I have a 2004 C387 without a wind instrument. I would like to install the Garmin GMI 10. Does anyone have experience fishing the cable down the mast? I had a local electronics company look at it and they said the mast would have to come down. Then they recommended a wireless Raymarine. I have a coax TV cable up the mast that I do not use. Could that be used to pull the new wind instrument cable down?Thanks,
John Kaplan
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I chased a problem in the fuel system for a week during our summer trip. The engine would run and then die, sometimes 1 minute some times 5-10.
At first thought it was fuel related because there was a little bit of a biology / chemistry experiment in the bottom of the Racor bowl. Changed filters, twice, but problem continued. Did the fuel line into the jug test. This separates the engine from the fuel system so you can narrow down the issue. Jug trick showed that everything from the Racor to the engine was fine. I inspected the fuel tank and the pickup tube (no screen installed) and they were clean as a whistle.
So I started thinking air leak. Of course by then I had the Racor apart a few times. On a whim I cracked open another Racor filter to get the new gaskets. It turns out
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William Grobinson recently installed an arch on the stern of his C380 to mount solar panels and serve as a davit. Bill put one on his boat using the Atlantic Towers parts.
Replaced the Shurflo 2.8 GPM water pump that was starting to lose the prime with a 3.0 GPM unit. Both units were noisy as the prime was reached and water was pushed. The unit itself is very quiet when first started after a period of time, but once water is being pushed through it is loud enough to wake up the whole boat. Anyone have any good methods to reduce the noise levels? It is mounted directly on the back wall of the cabinet under the galley sink.
cj.adams
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The following are suggestions for where to store and run your Honda generator:
I use my Honda 2000 in the same way as everyone else, but store it differently. I made a starboard shelf that i attached to the starboard aft locker lid. I replaced the existing hinge screws with longer ones to secure the shelf with no additional holes if it did’t work. I keep it attached with a bicycle cable lock to the back stay and the railing. I run it in the same position. No fumes and less noise inside the boat. It doesn’t budge in rough weather.
This is the generator sitting in place ( taken yesterday from my dink in B.I.) You can see the bicycle cable that holds it in place. The shelf (next email picture) was made from a scrap of starboard that I had. It was not quite wide enough so I
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The Honda 2000 generator has gotten a lot of discussion on the site particularly as it pertains to powering the boat’s AC units. I wrote a previous post describing my early experiences with this and gave mixed reviews. I had no problem powering the stern AC unit but did have difficulties with the 16,000 BTU main unit.
The SmartStart lessens the initial amp draw of the AC unit as it starts up. I give this solution a strong recommendation if you expect the Honda to power a large AC unit.
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Question raised about a Westerbeke that wouldn’t shutdown.
The circuit breaker right on the engine may have tripped.
I and others have reported this situation as having occurred in the past.
Westerbeke reports that the breakerspring can weaken over time. I have a spare, which I picked up to replace that on our ’93 B-38 but could not loosen one screw, 3 years ago, so left the old breaker after shooting it up w/ WD-40.
The spare is on-board when I need it!
Bob 1994 Cat-Morgan 38cc #44 “LaBoo iv
Vancouver, B.C. <bob@laboo.net>
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We moved our recently purchased “SV- Genesis” C380 hull #143 to our home port this week. The boat ran fine for about 4 hours trip at the recommended 2,500 rpm. However, as we approached port a strong vibration developed. Lowering the engine speed to around 1,500 rpm stopped the vibration.
I looked at the engine mounts and all look tight and normal.
I just finished installing A/C in my friend’s 380 (I already have it) and this is what I did:
Webasto 16k unit is mounted under the settee just fwd of the galley sink. This is about the only place a 12k or higher unit will fit. I used the existing thru-hull for the icebox pumpout as the intake, teed off the line just above the thru-hull and prior to the anti-siphon U mounted up behind the stove. The line off the tee goes under the galley floor transversely toward the bilge that is hidden under the screwed-down galley flooring. It then follows the bilge pump line fwd into the smaller accessible bilge adjacent to the settee. In that space I installed the water strainer so that if it ever needs to be opened/cleaned the water just spills into the bilge.
After the strainer it goes up through the liner floor
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The only reason to write this is that it was a surprise to me that it needed to be done and turned out to be so easy. The problem was that my Raymarine C80 chart plotter took forever to find its GPS location. From another association member, I learned that there is a battery inside that needs periodic replacement. The battery evidently stores the last known location so has a place to start when finding itself next time.
It is easy to do, too.
Step 1:
On my boat the GPS antenna is mounted on the transom with two threaded screws easily removed. There was an adhesive gasket also holding it to the transom and this needs to be dislodged.
Step 2:
Remove the 6 small screws from the underside of the antenna and then carefully pry up the bottom plate of the
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