Hi everyone. My wife and I bought a 77 Catalina 27 at the end of last season. We live up in North East Md at the top of the Chesapeake. This is our first sailboat (other than sunfish and lasers). The boat is in fair shape and the a4 seems to be as well. I have had boats since I was ten years old and am reasonably mechanical but this is my first inboard of any kind. Looking forward to learning! I ordered the manual yesterday. We have the boat in the water and get out out once or twice a week or so.
We are planning our first multi day trip with our kids in a few weeks. We did an overnight this past weekend and did have an issue with not being able to restart the engine after it has been running a couple hours. We had the same problem the only other time we ran the motor a long time. Solenoid too hot??? It does nothing when you turn the key...I don’t even hear a click. After it cools down it starts right up. I hope to get it figured out as well as stock some spare parts before the trip. Glad to have found this forum!
We are planning our first multi day trip with our kids in a few weeks. We did an overnight this past weekend and did have an issue with not being able to restart the engine after it has been running a couple hours. We had the same problem the only other time we ran the motor a long time. Solenoid too hot??? It does nothing when you turn the key...I don’t even hear a click. After it cools down it starts right up. I hope to get it figured out as well as stock some spare parts before the trip. Glad to have found this forum!
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