340 SUNDANCER THREAD

Pkunze said:
Stee6043--No survey, I've owned the boat for 6 years. Do you remember about what you paid? I'm getting quotes for $1450, just want to see if that's the norm.
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I believe my total was $2300 including haul out and launch as well as the disassembly/reassembly.
 
Pkunze said:
Great topic,
Tools and spares under captain seat, safety gear under back and side bench for easy access, canvas in back facing bench but rethinking this process, utensils/food magically comes up from below when I'm hungry
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I love the image of a magical food service that rises from the cabin at your call...

-Last year, I had my tools and spares down below, two tool boxes in the storage area under the stairs, (one is just electrical stuff) and spares under one of the mid-cabin cushions. No particular reason, except I wanted the under seat storage up in the cockpit for easy access to safety gear.
-I was keeping first aid and flares in pelican cases under the helm bench seat, along with a couple life jackets, a cordless search light, binoculars, and my ditch bag. (I move the ditch bag below where I can lock it when not on the boat, since it has things like a handheld GPS, VHF, and PLB in there).
-Had more life jackets under the rear facing bench seat. We also have a couple offshore inflatable ones in a hanging locker. They have d rings to be able to use them as a harness to clip into a jack line if conditions are bad and someone has to head onto the bow.
-I use the side compartments in the aft part of the cockpit for a bucket of cleaning stuff on one side, and another bucket with my "beach anchor rode" on the other side. I think a couple fenders are squeezed in there, with the others in the trunk with the docklines, hoses, and shore power cables.
-Under the seat along the transom are two boat hooks, a brush, a life ring, a throw bag, and a tray to throw shoes and flip flops in.
-"She who must be obeyed" controls anything on the left when you descend into the cabin. God help me if I put something like a handheld VHF on a charger on her workspace, or accidentally put some cleaning stuff for the hull in with her "inside" cleaning stuff... my death will be an example to the others...
-The hanging storage in the bow lockers is a mix of our weekend clothes and foul weather gear. The mid cabin hanging locker has the filler cushion for the table, and sometimes canvas gets hung in there so I don't have to fold or roll it up too tightly.
-Under the cushions for the table area is a place where we seemed to cram more TP and PT than we could ever use, along with extra beverages, bottled water, emergency beer, and who knows what else.
-The little drawer and storage area between the table and mid cabin is where we seem to have our junk drawer, with a bunch of small, but sometimes important stuff that we need to get at quickly.
-Behind the table seating, there are cabinets that accumulated books, extra food, electronics...
-In the floor storage, I had bulky things that I hoped I wouldn't need too often, or were heavy, and also a couple gallons of extra drinking water.


Ok, that's what I remember, and it was a rather random setup, but we just wanted to get on the boat last fall while the weather was good, so I hadn't really thought it through. What do other folks do?
 
be_prepared said:
Picked up my 340 DA with only a couple of weekends left in the season last year. Basically loaded gear, food, spares, etc in the boat in a hurry to get a couple weekends in with the boat before putting her to bed for the winter. Now that she's coming out of hibernation around May 1st, I want to take a more thoughtful approach to organizing the storage on her. Fortunately, there are a lot of places to put your "stuff" on a 340. How do folks utilize storage, where do you keep safety gear, tools, spares, utensils, food, etc.? Any particular tips that have worked well for you, or containers that help you organize?

This season we're going to be a little more intentional I how we outfit the boat, and I know there are some more experienced folks out there. We've always had day cruisers before this, and so this is a nice step up for us. Thanks for your ideas!
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Interesting question and I'd like to see how others chime in as well. Obviously a little different here in AZ for year round boating.
Rear bench - Ez up tent, throwable pfd's and a few misc items.
Stbd cabinet - kids life vests and water shoes
Port aft cabinet - pump out adapters and deck fitting key
Port mid cabinet - heaters during the winter (Mr Buddy propane and electric) inflatable small tubes during the summer
Helm - life jackets (you'd be amazed how many you can stuff in there!)
downstairs starting with port side:
under stairs - pots and pans that aren't used that often
drawers:
top: silverware
middle: cooking utensils
bottom: trash, plastic, grocery bags
under sink: liquor cabinet :)
below micro: tupperware
right of micro: common used pans, drink cups and coffee cups
old TV location: someone before me made a custom door to look like the rest so it's a great cabinet now, coffee pot and misc coffee items
port hanging closet: admirals closet
stbd hanging closet: captains closet
under V-birth - tool box and boat maintenance storage
under floor: isenglass/screen enclosures
forward cabinet above dinette: pantry
aft cabinet above dinette: stereo/DVD storage
top cabinets under dinette: crook pot and central can hose
botton under dinette floor: cleaning items and first aid kit (most spray bottles will stand up in there as long as you can tip them sideways to go in
aft hanging closet: filler cushions, cockpit TV and manual bag
aft nightstand: kids stuff
theres also two large storage compartments both port and Stbd under the mid cabin but not used.
sorry I know it's a little detailed but I did a lot of planning so the admiral didn't think I was takin all the space :)
 
My 2000 340 Sundancer Refrigerator went bad. I know i have read a few threads about the new units not fitting through the cabin door. Has anybody put a new refrigerator in without removing the cabin door on a 2000 34 sundancer. What model fit. Thanks Rich
 
Hi everybody, hope I'm not hijacking this thread, this is my first post and I'm not really sure I know what I am doing.
I live in Australia and have a 375 sundancer [US 340 ] V drive with 6.2 petrols.
The starboard battery bank is continually draining, I understand the bilge pumps are connected all the time but they run rarely and are surely not the problem. The only other thing that I can find that is connected even though the battery solenoid are in the off position is the aft EIM, I have scrolled through the wiring diagrams but have not come up with an answer.
I do not have shore power only solar. I have previously been under the impression that the Galvanic Isolator was continually drawing current but after studying the wiring diagrams I am unsure that is correct.
I would appreciate any info, many thanks
 
fat spider said:
Hi everybody, hope I'm not hijacking this thread, this is my first post and I'm not really sure I know what I am doing.
I live in Australia and have a 375 sundancer [US 340 ] V drive with 6.2 petrols.
The starboard battery bank is continually draining, I understand the bilge pumps are connected all the time but they run rarely and are surely not the problem. The only other thing that I can find that is connected even though the battery solenoid are in the off position is the aft EIM, I have scrolled through the wiring diagrams but have not come up with an answer.
I do not have shore power only solar. I have previously been under the impression that the Galvanic Isolator was continually drawing current but after studying the wiring diagrams I am unsure that is correct.
I would appreciate any info, many thanks
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i believe if you don't have shore power or generator power active your refrigerator/freezer in the cabin and cockpit will run off of battery power.....not sure if solar power can keep up with the power demand from one or two refrigerators....

cliff
 
Cliff thanks for your reply but the battery draining occurs when both battery solenoids are turned off and the only things that are operating [ and on standby at that ] are the bilge pumps and the aft EIM, what I need to know is what might be consuming power through the Aft EIM.
 
There are other loads that bypass the solenoids. The memory for the radio, the Co and Co2 detectors and alarms, also I believe there is some engine monitoring that continues to operate.


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lpvanam said:
There are other loads that bypass the solenoids. The memory for the radio, the Co and Co2 detectors and alarms, also I believe there is some engine monitoring that continues to operate.


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thanks for the reply and that's what I thought but I just can't find any real clarification in the manual of how many things are drawing current with the solenoids off.
 
Don't know if this is your problem but I had a shorted alternator on my port engine once. It was drawing around 1 amp. Do you have a amprobe clamp on meter to trouble shoot.
 
fat spider said:
Cliff thanks for your reply but the battery draining occurs when both battery solenoids are turned off and the only things that are operating [ and on standby at that ] are the bilge pumps and the aft EIM, what I need to know is what might be consuming power through the Aft EIM.
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are you 100% certain that the 12VDC main switches are working properly?.......seems like I remember a post not to long ago about one of the battery switches not working properly and leaving all of the systems on that circuit active all the time....

cliff
 
CliffA said:
are you 100% certain that the 12VDC main switches are working properly?.......seems like I remember a post not to long ago about one of the battery switches not working properly and leaving all of the systems on that circuit active all the time....

cliff
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no that's not the case basically the whole system is working as it should, I'm just trying to find out what other things are energized when the solenoids are off so I can ascertain the current draw and if it just means I'm not putting enough solar in to cover the output.
 
what about the horn?.....does it stay energized all the time since it is a safety related system?......

i think some navigation items such as GPS and radar and VHF radios are also direct wired to the batteries....not 100% sure about this though....

if you have a large subwoofer for the stereo system the power amp for it may be direct wired to the battery.....

if you have a power inverter installed it is likely direct wired to the battery....

cliff
 
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Launch Day 2016!

She's back where she belongs, on blue water after a long winter hibernation.



Now we just need Spring to actually arrive in the Northeast :smt001
 
I had it completed this year. Replaced the carpeting with Plasterk - Teak & Holly. It looks beautiful. It was done by a marina and a sub floor was needed. I have a 1999 340 Sundance on Lake Erie.
 
Looks like a nice upgrade, the OEM white carpeting is a hassle to keep clean. I'm replacing all 4 batteries, does anyone know best process?
 
Are all the 80's models inboards? Been looking at the 340 and the 270 and both can be towed on a trailer which is a must for me, the 270 has a smaller beam and smaller bed in it. From what i see the 340 has a great forward birth but didnt look like they have aft births like the 270. Have seen both with 7.4's but the r40 has a bigger fuel tank so wondering if it has a lot more range or does its size and having inboards make it about the same range as a 270?
 
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