[C320-list] Windless

Tom Grass tgrass462 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 2 11:13:17 PDT 2018


Update on Windlass situation ... turns out it was a ground cable not being
attached to the battery. Works like a new one.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 1:18 PM Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

> Correction:  "windless" are the only days I ever manage to go sailing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of
> David Nolte
> Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 11:20 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Windless
>
> The Grammar Police -
>
> A “Windlass” is the devise that pulls up the anchor.
>
> “Windless” is a day that we don’t want to go sailing ;-)
>
>
> > On Jun 4, 2018, at 10:59 AM, Ted Harrison <
> tharrison at innovations-plus.com> wrote:
> >
> > My boat is a 1997 hull 424
> >
> > Ted Harrison
> >
> >> On Jun 3, 2018, at 10:00 PM, Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Ted I will try it.
> >> On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 8:10 PM Ted Harrison
> >> <tharrison at innovations-plus.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Tom did you pull the switch hard to turn on the windless. Mine would
> >>> only open part way. Once I free the switch it worked!!!
> >>>
> >>> Ted Harrison
> >>>
> >>>> On Jun 2, 2018, at 5:45 PM, Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> From my earlier post (where my Maxwell 500 stopped working) I
> >>>> opened and cleaned the foot switch.  Still not working.  The other
> >>>> advice was to access the windless directly thru the v berth.  This
> >>>> will be done this fall, working or not.  One question ... is there
> >>>> a fuse or breaker
> >>> between
> >>>> the wall mounted breaker and the windless?  My manual suggests about
> 10
> >>>> feet from the batteries.   Any idea where I could look?  Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tom Grass
> >>>> Bucket List #1135
> >>>
>
>


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