If you don't like the location in the port locker, take a look under the pilot's berth right by the electrical panel. The previous owner installed a tray in the space between the hull and the floor of the pilots berth (I guess he epoxied it in). Anyway, I've got 2 6-volt batteries inbound and that's where I'm gonna install the new, bigger house bank.
I have an outboard, though, so not sure those of you with inboards have the same available space (ie: didn't know if any of the engine or hoses are fed that way). Anyway, it's a nice spot and should be tall enough for a battery, and certainly easier to maintain without contorting into a pretzel to climb into the locker. Bailey Carioca #6157 --- In [email protected], Amy <enzyme...@...> wrote: > > I, too, have an 86 and my batteries are in the port locker. However, there is > some sort of shelf on the side where I keep 2 batteries and then have have 2 > more down in the black hole. I store a lot of large fenders down in there so > I took the other two and put them on top of the 2 fenders I use the least. I > have 2 group 27 on the fenders and 2 group 24 on the shelf that runs > lengthwise down the locker. I'll try to take a pic and send you. > Â > I have a lot of battery power I realize but I am always rafting up for days > on end with a bunch of my sail mates and I run a percolator, the stereo, a > hairdryer, etc. Plus people tend to party on my boat so I have all the > ammenities. It's a pretty sweet set up with a smaller flexible solar panel > that just rolls up and gets stored when not rafting up, > Â > Amy > #6247 > > --- On Sat, 4/10/10, Andrew <acdalz...@...> wrote: > > > From: Andrew <acdalz...@...> > Subject: [IC27A] Inconvenient battery installation on Catalina 27 > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 5:04 PM > > > Â > > > > I have a 1986 Catalina 27 that I have had since 1990. I have always found the > battery box at the bottom of the sail locker (portside) very difficult to > reach. It's just too darn far down in the locker for me to reach easily > during installation and removal of the batteries. The real challange is to > hang my 69 year-old upper body over the lip of that locker as I try to reach > the battery terminals to attach the cables. I use battery boxes to for each > of the two batteries. I have thought of some kind of modification to raise > the batteries up a bit. Perhaps I could build a false bottom into the battery > well to raise the batteries up five or six inches. Or, I could attatch > something to the bottom of the battery boxes to raise them up. > > Has anyone had a similar problem and, if so, what have you done about it? I > would really like to hear of any solutions that you guys have employed. > > Andy Dalzell > Catalina-27 #6298 Rebizak > Sandusky Bay >
