[C38] spreader droop and AC

[William Knowles]

Tom you are amazing! Who knew you could convert a window ac. I already used
that space for my fridge. I am sure I can find a space.

Bill

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:42 PM, tdtron at earthlink.net
<tdtron at earthlink.net>wrote:

>  When I installed an air conditioner on my 38, I used a standard 12k BTU
> window unit with remote hand control that I converted to marine use
> with a water cooled condenser.  I mounted the A/C and a small microwave oven
> in the wasted space of the navigation table foot well.
>
> I mounted the cooling water pump under the quarter berth between the fuel
> tank and hull.  I tee 'd off of the engine thru-hull and strainer.  I put a
> water discharge thru-hull just a few inches above the boot stripe so I could
> see the water discharging from the cockpit for a quick visual check for
> flow.
>
> Modifying a window air conditioner is very easy.  R-Parts in California
> will sell you a ready made heat exchanger condenser if you don't want to
> make your own.  Any air conditioning technician should be able to make the
> conversion for you if needed.  I wanted to make use of the wasted space
> under the navigation table and the air conditioning and microwave did that.
> I also kept the board under the microwave to hold can foods for pantry
> storage.
>
> I sold my 38 but I have made several of these A/C conversions in the past
> and all worked well.  With the conversion like I made, you lose no storage
> space because the foot well on the 38 is essentially wasted space anyway.
>
> Tom Troncalli
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com>
> *To: *Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> *Sent:* 5/31/2011 3:00:20 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] spreader droop and AC
>
> 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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> Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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