Wash down in anchor locker

[david hills]

Hello owners, just wondering if those who might have a faucet in the anchor locker could relate back to me on where the motor for that might be? I believe mine is in the forward berth port side, but we cannot find a switch to it, etc. I don’t know if this was original equipment in later years, but I’m looking to be educated. Thanks,
David

SV Raven J42


David Hills
Caretaker
Emery Farm
135 Piscataqua Rd
Durham, NH 03824
603-674-6412

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[John Burnett]

The only switch I have found on our J46 is the circuit breaker.

> On Aug 26, 2025, at 5:43 PM, david hills <davideh...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello owners, just wondering if those who might have a faucet in the anchor locker could relate back to me on where the motor for that might be? I believe mine is in the forward berth port side, but we cannot find a switch to it, etc. I don’t know if this was original equipment in later years, but I’m looking to be educated. Thanks,

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[Larry Romano]

Most wash down pumps have a pressure switch built into them. When you turn on the circuit breaker you will hear it run for a moment to pressurize the line.

> On Aug 26, 2025, at 6:11 PM, John Burnett <j...@seajava.com> wrote:
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> The only switch I have found on our J46 is the circuit breaker.

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[david hills]

That is true for my saltwater pump and freshwater pump. I do not seem to get any water from the Forward locker faucet(?). Do you have an anchor locker wash down faucet?

David Hills
Caretaker
Emery Farm
135 Piscataqua Rd
Durham, NH 03824
603-674-6412

I am my own strength, there is no other
I am my own weakness, there is no other
We are all one, there is no other

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> On Aug 26, 2025, at 6:22 PM, Larry Romano <j40r...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Most wash down pumps have a pressure switch built into them. When you turn on the circuit breaker you will hear it run for a moment to pressurize the line.

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[Sue Mikulski]

Look in forward head cabinet, forward wall, next to sump switch.  At least that’s where ours is.  

Sue Mikulski

410-212-0495

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On Aug 26, 2025, at 5:43 PM, david hills <davideh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello owners, just wondering if those who might have a faucet in the anchor locker could relate back to me on where the motor for that might be? I believe mine is in the forward berth port side, but we cannot find a switch to it, etc. I don’t know if this was original equipment in later years, but I’m looking to be educated. Thanks,

[david hills]

Thank you, Sue! I’m excited to get to Raven to check. Hopefully it’s something as simple as that.

David Hills

Caretaker 

Emery Farm

135 Piscataqua Rd

Durham, NH 03824

603-674-6412

I am my own strength, there is no other
I am my own weakness, there is no other
We are all one, there is no other

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On Aug 26, 2025, at 8:26 PM, Sue Mikulski <ssmik...@gmail.com> wrote:

Look in forward head cabinet, forward wall, next to sump switch.  At least that’s where ours is.  

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[David Haller]

Sorry this may not be part of this thread but enclosed what are these two studs doing at the stem of a J 42?

David J Haller J/42 

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[Milton Calder]

Anchor roll assembly unit 

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[David Haller]

Anchor roll assembly unit. ??

David J Haller

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[D. Scott Miller]

Many J/Boats have dual bow/anchor rollers (port and starboard). The port one is often removable (as in your photo, where there’s only the starboard roller).

 

Here’s a photo of the missing part (I don’t usually have both rollers installed either):

 

You’ll note the two slotted holes at the bottom of the photo…they fit the “permanent” studs on the bow fixture that you were asking about.

 

Scott

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[John Burnett]

Is your seacock for the salt water wash down pump open?

> On Aug 26, 2025, at 6:48 PM, david hills <davideh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That is true for my saltwater pump and freshwater pump. I do not seem to get any water from the Forward locker faucet(?). Do you have an anchor locker wash down faucet?

> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/j4x-owners-group/2FD539D1-E694-42CC-918C-8822A2DCB863%40gmail.com.

[Milton Calder]

The J-40 we own has a seasick that is located in a small cutty locker underneath the bedding just aft of the forward head waste tank. You have to have it on for the pump to work.

Milt Calder 

SMITTEN 

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[david hills]

I believe we have opened it in trying to get the faucet on, but will check again. Do you have a wash down in your bow anchor locker?

David Hills
Caretaker
Emery Farm
135 Piscataqua Rd
Durham, NH 03824
603-674-6412

I am my own strength, there is no other
I am my own weakness, there is no other
We are all one, there is no other

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> On Aug 27, 2025, at 6:50 PM, John Burnett <j...@seajava.com> wrote:
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> Is your seacock for the salt water wash down pump open?

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[John Burnett]

Yes, my anchor locker washdown has it’s pump, seacock and strainer under the v berth. Check the voltage at the pump.

> On Aug 27, 2025, at 8:49 PM, david hills <davideh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I believe we have opened it in trying to get the faucet on, but will check again. Do you have a wash down in your bow anchor locker?

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[Paul Rogers]

I saw Velocity in California in 2005.  It uses the studs to attach a small sprit for the asymmetrical.  Check out the pictures here. http://threefools.org/velocity/BoatDetails/Bowsprit/bowsprit.htm

Paul Rogers J42 #38

On Aug 27, 2025, at 7:50 AM, Milton Calder <milt....@gmail.com> wrote:

Anchor roll assembly unit 

On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 07:25 David Haller <dhal...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry this may not be part of this thread but enclosed what are these two studs doing at the stem of a J 42?

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David J Haller J/42 

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[smruff01]

On Cayenne, J42 #65, the washdown pump is located below the V-Berth, port side.  The associated through-hull is nearby and feeds both the FWD head and the washdown. There is what looks like an original circuit breaker/switch on the 12V panel for it.  In the port aft corner of the anchor locker, the washdown hose connects to a valve/spigot, which is threaded for a standard garden hose/washdown hose.
Hope this is of help.

Cheers,

Scott Ruff

[Todd Stevens]

On this topic, could someone detail how their hose is routed from under the V-berth to the anchor locker?

I installed my own wash-down pump after-market. Indeed, I put the pump in the obvious place, aft port corner of the V-berth, next to the through-hulls.  But there didn’t seem to be any clear path forward under the berth.  It’s sealed off under a floor in the anchor locker.  So the hose rises up to a fairly ugly bulkhead connector that is exposed to view above the mattress.

Todd

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