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John

Thanks for your "reference" post on finding hose.

I recently ventured into my local Universal dealer, who also happens to sell hose.  He advised that the longest lengths they have of the 1 5/8" for the rear exhaust hose is 12 feet and that they'd either sell two pieces and "you buy a butt fitting" or would special order a reel (weren't too happy about that).

I don't want to put a splice in that line, and Catalina Direct is a few hours away from me in Sacramento, CA.

Anybody else have any other sources, local to SF or by mail, that would obtain a 17 or 18 foot length of exhaust hose?  I also suppose that any wire reinforced adequate automotive replacement would suffice as well.

Kyle

I share your experience.  Our main is OEM that had full battens and a Harken Batt Car system added by the PO.  It is NOT a Catalina sail, but a local loft here in SF called Leading Edge.  Good stuff.  I recently had the mainsail cleaned at Sail Care and they did a great job - the main looks like new, except...

Nothing can get the bag out of an old main, and nothing can affect your pointing more than a flat mainsail. It's that simple, based on my experience on other people's boats and watching the true racers here in SF walk right by me! We've had some good experiences, too, racing, but the other guys outpoint me by quite a bit.  Your tacking #s are what I experience.  I obtained that from our autopilot readout.

If your rig is tuned, there's not much else you can do, other than to bite the bullet on a new, flat main.  Of course, your sailing conditions and local loft experiences will tell you about how to build your new sail based on what and how you plan to sail your boat, like a foot shelf, foot reef points, cunningham, etc.

We have a PO'd 1988 110 jib.  It, too, is Leading Edge.  It's seen better days, but can trim pretty flat.  The bag in the mainsail always backwinds about halfway up.  It's much flatter when reefed, which we do here a lot, but not when racing (rarely).  The racers almost all sail with 130s, the largest allowed by the local fleet racing rules.  I don't experience the backwinding on the main when I use our 85% blade, but I haven't had that up for a few years since I've been racing during the summer.

Jeff

Congratulations on your new boat.  FYI, you are automatically a C34IA member for the first year you own your boat, Catalina Yachts pays for it.  Once we get their registration form on your boat, we'll send you the membership package.

Re: your considered Garmin application:  you may want to check with your dealer and find out if they can assist you with mounting options as part of the out of the box work they do for commissioning.

John

There have been many writeups of improved bow rollers over the years.  I recommend that you check the Projects, FAQs and Tech Notes Sections of the main website, as well as performing a search on this board.  What's your hull #?  It helps in addition to the year to answer questions.

Gary

I recommend you go here:

http://shop.catalinaowners.com/detail.tpl?fno=20&group=327

Buy the book.

You'll get a lot of answers here that are already in the book.  We originally had her information posted on our FAQ section, but due to copyright stuff, she kindly asked us to remove it.

Great ideas, very pertinent to almost any stud removal process.  Thanks a lot.

For those who have M25 engines and aren't sure of their alternator brackets, please read:  http://www.c34ia.org/projects/projects-alt-bracket.html

I'm guessing with the recent conversion of many older boats to third, fourth and now fifth owners, it's not a bad idea to check out a "new-to-you" boat to make sure the bracket's been upgraded.

A search on "Gore" has a number of threads.  One of them is:  http://www.c34.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=807&highlight=gore

That and others include sources and prices.

Since I wrote that FAQ in 1998 or 1999 at http://www.c34ia.org/faq-pages/faq-stuffing-box.html  the Gore has come on the market.  It's good material at a good cost.

Searches on "coolant" and "overheating" provide a wealth of information and ideas.

Gary

We've had a bit o' this discussion before and my take was why buy yet another piece of equipment if it's only because one can't remember to flip a switch?     I know, I know, I do it all the time.

That thread I found by doing a Search on "generator" - http://www.c34.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1973&highlight=generator

But if you go back to your basic question and statement, even if you DO forget to flip the switch to 2, you still have the house bank to start the engine.  Think backwards:  use the house bank to start the engine.  Only use the #1 bank in an emergency or when your house bank is depleted after a few days on the hook.

Also, you shouldn't be moving your switch when the engine's running, you could blow the diodes in the alternator.  That should be in the manual.  If you need to charge both banks, start on B.

A lot of it also has to do with how your boat is wired.  If your switch is still determining where the alternator juice is going because it's on the C terminal, then why not simply switch the alternator output wire to the #2 post on the switch, thus sending all the charge to the house bank, where it is needed, and get a combiner or echo charger for running juice to your start bank?  See Jim Moe's electrical system discussion in Projects: http://www.c34ia.org/projects/projects-electrical-system-upgrade-2.html

Many others have bought these things, and generators, to boot, and love them.  My philosophy is: why complicate matters when you can resolve them simply by taking great care with what you already have on board.

Ron's EARLIER story can be found at:

http://www.c34.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=11896&highlight=#11896

Ron,

You didn't mention what, other than the ground on the fuel pump, you did about all the input from that last post.

It sure sounds like a fuel problem, still.  Have you checked ALL the hoses, etc.?  No need to repeat earlier comments.  Please bring us up to date on what you DID do, so maybe we can help some more.

Mark

You're right on the money with your concept.  This, of course, has been discussed previously and a good highlight from "search" on "rpm" finds this:

http://www.c34.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1446&highlight=rpm

It IS all relative and not absolute.  Also depends on what "sounds" and "feels" good as there are all sorts of RPMs that, at least on our boat, sound horrible, compared to other smoother turns.

Standing water on the port side.

Hmmm........

Finally - a good reason to learn to love the port list.

One man's complaint is another man's solution!

Robert, I'm not sure from your description exactly where your water is gathering, could you explain more?  On our Mk 1 boat the channels I understand and see are vertical and I wonder how water could be collecting there.  Thanks.

The Wall Street Journal reports that red wine stains can be eliminated by using white wine and salt.

What a great reason to keep a fully stocked wine cellar on board.

An earlier thread on this is:

http://www.c34.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1371&highlight=wine

1987 with the M25 engine
Transmission Reduction Ratio
Stock prop size and pitch.

1.  go to http://www.c34ia.org/faq-pages/faq-transmission-position-sailing.html

2.  15x9 or 15x10 sailors prop - could also do a search here on "props"