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

Wed Nov 23 14:05:53 PST 2005

I used a stainless hose bib with a cap.

I put the strainer in the cabinet under the head sink.
pump is there too. I ran tinned 12 ga. wire from a new
breaker on the portside panel in a new loom. I used
the gray plastic pipe as it was easy to run and easy
to replace if it freezes.

I also built a rocket launcher to hold the coiled hose
in the anchor locker and keep it from tangling in the
anchor rode. I'll try to post a pic tonight.

--- Joe Balla <jballa at rpgcommercial.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf
> Of Richard A. Walker
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:30 AM
> To: 'C320-List'
> Subject: RE: [C320-list] WashDown Pump Install
> Questions...
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of Joe Balla
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:17 AM
> To: C320-List
> 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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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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