Larry, by 'wet locker' are you referring to the lazarette? I don't know quite enough about the far stern area of our C27 yet--and haven't tracked exactly where my bilge pump empties. Yours sounds like a pretty good arrangement.
David Shaddock 1977 C27 #3495 (traditional A4 standard rig) > Hi Dave, > > I believe that you are correct for your boat, and that others are correct > for their boat. > > These boats were made over many years and posts to this list have shown > many that Catalina (and PO's) changed all sorts of things in and after the > production process. > > As I look at my boat, (A4 inboard), the transome drain hole does go below > the waterline when I motor over 5 knots, and the harder that I motor, the > deeper she squats. BUT! My bilge pump dumps its water into the wet > locker 8 inches higher then the wet locker drain hole, which makes it > impossible, no mater how hard I motor, for water to enter the bilge from > my squatting stern. Any water that goes into the wet locker from a > squatting stern simply can't drain into the rest of the boat. > > I think its all about the setup of the boat. Their all a little bit > different, and what works or doesn't work with one boat may not relate to > others. > > Hope that helps, > > Larry Taborek > C27 Dixie Chicken > > > With respect, the other posters are likely wrong. > > Last summer I had this problem a number of times and it was always > > due to the fact that the stern was squatting down as the speed came > > up (I have an A4, the gas tank is way back as is the hot water > > heater. I also had spare chain in the lazarette and a bunch of heavy > > stuff in the sail locker). When I went above 5.5 knots, the outlet > > for the bilge pump was under water and the water siphoned into the > > bilge. I solved the problem by balancing the boat and keeping an eye > > on the outlet. > > -- > > Dave Robinson > > Peregrine > > Catalina 27 #3695 > > 1978 Standard Rig, Traditional Interior, A4, Tiller > > Jacksons Point, Ontario > > http://www.neptune.on.ca/~canoe/ > > "Cruising has two pleasures. > > One is to go out in wider waters from a sheltered place. > > The other is to go into a sheltered place from wider waters". > > -Howard Bloomfield > > > > > Dixie Chicken is FOR SALE: You can view the boat at: > http://www.taborek.net/Dixie_Chicken/For_Sale/For_Sale.shtml > > > ----------------------------------------- > Join ISP.COM today - $8.95 internet , less than 1/2 the cost of AOL > Try us out, http://www.isp.com/ > >
