[C320-list] Maint list

[David Nolte]

I second that. Our impeller failure actually occurred on the sea trial when we were purchasing the boat. With winds 25+ on the nose to our return destination. Very embarrassing for the seller (a good friend of mine). I learned a lot about sailing her that day. Turns out the annual replacement had not happened yet. We have replaced it at spring commissioning ever since.

David Nolte
Beach House 0004


> On Jan 18, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> The second year we had our 320 (14 years ago,) we had an overheating event. Of course, it happened in a blow with heavy following sea. Turns out there were 7 blades from 3 impellers (different colors) from the previous owner. They had just worked into a configuration in the front of the heat exchanger that blocked water flow. I resolved to change every year. 
> Except last year that is as the impeller looked just fine, so I used it again. In the Fall when I pulled it to inspect, I found all 6 blades were cracked. Back to yearly replacement. Why risk it? As a post script, we use about 100 hrs/yr.
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> Warren and Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
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