[C320-list] What a GREAT list...

[bruceheyman at cox.net]

Waren,
Thanks I advance for the additional work to pull it together for the mainsheat.  I know your trail blazing will save some of us many hours and minimize the use of the profanisauris.  I owe you a giant beer at the next 320 regatta.
Best,
Bruce
Somerset 671 SoCal
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-----Original Message-----
From: "warren updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 20:12:02 
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] What a GREAT list...


None of that is necessary. The basic dimensions of the C320 haven't changed.
The upgrade is possible in the existing space. I've been asked to write this
up for the Mainsheet, and I guess I'll do that.

The secret is that the original tank in our 1994 was wider, more shallow,
and shorter. It sat on a plywood platform that is several inches off the
hull. The new tank, a Ronco B-348, 22 gal., is longer, deeper, and more
narrow than the original. I had to cut out the platform and grind down the
epoxy fillets. There are a number of "tricks" that make the project easier
and I'll include them in the project story. 

It is, eminently, a DYI project; but, patience is the byword. I had to
dry-fit the tank a number of times to get the hose length right and to make
sure it all fit properly. I probably inserted and removed the tank a dozen
times before the final assembly. Hopefully, my experience will make it
easier for others. I am retired and so was able to take the time to do it in
stages. 

Warren & Pattie Updike
Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay




-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie Pett [mailto:JPett at JP2ARCHITECTS.COM] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:23 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] What a GREAT list...

Warren - I am interested in this upgrade: can you provide or post
specifics - or did I miss that ?

Where did the new larger tank fit ? (my 12 is in dinette seat locker,
starboard just forward of the head, and the rest of that area is chock
full o' batteries)

I can't figure out enlarging this without moving the whole house battery
install, or plumbing across the cabin to more open locker space on the
port side - both not good options.

Jamie Pett
#614 'Bella Luna'

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Chris
Burti
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:39 PM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] What a GREAT list...

Congratulations:

Ok...so you took pictures, composed a parts list and did a step by
step write up for the next Mainsheet ...Right????

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:14 PM, warren updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Pattie and I just completed our holding tank project. We went from a
measly
> 12 gal. (1994) to 22 gal., an 83% increase giving us 7+ days without
> pump-out instead of 4. Not a piece of cake; but, definitely a DYI
project,
> IF... you are forearmed with information from this list, such as:
>
>  o pictures sent by two owners of later model boats;
>  o advice to pull the pump-out deck fitting up to make removal and
> replacement of the hose a breeze, and force us to rebed that fitting:
one
> less to do in the future;
>  o advice to use dish detergent on the fittings and hoses to make
> attachment
> easier;
>  o advice to use an auto tail pipe expander to make the hose
attachments
> easier, an absolute necessity in my opinion;
>  o recommendations on hoses, installation, etc.
>  o and etc., and etc.
>
> Point is, without all the sage advice from those of you who have
> been-there-done-that, I'm quite sure I would have stopped mid-project
and
> had the yard finish it.
>
> What a list! What a bunch of good-hearted people (other than OD.)
(Kidding)
> Thanks to everyone who contributed these ideas.
>
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
>
> PS I got the tank, hose and fittings from Catalina parts in FL.
Couldn't
> beat the price, and Ellie Quinn knows her stuff.
>
>


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Chris Burti Farmville, NC