replacement pump from Marine Pumps direct for $ 203. Took about 10 minutes to install and it self primed almost the very instant the motor started. Lesson learned is that it is safer and cheaper to replace old parts that are vital to the motors life.