[C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size

[Robert Seastream]

Hmm.  We live in NH, (Intuition is six miles up the Piscataqua river  
from Portsmouth harbor) and have occasionally wished for A/C on the  
odd days where the air temp and humidity is around 90, with no wind.   
It's those days that tend to keep my wife and I at home on a weekend  
when we'd prefer the peace and quiet aboard at our mooring.

Bob

On Mar 27, 2009, at 9:30 AM, Jack McDonough wrote:

> I'm sure you guys in the southern climes suspected that my A/C  
> remark was issued with tongue in cheek. In New England waters, where  
> the sailing season extends from some time in June until maybe the  
> end of September, A/C is not an issue.
>
> So, go ahead and enjoy chilling out.
>
> cheers, jack
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com>
> To: "C320-List" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
>
>
> Jack,
>
> As a southern california boater, I thought the same thing--who the  
> hell needs AC in a sailboat...
>
> Well, then I attended the Chicago and Baltimore regattas and I'm  
> here to tell you, if you are at a marina on a windless, 90F, 90%  
> humidity night and you don't have AC....well, I'm sure that's what  
> hell feels like...
>
> Since we take off for Mexico in October and then on to the So  
> Pacific in 2011, when I bought my CM440, I installed 2- 16,000 btu  
> units tied to a 8KW AC generator so I could enjoy nice cool nights  
> while it roasted outside...
>
>
> ----------------------------------
> Regards,
> OD
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack McDonough" [mcdonough5 at verizon.net]
> Sent: 03/26/2009 07:15 PM MST
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
>
>
>
> How about this: open the forward hatch and the main salon portholes  
> and
> enjoy the breeze. Air conditioning in a sailboat? Sheesh.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Seastream" <robert.seastream at comcast.net 
> >
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
>
>
>> 16000 BTU...sheesh, your boats' gonna be an icebox.  I was  
>> thinking  12000 max, less if possible when we go for it.
>>
>> Bob Seastream
>> Intuition # 906
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Wash, Steve wrote:
>>
>>> Bruce,
>>>
>>> I had not planned to.  It is a self-contained unit and it will sit  
>>> on
>>> the shelf above the fuel tank.  I will cut a precise opening into  
>>> the
>>> aft cabin and put the grill there.
>>>
>>> Have you done it a different way?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
>>> bruceheyman at cox.net
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:28 AM
>>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
>>>
>>> Steve,
>>> Are you going to have more than one air return?
>>> Bruce
>>> Somerset 671 SoCal
>>> ------Original Message------
>>> From: Wash, Steve
>>> Sender: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>> ReplyTo: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>> Subject: [C320-list] A/C Return Air Grill Size
>>> Sent: Mar 26, 2009 6:11 AM
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am away from the boat and am trying to size the return air grill  
>>> for
>>> the A/C we are installing.
>>>
>>> We will put it in the usual place in the aft berth ... On the   
>>> starboard
>>> side ...
>>>
>>> What is the largest grill that can fit there?
>>>
>>> We are putting in a 16,000 BTU Marine Air unit.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> #1029
>>>
>>> PS - We will put a supply grill in the aft berth, the salon and  
>>> (maybe
>>> if we can run the duct) the v-berth) ... What sizes there?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>
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