[C38] Watermakers

[Richard West]

Hi Craig,

We had a PUR (Kytadyne) 40 on Legacy.  I hated it!  We dealt with PUR first,
then they became Ketadyn and just when I thought their customer service
couldn't get worse, it did!  We had lots of problems with the unit.  We had
the pump housing crack, seal leaks and one thing that was never solved: when
we'd hit big chop or waves while underway, the unit would air-lock.  We'd
run it for hours only to discover the air lock and that it'd made no water.

Our unit made less than 1 gallon an hour and used about 8 amps to do it.  We
recently took it off the boat and we're going to put on the spectra
watermaker (200T).  I'm going to put it in the large void I have on the
starboard side between the bow water tank and the drawers in the v-berth
area, under the v-berth.  I already have a 7 gallon fresh water tank that
the PO added to that space on the other side.  We'll put the intake filters,
valves and monitor on the bulkhead immediately aft of the bow fresh water
tank.  I did some measuring and it looks like it will just fit.  I'm going
to make a cardboard model and try it to make sure.

On another subject - what "blue waters and white sand" are you headed for?
 We're leaving for the South Pacific in March. Just wondering if you're
going the same way.

Thanks,

Rich, Legacy, #360, Los Angeles (Wilmington)






On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Craig Steinkraus <Navion at charter.net>wrote:

> **
> 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 <rw at idea-asylum.com>
> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> *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
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> 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!)
>> >>
>> >> 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!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> John Felkins P.E.
>> >> TN CEI Leader
>> >> KCI Technologies, Inc.
>> >> 7003 Chadwick Drive, Ste. 343 Brentwood, TN 37209
>> >> Phone: 615-594-9127
>> >> Fax: 888-854-4780
>> >> www.kci.com
>> >>
>> >>
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