New Owner Questions

[krafty81]

Thanks. Learning as I go. Broker offered to go over systems with me "for an hourly fee". I said no thanks.

Depending on where you are there's a ton of CTY owners in the SD area!

Open to a meetup! My boat is at Pt Loma Naval Station

[Ron Hill]

Krafty : Think I would have put a "Stop Payment!!" on that broker.
You are probably best to talk to a Catalina owner especially a C34 mkII like yours (close production year).

A thought

[Stu Jackson]

A few years ago I met a "new to them" C34 owner at a local nautical park.  She explained that she'd convinced her husband to get a sailboat after having motorboats for many years, and asked if I could explain some things about her boat to her.  Her most basic question, as I recall, was where the anti-siphon valve for the head plumbing was located.  I have a Mark I she has a Mark II.  It wasn't in the nav station locker and I finally found it behind the TP roll in the head.  But when I asked her if he'd looked at her boat manual...she was also unaware of our website.  Point being, you may be abler to save a new owner some time, but nothing beats learning for yourself given the enormous amount of information found right here, including just about every single manual, and nothing you can't find on the internet, you know all that stuff many of us did not have available a quarter of a century or more ago.  Good luck happy learning. 

[Ron Hill]

Guys : Let me expand on Stu's comment. There was NOTHING but the Mainsheet tech notes that were published every quarter!!  There was NO INTERNET. This site did not exist until about 1999!! and when we first got started you had to print everything!!!

A few thoughts

[Stu Jackson]

Ron's right.

In the Quick Start Guide sticky on this forum I wrote, in 2009 - fifteen years ago:

"My PO, who was meticulous, did the wiring harness but NOT the alternator bracket or the traveler thru bolts.  How did I know about these things, like 10 years ago, before this board?  I read the material.  And this was before this MB.  He'd kindly provided me with the copies of all the Mainsheet magazines since 1987.  So, I contributed to the Association by actually creating the Index, which we then grew into the Tech Notes Online (available to C34IA members) AND the Index here (free for everybody)."

[krafty81]

Thanks for all the great info. 6K later, I think all is good to go!

[Noah]

6K later, I think all is good to go!

Congrats. But $6K later for what?

[krafty81]

6K later, I think all is good to go!

Congrats. But $6K later for what?

Change all standing rigging, all wiring in mast which was bad - VHF, many lights and Raymarine Windex. Some running rigging replaced. New VHF radio, ITC5 relocated, fuel gauge fixed. New main cleat put in as backup for the winch.

[AndyBC]

6K later, I think all is good to go!

Congrats. But $6K later for what?

Change all standing rigging, all wiring in mast which was bad - VHF, many lights and Raymarine Windex. Some running rigging replaced. New VHF radio, ITC5 relocated, fuel gauge fixed. New main cleat put in as backup for the winch.

That's not too bad of a list.  If that's all you had to do to get her going, then well done you've bought yourself a well-maintained boat!

[krafty81]

6K later, I think all is good to go!

Congrats. But $6K later for what?

Change all standing rigging, all wiring in mast which was bad - VHF, many lights and Raymarine Windex. Some running rigging replaced. New VHF radio, ITC5 relocated, fuel gauge fixed. New main cleat put in as backup for the winch.

That's not too bad of a list.  If that's all you had to do to get her going, then well done you've bought yourself a well-maintained boat!

Fully mission capable...for now anyway!