[C38] Fresh water tank vent

[Joseph Launie]

Macavity also has a vent in the stanchion. Joe

Steve Smolinske wrote:
> Peregrine has a vent hose running from the top of the tank to the 
> starboard side cabinet in the main salon and then up through a vented 
> stanchion. 
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> [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] *On Behalf Of *Tom T.
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:22 AM
> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] Fresh water tank vent
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> Our water tank has a vent in the fill cap on the tank itself.  I 
> didn't install an outside vent for two reasons.
>  
> 1.    I didn't want bugs, salt water or debris entering the vent from 
> outside the boat.
>  
> 2.    I installed a crossover with fill valve in the forward end of my 
> bilge which goes between the cold water supply to the head and the 
> service hose going from the water tank to the water pump.
>  
> By taking the tank cap off in the v-berth and opening the crossover 
> valve, we can fill our tank from inside the boat where there is no 
> bird droppings, etc.  When the tank is full and overflowing into the 
> bilge, we close the valve in the bilge and replace the vented tank 
> cap.  The vent hole in the tank isn't sufficient for venting when 
> pressure filling so it must be removed during the fill process.  I 
> could have installed an auxiliary vent with an inline filter but since 
> the process we use is so simple and easy, I decided to forgo the 
> auxiliary vent.
>  
> Since we the time we bought our boat, the water fill deck fitting has 
> never been off.  We installed a "whole house" water filter in our 
> anchor locker where we also installed a camper type water connection 
> which includes a built in pressure regulator.  The water fill is on 
> the port side mirror image to the manual bilge pump so it looks like a 
> factory fitting.  The hose fitting on the boat has a protective cover 
> when a hose isn't attached so everything stays very sanitary.
>  
> Filling the water tank with the crossover is very easy, much easier 
> and more sanitary than trying to drag a hose to the foredeck.  Since 
> the shore water supply has to go through a whole house filter, our 
> complete water system is protected from contamination.  We use a 
> carbon filter which also improves the taste of the water.  If we are 
> at a dock with shore water connected, we just top off the bow water 
> tank before we disconnect the water hose in the cockpit.
>  
> The filter and crossover projects are both very inexpensive and easy 
> to do.  All materials were purchased from either Home Depot or 
> Lowes.   We used a plastic crossover valve because it sits in the 
> bilge with salt water and the plastic won't corrode like a brass valve 
> will.
>  
> Tom Troncalli
> Renata hull #95
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Max Soto <mailto:maxsoto at gmail.com>
>     *To: *Catalina 38 Listserve <mailto:Listserve at catalina38.org>
>     *Sent:* 8/12/2008 1:21:19 PM
>     *Subject:* [C38] Fresh water tank vent
>
>     Hi all,
>      
>     Estancia came with no vent on the water tank. Is the same case on
>     all C38s?? I just have a piece of hose with a check valve and
>     that's it, so, I have to fill the tank from the inside so I can
>     check the level. I want to install one, but because of the low
>     sheer line, I'm concerned about salt water coming inside the vent
>     to the tank. Have anyone added an external vent??
>      
>     Any comments will be really appreciated!
>
>     -- 
>     Max Soto
>     C38 #198 ESTANCIA
>     Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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