installing a water level guage

[chstephens99]

I wonder how people have installed a water level gauge? The tanks are original Stainless tanks and not very accessible. I would like to hear what others have done. Maybe a site gauge? But where?

I had one on my Islander 36 and problem was light got into it and it would grow green stuff.

Char

[Phil Rink]

I ran sight tubes in the engine room off the water source lines at the bottom of the tanks. The tubes have to be taller than the water fill locations and they need shutoff valves at the base so you don't suck air into the water pump.

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I wonder how people have installed a water level gauge? The tanks are original Stainless tanks and not very accessible. I would like to hear what others have done. Maybe a site gauge? But where?

I had one on my Islander 36 and problem was light got into it and it would grow green stuff.

Char

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[David Rucker]

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Subject: [cal46] installing a water level guage

[Edwin]

I have the same predicament in my hull no 5 original

Cal cruising 46 Lahlia

Hailing port in marina Del rey

California Esprit marina

That’s one of the things I’d like to install before I take it to 

Marquesas to Indian Ocean and on to Mediterranean 

Please help

Edwin

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[Edwin]

Hi

Phil

Edwin in marina Del rey CA

Pardon my ignorance 

But how does sight tubes

Indicate how much water is left?

Is it connected to some sort of transducer? Or gauge of sort?

My hull 5 Crusing 46 holds

180 gal is water

Two tanks

Port and Starboad 

Edwin 

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[Edwin]

A stick?

The two 

90 gallon water tanks are below the floor board somewhere with no access to the

Don’t even k ow what the tanks look like

So that would mean I have to drill a hole in the tanks if ever I can get to them which would also require me to remove the main saloon flooring since they are below with no doors hatches or any sort of access

Just to check the level ?

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[Phil Rink]

The tanks have a bottom and a top. A sight tube, transparent and connected at the bottom of the tank, will show the level of the water in the tank. When It’s empty, that the lowest level. When the tank is full, that’s full, the sight glass must go above the side decks because when the tanks are full-full, the fill tube is also full of water.

 

You need to know the geometry of the tanks to calibrate how many gallons are left, but if you know how many inches of water are in the tank that usually lets you know when you need to run the watermaker, or if it’s OK to take a shower.

 

If you really zoom in you can see the sight tubes just to the left of the Racors. The F mark is the top of the tank.

 

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Phil

 

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[NICHOLAS SHAW]

I guess I’m lucky because a previous owner must have installed the floor access panels. It’s easy enough to drill and install wema gauges in the tanks  but the lack of access doors makes that impossible. I couldn’t imagine how I would have done my plumbing and wiring refits without the access either. If they weren’t there already I’d consider making them.

Nick

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[Edwin]

Hello nick

I have the original cal cruising

46

I can tell from the expanding tanks sound that the water tanks are underneath the main saloon 

How many feet is it from the sliding door?

And how many feet from

The Starboad and port sinci have two left and right tanks?

And what’s the best

Simplest most reliablwater guage I can put in without too much trouble ?

Edwin

Cal cruising 46

Lahlia

Marina Del Rey CA

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[NICHOLAS SHAW]

Hi Ed,

I think my arrangement is original but not 100% certain. Two stainless tanks are just forward on the main bulkhead, outboard to the fuel tanks. 

Again I have wema gauges fitted. If you can access you tanks the wema Gauges aeasy enough to retrofit.

Nick

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[edwmama]

Hello folks

After 5 years of keeping the replacement cable in my engine room, I finally managed to replaced the Morse 31’ red cable kill switch in my Cal Cruising 46
Because of work slowdown due to corona virus

In the process I noticed another problem: that the red cable, which controls the transmission (forward or reverse cable) from the outside helm gear shift, has been badly chafed and is hanging by a thread, though it still works
Perfectly fine. It needs to be replaced ASAP

My question is
Does anyone know how LONG this red Morse cable is (gear shifter cable)

It’s the cable from the outside gear shifter to the engine transmission which is located
In the rear of the boat (V drive )

Would appreciate any info and insight into the replacement procedure

Thanks in advance

Edwin
S/V Lahlia
Cal Cruising 46
Marina del Rey CA

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[edwin matias]

everyone

I used my anchor today for the first time in my 13 year ownership of hull no 5

Of the Lapworth original cal cruising 46

After we got back to our slip my buddy suggested we hose down the anchor chain and rope in the anchor locker 

I heard this draing water running  sound

I couldn't figured  out were the water was draining to. So evidence of water squirtimg 

Out anywhere 

Not in the aft engine room bilge 

and not in the shower sump bilge area

We rinsed that chain pretty good

Anyone know where the water drains to?

I'm sure it drains to the outside 

But by which drain hole or what route 

Also I'd like to Install a grab handle in the ceiling next to the ceiling hatch of the spacious main saloon of the cruising 46

Has anyone done it

Does anyone have a blue print of where the beams and stringers run on the ceiling?

If so can I have a copy of just the area near the ceiling hatch?

I'd like to screw  the stainless steel 

Grab handle into a solid wood not on a plywood 

Thanks 

S/v Lahlia

Cal cruising 46

Marina del rey CA

[Edwin]

Hello fellow Cal 46 owners

I have hull 5 of original Cal Cruising 46

Does anyone know how to use the emergency tiller?

We removed round plate on the aft deck where you connect the tiller

But when you attach the tiller, it won’t budge

It won’t move at all

Is there a valve or switch or something I’m supposed to turn of open or close or disconnect  before I can use the emergency heavy tiller in case the hydraulic steering fails?

Thanks in advance

Edwin

Lahlia

Cal Cruising 46

Marina del Rey CA

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On Jul 28, 2019, at 1:33 PM, Edwin <edw...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have the same predicament in my hull no 5 original

[Alfred Bloch]

On our Mark III, and 2-46 before that, the tiller worked fine.  It was a bear to use, but we used it to steer the boat just fine. 

To share with others who are similarly rigged, we put a line around the tiller and the respective port and starboard winches to easily control the heavy tiller. 

Alfred Bloch 

ARIEL

On Jul 21, 2021, at 5:46 PM, Edwin <edw...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello fellow Cal 46 owners

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