[C320-list] Who supplied Mast on earley model 320s

[John Meyers]

Warren,

My 1997 mast has a hole about the size of a quarter.

The only thing I found it good for is a place to put some sail repair tape
to keep water from running in there.

John Meyers
Wind Chime
1997 #406
Muskegon, MI


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> What was then Charleston Spar, is now, I believe, Sparcraft-us.com, owned
> by Sparcraft of France. Also, owner of Facnor. Sparcraft-US took a rather
> hard hit with the recession that started in 2008. Forced to cut staff and
> do multiple jobs. Hope things are better for them now.
>
> As for the access plate, I'm not sure what good it would do. Yes, you may
> be able to access the mast connections; but, what then. When we last
> dropped the mast, we saw there is a pipe projecting up from the deck plate.
> All wires went through this pipe into the bilge. This pipe allows water
> inside the mast to be diverted to the drain in the deck plate and out onto
> the cabin deck. However, the pipe entrance was so heavily sealed with
> silicone I doubt I could have opened it just through an access plate in the
> base of the mast. Perhaps Catalina has done this differently with newer
> models.
>
> Can anyone comment on the usefulness of such an access plate in the mast?
>
> Warren and Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amshd2 at aol.com [mailto:amshd2 at aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:18 PM
> To: amshd2 at aol.com; C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Who supplied Mast on earley model 320s
>
>
> Forgot to ask if anyone with a early model 320 ever had a inspection /
> access panel cut into to the base of their mast to aces wiring ect..  I
> noticed that some late models came with  one.
>
> Thanks Again Tony
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amshd2 <amshd2 at aol.com>
> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 11:09 pm
> Subject: Who supplied Mast on earley model 320s
>
>
> Does anybody know who supplied the mast on 93-94 320s.
>
>  I am out of town and trying to answer a question for my rigger.
>
> I think it was Charleston Spar but could be wrong.
>
> thanks
> Tony
> Chica Caliente
> Hull #30
>
>
> Who supplied Mast on early model 320s
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: clburti <clburti at gmail.com>
> To: 320 <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 8:36 pm
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Protecting The Batteries when away from boat at
> dock
>
>
> This would make a good Mainsheet article with a little more of a write up
> on
> process and materials, a couple of good pics and a schematic. Please send
> it to
> me if you will.
>
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>
> Fair Winds
> Chris Burti
> Commitment
> Catalina 320, #867
>
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>
> From: Warren Updike
> Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎July‎ ‎22‎, ‎2014 ‎8‎:‎21‎ ‎PM
> To: 320
>
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>
> This is good. A schematic would be better with the source and part nos. as
> well.
> This is a usable idea.
>
> Warren and Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Geiger [mailto:kendgb at aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 7:00 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Protecting The Batteries when away from boat at
> dock
>
> I have this project complete and working.
>
> I sourced a solid state relay from Newark Electronic Supply, bent up a
> strip of
> aluminium to mount the relay on as a heat sink, screwed it between the
> green and
> white terminal AC blocks allowing panel door clearance, fed the AC "coil"
> of the
> relay from the "outlets" breaker switched side and the white terminal
> block and
> a green ground to the Alu heat sink.
>
> The  12v switched terminals of the relay were fed from the 12V red buss at
> the
> switch panel thru a 15A fuse block and led to the switched side of the
> refrigerator ON/OFF switch.
>
> When leaving the boat the AC Main is ON and the "Outlets'" switch is ON
> thus
> energizing the Relay's "coil" and closing the relay's 12V switch.  The
> refrigerator switch is OFF and the 12V main switch is ON. The refrigerator
> is
> energized.
>
> This way if the 110V supply is interrupted the Refrigerator will be turned
> of
> when the relay "coil" drops out and opens this alternate 12V supply to the
> Fridge.  Remember the Fridge switch is off.
>
>
> More details and pictures are available
>
>
> Regards
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
> To: Arthur Miller <millers1 at aol.com>; C320-List at Catalina320.com
> <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jul 4, 2014 4:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Protecting The Batteries when away from boat at
> dock
>
>
> I can't speak to the technical aspects, but can offer some personal
> experience. On at least two occasions in the last 11 years some $&%$
> has disconnected our shore power cord and it didn't toast the batteries
> or the compressor. It may have contributed to only getting seven years
> out of the original pair, but I place the blame for that on the OEM
> charger and the lightning that blessedly took it out.
>
> Thanks, Chris BurtiFrom: Arthur Miller
> Sent: ‎7/‎4/‎2014 4:19 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Cc: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Protecting The Batteries when away from boat
> at dock
> As I recall my AB shuts down if voltage drops below 12.1v.
> Also isn't a battery pretty much Fully discharged At approx. 11.9.
> Art.  # 680
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 4, 2014, at 4:02 PM, "Jeff Hare" <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
>
> > :)  10.4v is a dead battery.  :)  Cutout should be a volt above that at
> > least.
> >
> > -Jeff
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On
> Behalf
> > Of Warren Updike
> > Sent: Friday, July 4, 2014 3:34 PM
> > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Protecting The Batteries when away from boat at
> > dock
> >
> > Cutting out at 10.4V isn't necessarily saving the battery especially if
> the
> > battery sits discharged for days. The longer a battery remains in a fully
> > discharged state the more damage is done.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: guyhenry222 at gmail.com [mailto:guyhenry222 at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 12:25 PM
> > To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Protecting The Batteries when away from boat at
> > dock
> >
> > The Adler/Barbour fridge on my 1994 automatically cuts out if the voltage
> > goes under 10.4V
> >
> > Guy
> > MoonShadow
> > #115
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Geiger
> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 4:55 PM
> > To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> > Subject: [C320-list] Protecting The Batteries when away from boat at dock
> >
> > In the Flooded Battery Thread, Warren mentioned a devise to sense low
> > battery and then disconnect the load (the reefer).
> >  I quote;
> >
> > "For those who leave refer running while away from boat, there is a
> device
> > that will sense State of Charge and disconnect a load (refer.) This
> avoids
> > running a good battery into the ground (below 11 V) should shore power be
> > lost (a sure way to shorten your battery's life.) Jeff Hare can say more
> > about this device."
> >
> > I wonder if one could protect the batteries while leaving the reefer on
> when
> >
> > at dock and away, by paralleling in a
> > 110 V relay coil with the parallel 12 V to the reefer on a set of
> contacts.
> > The coil would drop out and open the
> > power supply to the reefer upon AC power loss thus prevent draining the
> > battery.
> >
> > The Reefer switch on the panel would be in the off position and the
> battery
> > main switch on, supplying the parallel 12 V circuit to the reefer through
> > the relay contacts.
> >
> > Ken Geiger
> > Northern Dream, 2000 #765
> >
> >
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