Yes, Art, I'm on Lake Lanier.
All we use our fresh water for is dish and hand washing. We also let the
dogs drink from it as needed. Is yours a high pressure wash down?
Lance Jones
Cruising Captain, Barefoot Sailing Club
Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce!
Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Czerwonky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Pressure water system
Lance,
For now, just washdown. If I did use for fresh, I
would locate a 5 gal portable near the intake. I'm
not keen on even using the fresh water tank aboard
except washing. We carry the store-bought 1 gal
spring water for drinking & cooking.
Which Barefoot Sailing Club - We have one on Lanier,
NE of Atlanta.
Art
--- Lance Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks Art,
Does it run your fresh system or just for wash down?
How did you run your
lines if you used it for fresh too?
Lance Jones
Cruising Captain, Barefoot Sailing Club
Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce!
Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Czerwonky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Pressure water system
> Lance,
> I put a West 3.4 wash down into my Rhodes,
installed
> in a corner of the laz, never been more happy.
Fresh
> water, different pump, no problem.
> Art Czerwonky
> s/v Mary Jane
> --- Lance Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone out there installed an electric water
>> pump for their water system? If so, any insights?
>>
>> Lance Jones
>> Cruising Captain, Barefoot Sailing Club
>> Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce!
>> Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Phil Agur
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:16 PM
>> Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Quesdtion about
>> solar pannels
>>
>>
>> Joe,
>>
>>
>>
>> Solar goes from a little flexible pad that is
the
>> equivalent of a wall wart trickle charger to a
>> multi-panel system capable of running all of
>> cruising boat's systems with no other power.
>>
>>
>>
>> Both ends of the scale are well defined but the
>> middle ground is buyer beware. I think we got 6
>> panels on my brother's boat for a total of 840
>> watts. We went with a Morningstar regulator I
flush
>> mounted in a replacement teak panel above the
>> navigation station.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
http://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/ProStar/index.shtml
>>
>>
>>
>> Certainly if a 60 watt occasionally run
alternator
>> is keeping her charged now then you may not need
>> anything more than 60 watts. The occasional use
may
>> become the tricky part. The solar is only going
to
>> output it's rated wattage in the tropics (the
angle
>> of the sun's ray impacts the total available
energy)
>> during midday.
>>
>>
>>
>> We have a 60 watt system (two thirty 30 watt -
>> frameless) with a non-temperature compensated
>> regulator and it's too much to leave connected
all
>> the time. Letting it winter here will fry the
>> batteries in a few months. The cure would be to
go
>> to the Morningstar regulator, which is a
temperature
>> regulated smart charger, instead of the simple
>> voltage regulator I have now. Know you can have
some
>> reserve power without overcharging.
>>
>>
>>
>> The other approach is a simple flexible low
power
>> solar trickle charger. It won't have the capacity
to
>> fight the batteries being run down by a running
>> bilge pump but it shines in ease of use.
>>
>>
>>
>> The best folks to ask are the ones around you
>> geologically.
>>
>>
>>
>> Boat US would also recommend you change any
above
>> water through-hull fittings to brass. Their
>> insurance records are full of cases where
freezing
>> water cracked an above water fitting and a
temporary
>> snow load pushed it below the waterline.
>>
>>
>>
>> Phil Agur s/v Wing
Tip
>>
>> Secretary/Treasurer Call Sign WCW3485
>>
>> IC27/270A MMSI
366901790
>>
>> www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf
>> Of Joe McCary
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:06 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: catalina27-talk: Quesdtion about solar
>> pannels
>>
>>
>>
>> My boat, new to me this past spring, has an
>> outboard (9.9 Honda) and charges batteries just
>> fine. But I am worried about what happens over
the
>> winter. I plan to keep her in the water (private
>> slip, no electricity). She will not get the use
she
>> has had over the warm months and I am worried
about
>> the batteries (2) draining and the bilge pump not
>> working. I have considered a wind generator but
>> think a solar panel would do just fine. The boat
>> point almost due North so the stern will have a
nice
>> southerly exposure. I would like to get a solar
>> panel that I could mount on the lazuratte hatch.
I
>> know that there are electronic devices to put in
>> line that will prevent over charge and I plan to
get
>> one of these also. My question is, can anyone
>> recommend what size solar panel to buy and maybe
>> what brands or models I should look at. I should
>> note that the winters here on the Bay are mild
and
>> while we do get snow, it is nothing like our
friends
>> in Alaska. I could also mount the panel on the
>> cabin top as well if the thought is that would be
>> better. Also, any thoughts on having the panel
>> connected to both batteries instead of just one.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe McCary
>>
>> Aeolus II # 4795
>>
>> West River, MD
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
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