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Hi Doug,
Thanks for the link, thats a great article. I learnt lots about batteries this afternoon!

I did find this interesting chatter at the other Catalina owners site about the stock Exide NG4D's in our 42's. I'm hoping I have the 200a/h version. What did others find in their battery boxes?



I will check mine next time I'm at the boat. If its right I could have 600a/h instead of 480a/h in my house bank.

Hi Marc,
Thats right, At first I was confused, as looking thro Yachtworld it looked like 2 3CL C42's where for sale in the bay area at the beginning of the year, but it was just listed thro 2 different agents with different photos. At first I lost it to another buyer and then his boat sale fell thro and it came back on the market. I then put in a real lowball offer and it got accepted. Thats the great thing about boats if you are willing to wait.

Its not surprising it took nearly a year to sell that boat. At first they were asking way too much money, then when I first saw it, it was filthy, covered in salt, lots of minor cosmetic issues, dull gelcoat and it stank down below due to the water trapped in the bilges. (see my other post of how I released gallons from under the vberth.). The old owners apparently where ex powerboaters who tried sailing, lost interest and went RVing,

Ive since fixed all the problems and now see that the boat was in nearly new condition. Its a 2004 model that was sold in 2005, only 200hrs on the engine, dinghy/davits, 2 vacuflush heads and the cabin sole is perfect and thats one of the first things to go. The surveyor valued it at way over what I paid, so hopefully I can use it for quite a few years before I lose any money.

It was worth the wait!