[C320-list] Windless

Tom Grass tgrass462 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 2 11:16:46 PDT 2018


Update - problem was a ground cable not attached to the battery. Works
great now.

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 2:13 PM Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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