[C38] Watermakers
Steve Smolinske
SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com
Thu Sep 15 23:25:30 EDT 2011
Craig,
Here are the pics of our installation its a Spectra Ventura 150, makes about 7 gallons an hour and draws 10 amps. As you can see we removed the forward tank and installed a new bulkhead with aluminum shelf that the unit hangs from. we take water from the throughull that use to feed the head it is now dedicated to the water maker, we installed our knot meter on centerline and used the old knot meter hole for the head and galley sea water pump. The brine discharge is teed into the galley sink drain. Our unit also has the ability to do an automatic fresh water flush so that you dont have to pickle between uses it is connected to the head sink fresh water, filters and pumps were installed forward underneath the drawers on the port and starboard side in the vee berth. I may move the filters to someplace like inside the head for better access, as they need to be changed often depending on use and conditions. The unit alarmed after three hours of use in the harbor when we returned to Long Beach and were trouble shooting with the tech to determine what went wrong. He told me filters in the open water can last a very long time and in polluted areas such as harbors only a few hours as was our experience.
We put the new starboard tank in, which the Catalina drawings on the site list incorrectly as a 20 gallon tank it is actually only 14, we disconnected the fresh water deck fill and capped it off so when using a hose you need to fill from the top of the tank, I also abandonded the stanchion vent and ran a new vent inside the hanging locker so as to eliminate the possiblity of salt water entering the tank. Will be writing an article on the install along with everything I learn when I rebuild the unit next month to find out for sure why it failed. We suspect oil in the membrane, make sure not to run your unit near naturally occuring oil seeps as I did or in shipping lanes where you could cross bilge discharge or in the harbor.
Steve
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Subject: Re: [C38] Watermakers
We have an older PUR 35E that mounts to the bulkhead under the V-berth and draws water from a thru-hull through and filter in the space between the water tank bulkhead and the finish bulkhead in the V-berth and fills the tank through a fitting at the top of a Tee fitting at the water fill inlet. It is not as efficient as newer models, but it came with the boat!!!
Dave
SV Pretty Lady C38 #148
San Francisco
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--- On Thu, 9/15/11, Craig Steinkraus <Navion at Charter.net> wrote:
From: Craig Steinkraus <Navion at Charter.net>
Subject: [C38] Watermakers
To: "Catalina 38 Listserve" <listserve at catalina38.org>
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 11:37 AM
Has anyone ever installed a watermaker on their C-38. If so, I would like to know what type and where they installed it. As we plan on taking off for blue waters and white sand next spring, any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
Craig
"Wings" C-38 # 280
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard West
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Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [C38] Skegs (not kegs!)
Was this link on the list a couple of days ago? Maybe I found it somewhere else, I don't remember. Anyway, here's a great site that shows the Yankee 38 rudder clearly.
http://sparkmanstephens.blogspot.com/2011/03/design-2094-c2-yankee-38.html
Rich, Legacy, #360, Los Angeles
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Max Soto <maxsoto at gmail.com> wrote:
I've never seen a Yankee 38, but I read that one of the modifications that Frank Butler did to the 38 was replacing the skeg mounted rudder for a spade rudder. Also said that the mast was replaced for a taller one with small boom, but still, hull #1 came with the Yankee mast... So, who knows... Could there be a 38 with skeg rudder?? We have noticed many differences between early and later models during this year, so who knows... Butler, perhaps??
Regards,
Max
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On Sep 14, 2011, at 18:29, "tdtron at earthlink.net" <tdtron at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I sold my 38 but it was a 1981, hull #95, shoal draft with a skeg mounted
> cutlass bearing but the rudder was the same as on the deep fin models. The
> skeg mounted cutlass gave some additional keel surface to compensate for
> the shorter keel but I don't think there was any difference in the rudder.
>
> Does anyone know if the Yankee 38 had a skeg rudder?
>
> Tom Troncalli
> Recovering ex-Catalina 38 owner
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: John Felkins <jrfelkins at gmail.com>
>> To: listserve at catalina38.org <listserve at catalina38.org>
>> Date: 9/14/2011 5:31:52 PM
>> Subject: [C38] Skegs (not kegs!)
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>> Are there certain years that the Cal38 was built with a skeg rudder? I'm
> pretty sure I've seen a pic of one but don't know if it's a mod. Thanks!
>>
>>
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