[C320-list] Knot Meter Transducer Cabin Location Question

[P.F. Ross]

Likewise, I am amazed at all the different locations.

Mine is under the short (maybe 18" long) center piece of cabin sole just
forward of the mast compression post.  Need to remove 4 screws but access
to the bilge compartment where both depth and speed transducers are located
is wide open.

Frank Ross
Beta Wave #206
Naples, FL

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:49 PM, Bev Wright <bev.wright at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On
> Behalf Of Christian
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 6:41 PM
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> 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
>
>