[C320-list] Combination Anchor Washdown/Manual Bilge Pumpout System

[Beverly Wright]

I forgot to mention a couple of things.  A hole was cut from the battery
side of the compartment under the starboard settee into the forward bilge to
pull through the coiled hose.  No additional wiring was needed because the
tech used the macerator wiring. I don't have any photos of the hoses up to
the anchor locker but the hose bib is on the port side of the anchor locker
because my anchor windlass control is on the starboard side and the hoses
run up behind the panel at the bow end of the v-berth. 

Bev Wright

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Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 10:40 PM
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Subject: [C320-list] Combination Anchor Washdown/Manual Bilge Pumpout System

Recently, someone asked how to get a truly dry bilge.  I have actually just
achieved that and am amazed.  I posted a photo album under the Catalina 320
Owners Gallery in my name with the details:
http://www.catalina320.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=288
<http://www.catalina320.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=288&page=1> &page=1.
I inadvertently posted four photos in the Technical Photo section (pgs
84-87) and I don't know how to remove them.  Basically, a local marine
service tech designed a setup to use a diaphragm bilge pump for both an
anchor washdown and a manual pumpout system. He mounted a pump under the
starboard settee near the macerator thru-hull (which was no longer being
used, the macerator died and I plan to get a macerating toilet at some
point), then ran hoses forward to the anchor locker, to a hose coiled up in
the bilge and to the bilge discharge thru-hull.  I'm not technical enough to
explain it but it works. The easy part - there are two Y-valves that need to
be reversed depending on which function I want to use. They are located
outboard of the house battery. After pumping out the bilge sections, under
the holding tank and under the galley on three or four different days, my
bilge has been bone dry for weeks.  The pump has enough pressure to create a
strong volume to wash down the anchor. To operate the pump, I flip the
macerator switch on the electrical panel.  I can uncoil the hose stuffed in
the forward bilge and pump out all three bilge areas, as well as under the
holding tank which used to have some water there and also under the galley
sink and I have yet to try pumping out the port water tank.  I have an
invoice which lists all the parts if anyone is interested.  

 

Bev Wright

s/v Whoosh, #15