Catalina 350 International Association

I think that is a wonderful idea. Many of us are visual learners. Thanks!

I would not recommend plowing through mud to get to your slip. How would you be able to get out? Once in the slip how deep would the water be? Enough to run your A/C? Think of all the gunk you could suck up.... Even at high tide with a north wind we have touched bottom and found the Intracoastal Wat...

Welcome to Venice! We keep Carpe Diem our Catalina 350 at the Venice Yacht Club. I highly recommend our location for many reasons including our great marina and beautiful clubhouse and Tiki Bar. If you would like more information, or in town we can give you a tour of the Club and facilities. For the...

Thanks. I am printing out all of the advice and pictures for the Captain. Any advice on the dedicated start battery? The one we added when we bought Carpe Diem has lasted all this time.

Karla

We have been researching replacing all of our original batteries that are now 8 years old, knowing they are at the end of their lifespan. Then sure enough this weekend, Gus added more water to the batteries before heading out for a beautiful sail, and we were not able to start the engine and had to ...

Advice on using a block and tackle arrangement with rope and the boom to remove the heavy 12 volt batteries would be welcome.

Thanks,

Karla
Carpe Diem
Catalina 350
Hull 464