[C320-list] Knot Meter Transducer Cabin Location Question

[Graeme Clark]

On hulls 303 and 363  you needed to remove the lower drawer in the forward v berth cabin and it was under that

Graeme 

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> On 11 Oct 2017, at 00:41, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com> wrote:
> 
> On my boat there is a small pull up panel (not screwed down) in the V-berth floor on the boat's center line, and it's under there. May be different on your older boat.
> 
> Scott Thompson
> 
> Surprise, #653 (1999)
> 
> 
>> On 10/10/2017 6:41 PM, Christian wrote:
>> I feel pretty ignorant asking this, so apologies.
>> 
>> Sunday I did my first delivery sail for winter storage, completing my first
>> season of owning.  I sailed to the yard with a friend of mine who owns a
>> 1987 Catalina 30.  Upon docking, she urged me to find my transducer and
>> replace it with the dummy, so the haul out straps wouldn't damage the
>> transducer.  For the life of me, we couldn't find where to access it in the
>> cabin.
>> 
>> I know they are usually located fore of the keel.  On her C-30, underneath
>> her V-Berth, there was a convenient locker door that gave easy access to
>> her transducer.  We looked everywhere, but couldn't find where to access
>> it.  I feel like an idiot, but I've only seen my boat out of the water
>> twice.
>> 
>> The yard said the straps wouldn't harm it, but I'm just very curious where
>> cabin access to mine is.  Would it be under one of the sole panels I would
>> need to unscrew to access?
>> 
>> As always, many thanks.
>> 
>> Christian Caperton
>> 1994 C320 "Canuck" #138
>> Monroe Harbor, Chicago, IL
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