[C320-list] Knot Meter Transducer Cabin Location Question

[Bev Wright]

I'm amazed at the various locations reported for the knot meter. On Whoosh (#15, 1993) it is in the small port locker under the V-berth, slightly forward and impossible to access without removing the door. Even then, it's extremely difficult to reach it, you need to be a contortionist. Thus, we leave it in all the time and the only time it works is right after a bottom cleaning and then only for a week or two. I can understand why someone would move it entirely because the V-berth doorway is also a tight fit for me. Short of cutting open the deck floor in front of the V-berth, I've been thinking about cutting that door space to be much larger and reversing the door opening for easier access. 

Bev Wright

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From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Christian
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 6:41 PM
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Subject: [C320-list] Knot Meter Transducer Cabin Location Question

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