[C320-list] water pump

[Chris Burti]

Sureflo's modle is the VSD. It is, essentially, a drop
in replacement for the original and makes a huge
difference in the noise and flow.

--- Koen Bennebroek <vergaar2004-catalina at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Since we (and the rest of our Marina) have been
> cursing our loud water pump for a while now, we
> finally decided to just replace it. From a thread in
> the forum archives I found that a Variable Speed is
> recommended. Our local West Marine has one from
> Jabsco, all the Shurflo's they have are fixed speed.
> Does it make a big difference in noise? Also, to
> save an extra trip up to the boat, does anyone know
> what kind of clearance we have for such pump (I had
> no idea there were so many variations)? Anything
> else we should keep in mind? Our baby is a 1995,
> hull 224.
>    
>   Thanks for any insights!
>    
>   -Koen
>    
>   PS: we just took Basic Cruising on a brand-new
> Hunter 31. That boat had a lot of awkward quircks,
> like winches in impossible to reach locations,
> super-swepped-back spreaders to make up for the fact
> that there was no back-stay and the interior just
> seemed cramped. Love our 320!
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC


		
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