[C320-list] shower hose attachement

[Scott Thompson]

Try going into the aft cabin and pulling out the top "drawer" behind the 
door.  It's possible to swing this all the way out and lower it on its 
hinges if you release the catch on the back edge.  This will give you 
access from the side of the sink, but I can't testify that it will solve 
your problem.  I don't know if this works on the older boats with a 
different head configuration.

On boats you sometimes need to be a contortionist and take radical 
measures to access troublesome parts.  I once managed to get myself 
stuck head down, legs in the air, torso through a very narrow opening 
into the steering gear compartment, early on a spring morning in a more 
or less abandoned boatyard.  I was trying to repair some wiring on my 
old Yamaha 30.  It took quite a bit of yelling before someone finally 
heard me and came to the rescue.

Scott Thompson
Surprise, 653

Koen Bennebroek wrote:
> We have the Whale parts on our boat. But I was wondering how to get to the
> place where the flexible shower hose connects to the faucet/plumbing. Our
> head is one large molded piece. I can open the through-hull valves from a
> very small cabinet in the aft cabin, and in that cabinet I can see the
> shower hose hanging down. But the connection seems to be at the faucet,
> higher up.
> The only way I can envision getting to the faucet is by removing the
> mirrored-door cabinet assembly in the head. Is that correct?
> Even so, the faucet location is further down, so it will probably be very
> awkward to get to...
> 
> Thanks, Koen
> 
> On 10/14/06, JPMESA at aol.com <JPMESA at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Our aft shower gave out the other day and we found out that  the first 
>> few
>> years Catalina used Sea-tech parts, later they used Whale. You  might 
>> want
>> to
>> check? Here is the address & contact info:
>>
>> Emily Harris
>> Sea Tech, Inc.
>> Sales and Marketing Services  Manager
>> 910-763-3710
>> eharris at seatechinc.com
>> _www.seatechinc.com_ (http://www.seatechinc.com)
>>
>> John & Bobbi  Holokai  2   (  #112)
>>
>>