[C320-list] Shake-down cruise

[jim brown]

Alternator/water pump, fresh water pump belt tension loose??

Jim Brown



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 From: Elizabeth Schwartz <schwartz781 at optonline.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
 

Ahoy....Do you still have a slow response to rpm indication when 
starting?  I have had the same, and no indication of battery charge 
until I advance the throttle, than both indicators 
become normal......Joe 


On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 05:24 PM, Kenny Geist wrote:

> Thanks, that is exactly what it needed.  I was afraid to pull hard but
> everything is working now.
>
> Kenny Geist
> Kennyge at Prodigy.net
>
> 619-895-3406
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> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On 
> Behalf
> Of Millers
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 11:29 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
>
> On my windlass breaker:  push in firmly for power.  I need to pull the
> breaker firmly out to shut off. Art. #680
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 11:23 AM, "Kenny Geist"  wrote:



>>
>> We just got back from a 9 day shakedown cruise to Block Island via 
>> Port Jefferson, Duck Island Roads, Watch Hill and Clinton Harbor on
> Windrifter.
>> It was amazing!  She handled great and our 27hp Westerbeke did not 
>> miss a beat.
>>
>> A few little things popped up with which I need some advice.
>>
>> 1st,  On the first morning when I went to pick up the anchor using 
>> the windlass, I pushed the 80 amp what appears to be a circuit 
>> breaker and the light went on and the windlass worked effortlessly 
>> but when I went to turn it off, I pushed the button and nothing 
>> happened and the light and windlass are still connected and the light 
>> will not go off.  I pulled a wire on the back of the breaker to get 
>> the light to turn off.  Bad breaker? Where would I get one?
>>
>> 2nd, When I start the engine, it takes a few minutes for the 
>> tachometer to read and I am not sure if I am getting proper readings 
>> once
> it does read.
>> Where is the sender?  Where would I get a replacement and is in and 
>> easy fix?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Kenny Geist
>> Kennyge at Prodigy.net
>>
>> 1996 C-320 Windrifter
>> Out of Bayside, Queens, NY
>>
>> 619-895-3406
>>
>>
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