About a year after purchasing our 380, we had “dribbles” from the V-berth hatch, when raining. I fooled around with this for multiple times, silicon greased the seal, no fix, etc. It ended up that the problem was at one of the two hinge mounts. There is one or two screws there that hold the top and bottom together, pinching the lens in between. I put some silicone sealant on the top side, and ran sealant into the screw holes. Problem fixed and has stayed fixed for the past 18 months. You might try to isolate your leak, if possible. Since ours was dripping at the hinge, that sort of got me pointed in the right direction.
Dr. Sam Balsley
Barca a Vela, C380, #322
Sausalito, CA
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When my original 40 amp Charles Charger quit working, I installed a Xantrex TrueCharge2 60 amp charger to better deal with my larger than original house battery bank. In the process of doing this, along with help from other members of the group, I realized that there was more to the process than I originally planned. Here is the resulting issue list that one should consider before getting into this project:
Upgrading the charger will probably mean upgrading the battery cables from the charger to the batteries. Mine were originally #4 but the 60 amp charger required fishing #1 cable. This makes a huge difference to the complexity and cost of the project and may have discouraged my installation of the larger charger in the first place.
Newer chargers require fishing a new wire for the battery temperature sensor. Compared to fishing larger electrical cable, this was nothing.
Expect the
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There was considerable discussion on Wing versus Fin Keel, which was best, which had better pointing ability, etc. Here are a couple of the better responses:
On Feb 13, 2012, at 9:56 PM, “tvrf_engr”wrote:
The C380 is on our short list of boats to look closely at once our current boat sells. I’m very skeptical of shoal-draft keels, as our current boat can’t realize a GPS course inside 50-55 degrees off the wind without iron-genny support. Some 380 owners we’ve talked with have the wing keel and report no significant issues with it sailing upwind, while another has quite the opposite view. Of course, the boats that the Admiral is most attracted to have wing keels! Anyway, I’m interested in hearing some more observations as to the performance of the two versions of keels – especially from anyone who has sailed both. We don’t frequent or long to visit any
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I also stopped and talked to Raymarine about iPad integration, specifically with questions about integrating Seatalk instrument data. The directed me over to a local dealer who was demonstrating DMK Yacht Instruments 11A Wireless connection for iOS Device (iPad). This device was amazing small and really simplified integration efforts, and was clearly another option to the Brookhouse iMux. Since the DMK instruments is based on open source software with a growing number of partners writing software for it, including many working on Android support, I found it quite intriguing. We also discussed the likely hood of integrating Seatalk data without some form of translation, which they said isn’t done natively by either the iNavx or Navionics apps.
Standard Equipment on early model C380 series boats beginning in midyear 1997 to discontinuation in midyear 2001. The prior windlass (1996 – 1997) was a horizontally mounted VW800 and the later windlass was a vertically mounted VW800 including on the C387.
The Freedom system automatically feeds anchor rode into and out of the anchor locker allowing rope, chain or rope/chain rodes. But the chain to rope splice is critical for smooth operation. Reducing the speed make a smoother transition from chain to rope.
The transition from rope to chain is by means of a tension arm system inside the enclosed design. Maxwell suggests annual replacement of this inexpensive mail-able item, as the material will become brittle with age and use.
Correct chain and line type are
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It is hard to believe that summer is over and we are heading into the fall sailing season. We had a late start this year due to family matters. Then the proliferation of 100+ degree days made sailing and any exterior projects very uncomfortable. In fact, I just got my new 135% genoa up, which was delivered in April, on a relatively cool day this past week and used it for the first time today. Definitely makes tacking down theYork Rivermuch easier and adds about 5 degrees pointing capability versus the old, baggy 150.
I will report that one of my winter projects has performed wonderfully over the summer. That project was adding a vent in the starboard lazerette with a 12V pancake exhaust fan wired to run with the refrigeration compressor. This simple project has completely eliminated the “boat smell” that used to emanate from the
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