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- Tue May 14, 2024 12:48 am
- Forum: Hull, Prop, and Rudder Forum
- Topic: Just a note of thanks to Gerry D and Catalina yachts re hull
- Replies: 4
- Views: 69
Re: Just a note of thanks to Gerry D and Catalina yachts re hull
I would like to defend Vegemite, but difficult, you have to be borne with it in your blood. A swede sharing a lab with me in Toronto a long time ago asked if he could share a bit of my lunch so I gave him 1/2 a vegemite sandwich. He took a bite then went pale and raced to the bathroom to vomit! He w...
- Mon May 13, 2024 6:10 am
- Forum: Hull, Prop, and Rudder Forum
- Topic: Just a note of thanks to Gerry D and Catalina yachts re hull
- Replies: 4
- Views: 69
Just a note of thanks to Gerry D and Catalina yachts re hull
My C350, Avalon is hull number 150 built in 2003. While I was pressure washing her today to remove 2 lbs of guano (I have the luxury of having her on a jetty with power and water) I started thinking about what a brilliant job Catalina do in building robust hulls. As the deck came clean inch by inch ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Head Forum
- Topic: What is this pump in my raw water intake hose?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 629
Re: What is this pump in my raw water intake hose?
Only guessing as may be non-standard. Safety valve so raw water only “live” when head is turned on, or maybe part of a pump n/pump out timing cycle.
I still have the Newport original head, no valves anywhere.
Regards
I still have the Newport original head, no valves anywhere.
Regards
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: Head Forum
- Topic: What is this pump in my raw water intake hose?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 629
Re: What is this pump in my raw water intake hose?
Maybe I am getting senile, but this looks like a solenoid valve to me, not a pump??
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: Engine / Transmission Forum
- Topic: ENGINE NOISE-DAMPER REPLACEMENT?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 43710
Re: ENGINE NOISE-DAMPER REPLACEMENT?
Wow, this has been a long posting over a long period of time! I have had the shaft balanced, the motor aligned and mounts replaced, have replaced the damper plate with OEM part, but my engine/transmission/exhaust still rattles at idle, so I don't idle just as Brett suggests. If I drop back into neut...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: Engine / Transmission Forum
- Topic: Transmission Drain Bolt Crush Washer
- Replies: 2
- Views: 399
Re: Transmission Drain Bolt Crush Washer
Hi,
They seem pretty readily availalble. https://marinepartssource.com/ring-seal ... 3306301016
Good luck with it.
They seem pretty readily availalble. https://marinepartssource.com/ring-seal ... 3306301016
Good luck with it.
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:17 pm
- Forum: Engine / Transmission Forum
- Topic: rattling/grinding noise in gear at higher RPMs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 902
Re: rattling/grinding noise in gear at higher RPMs
I get a rattle/tapping sound coming largely through the port side aft hull, which comes from the muffler, the one way gate at the entry point (I think) causes it. I have been planing on changing out the lift muffler for years but haven't got around to it. My experience with vibration has been the hu...
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: Add-ons and Improvements
- Topic: winch covers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 541
Re: winch covers
Look for Oceansouth winch covers, readily available in Australia and Europe so guessing they have sales in the States as well. I have covers to fit both cabin top winches and coaming winches. Only AUD45 on Amazon and that is about USD20 these days!!
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:45 pm
- Forum: Engine / Transmission Forum
- Topic: Idle RPM Vibration
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1053
Re: Idle RPM Vibration
Hi Chris, Sounds like typical damper plate issue. I had exactly what you describe, kept my idle above 1000 rpm for a few years to get reasonably smooth idle but didn't like crashing it into gear. Now I keep the idle down but pretty much as soon as I get out of gear I increase throttle speed back to ...
- Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:37 pm
- Forum: Add-ons and Improvements
- Topic: Bimini Expansion Panel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 899
Re: Bimini Expansion Panel
Hi Jim, I suspect you will need to have one custom made, ours came with the hardtop dodger and bimini. The dodger has rails to slide the section into, and the bimini has zips to attach. Can't imagine there is anyway to get one off the shelf. Even then I made up extension flaps because water running ...
- Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:39 am
- Forum: Plumbing Forum
- Topic: cockpit shower
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1399
Re: cockpit shower
Curious, does that mean they don't have many left and selling fast, or what they are selling "doesn't last long"??
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:29 am
- Forum: Add-ons and Improvements
- Topic: Cockpit Table Repair
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4113
Re: Cockpit Table Repair
And, as an addendum, if I was actually going to the trouble of building new ones as you appear to be, I would be installing a fiddle, or always use non-slip mats, or both!! Doesn't take much movement to have food or drinks all over the floor with the very hard surface of the table top and no retaini...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:23 am
- Forum: Add-ons and Improvements
- Topic: Cockpit Table Repair
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4113
Re: Cockpit Table Repair
Hi Evan,
Photos of my 2003 attached, OA length 870 mm, OA width 345 mm, but if I was building one I would make it a bit narrower, maybe 300 mm. A bit less table room but at 345 they nearly overlap the cockpit seats and make getting past the table when leaves are up quite difficult.
Photos of my 2003 attached, OA length 870 mm, OA width 345 mm, but if I was building one I would make it a bit narrower, maybe 300 mm. A bit less table room but at 345 they nearly overlap the cockpit seats and make getting past the table when leaves are up quite difficult.
- Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Engine / Transmission Forum
- Topic: Diesel Exhaust Hose R&R
- Replies: 5
- Views: 742
Re: Diesel Exhaust Hose R&R
Hi Mike,
I can't tell you how difficult, but I need to do this sometime soon so am very interested in what you find. I recently bandaged the hose between the muffler and discharge port to seal a small split and when I looked it the whole job thought "bloody hell!:
Russ
I can't tell you how difficult, but I need to do this sometime soon so am very interested in what you find. I recently bandaged the hose between the muffler and discharge port to seal a small split and when I looked it the whole job thought "bloody hell!:
Russ
- Sun Dec 11, 2022 7:38 pm
- Forum: Engine / Transmission Forum
- Topic: Heat Exchanger Zinc Broken
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12796
Re: Heat Exchanger Zinc Broken
Hi Steve, I don't know if this is recommended or not, but last time I opened up the hex and reassembled it I had a little weep at the gasket so I took it off and put some aviation gasket goo on it, has been watertight since. It may result in destruction of the gasket next time I take the hex apart t...
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:29 am
- Forum: Scuttlebutt
- Topic: Looking for advice on C350 purchase...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1106
Re: Looking for advice on C350 purchase...
I am not a boat builder but have seen damage like this on other boats. They were “crunched” between a jetty and another boat. How far the cracks go and if they have any structural significance - no idea.
- Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:07 pm
- Forum: Plumbing Forum
- Topic: Hot water temp
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1162
Re: Hot water temp
Stb side definitely on mine, and I would imagine all, hull #350.
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 7:07 pm
- Forum: Stories We Tell
- Topic: Epic sail- C350 flying…
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2646
Re: Epic sail- C350 flying…
Similarly, early on in my ownership we had a 24 hour charge up the Australian coast with 25+ kts off the rear quarter. 150 genoa and main stayed up and she was very stable and comfortable, steered much more steadily with autopilot than me !, we put down 180 nm in 24 hours, avg 7.5 kts.
- Sun Jun 26, 2022 11:23 pm
- Forum: Engine / Transmission Forum
- Topic: Engine stopped running
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1849
Re: Engine stopped running
Great explanation, thanks David. I "sort" of understood how that circuit worked, but the way you explained it made it much clearer.
Regards
Regards
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:25 pm
- Forum: Hull, Prop, and Rudder Forum
- Topic: Marelon Thru Hull Valves
- Replies: 1
- Views: 688
Re: Marelon Thru Hull Valves
Totally concur about using Marelon lube on the through hulls. I had routinely stroked the thru hulls on Avalon but they were getting stiffer and stiffer and I was sure sooner or later a handle would just break off so I got some Marelon lube, and while hauled blocked the outlets in succession, poured...