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fusto

If I recall correctly never-sieze can alter your torque specs.
Whether that's an issue in this situation or not, I don't know,
just be careful with the torque wrench.
Broken stud in engine block = much crying

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I once had to rewire a Pearson (not a triton, 80's vintage) and the mast had huge foam blocks in it. I think three-ish.
Ended up making a hole saw out of a piece of looong PVC pipe.
Worked amazingly well.

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When I was working as a rigger for a boatyard in Bellingham WA, I occasionally came across sheaves that needed replacing for which there was no off-the-shelf option. In those cases I would have custom sheaves made by this guy. http://www.zephyrwerks.com He's out of Port Townsend, WA but will ship to...

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Still a little unsure of the bilge pump operation, the 1 1/8 hose holds enough water so that the back drain causes the pump to cycle. Stepping down to a 3/4 hose seems to help. Hope I don't go back to dead batteries. A check valve in the bilge pump hose just after the pump is an easy fix. Bronze or...

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I have an electric coolant pump on a marinized kubota diesel that I have. Its basically a Universal m3-20B, but slightly different block, no mechanical pump. To pump coolant you need something that is rated for continuous duty. I have one of these: http://www.fisheriessupply.com/online/Assets/catalo...

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Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race starts on Jan 18th.
Its a hoot!!
I've done legs 2 and 3 so far.

I'm on there as erebus.

fusto

After you install it, paint it with a couple coats of interlux 2000 and then some bottom paint.
This will significantly reduce the amount of exposed underwater metal, thus negating the need to bond.

fusto

Rachel wrote:what does the little yellow staysail signify?

I'm pretty sure that's a foredeck light not a staysail.
ie: when you pull the switch out you get the foredeck added to your anchor, tricolor, etc. etc.

fusto

...but can't really see what's going on inside. Heres something to try... Make a sample crimp out of a short length of wire and whatever lugs you intend to use for your finished product. Then cut the lug open at the crimp, perpendicular to the wire with a hacksaw. Gives you a really good idea if yo...

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Additional photos of the carnage.

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They claim we have some nice weather coming so my hope is to launch on Saturday. Time will tell. Should be good weather all weekend here in our neighborhood. (Sat and Sun. mostly sunny mid to high 60's light winds) I'll keep an eye out off the west side of Lummi for a sharp looking boat with an ear...

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Pretty bizarre story. Last weekend a little 22' sportfish creamed into the bow of Neptunes Car. A beautiful Santa Cruz 70 race boat that lives and sails out of Seattle. We've hauled Neptunes Car out at our yard, shes big. Real big. Not hard to miss. Especially with sails up. Not sure who's at fault...

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I'd never get that honkin' pipe wench into the space available. You'd be surprised. Its only about 9" long, and with the offset its easier to work into small spaces than you'd think. It's really quite small, at least as far as pipe wrenches go. You might only get a fraction of a turn on the nu...

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So! The whole point of this blather is that this is not rocket science, is a pain in the neck, and there must be a better or better quality tool than what I used. What is it? Here in the boatyard this is the guy I use right here. (hammer and chisel is very poor workmanship) http://images.grainger.c...

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Another whole option for spreader replacement is to go aluminum. There's a company called New JSI that will replicate your old wood spreader in aluminum. The flat rate is $425. Not as cheap as making our own, or as sexy as a beautiful wooden spreader, but another option nonetheless. Been thinking ab...

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Zachary, (Good name... mines got the H too.) The only way to spell it! I wandered through a 110 footer down in Daytona Beach a few years back. Impressive the interior volume in those things! Does the one you are working on have those funky V-drive/bevel drives with the engine spun around over the s...

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Wow thats really cool!

We have a 1942 110ft WWII Navy Subchaser in our yard right now.
We did a complete hull refasten (16000+ fasteners!) new transom, running gear, paint deckwork etc.
The boat is far from finished, but there are a lot of neat paralells to your project.

Thanks for sharing!

fusto

Yay, another LeComte owner!

Welcome to the club!

fusto

Looks to me like it could be a Chris Craft Apache 37.
(S&S design)

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We use it on many of our boats. Some people swear by it over glopping things up with bottom paint. It sure is expensive, and be sure to wear a respirator when using the stuff. I'd have to second that at our yard here in the PNW. If its properly applied (ie proper prep)then it lasts a long time. Ive...

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Ahh... Tripp and his wacky coamings. They look really neat until you have to replace one... or two. My medalist needs new ones and I'm having to enlist the aid of an actual shipwright (co-worker so no charge, woo hoo) to help me laminate ones up that will fit right. The originals were a solid piece ...

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Well my "P" is 37.6 ft so thats uh...
...right around $800.
Wow, thats super reasonable!
Does that include all the giblets needed?
If so, I'd say they've got the "fancy" batt slide/car systems beat.

fusto

I'm very intrigued...
Whats an average cost for a strong track system?
About a grand (1 boat unit)?
More? Less?

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Somebody say they wanted a wood mast? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SITKA-SPRUCE-WOOD-MASTS-AND-SPARS-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ120230591301QQihZ002QQcategoryZ63731QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Mezanine mast? Wanish? Duoble Lender? Doesnt ebay offer any kind of spell check service for their listi...

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Just curious: Do you tend to use the heat-shrink terminals most of the time? Or some other combination that works with the ABYC-approved double crimper you show? It really depends on the specific situation. If Im wiring 50 connectors on a main panel in the salon on a big powerboat, I'm not using he...

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I just scanned my copy of E-11 and find no wording stating that the crimper you & I use is the only approved crimper? In typical ABYC fashion the crimper is not "approved" its "recommended". I dont believe the actual crimper is specified anywhere in the ABYC manual, as I don...

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Just as a side note: This is the only crimper currently recommended by ABYC. http://www.fisheriessupply.com/online/Assets/catalog/ANC/10609_ANC_702015_WPM.jpg Somewhat important for those in the industry, maybe not so much for the hobbyist. Its an Ancor product, but not cheap. They list for about $2...

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FYI-
The teak decking systems adhesive contains silicone.
So if your final intention is to varnish, then you have to go with a different adhesive.

Don't ask how I know...

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Fusto- I already HAVE the nicropress crimper... Actually I was thinking of this tool by Johnson: http://www.fisheriessupply.com/online/Assets//catalog/JOH/14153_JOH_PC25301_WPD.jpg This tool with Johnsons "hand swage" fittings leave you with an end product very much like machine swaged li...

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I've been tossing this same debate around in the back of my mind for about a year now. I've seen a couple of boats with beautifully spliced spectra lifelines. Nice hardware, gates, turnbuckles for adjustment the whole shebang. Part of me likes that a lot. But the traditionalist in me likes the old f...

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When I quit the office job and started working on boats about 4 years ago I found pretty quickly that I needed knee pads or I was going to be crippled in a very short amount of time. I went through a couple of different types. I tried the ones you have but I also found they didnt stay put and that t...

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Something really odd about this pic...

Why is there a stuffing box on the outside of the boat?

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s/v Groovy wrote: Echo Bay sunset

Mmm... Sucia Island.
I live right around the corner!

Dang it, gotta get my boat in the water.

fusto

Here in the boatyard we use a spray dye penetrant and developer to check swages and turnbuckles on rigging. Its a test kit made by Magnaflux. You can usually get it at welding shops or from an aircraft supply place. Costs about $40.00. You spray on a cleaner, then the dye penetrant, then a developer...

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dasein668 wrote:...3 pints.

Somebody cue the beer joke!

:-)

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Wow! I had no idea that information was available for the San Juans! Good to know. The boatyard I work for in Bellingham has a 26' Thunderbird for general consumption so I sailed her out around the southern tip of my home island (Lummi) yesterday. Kind of blustery and got rained on at one point but ...

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$7 worth of ordinary pvc and fittings that any monkey could have cobbled together in five minutes at the hardware store down the street. sigh... I think the Sealand diptube is more geared to the boatyard or OEM installer. At yard rates, the customer would have spent a lot more than the retail cost ...

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Figment wrote:Is there some virtue to the dip-tube being a friction-fit within this thing?

Easily removable if (when) the dip tube sucks up something bigger than it.

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hmm... The only way for the prop shaft to have changed position fore and aft would be for something to have shifted. And to impact the rudder, wouldnt the shaft and prop have needed to move aft a number of inches in the rudder aperture? Could be engine mounts, or maybe the prop shaft has slid out of...

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sigh... Boy do I miss MDI. (Many, many, many summers and a stint in the NPS for a year or so.) The Pacific NW is stunning. Lots of islands and big mountains. And great sailing, but I definitely have a soft spot in my heart (head) for Mount Desert. Thanks for the pics! P.S. Did you get any popovers? ...

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Tim wrote:... or a male PVC fitting on the outside of the tank for eventual connection to the hose?

You got it.
Male PVC pipe at the top then to whatever you want after.

Sealand also makes a nifty PVC to 1.5" sani hose adapter.

fusto

Wow!
That is some kind of slick setup.

Kudos.

fusto

Ive found that this setup from Sealand works really well.
Cheap too. (~$27)

YMMV...

fusto

... It is sort of an issue with boats in that when you turn your main battery switch "off", you really mean "mostly off", if you leave a bilge pump and radio still connected. Blue Sea Systems now even makes a special battery switch panel with a couple of 24 hr breakers just for ...

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Whoa, for a minute there I thought you were talking about this Lions Whelp . I got to tour this boat in 2003 towards the end of its refit at Portland Yacht Services. Now thats quite a boat too! Carbon fiber spars painted to look like wood. Amazing boat. Lots of neat photos of the refit on the website.

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Unless you install some sort of seat belt or other restraint. Now THERE's a topic just waiting to be explored! Heres a pic of the "whoopee bar" that Bruce Schwab has installed on his Open 60 Ocean Planet. Guess it makes it easier for him to use his carbon fiber toilet in rough seas. I won...

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We had one in the yard last summer and I got to spend a couple of days here and there out sailing on her.
They are really surprisingly easy to sail. Especially short handed.

Not a huge fan of the look, but pretty nice boats overall.

Comfy cockpit too.

fusto

I feel pretty good about how the bulkhead is adhered to the hull. The tabbing/bolted glass slot seems pretty stout, and the one or two bolts I did try to remove were in there quite well and were still intact. Sometime this week I'll be trying to cut out a neat rectangular area in the bulkhead to rem...

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The leak was from a poorly bedded bronze deckplate in the cockpit seat. The water weeped in around the plate, ran down the underside of the bench until it hit the bulkhead, ran down the bulkhead and then wicked along the seam. Theres really no more rot than what I already ripped out. I would probabl...

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So I've got this bulkhead on my Medalist thats been giving me pause and I'm not sure what to do with it. Its a major bulkhead between the stbd side cockpit locker and galley/accommodations. The odd thing about this bulkhead is that its made from two pieces of plywood instead of just one solid sheet,...

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