[C320-list] Raritan head?

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   Jack 

       still have the Jabsco head and it still works find after 10 plus years   I'm on a slip and we live on the boat for the summer 

so it gets plenty of use   I don't have to fill the tanks, we have dockside water pressure on the boat 



  Al Ahlman 

   #476 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack McDonough" <mcdonough5 at verizon.net> 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 8:27:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raritan head? 

Question: 

Why does Catalina saddle us with the inferior Jabsco in the first place? (Is 
the $100 difference that important on a boat that goes for something like 
$100,000?) 

Also, you guys who use fresh water for flushing must be the same ones who 
use a slip and not a mooring and, therefore, fill you water tanks after 
every sail. Right? 

jack 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Rickman" <ilove2sail at verizon.net> 
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:31 PM 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raritan head? 


In my case, the waste hose fit fine, but need new bolt hole, maybe two, but 
not four. 

This last winter I changed the waste hose anyway, big difference. 

Paul 
Affinity 657 
Bay Bridge Marina 




________________________________ 
From: Martin Bayly <mbayly at telus.net> 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 6:05:47 PM 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raritan head? 

For those who switched to the Raritan, was it an easy install -presumably 
you had to fit new bolt holes or whatever? 



My Jabsco pump cyclinder cracked this summer. Made a temporary repair but 
was planning on changing the whole thing this winter. 

I'm assuming I have a Jabsco Compact at the moment. So now with all this 
quality talk, I'm thinking maybe I should switch to the Raritan Compact. 
Big jump in price though and even more to the PHII. 



For those who switched, how do you find the pump action of the Raritan 
Compact? My kids struggle with the Jabsco, particularly because we just 
pour fresh water in the bowl to flush so probably the top part of the pump 
dries up a bit. I had good intentions of opening up regularly and re-lubing 
but ... so many jobs! 



Martin 

Serendipity #1023