Hello Everybody, I emailed the text underneath to a selection ofC400 owners that I located on an owners list at www.sailboatowners.com and I wasdirected to this group. My apologies if any of

Trish - We're in the process of finding a new email list. The old one at Sailnet is going to a pay ($$$) format. If the hull number is 170 to 180, then you're looking at a "Mark II" with the

Thank you for such a promptreply. I have since checked the hull number and I got it wrong - itsnumber 129. Definitely a Mark 1 with the 42 hpWesterbeke. The winds on the test sail day

Trish - I'm not sure who else in monitoring this list. About 120 of us were on Sailnet until they went bankrupt around 6 months ago. Many of us (50 or 60) switched to Sailjazz at that time - a

In a message dated 11/3/2005 12:21:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,larter@... writes: Trish: If the repairs are done correctly it should solve the problem even if therewere some design flaw, which I

Trish, I would like to add to Ron's last comment below. I think the C400 is agreat boat! I does handle rough weather well and is very easy to sail (at leastthe MKII's with roller furling main and all

In a message dated 11/3/2005 5:48:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,larter@... writes: Trish: I wanted to steer you to this list because of the wealth of knowledge itcontains. I'm glad that you found

Hi Trish, We own C400 hull #53, a 1996 model. We sail on Lake Michigan. I have never heard of wide spread rudder problems on the 400. We did have a C400 at our marina (a year 2000 model) which lost

A sincere thank you to all for the most informative responses. You have given us much to consider and we may take another look at thisboat. cheers Trish

Gary - An apology. I wasn't intending to knock the Yanmar,just defend the Westerbeke. There was absolutely nothing wrong with that engine- many other manufacturers used it successfully on similar

Ron, No offense taken, no apology needed. BTW, I still owe you a 6-pack for thediscount on the Autoprop. When are you going to be down south? Regards, GaryKalember

Lee & Lynne - In theory, the steering will become lighter (and sloppy) if the cable tension is too loose. It feels more like a 56 Buick with overboosted power steering and worn tie rods. I once

Trish - You should probably join the C400 email list at www.sailnet.com. It came back to life, and it's got 115 members vs 15 at yahoo. The Westerbeke modifications, as I remember them, were:

Hi- Does anyone have a good online recommendation for replacement O-Rings for the 400's deck fittings (for water, diesel, waste). I don't know what make our fittings are so I haven't found much by

Call Warren Pandy at the Catalina Largo factory. He knows the manufacturers they used for the different series of hull numbers and can probably point you to a source. Phone number is 727 544-6681 or

Thanks for the contact info Ron. I thinkI found the right sized o-rings at West Marine after seeing that theirreplacement deck fittings looked the same size as mine. Alex

Hi and Happy New Year- I have a multi-function display that I want to hook up inthe nav station so I can see the instrument read outs from the main cabin. Doesanyone know what my options are for

Hi Alex, If the factory installed units at the Nav-station when the boat was built they would be there. Otherwise not. There should be a computer under the aft cabin bed. You may be able to bring the

Hi Paul- I'll check for the computer - what is it's purpose? The unit is on the boat so I don't know the model, but it's the RayMarine multi-function display. It is the same size as the

Hi Alex, Happy New Year ! Take a look at the Raymarine web site. There are manuals etc and contact information for field service. I've found them very helpful whenever I've had questions. Their