Mystery List?

[Pgnorthatlantic]

82 Catalina 30
Mystery List to port.
Holding tank is empty
No water at all in bilge.
Does anyone have any idea?

[ndutton]

All Catalina 30's list to port because:

• Galleys weigh more than berths
• Heads weigh more than berths
• The footpath through the boat where there is no furniture, no gear, no nuthin' is starboard of the centerline
• The cavernous sail bin under the port cockpit seat is usually filled with gear
• The shelf behind the dinette is the only one wide enough for books

[Pgnorthatlantic]

I guess that solves it, guess I'll stop fretting. Thanks Cap.

[ndutton]

You can help by relocating heavier items and stores to the stbd side. Under the chart table is a good place for batteries. They're heavy and useful. I keep my engine spares under the stbd berth (starter, alternator). They're not much but everything helps. The bottom half of my port cockpit sail bin is a 25 gallon wedge shaped fuel tank, usually kept empty so that's lighter than a metric ton of stuff down there. I have refrigeration meaning no block of ice on the port side. With all that my port list is barely noticeable.

Did I mention my liquor stores are on the stbd side? On second thought, forget I said that.

[sastanley]

Neil is absolutely correct as to why...So we all have our own adjustments to 'help' with the problem..

Liquor stores, under the chart table...batteries relocated to stbd settee..always run the port water tank dry first (my water tanks are under port and stbd settees, I used the bow tank under the v-berth as the holding tank), and I also try to store other stuff that is heavy to stbd.

I don't have refrigeration, but we carry a 5 day cooler over the bilge, and use the "ice-box" for lightweight dry storage...mostly because of lots of light-air motoring on the Chesapeake and the exhaust hose goes between the hull and ice box on the port side, eating ice.

I also try to avoid stuffing sails in the port locker and try to fill it with light stuff like fenders, and use the quarterberth for sails..unless we are on a long cruise and the sails get moved to the 'sail locker' for additional space down below.

Neil, I'd like to see a pic of your wedge fuel tank some day. That locker is so deep that letting stuff settle all the way to the bottom is troublesome to retrieve! I'd love an excuse to make it shallower. I need a wedge shaped beer cooler!!

[Marian Claire]

I was dealing with a list to port and a low stern after some modifications I did to the MC. I was on the marina's work float checking the water line when a portly friend of mine walked by and I saw my opportunity. I asked him to step aboard and I directed him to move around till we found the spot that got the water line as I wanted. Then came the tricky part.
"Friend how much do you weigh?"
He gave me an honest answer and by moving half that weight forward/starboard and close to the "spot" the MC was in better trim.
Dan S/V Marian Claire

[Administrator]

I think I remember something vaguely similar to a sash weight, but designed for this purpose and intended to be attached to the toe rail bolts on the inside of the cabin.

Bill

[ndutton]

I think I remember something vaguely similar to a sash weight, but designed for this purpose and intended to be attached to the toe rail bolts on the inside of the cabin.

Bill

You're right Bill, a lot of boats have trim ballast but if I were adding weight to the boat for trim purposes I'd prefer it to be useful rather than dead weight. Who wouldn't benefit from another battery, spare anchor, additional fuel or water?

[Pgnorthatlantic]

Thanks Captains, for all this advice.

Im getting ready to put my Cat in slings to check the prop...Im hoping that it is simply a matter of severe barnacle growth that has caused my loss of rpm/power in forward gear.
Thank you all.

[Marty Levenson]

Mystery List

I have a mystery list on our Tartan 27. The more I do on the list the longer it gets.

[Pgnorthatlantic]

LoL!...lol