[C320-list] C320-list Digest, Vol 3363, Issue 1

Fri Jan 4 07:27:15 PST 2019

Hi Sara:

After I finish and test the autopilot, probably by Monday or so due to bad weather, I’ll give you a step by step of what I did. Some of this stuff seems tricky if you haven’t done it before, but it’s really not difficult if you can do basic things with a drill and hand jigsaw.

Part of the problem is that the Raymarine manual is disjointed and incomplete. When you’re doing a project for the first time and don’t have clear instructions, you end up with a lot of trial and error.

I’ll be in touch.

Jack Brennan
Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320, no. 528
Tierra Verde, Fl.
Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay

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From: Sara Skinner Schroeder
Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 10:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320-list Digest, Vol 3363, Issue 1

Jack,
I’ve had my EV 100 in the box for a year now and I am anxious to get it installed. Would love to hear what you end up doing as I am trying to decide where to put the sensor unit control head and everything else. There’s an earlier thread in which one person put one of the controls in the starboard hanging locker.  

Let us know what you decide.

Sara
Wandering Star 
2000/#707

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>   1. Couple of autopilot questions (John Brennan)
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> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 14:11:38 -0500
> From: John Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net>
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> Subject: [C320-list] Couple of autopilot questions
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> So I?m getting ready to install my big Christmas present, a Raymarine EV 100 autopilot. As I plan the installation, I have a couple of questions that I hope listers can give me some insights on.
> 
> First, I have a B&G pod with a dead wind instrument that I just removed. A logical spot for it, except that the cables supplied by Raymarine are too short.
> 
> If I put the Seatalk connector in the pod, the cable does not reach far enough for me to mount the EV-1 sensor down below. If I mount the Seatalk connector down below, there is not enough cable to reach the P70 controller.
> 
> I?m wondering how other C320 owners extended the cables?
> 
> Then a thought occurred to me. I?ve never liked that B&G pod because it sits right at eye level when I?m at the helm. And I have a plan to replace the B&G. depth sounder at some point with a Raymarine that shoots through the hull so I can plug up the depth and knot meter through hulls.
> 
> So then I started thinking that I could mount the EV 100 controller ? and, later on, the depth sounder instrument ? on the starboard coaming next to where the manual bilge pump is. There?s an easy sight line and no one ever sits there.
> 
> The back side is the aft corner of the aft berth. Out of the way, but easy to access. The ACU would also fit there, and I could stash the sensor somewhere close by.
> 
> Good idea, or am I going off the rails here because the cables are a couple of feet short?
> 
> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320, No. 528
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
> Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
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> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 14:51:02 -0500
> From: Jack Fitzgibbon <chuters1 at gmail.com>
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Couple of autopilot questions
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> Jack,
> 
> Our auto pilot control unit is on the port side of the cockpit between the port settee and the port helm seat just aft of the LP tank locker.  The controls are easy to access when seated at the helm.  Plenty of room in the aft lazaret, with access from topside or through aft berth cabin access port, to maneuver in that space for equipment installation in that location. The same location on the starboard side is limited with installed fuel/water fill lines, manual bilge pump and fuel tank all make for a tight work space.  Our Raymarine wind, depth and speed pod is mounted on binnacle and are easily readable when seated at the helm. 
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> Anxious to hear your critique of the new auto helm.
> 
> Jack Fitzgibbon 
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>> On Jan 3, 2019, at 2:11 PM, John Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> 
>> So I?m getting ready to install my big Christmas present, a Raymarine EV 100 autopilot. As I plan the installation, I have a couple of questions that I hope listers can give me some insights on.
>> 
>> First, I have a B&G pod with a dead wind instrument that I just removed. A logical spot for it, except that the cables supplied by Raymarine are too short.
>> 
>> If I put the Seatalk connector in the pod, the cable does not reach far enough for me to mount the EV-1 sensor down below. If I mount the Seatalk connector down below, there is not enough cable to reach the P70 controller.
>> 
>> I?m wondering how other C320 owners extended the cables?
>> 
>> Then a thought occurred to me. I?ve never liked that B&G pod because it sits right at eye level when I?m at the helm. And I have a plan to replace the B&G. depth sounder at some point with a Raymarine that shoots through the hull so I can plug up the depth and knot meter through hulls.
>> 
>> So then I started thinking that I could mount the EV 100 controller ? and, later on, the depth sounder instrument ? on the starboard coaming next to where the manual bilge pump is. There?s an easy sight line and no one ever sits there.
>> 
>> The back side is the aft corner of the aft berth. Out of the way, but easy to access. The ACU would also fit there, and I could stash the sensor somewhere close by.
>> 
>> Good idea, or am I going off the rails here because the cables are a couple of feet short?
>> 
>> Jack Brennan
>> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320, No. 528
>> Tierra Verde, Fl.
>> Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 15:47:45 -0500
> From: John Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net>
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> Looking more at the manual, I think I?ve answered my one big question. It shows the long cable going to the ACU, but it actually can go to any of the three units in the autopilot system. Duh!
> 
> Any opinions on this and other issues are still welcome, however.
> 
> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320, No. 528
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
> Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
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