[C320-list] Fuel delivery to engine

[Donald Lawson]

Mike
Coming back from Santa Cruz Island this summer I encountered some rough conditions. Under Jib only with the engine in idle, just in case, the boat went at least 45 deg. Put a CD from the top shelf on port to the top shelf on stbd. No engine issues. Had a little more than 1/4 tank and was consistanly at 15-20 degrees with the occasional 30+.  Keep tank topped off as much as possible to avoid condensation and you should not have to worry.
Don #1005
On Nov 22, 2011, at 1:42 PM, hcreech at comcast.net wrote:

> Mike, 
> Could be but I have not encountered that in 12 seasons. But of course I am rarely heeled when the engine is running. Guess I did not understand the question, 
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> Herb 
> Cloud Chaser 606 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mike Slade" <mikeslade1435 at gmail.com> 
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:37:34 PM 
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fuel delivery to engine 
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> Thanks Herb. Actually, I thought that with less than 1/2 tank the heel caused the fuel intake to be above the fuel level causing the fuel pump to suck air into the fuel line, killing the engine. Mike Slade, #803 
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> On Nov 20, 2011, at 11:07 AM, hcreech at comcast.net wrote: 
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>> Mike, 
>> I don't think that can happen on a C-320 because the vent, either on the starboard hull or transom, is set very high. If you heeled that much your biggest worry would be breaching. 
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>> Herb Creech 
>> Cloud Chaser 606 
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "mike Slade" <mikeslade1435 at gmail.com> 
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
>> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:41:21 AM 
>> Subject: [C320-list] Fuel delivery to engine 
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>> Can anyone advise me? On a previous boat I was running the engine while heeled and the engine sucked air from the tank and died, very inopportunely. The tank was about 1/3rd full at the time. Is there a possibility of this happening on the C320as well? Mike Slade, #803 (2001) 
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