[C38] spreader droop and AC

Max Soto maxsoto at gmail.com
Tue May 31 15:00:08 EDT 2011


Bill and Marci,
I have a 16000 BTU Marine Air installed forward of the starboard settee, It
took the space of the two upper drawers and some space on the hanging
locker.   The discharge thru hull is located behind the ac unit on the same
locker and the intake thru hull,  500gph March pump and the  strainer are
located under starboard settee..

I wouln't recommend a larger unit... For the heat here in Costa Rica, during
the day it works great, but at night, when the themp drops a few degrees,
the unit keeps cycling a lot...
Will send pics soon.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Max

2011/5/31 Marci Brown <mb at seafor.us>

> We had a new, portable (and properly vented) 12,000 BTU AC on our boat when
> we lived in Virginia. It didn't cut it! With the lack of boat insulation, I
> don't believe anything is going to work short of a permanent 18,000 BTU
> heating/AC system.
>
> Marci J. Brown
> PO Box 520549, Winthrop, MA 02152 USA
> Ph: 757-502-7422 | Email: mb at seafor.us
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Knowles [mailto:whk1965 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:48 PM
> To: listserve at catalina38.org
> Subject: [C38] spreader droop and AC
>
> Hello all. After a great weekend of sailing I have two questions. First
> whenever we sail in wind over about 15 to 20 and the windward shrouds get a
> little slack our spreaders droop about 5 degrees I think it may be because
> our shrouds are a bit to loose, but would like some input.
> Also we took our freestanding ac unit off the boat, it worked ok but took
> up
> a lot of space and was always fighting against itself with the exhaust
> hose.
> We have used window unit into the cockpit on other boats, but very hard to
> get in and out. Would like ideas on the porta cool and permanent mount
> reverse cycle units. As always thanks in advance for your help. By the way
> it was in the nineties on the Chesapeake yesterday.
>
> Bill Flying Goose   324
>
>
>
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-- 
Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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