[C320-list] Head Vented Loops

[Elizabeth Schwartz]

Ahoy.....while you have the head cabinet apart, consider installing a 
filter prior to the exhaust vent.... Joe,,,#245


On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 03:58 PM, Darren Hulbert wrote:

> I replaced my vent last year with a Forespar barbed, mushroom head 
> thruhull. had to cut a barb or two off so I had a little room to bend 
> the vent hose. I bought a coarse drum bit to rout the hole a little 
> wider to accept the larger diameter. Much superior venting compared to 
> the quirky factory setup. You’ll see what I mean when you remove it.
>
> As for getting the hoses back up through the medicine cabinet, it’s no 
> struggle to go through the hanging locker in the aft berth. Just 
> remove the handful of screws and you’ll have easy access.
>
> Darren Hulbert
> #816
>
>> On Jun 20, 2018, at 5:31 AM, jbrown5093 at yahoo.com wrote:
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>> Getting the cabinet out is easy. Getting it back threading the hoses 
>> through the 2 holes is not! Having had to remove the cabinet more 
>> than once I finally just joined the 2 holes into a U shaped opening. 
>> Then you don’t even have to take apart the vented loops to get it 
>> out. And don’t have to fish them back in.
>>
>> Just lurking. No longer own the boat
>>
>> Jim Brown
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>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On Jun 19, 2018, at 5:39 PM, Scott Thompson  wrote:
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>>> It's a great design if they start to leak and you need to fix one 
>>> fast. Been there. But they do limit other uses of the cabinet.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 6/19/2018 2:04 PM, Crosby Roper wrote:
>>>> Sounds right but the loops are actually inside the cabinet making 
>>>> removing the cabinet a project. Not a great design. I’m off to the 
>>>> boat to ponder my next move. Possibly with a cocktail in hand... 
>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 19, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Dave Hupe  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The factory diagrams show 2 vented loops behind the medicine 
>>>>> cabinet, one related to the toilet freshwater feed and the other 
>>>>> related to the outlow from the pump for the shower sump.  My older 
>>>>> boat does not have the shower sump and pump.  My shower drain 
>>>>> dumps right into the bilge (I have no plans to use my shower, 
>>>>> especially with this poor setup).
>>>>> Dave Hupe
>>>>> 1994 Cat320 (hull #32)
>>>>> Holland, MI
>>>>>   On ‎Tuesday‎, ‎June‎ ‎19‎, ‎2018‎ ‎11‎:‎05‎:‎10‎ ‎AM‎ ‎EDT, 
>>>>> Crosby Roper  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave. Thanks so much. Big help. One questions. On Tethys inside 
>>>>> the medicine cabinet there are two vertical hose loops one with a 
>>>>> small duck billed valve at top. Was this the case on your boat. It 
>>>>> looks like removing my medicine cabinet will involve dealing with 
>>>>> these hoses somehow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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