[C320-list] Use digital camera for hard to see places

[Barbara Uhlman]

WooHoo!!!!




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From: John Frost <john at frostnet.net>
To: "C320-List at Catalina320.com" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Cc: "<C320-List at Catalina320.com>" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Sat, May 28, 2011 9:32:31 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Use digital camera for hard to see places

And it was on sale two weeks ago for about $79. But note that while it says it 
can capture images as JPG files, it actually can only send the image out as a 
video feed. Great bang for the buck anyway.

By the way, I send this from a 46 foot  Moorings catamaran that we and three 
other couple are circling the BVIs in. The rum  and lobster are excellent. A 
generator and three air conditioners even better

Sent from my iPhone
John

On May 27, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> As for a camera for out of the way places, HarborFreight.com has a digital
> remote viewer where the camera is on the end of a long flexible rod.  It's
> Item #67979 for about $120. Not cheap but could be useful.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Uhlman [mailto:uhlman at sbcglobal.net] 
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 11:02 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Use digital camera for hard to see places
> 
> A camera won't help clean up the oil, but it will sure help you see areas
> that 
> you cannot otherwise see.  Bob put the hot water bypass on after our first
> year 
> and the next two years we had no hot water.  He could not find the bypass 
> release.  Out with the camera this spring and now we have a permanent record
> of 
> where the release is and will have hot water this year!!!
> 
> I've taken pics of all kinds of odd areas where we cannot see anything on
> the 
> boat.  They sure do help.
> 
> Barb
> Whisper, #1158
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> From: "wflowe3 at aim.com" <wflowe3 at aim.com>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 9:43:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Access to area between engine compartment and bilge
> 
> 
> Removing the drawers is a start. After they are out remove the six screws
> that 
> hold in the frame and remove the frame. It's very easy, I do it every fall
> to 
> by-pass my water heater for winterization.  Unfortunately, access to the
> area 
> you are concerned about is still pretty limited. You may be able to get a
> rag 
> shoved under there but there isn't much room to work. 
> 
> Good Luck.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net>
> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 6:38 am
> Subject: [C320-list] Access to area between engine compartment and bilge
> 
> 
> Had an accident while changing out the fuel water seperator, and fuel went 
> through the wick holes behind the engine where the fuel water seperator is 
> located.
> 
> It found its way into the bilge, but I was able to catch it before it got
> into 
> the deepest well.
> 
> I took the bilge boards up and followed it back towards the engine
> compartment, 
> and also took the floor boards up to gain further access.
> 
> There is a smaller hole cut out, and I sopped up what I could reach, but
> there 
> is an area right under where the ladder sits that you just can't reach.
> 
> Any ideas on how to get under that area short of cutting a hole?  I was
> thinking 
> 
> maybe from under the sink, taking the drawers out that seems to be the
> closest 
> access.
> 
> Any and all suggestions appreciated.  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
> "Independence"
> 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
> Middle River, MD
> 
>