[C320-list] Chesapeake Havre De Grace
David Nolte
dcnolte at mac.com
Wed Apr 21 08:10:46 PDT 2021
Scott,
North East is a small town on the other side of the head of the Bay from Havre de Grace. IMHO stick with visiting HdG if you only have time for one.
There is a larger town north of Annapolis on the western shore called Baltimore. Long approach up the Patapsco River, great if you want a large urban experience. Very different from the rest of the Bay.
On the Eastern Shore north of Annapolis I recommend Rock Hall. Plenty of Marinas there, we love Haven Harbor, cute little town. We also anchor out there in Swan Creek and dinghy or kayak into town. If you have a kayak I highly recommend exploring up the creek.
Don’t get me started on the Eastern Shore south of Rock Hall, I could go on for hours….
Good luck!
David Nolte
Beach House 0004
> On Apr 21, 2021, at 7:38 AM, Scott Westwood <scottwestwood at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Troy,
> We wish we had more time to explore the Chesapeake. We were doing 6 kts and just kept North. I think, if we had all summer we couldn't see half the Chesapeake. Hitting the highlights as best we can. Wanted to do the Northern part this (first) trip so maybe next year or so we can do the Southern part more thoroughly. That is why we are "racing" north to explore up here some. Then we plan to meet up with our sailing club on the way back. Hope to (at least)make St Micheal and Onancock on the way back south. Our sailing club is leaving NC around May 1 for Chesapeake and they have even less time so they will not likely make it this far north.
> You never know but we just can't see it all. What do you mean by Northeast? We are open to suggestions of where/what to see north of Annapolis.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
> Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net C (919)- 819-9794
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> 1. Re: Shore Power (jackbrennan)
> 2. Re: Chesapeake Havre De Grace (Troy Dunn)
> 3. Re: Shore Power (Ken McCrimmon)
> 4. Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot (mark)
> 5. Hairline cracks on transom? (Frank Yaskin)
> 6. Re: Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot (Graeme Clark)
> 7. Re: Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot (Mike Shetter)
> 8. Re: Shore Power (Christian)
> 9. Re: Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot (Chris Burti)
> 10. Re: Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot (islgirl3 at aol.com)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:12:19 -0400
> From: jackbrennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shore Power
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> I haven't plugged in for a year after installing 320 watts of solar. Fridge runs full time.We are five weeks into a cruise with no problems, despite tv, music, anchor light, charging various appliances.Batteries are topped off by early afternoon.The problem with plugging is is you share a ground with all of the other boats. If one is wired poorly, your metals and zinc erode unless you have an isolator.Jack BrennanSonas, 1998 Catalina 320Currently at Boot Key Harbor, MarathonSent from my Galaxy
> -------- Original message --------From: Ken McCrimmon <kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com> Date: 4/19/21 8:37 AM (GMT-05:00) To: C320-List at Catalina320.com Subject: [C320-list] Shore Power HiWhen I purchased Kia Ora last fall, I asked the previous owner about their practises with leaving the boat plugged into shore power.The response was we don't leave it plugged in because it is bad for the electrical system if it is plugged in without a draw on the power.Since then, I have done research on shore power and really never found a good answer to what is the concern with leaving the boat plugged in or not.I wanted to ask the forum what your practises are when the boat is in the water at the marina and if you know what if any concerns, I should have with leaving the shore power connected when I am not on board.ThanksKen
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:19:41 -0400
> From: Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com>
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Chesapeake Havre De Grace
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> Scott
>
> I think Tidewater Marina is your best bet. There aren?t any resort style
> marinas in HdG. Lot's of great folks there to give you ideas about where
> to go or what to see in HdG.
>
> I'm surprised you will be in HdG so quickly but I guess I wasn?t paying
> attention to your plan/schedule. We spent 5 years exploring the upper bay
> and NEVER made it is far south as Solomons. So...you will be passing a
> lot of great stops in order to arrive in HdG so rapidly. Honestly...if you
> were prioritizing places to see...neither HdG or Northeast would be in my
> top 10 places to visit between Solomons and The top of the bay.
>
> Regards
>
> Troy
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 01:14:40 +0000
> From: Ken McCrimmon <kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com>
> To: "C320-List at Catalina320.com" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shore Power
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> Solar power is on my future upgrade list.
> ________________________________
> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of jackbrennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net>
> Sent: April 19, 2021 6:12 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shore Power
>
> I haven't plugged in for a year after installing 320 watts of solar. Fridge runs full time.We are five weeks into a cruise with no problems, despite tv, music, anchor light, charging various appliances.Batteries are topped off by early afternoon.The problem with plugging is is you share a ground with all of the other boats. If one is wired poorly, your metals and zinc erode unless you have an isolator.Jack BrennanSonas, 1998 Catalina 320Currently at Boot Key Harbor, MarathonSent from my Galaxy
> -------- Original message --------From: Ken McCrimmon <kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com> Date: 4/19/21 8:37 AM (GMT-05:00) To: C320-List at Catalina320.com Subject: [C320-list] Shore Power HiWhen I purchased Kia Ora last fall, I asked the previous owner about their practises with leaving the boat plugged into shore power.The response was we don't leave it plugged in because it is bad for the electrical system if it is plugged in without a draw on the power.Since then, I have done research on shore power and really never found a good answer to what is the concern with leaving the boat plugged in or not.I wanted to ask the forum what your practises are when the boat is in the water at the marina and if you know what if any concerns, I should have with leaving the shore power connected when I am not on board.ThanksKen
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:26:17 -0500
> From: "mark" <mseyler at cox.net>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: [C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot
> Message-ID: <002201d73601$e6878fb0$b396af10$@cox.net>
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> Has anyone on the list had experience with the Raymarine wheeldrive
> autopilot clutch releasing when trying to turn to starboard? The wheeldrive
> works fine when it attempts to turn the wheel to port, but when the turn is
> to starboard the clutch releases. Any ideas how to fix this?
>
>
>
> Mark Seyler
>
> S/V Reality,
>
> Catalina 320, #232
>
> New Orleans, LA
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>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:13:35 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Frank Yaskin <frankya at comcast.net>
> To: "c320-list at lists.catalina320.com"
> <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Subject: [C320-list] Hairline cracks on transom?
> Message-ID: <1015008269.365478.1618938815720 at connect.xfinity.com>
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> Does anyone else have spiderweb hairline cracks on thier transom, from a few inch's aft of the cleat, down across the curve of the transom? If so, what year is your boat.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Frank
> Blue Canute
> 1996 C-320 #380
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:50:29 +0100
> From: Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk>
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot
> Message-ID: <221D8AC1-DDE2-446D-964D-8B9E41294FA2 at skyflyer.co.uk>
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> A well known issue Mark. I used a bungee cord for a while but eventually gave up and fitted a below deck ram
> Expensive but the best investment I?ve ever made for my boat
> A reliable autopilot that steers well is worth its weight in gold. Particularly so as far as the admiral is concerned!
> Graeme #366, 1996
>
> Sent from my phone. Excuse typos!
>
>> On 20 Apr 2021, at 17:26, mark <mseyler at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> ?Has anyone on the list had experience with the Raymarine wheeldrive
>> autopilot clutch releasing when trying to turn to starboard? The wheeldrive
>> works fine when it attempts to turn the wheel to port, but when the turn is
>> to starboard the clutch releases. Any ideas how to fix this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Seyler
>>
>> S/V Reality,
>>
>> Catalina 320, #232
>>
>> New Orleans, LA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:58:56 -0400
> From: Mike Shetter <mike at softscrap.com>
> To: "C320-List at Catalina320.com" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot
> Message-ID: <AE3BFA9F-3C99-1F4B-B4E7-65B85D05F531 at hxcore.ol>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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> I had the same problem. In my case the handle hit the instrument
> housing so it wouldn?t fully engage. I just cut off the end of the
> handle so it goes ?over center? and that seems to work fine
> Get [1]Outlook for iOS
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> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of
> Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 1:50 PM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot
>
> A well known issue Mark. I used a bungee cord for a while but
> eventually gave up and fitted a below deck ram
> Expensive but the best investment I?ve ever made for my boat
> A reliable autopilot that steers well is worth its weight in gold.
> Particularly so as far as the admiral is concerned!
> Graeme #366, 1996
> Sent from my phone. Excuse typos!
> > On 20 Apr 2021, at 17:26, mark <mseyler at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > ?Has anyone on the list had experience with the Raymarine wheeldrive
> > autopilot clutch releasing when trying to turn to starboard? The
> wheeldrive
> > works fine when it attempts to turn the wheel to port, but when the
> turn is
> > to starboard the clutch releases. Any ideas how to fix this?
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Seyler
> >
> > S/V Reality,
> >
> > Catalina 320, #232
> >
> > New Orleans, LA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:04:55 -0500
> From: Christian <ccaper at gmail.com>
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shore Power
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> I can't recommend solar enough. I installed 2 solar panels (160 Watts
> each, 9 amps each) 2 years ago, single best upgrade I have done for
> Canuck. I'm on a mooring, so shore power is not an option. Additionally,
> our winters are long in Chicago, and I used to haul the batteries off her
> each fall to keep them warm in the basement, and on a trickle charge. Now
> I don't have to do that, and my back thanks me. I did a very simple set up
> on the wiring, I only have 2 4D batteries, ran 1 panel to each battery
> (with a regulator between each panel and battery, of course). My panels
> are mounted on dinghy davits, the solar wires run through the cowls on the
> transom, and then passed through the port locker, and mounted my regulators
> on the back side of the "bread box" cabinet that sits right above the
> fridge in the galley, putting them right next to the shore charger. I then
> tied in to each battery with jumper wires from the regulators to each
> battery post on the shore charger. Both my solar regulators and the
> charger had built in diodes to prevent current back flow, so was all an
> easy set up. The hardest part of the whole shebang was building the mount
> on top of the davits. But it's now held 2 years, plenty of sailing, gust
> on the can up to 50 kts, and last winter's dump of 3' of snow. in a week,
> so I now think my build is rock solid. I run fridge while sailing, and
> often autopilot, done plenty of night sails with cabin and nav lights on
> (but all lights are now led, all of them), batteries always charged by
> early afternoon the next day (I still never leave the switch on both, and
> do alternate batteries between sails).
>
> My solar regulators are victron, and love the built in blue tooth so I can
> connect my phone to them and know state of batteries.
>
> This is my 5th season of owning Canuck, and I've never once plugged into
> shore power, not even sure if the shore charger even works anymore.
> -Christian Caperton
> 1994 C320 #138 "Canuck" Monroe Harbor Chicago, IL
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 8:14 PM Ken McCrimmon <kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Solar power is on my future upgrade list.
>> ________________________________
>> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of
>> jackbrennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net>
>> Sent: April 19, 2021 6:12 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shore Power
>>
>> I haven't plugged in for a year after installing 320 watts of solar.
>> Fridge runs full time.We are five weeks into a cruise with no problems,
>> despite tv, music, anchor light, charging various appliances.Batteries are
>> topped off by early afternoon.The problem with plugging is is you share a
>> ground with all of the other boats. If one is wired poorly, your metals and
>> zinc erode unless you have an isolator.Jack BrennanSonas, 1998 Catalina
>> 320Currently at Boot Key Harbor, MarathonSent from my Galaxy
>> -------- Original message --------From: Ken McCrimmon <
>> kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com> Date: 4/19/21 8:37 AM (GMT-05:00) To:
>> C320-List at Catalina320.com Subject: [C320-list] Shore Power HiWhen I
>> purchased Kia Ora last fall, I asked the previous owner about their
>> practises with leaving the boat plugged into shore power.The response was
>> we don't leave it plugged in because it is bad for the electrical system if
>> it is plugged in without a draw on the power.Since then, I have done
>> research on shore power and really never found a good answer to what is the
>> concern with leaving the boat plugged in or not.I wanted to ask the forum
>> what your practises are when the boat is in the water at the marina and if
>> you know what if any concerns, I should have with leaving the shore power
>> connected when I am not on board.ThanksKen
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:03:26 -0400
> From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
> To: 320 <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot
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> There likely is excess friction in your system. In our case the locating
> pin on the pedestal was pressing against the disc and after freeing it up
> with a Dremel tool and readjusting the clutch, it was better, but I still
> kept a small bungee cord on it. Finally installed a below deck ram and it
> is much like the difference between a funky compass and a GPS..., quieter,
> straighter and stronger....
>
> Fair Winds,
> Chris Burti
> Commitment #867
> Farmville, NC
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:26 PM mark <mseyler at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone on the list had experience with the Raymarine wheeldrive
>> autopilot clutch releasing when trying to turn to starboard? The
>> wheeldrive
>> works fine when it attempts to turn the wheel to port, but when the turn is
>> to starboard the clutch releases. Any ideas how to fix this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Seyler
>>
>> S/V Reality,
>>
>> Catalina 320, #232
>>
>> New Orleans, LA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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>
> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:08:09 +0000 (UTC)
> From: islgirl3 at aol.com
> To: "clburti at gmail.com" <clburti at gmail.com>,
> "C320-List at catalina320.com" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot
> Message-ID: <638948011.4964.1618945689412 at mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Did you install an entire new autopilot, or did you just add the ram and remove the wheel?
> Barbara Rita, 897Rich Nuzzolo
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
> To: 320 <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 20, 2021 3:03 pm
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot
>
> There likely is? excess friction in your system. In our case the locating
> pin on the pedestal was pressing against the disc and after freeing it up
> with a Dremel tool and readjusting the clutch, it was better, but I still
> kept a small bungee cord on it. Finally installed a below deck ram and it
> is much like the difference between a funky compass and a GPS..., quieter,
> straighter and stronger....
>
> Fair Winds,
> Chris Burti
> Commitment #867
> Farmville, NC
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:26 PM mark <mseyler at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone on the list had experience with the Raymarine wheeldrive
>> autopilot clutch releasing when trying to turn to starboard?? The
>> wheeldrive
>> works fine when it attempts to turn the wheel to port, but when the turn is
>> to starboard the clutch releases.? Any ideas how to fix this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Seyler
>>
>> S/V Reality,
>>
>> Catalina 320, #232
>>
>> New Orleans, LA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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