Catalina 350 International Association

In our case, we suffered occasional rpm drops with our nearly new Imagine (brief, referred to them as the engine 'stumbling') for some time. It even stopped a couple of times. While changing the fuel filters, I brushed against the fuel pump and it started. I realized I had not heard that in a while;...

We had our mast off this past winter. I took a couple photos of the mast step - unfortunately none from the front. The front of our mast step has two holes that connect to the inner part of the step at the base of the mast. I think any water that runs down inside the mast exits at these two holes at...

Ours is a 2006 boat, we are original owners also. This started happening occasionally about 2 years ago. After cooking for a while, the valve is hard to turn and then almost impossible. Once it cools down, it's OK again. The actual valves are made in England, I think. Not at the boat so can't take t...

Sounds good. Leds need a current limiting resistor or equivalent to prevent excessive current that would burn them out
Many small leds run at 20 to 50 mA (,02 to .05 A) 12.5V / .02A = 625 ohms. So a 1,000 ohm resistor would be a good starting point.

Hi all: A long time ago, we had a C30 and I installed cold plate refrigeration in the ice box. To power it, I bought 2 32watt solar panels and mounted them on the dodger by tying them onto leather loops sewn onto the top of the dodger. When we upgraded to the 350 (#406, Imagine) I tried using those ...

This is where I installed the anchor washdown pump; tee'd in to the head sea water intake.

On ours, hull 402, I remove the six Phillips head screws on the plate holding the ST60 instruments, lift it out gently, and undo the two nuts/screws (forget which) on the bracket of the instrument in question and then I can remove it. Its a U-shaped bracket that holds the instrument firmly against t...

FYI: when our engine alarm button went erratic and then silent, it was a sgin that electric power to the fuel lift pump was also gone. The culprit was the junction post near the top of the lift pump (two push-on tabs) - it had broken off. It was covered by a wrap of electrical tape so it was only by...

Hi all: For your information ... As usual, we took our mast off last fall and hauled the boat for the winter. It gets cold here, the water freezes and the winds on the east shore of Lake Huron can be strong in the winter. Stepping the mast in the spring was a pain as we had to thread the bundle of w...

OK. About the "some compression is required" from the mast maker, here's how I did it this year. Parts required: 2 lengths of good 2 x 4 lumber about 18 inches long, one 24 inch piece of 1/2 inch threaded rod with four large flat washers and four nuts, hack saw, wrench Preparation: drill h...

We are the happy new owners of hull number 402 - it arrived on a truck yesterday. It was commissioned at the dealer and we did test sail it there. Today I was re-assembling the mast after its removal from the boat for the trip. I found it difficult to attach the spreaders to the spreader roots, at l...