Catalacs tend to hobby horse a bit, like all cats of their generation.
Ideally one would have all weight in the middle, rather than at the ends, but that is easier said than done. We have roughly equal weight in the starboard locker, spare chain, a…
We have ScubaCat's excellent 800 South Pacific windlass mounted off centre so the chain can fall into the much deeper side lockers. We then use a bridle to centre the forces. The electrical drain from this unit is very low, unless you try to stall i…
What sort of TV /stick were you using and where were you? I had a similar sort of aerial some years ago with a USB stick, and the signals at the Folly IOW were not usable... Perhaps the transmitters are more powerful now?
Great to hear you are on the water again
I can fully agree with the electric windlass, I bought one a few years ago as a "wedding anniversary present" and it was one of the best things I have added to the boat. Funnily enough, the 30a circuit breake…
Thanks to everyone who came to the AGM and made it such an enjoyable time.The minutes etc. are now on the website in the Archive section.
I got most of you in the photo!, Thanks.Dagnall
I have also found an old PBO article that discusses self steering for catamarans..You might also want to look at this site: "Self Steering Under sail".. 142 pages of interesting stuff!And this data from Self-Steering for Sailing Craft
Hope this help…
I spotted that the same Youtube user uploaded some dolphin (or pilot whale?) videos around the same time and there is an intriguing close-up of the windvane in some bits. It may be possible to identify the type from this, but it looks perhaps home m…
Excellent data thanks, I found a spare traveller at a boat jumble a few years ago, and it looks just like this, so that is excellent news that they are still available.
I'm afraid that we just put Scubacat's mast back up, otherwise we could have measured her rigging for you..Rick on his site says that the rigging is 1/4" 1x19 SS on the Catalac 8M and 9M, and that looks about right.
Does anyone have a better idea o…
The video certainly looks fine!. I'm getting a new cockpit tent made for Scubacat, and expect it to be very similar to this one made by the same guys for "Sea Spirit", a Catalac 9m.Sorry the "upload image" (on the left of the control bar) did not wo…
I found the log book at last (long story) and have done my sums. With my 20 horse long shaft Yamaha, and the 4 blade 9.25 x10 prop, we used on average 2.71 litres per hour over a total of 63 hrs motoring. Mostly "pushing to get somewhere" rather tha…
I found what I think is a spare Stainless Steel hinge of the type I used on my lockers: It is a "10-36116" "SS Strap Hinge, made by c.quip (www.cquip.com), but looking on their site it appears they may have changed their reference numbers. My hinge …
I think there were probably a number of alternate options, can you send some photos to help?
For myself, on Scubacat we replaced the plastic hinges with modern stainless ones. I will try to get the exact type for you...but only some of the original…
I've been following this discussion, but had nothing to offer that was better than Bob's comments, I have a holding tank just forward of my toilet in my 8m , But I have no idea what is between the inner and outer mouldings. I thought that there was …
I thought that I would see if I could visualise some of the trip. I used INavx on my IPad for a lot of the time, and it stores the track as a GPX file. This can be saved and visualised, I then used GPS Visualiser. We did not have the IPad on all the…
I've been looking through some old (2002) CCA files and found these interesting pictures and some notes about a modified roof on ECHO, a Catalac 9m.
"We brought Echo in Cyprus and sailed her back home
via the Grau du-Roi, Canal du Rhone a Sete and…
Hi Margaret, I'm sorry about the form filling issue, I have emailed David a detailed "how to" , and also added a guide to the application process in the Forum. I'm sure the problem for your friend lies with not completing the "jigsaw", but we need t…
We have had a waeco-coolfreeze-cdf-18 for a very long time and found it reliable.Its not a fridge but a cold box, but it fits nicely under the sink in the "fridge" space on my Catalac 8m.We have found it excellent, consuming about 1A average. It ne…
The log worked well on our recent cruise, No issues with fish eating it, and weed can be easily dislodged, and no shrimps making home in in overnight!. It does seem to have a watertightness issue, after a day in the water it malfunctioned, but worke…
Hi, I know that on Scubacat we have a hole at the front of the mast that was, I understood, to put a spinnaker pole pin into so that the spinnaker pole would form a stiff right angle out forwards, to help with the forces as you lower the mast but I …
Hi John and Margaret! Thanks for the great updates!To add photos to a forum post, press the little blue "picture" icon just to the left of the "B" for "Bold text" icon in the bar at the top of the "leave a comment" It may be a bit fiddly on a tablet…
After three nights in Poole, waiting for the right wind and tide, and after enjoying a couple of excellent meals out, we finally left today at 9, and got back to Chichester at five pm. Everything is now off the boat. Now we just have to mow the lawn!
