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We have 7' wooden oars and place the paddle side against the forward gate stantion and run the shaft along the lower life line. We then use 4 6" velcro straps to hold it in place. We place an oar on each side of the boat. There out of the way and easily accessible.

Thanks for all the response.

Gary :)

I know this sounds silly, but where do you store the helm seat on a catalina 34 with a walk thru transom???? There are some cut outs in the bottom and it looks like it would fit on a rail, but there doesn't seem to be any space.

Any thoughts?

I am currently working through problems with my electric and have seen the same .1 drain on my link battery monitor. Being that I have other problems this was one of the last on my list. Just a thoght, but could it be a drain from the House Bank that the LinkLite monitors to a starting battery bank. It is my understanding, and I seem to understand less and less the more I learn, that batteries will balance themselves out when connected together. Could it be the starting bank is slightly under the charge of the house bank and pulling amps away from it to bring it up to charge.


Gary

Stu and Ken,

I'm from Connecticut so I'm a just a little far away. When I go down to the boat this weekend I will have to check Ken's thought of "back feeding". I'll let you know what I find.

Thanks for all the help so far.

Gary

Bill,
The alternator is original and I have a diagram for the wiring. Although I do not have it with me to post, I have looked at it enough to know where everything is on the diagram. The problem is what is on the diagram is not what is actually set up. It shows the alternator leading into the house positive wire and I cannot find this anywhere. I have a positive bus bar and a negative bus bar. The alternator does not go to either of these (not that the positive should lead to the neg. bar). It does not go to the 1-2- both switch by itself either. It defiantly goes to the engine starting positive through the engine on off switch. Can the alternator  somehow be routed to charge back through the engine positive line???

Instead of the Duo Charger I have a Xantrex Echo Charger. It would make the most sense to run the Alternator direct to the house bank, but that does not seem to be what was done. It appears the starter bank is the one being charged by the alternator, but I can't find any alternator wire leading to the starter battery or the selector switch. Where else could the alternator be hooked into to cause this???

Gary

Just purchased a 2000 Catalina 34 and I can't figure out the electric system. It was redone by Jack Rabbit Marine in 2006. The reason for the rewire was to separate the house bank from the starting battery, but when there is a load on the house, the starter battery is draining too. My problem is I can't seem to track where the alternator comes in to re-power the batteries. Where does this connect with the batteries in the setup from Catalina.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Gary Orlofsky