[C320-list] water pump

[Koen Bennebroek]

Chris, do you remember the model number of the VSD
drop-in replacement?

Thanks, Koen

--- Chris Burti <cburti at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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