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Steve
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Initially Posted - 10/04/2001 :  17:11:55  Show Profile
Hello Everyone,

For some reason, the fresh water tank, batteries & outboard are all on the starboard side of my '87 C25. This causes a fairly significant list, especially when the the tank is full. Is this the setup Catalina intended, or should my out
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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 10/04/2001 :  18:45:49  Show Profile
Hi Steve,

Interestingly, the earlier versions of the C25 had the outboard on the port side of the transom. In the mid-eighties, Catalina changed the cockpit setup by adding the dedicated tank fuel locker at the aft end of the portside cockpit seat. T
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/04/2001 :  20:57:22  Show Profile
Bill - my '81 C25 has the O/B mount on the port side AND a dedicated fuel locker at the end of the portside cockpit seat.There is also a flat area with a lip at the far rear of the port cockpit locker(which would seem the right size for a gas tank - above
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 10/05/2001 :  08:51:52  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
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Of course one solution to this problem might be the installation of a 40 gallon tank for the marine head, and locating it under the port
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Steve
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Response Posted - 10/05/2001 :  09:18:38  Show Profile
Sounds like Catalina did not exactly think this through ... so all of the late model 25's have this problem. I have a portable head, so carrying around an extra 40 gallons of waste really is not an option.
I would hate to add that to my "to do" list befo
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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 10/05/2001 :  09:49:36  Show Profile
Hi Derek,

You have one of the earliest boats with the dedicated fuel tank locker. At first, Catalina tried to continue putting the outboard bracket on the port side of the transom. But, crawling into the portside locker and reaching under the fuel ta
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 10/05/2001 :  10:45:17  Show Profile
Pre-1981 boats had motors mounted on the port side. They listed to port while sitting in their slips, when the water tank was empty. If you wanted to make the boat ride level, you had to fill the starboard-side water tank. Most small boat sailors don't or
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tinob
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Response Posted - 10/05/2001 :  11:04:35  Show Profile
Hi Steve,

My '83 has the same set up but not the LIST. Was that list as in askew or list as in all these things mentioned:)?

I don't have a list problem though since it's balanced by the dinette and storage beneath, the head(portable,empty),th
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John G-
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Response Posted - 10/05/2001 :  12:21:28  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
<font face='Comic Sans MS'><font size=3><font color=blue>My '85 fin keel is also set up with batteries, water and engine to starboard and gas, galley, storage and port-a-potty to port. I do not have a listing problem even when I ran the gas tank down to f
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Steve
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Response Posted - 10/05/2001 :  12:54:00  Show Profile
I have an 8hp Nissan on the starboard side. I try to put all the heavy stuff (beer, storm anchor,etc.) on the port side. I also carry a 2.5 Mariner in the port locker, and a rolled up Zodiak in the v-berth but pushed over on the port side. Still got the
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Sam Nelson
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Response Posted - 10/05/2001 :  22:29:47  Show Profile
I'm in the process of removing my marine head and holding tank from the port side ('83 C25) and installing a porta-potie.. I had wondered about the weight distribution myself. I have two 200ah marine batteries and the fresh water tank on the starboard as
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 10/07/2001 :  12:51:32  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
Lots of interest here. I have a 1983 tall rig fin keel. Motor (8hp Honda) battery and water tank all on the stb. side. Dedicated fuel locker, lavarette, ships head, all on port. I havent noticed a problem wirh heel to one side. I do balance out my gear su
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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 10/08/2001 :  01:16:35  Show Profile
I'll bet your boat rides flatter and goes faster on starboard tack than on port tack...what with the extra weight on your starboard side. Saves trying to "hang out" when going upwind. My 89 wing does the same although I don't let it bother me. I just b
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Response Posted - 10/15/2001 :  12:48:46  Show Profile
My C-25SK, '85 has water & 4 Stroke 9.9hp to starboard but the two batteries have been relocated to the port forward cockpit locker. Perfect trim and the old battery locker (under starboard settee) makes a great snack locker! This seems like an easy mod
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RichardG
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Response Posted - 10/15/2001 :  16:50:59  Show Profile
My 81 FK has water tank, 2 batteries and outboard (however, comparatively light 6 hp Suzuki) on the starboard side and the same dedicated fuel locker setup as Derek's (with the "old" lip still below it in the locker), but when empty, she lists slightly to
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