[C320-list] Anchor Line

[Scott Westwood]

FWIW.  I installed a Jabsco 6gpm 70psi washdown pump (following the lead from others in this group) and tied mine into the head sink thru-hull.  Only issue with it is you have to remember to plug the sink to use the washdown.  I could have installed a check valve (or shutoff) but I did not and not sure about pressure it would support?? I just insert a rubber stopper.  No need for another hole (potential leak)  in bottom of boat.
Pros and cons.  Depends.....
That pump has plenty of pressure.  I have the power tied to the windlass on/off switch.  It's own fuse of course.
Sink seemed easiest.  There is a link to my install but there are others with their versions that you can check out on the C320 website.
https://c320.org/mediagallery/album.php?aid=325&page=1&sort=0

I originally installed my pump in the starboard battery well (as shown in pics)  but have since moved it to the starboard v-berth compartment when I added the start battery to that batt well.
Good luck with whatever you decide.




Thanks,




Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C (919)-618-7185
 

    On Friday, May 31, 2019, 9:00:42 AM EDT, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com> wrote:  
 
 Before I installed a washdown pump I used a bucket on a rope. I found 
one with a flap in the bottom that made filling it easier. But it was 
still hard on the back, and didn't work so well when the wind was strong 
making it hard to aim the "dump" of each bucketload. A few years ago I 
had the yard put in a new thru-hull in the port v-berth locker and then 
installed a washdown pump there with outlet in the anchor locker. If you 
go that route, be sure to get a high capacity pump and suitably large 
diameter hoses. I'm a bit disappointed that my washdown pump doesn't 
deliver the volume/pressure I was hoping for, so it requires patience to 
clean Chesapeake mud from the anchor. I used a kit from West Marine.


On 5/24/2019 5:07 PM, Tom Grass wrote:
> Bucket List does NOT have a water line dedicated to cleaning off the anchor
> chain as it re-enters the  boat.  What do others do in this situation to
> keep muddy anchor chain from getting the anchor locker filthy?
>
> Tom Grass
> Bucket List
> 2008 Catalina 320 MK II
> #1135

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Scott Thompson
Surprise, #653