[C320-list] Stanchion replacement

[Irving Grunes]

Steve
Try straightening it out by leaning on it.

If it breaks then you have to replace it anyhow. Did it on an old Hunter 30
a few years ago, not perfect, but better than badly bent.
Irv Grunes
2001 #851

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Wash, Steve
<wash at advantageelectronics.com>wrote:

> Hello
>
> It was a splash with a few calamities this weekend.
>
> The biggest problem was that I bent a starboard stanchion inward (they
> stuck us in a short, shallow (narrow) slip for launch and a boat on the
> other side had an anchor sticking out that I scraped against while
> backing out.  I can never get enough speed to have steerage with the 2
> blade prop.  It is the one at the widest part of the boat (near the side
> stays).
>
> It didn't damage the fiberglass (thank God) ... There are two screws
> holding it on .... Now the question:
>
> Is this a bolt (with a nut) or a screw? ... When it is removed and
> re-installed, does it need some sort of goo to keep water out?
>
> Thanks in advance ...
>
> The other goof of the weekend was when the cap for the aft tank
> skittered forward and amazingly slipped into the thin space between the
> tank and the bulkhead.  Needless to say there is no hand small enough to
> coax it out.  I went to Lowes and bought a 3" pipe plug and put a lot of
> Teflon tape on it ...
>
> I've got an email off to Dani at Catalina with my shopping list.
>
> It is a good thing this is such a nice boat.
>
> Steve Wash #1029
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Chris
> Burti
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 3:16 PM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Starting Battery
>
> ;~)
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
>
> > No problem. Send me a draft and I'll review it. ...in case I lied
> somewhere
> > along the way.   :)
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:33:43
> > To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Starting Battery
> >
> > Hey Jeff,
> > Any objection to my editing this into a tech article and stealing any
> > photos that I can find off the website?
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:29 PM, <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Paul,
> > >
> > > It should work fine.  The wires that might be on the forward battery
>
> > > terminals are:  (Sorry this got longer than I anticipated)
> > >
> > > Fwd 4d GROUND:
> > > 1) A large BLACK ground wire connecting to the other 4D ground
> > > terminal
> > > 2) A smaller BLACK ground wire going to the Windlass ground
> > >
> > > Fwd 4d POWER:
> > > 3) A Large RED power going to the battery selector switch
> > > 4) A smaller RED power coming from the battery Charger.
> > > 5) A smaller RED power going to the Windlass breaker
> > >
> > > The general idea here is to jumper the pair of 4Ds in Parallel. (+
> > > to +) and (- to -) The Grounds are already connected by a short
> > > jumper.  You
> > just
> > > do the same thing with the Power terminals.
> > >
> > > Then on the forward 4D: you remove the wire going to the selector
> > > (#3
> > > above) and the Shore Power wire (#4 above) and connect those to the
> > > power terminal of the starting battery.
> > >
> > > For the Negative terminal of the starting battery, you simply need
> > > to add
> > a
> > > short FAT jumper over to the Negative terminal of the forward 4D to
> > complete
> > > the task.
> > >
> > > So you end up with:
> > > ===================
> > > * A single large house battery bank that will provide a few more
> > > usable
> > Amp
> > > hours than when using them individually.  The battery selector
> > > position
> > that
> > > used to select the AFT 4D is now the "House" battery.
> > >
> > > * An emergency Starting battery that can be selected by using the
> > selector
> > > position that used to be the FORWARD 4D.  This is now the "Starting"
> > > battery.
> > >
> > > * Normally you can just leave the battery switch selected to "House"
>
> > > and use the house bank to start the engine, and run the world.  If
> > > the house bank won't crank the engine because it's too run down,
> > > just switch to the Starting battery and start it up.  It'll be fully
>
> > > charged since it's isolated from the house bank.  Switch to ALL when
>
> > > motoring to recharge
> > the
> > > house bank and top off the starting battery.
> > >
> > > NOTE: The Shore Power Charger will charge both the house and
> > > starting battery *automatically* whenever you're plugged in
> > > regardless of what you
> > do
> > > with the selector switch since it bypasses the selector switch.
> > >
> > > My Recommendation is to add a Blue Seas ACR (my preference) or
> > > battery combiner that will automatically keep the starting battery
> > > charged
> > whenever
> > > there is a charge source on the house battery.  Then, for all
> > > intents and purposes, you just leave the selector set to "House" and
>
> > > the starting battery is automatically maintained both when motoring
> > > and when plugged
> > into
> > > shore power.
> > >
> > > It's a great upgrade to add a Link 2000 monitor or digital volt
> > > meter on the panel to keep an eye on battery voltages.  The analog
> > > meter on the
> > panel
> > > is really useless. :)
> > >
> > > I would also suggest an automotive AGM starting battery.  An Exide
> > Orbital
> > > or something similar. They can be mounted in any position, charge
> > > very
> > fast
> > > and don't leak.  Don't make the mistake of getting a combination
> > > deep cycle/starting battery for this, this is important.
> > >
> > > BTW, my starting battery is sitting on a shelf I added in the space
> > > just forward of the forward 4D.  I think there are pictures of the
> > > shelf on
> > the
> > > website.
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > > -Jeff
> > >
> > > PS: Feel free to give me a call on my cell anytime if you just want
> > > to
> > chat
> > > about details or alternatives.  (603) 490-9624
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting Paul Adison <pjaarch at verizon.net>:
> > >
> > > I love the idea of this but does this really work?  I have (3) wires
> > >> running to the terminals on the forward battery (#2).  I don't know
>
> > >> what they all are.  The wiring diagram only shows 1 wire to each
> > >> terminal.  Don't I have to isolate only the wire from the switch to
>
> > >> the new starting battery?  Then I can run the 2 4D batteries  in
> > >> parallel as mentioned below.  Another friend of mine ran a new 4D
> > >> from the port side and ran it parallel to battery #1.  Very simple.
>
> > >> My boat lists to port and I don't want to add any more weight to
> > >> the port side.  I would love to know the answer to this.  I feel
> that I am missing something.
> > >>
> > >> On May 26, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Robert Seastream wrote:
> > >>
> > >> One of the simplest solutions comes from Jeff Hare.  Presuming your
> > >>>  batteries are under the starboard settee, place whatever
> 'starting'
> > >>>  battery you purchase in the space forward of those batteries.
> > Disconnect
> > >>> the leads from the battery furthest forward (battery 1,  I think),
>
> > >>> and connect those leads to the 'starting' battery.  Next,  buy two
>
> > >>> heavy
> > gauge
> > >>> battery cables (3 feet or so), and parallel the  original house
> > >>> battery
> > 1 to
> > >>> battery 2.  The end result is that  you'll have a 'start' battery
> > >>> on position one of the battery  switch, and have both 'house'
> > >>> batteries on position 2 of the  battery switch.  I put black tape
> > >>> over switch
> > position 1
> > >>> as a  caution that it wasn't to be used as a 'house' battery.
> > >>>
> > >>> Bob Seastream
> > >>> Intuition # 906
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On May 26, 2010, at 4:51 PM, jpmesa at aol.com wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Ours is under the starboard sette the area (middle) next to the
> >  holding
> > >>>> tank.  We also have an extra battery switch so we can  separate
> > >>>> the
> > starter
> > >>>> battery from the main system when we are at  anchor.  John
> Holokai
> > 2
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>> From: Sam & Suz Weston <ssweston at embarqmail.com>
> > >>>> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> > >>>> Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 12:43 pm
> > >>>> Subject: [C320-list] Starting Battery
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'm considering adding a starting battery to complement my two
> D-4's.
> > >>>>  Could
> > >>>> omeone help me with the placement of the battery and the
> > >>>> connection process ?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris Burti Farmville, NC
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Chris Burti Farmville, NC
>