Catalina 350 International Association

Hi, I own C350, 2006, #392. The HW heater location is as described - starboard under the fridge compressor "shelf". I took the wood shelf/box above it out the first year. Very difficult to access to turn the pressure relief valve off over the winter when I drain it. You have to be a flexib...

Hi there, I had similar issues about 6 years ago - mine is # 392. I had the "local" Doyle Sail loft make a new headsail and recut/replace the all weather clew panel on the end of the furling main and generally "restore" the sail. Both are still looking good. I use the main a lot ...

I'm not sure which category to enter this query. I would like to know how many C350s were made, how many were Mark 1 and which years and the same for the Mark 2s. Is mine the only one with a factory installed Yanmar 30 Hp 3YM30 diesel? Were they all made in Florida? Many thanks in anticipation, Geof...

Hi there, my C 350, #392, has a Yanmar 3YM30 HP Diesel - special ordered that way from Catalina and commissioned in May 2006. It's a long story but my 350 replaced a 2005 C320 which Catalina took back under warranty and I asked for the same engine in a 350. I had a Universal 30HP diesel on a previou...

HI there, I have recently come across two local boat owners here who have found ways to look at the hull whilst in the water. One guy hooked a GoPro camera to a regular boat hook and led it back to a viewer - his partner moved the stick around as he suggested to her where he wanted to check: ie the ...

HI again, its been awhile, I used CSC Micron since new until about 3 years ago when I changed to a "Chinese" brand based on the recommendation of the big boatyard in Bellingham. The original layers even then were starting to flake and that yard supposedly smoothed it all out. Turns out tha...

Hi there, I had similar problems - also on the port side. I took a piece of the old compressed seal to West Marine, they went to their catalogue and found a close match - a little bigger -and I fitted it. Cant recall what I sealed it up with, works fine. About 5 years ago. I think you may be able to...

HI there, I have been sailing and motoring Taeko 1V for 16 years since new. It has had a lot of use - 2200 hours on the engine - but I keep the maintenance up so there are no problems during the season. Every few years, perhaps every 5 years, I have a Rigger go up the mast and take a close look at t...

Hi there, I live and sail from Semiahmoo Marina at Blaine WA which is about 100 miles north of Seattle. I have been here about 25 years and have sailed my C350- #392 here since new in 2006. I did not have radar on my previous boat: it had only rudimentary electronics and a bell and horn. There is no...

Hi there, I keep my boat at Semiahmoo Marina at Blaine about 120 miles north of Seattle and right on the Canadian border. A lot of Seattleites keep their boats up here - Annacortes, Bellingham and Blaine and many use them as weekenders. Almost none cover them. Some like I use them all year when I am...

Hi folks, Some two years ago I followed the general advice in the Forum and upgraded to 4 Golf Cart AGM Batteries + a Starter 12 Volt AGM which has been in place for 6-8 years. All works well. I am not a techie and just follow instructions as to electrical matters. The new 6V AGMs - from West Marine...

HI there, Mine came that way new 15 years ago. I did not notice it until we had to make the bed up for someone in the aft cabin a couple of years later. It only pertruded about 1/2 inch above the seating line of the board so I carefully cut a patterned hole out of the board and it fitted perfectly. ...

Hi folks, Just to add to whatever else above, I put a Kiwi prop on a C320 in 2005 - replaced a two blade from the factory - amazing difference! Hit a nearly sunk log (at sunset looking into the sun) and two blades of the Kiwi were broken off. Replaced them by a set of three with a slightly different...

Hi, I have an ICOM unit with a remote handheld mike and speaker unit mounted on the wheel pedestal and the base unit with a second handheld mounted above the chart table. I dont like the reliability of the remote handheld - it has failed 2 times and needed to be replaced at almost the cost of the en...

Hi Curt, regards to Pieter, Nice to hear you are fine and thanks again for the opportunity to look at your Webasco Heating System> I followed suit and got to use it last summer. Works exactly as you suggested. Also stuck 160W of Solar on the hard dodger but it is not enough to avoid using the diesel...

Hi there, Many years ago I tried the commercial tags but they dont stick around for long. I also tried tying wire tightly around links but too hard to see as it ages and is used often. I anchor about 15-25 times a year. Now every few years, maybe 5 years depending on use of the anchor, I lay the 300...

Hi folks, For what it is worth I had a solar vent in a previous boat. It worked well. BUT as it ages, the hum increases and eventually it fails. The hum may stop some from sleeping in either cabin as it cycles on and off. After dawn it starts recharging and struggles on and off regularly until you a...

Hi there Trevor, I fitted a Kiwi prop back in 2007 when my C350 was a year old. Night and Day difference in close quarters getting in and out of slips in the tidal condtions like we have here. I usually go into my tight spot with strong cross ways tides. If I go bow in, with incoming tide I get push...

Hi there, I have a screw in plastic/nylon plug that came with the boat when new 14 years ago. I would not be comfortable leaving a wooden plug in place for a longer term. Years ago I had a baby seal under the boat nudging around looking for "Mum" for several hours. Never know if it or some...

Hi folks, I noticed my spillover fan between the Freezer box and the Fridge side has stopped working - might have been so for years I dont know. Took it out and bumped it and the sensor etc to no avaIL. Bought a new fan from another non Alder Barbour site and BINGO the sensor seems to work with the ...