[C320-list] WashDown Pump Install Questions...

[Joe Balla]

Thanks Dick, Chris, and Denny for the kind welcome and the washdown pump
install information. Dick, by all means I will gladly lend a helping hand
with the upcoming Regatta. I grew up in Coronado and know the turf over
there quite well...sadly, back then I was mostly on the baseball field and
not hanging at the Yacht Club with high school classmates (Olympian medal
winning sailors) Robbie Haines and Eddie Trevellyan.  If I'd have only
known!

A question or two about the pump install...Did you install a strainer on the
hose coming off the T to the pump? Where actually is the pump mounted on the
skin...down low near the batteries?? Did you actually use a faucett fitting
with a valve or just a hose bib type of fitting?

Many thanks, Dick. and I will give you a call.
Best,
Joe Balla

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[mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Richard A. Walker
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:30 AM
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Here is what you needed.

Joe please call me.  The C-320 regatta will be at CYC and I could use your
help and hope you come down from Mission Bay.  We just park at Mariners
Cove.  I have seen the tabernacle on the C-30's.  Should be interesting.

\\ I removed the medicine cabinet first (4 screws).  Then (after shutting
off all head through hulls) installed a T hose fitting in the line from the
through hull to the head input.  I then added a hose to the fitting and ran
it up to the Jabsco wash down pump that I mounted on a piece of 3/8 inch
marine plywood that had been glued with 5200 to the skin of the boat.  The
pump is about eye level and can be reached in a hurry if necessary.  The T
fitting was double clamped.  I ran 1/2 inch reinforced water hose from the
pump through the stbd settee space behind the batteries and forward to the
space just below the chain locker.  There is plenty of room to keep it out
of sight.  I drilled through the aft bulkhead of the chain locker and
installed a chrome plated faucet that I obtained from west Marine.  Put the
faucet high so you don't get any damage due to chain.  I ran the electric
wiring (with proper fuse on the plus side) under the sole through one of the
PVC pipes and up to the DC panel.  You can add a CB or put it on a spare.  I
put it on the windlass CB so it wouldn't get accidentally turned on and
remain under pressure.  This way I have to push in the windlass breaker to
run the pump.  The critical thing is to get all connections air tight.  If
there is the slightest leak you will know it as the pump will cycle on and
off.  That is about as good as I can remember but will look at it again
tomorrow and let you know if I forgot anything.  There are probably other
ways to skin the cat but that was the easiest for me.  Surprising how quiet
the pump is compared to my fresh water pump.  I did install a pressure
expansion tank for my fresh water tank and it helps allot.  Roy Kraft "Sea
Wings" #187

Cheers,

Dick Walker
C-320 (687) WindWalker II
740 Olive Ave.
Coronado, CA 92118-2136
619.435.8986


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[mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Joe Balla
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:17 AM
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Subject: [C320-list] WashDown Pump Install Questions...

Hello All,
I am new to posting on the list after having just taken delivery of a 1994
C320 "El Encanto" here in San Diego's Mission Bay. I look forward to being a
regular contributor as I go through my modification wish list and begin
implementing them.
The first that may be of interest to a few of you is my need to
"tabernackle" my mast. In order to navigate Mission Bay to my slip at
Mission Bay Yacht Club, it is necessary to travel under a bridge. The only
way to do this in the C320 is to hinge the mast at the step in order to
lower it while going under. It is a rather commonplace modification here at
my YC and the process may interest some of you, so I will take photos and
upload them with a narrative to the website as I proceed this coming month.

The reason for this post, however is that I am interested in installing a
washdown pump with a hose bib to the anchor locker. I noticed photos on the
website but the narrative cannot be accessed presently and I cannot get a
feel from just looking at the photos as to where the pump install was
located and which intake through hull was used etc.

If any of you with the earlier boats have any suggestions as to where the
optimum placement should be, I would be most appreciative.
Best,
Joe Balla
"El Encanto"
MBYC San Diego


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