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George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Dave, We go all over the place in the RIB. Down in the islands we'll go anywhere from 1 to 10 miles with snorkel or scuba gear to dive a reef. On the Chesapeake we'll go similar distances to meet friends or go to a restaurant. On the coast of Maine ( and this is where it is really important ) we'...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, I'm looking at handheld GPS units for use while exploring in the Avon 310 RIB. My current setup is to use an old Garmin 72 unit to get a Lat / Long fix and compare it to a laminated chart. This works but is a real pain to use when flying along at 20 knots and you only have one hand free in a...

George ( C&C 40 )

Thanks for the note Hulukupu, I own a copy of Duncan's guide and used it before when visiting New England. An excellent guidebook. I'll also have a copy of Eldridge's tide tables for 2011 on board. An absolute must have for running the whole Block Island, Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole, Newport, Martha's ...

George ( C&C 40 )

Thanks for the advice Tim -- It's always good to hear from you. Hope you and Heidi are having a wonderful holiday season.

George

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, It's been a little while and I hope everyone is well. Denise and I are heading up to Newport, RI from Williamsburg, VA with some of our yacht club friends in late June 2011. After some quality time in Newport and the islands those guys will head back to VA and we will sail up the Cape Cod ca...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, Quick update. I've ordered 4 new motor mounts. In doing the work I found that one of the mounts was broken -- good thing I pulled the engine. The mounts I went with are exact replacements for what's already on there. This was the easiest way to go as all 4 mounts have matching shim plates un...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, Quick update... Engine is in the main galley of the boat and is disassembled. Oil was, in fact, coming out of the rear engine oil seal - so the theory was correct. Just waiting on parts at the moment. Since I had the engine on a hoist, I cleaned everything, replaced all the zincs, pulled and...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi David, There are specialized ultra-fine grit long cone shaped tools for sharpening serrated edge knives -- the burr on the back edge is then cleaned up with a specialized ceramic rod. The best way to deal with a quality knife like a Myerchin is just to send it back to the manufacturer every few y...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Adam, While underway offshore or in bad weather, myself and the crew all carry small folding serrated rigging knives from West Marine in our pockets. We also have larger serrated knives at the mast and in the cockpit for emergencies at all times. Like Tim, I tend not to carry a knife on my person...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Brian, I added a tach to my Yanmar engine panel a few years ago. The Yanmar 3QM30 (H) engine has a port on the engine's bell housing to screw in a tach sender unit -- this unit mates with a compatable display unit on the engine control panel. It was a few hundred dollars for the two units togethe...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the good information. I'll take some pictures when it's all done.

George

C&C 40 "Delphinus"

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Guys, Thanks for the notes. David, I think you are right, maybe a transmission seal but not the main engine seal -- thanks for the tip on Vetus mounts. Tim, I think I will replace them just to be on the safe side -- they've got to be very old at this point. That big old cast iron block engine doe...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, I'm getting ready to do the oil seal work on my 1979 Yanmar 3QM30 (H) in my C&C 40 sailboat. It occured to me while researching this project that one of the things that can cause an oil seal to fail is the breakdown of an engine mount(s). The old style yanmar engine mounts currently on t...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi rshowarth,

The umbrellas, the sandgrabber anchors for the umbrellas, and even the aluminum chairs with the wood arms ( I think ) all came from beachchairs.com. This gear really made the trip. I can't say enough good things about having that equipment with us.

George

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Guys, We'll you learn something new every day! I had thought these guys were just a type of Blackfin Tuna. My guide book said that "jack crevalle" were around 5-10 lbs. and the couple of these guys we caught averaged 2.5 to 3' in length and 20 - 25 lbs. They did have a slightly differen...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Rozinante, I've really enjoyed owning my 1979 Yanmar 3QM30(H). I've never had any problem getting parts, and the engine sounds as good today as the day it was made. I wouldn't worry too much about seawater cooling. They make good engine cleaning products these days to keep the passages clean -- I...

George ( C&C 40 )

Thanks Popeye1865. I appreciate the advice. I'll give your rail system a shot for moving the engine. I'll also pick up an impact wrench. Thanks again!

George

George ( C&C 40 )

Thanks again for the notes Popeye1865, That all sounds very good. I was thinking about just undoing the single top bolt that holds the foot of the engine to the rubber mount and lifting the motor straight up off the threads. Are you saying that the best way to go is to undo the two bolts that secure...

George ( C&C 40 )

Thanks for the note Popeye1865, I do have a torque wrench and I do have all the torque figures in the engine manual. I will make sure to get all the torques correct. I was hoping that someone might give me some info on separating the bell housing / tranny from the main body of the engine. My hope is...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, I've received a few questions about the anchor platform on my C&C 40 "Delphinus" -- here's the info and some pictures... The 1979 C&C 40 comes with a cast aluminum anchor platform with integral chocks. It is rated for an anchor up to 22 lbs. This data is pretty accurate as ...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Rachel, Bringing a hood, gloves, and booties gives you lots of warmth options when combined with shorty. The Yamaha 9.9 100:1 oil mix 2-stroke outboard I purchased new in 2007 in the U.S. and I believe it was a 2007 model. I don't remember the exact name of the online store I purchased it from bu...

George ( C&C 40 )

PB Blaster also does a great job removing oil / grease/ belt dust / rust stains from fiberglass.

George Jones

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi again all, I'll take a picture of the anchor platform next time I'm out at the boat. It really is simple though. My wife used a 3mm shorty wetsuit by Henderson (she also feels cold in the water). She felt that the 3mm shorty did an excellent job and kept her nice and warm. We were there for the e...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Rachel, I also seem to remember talking about the platform and posting some pictures. I have no idea where they are though. It's conceptually very simple - triangular steel plate with chocks and anchor roller bolted to it. I also seem to remember setting the whole thing in a bed of 3M 101 to help...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi again Main Sail,

I thought of one other thing. Is there any special trick or technique to separating the bell housing / transmission from the engine block ?

George

George ( C&C 40 )

Thanks for the notes guys and thank you "Main Sail" for the details and the pictures! I have the "Engine" book for the 3qm30(H) and the parts diagrams look very similar to the pictures you posted. As far as the tranny removal is concerned -- My plan was to lift the engine into th...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Dave, Good call on the stem fitting / anchor platform. The stock cast aluminum C&C 40 anchor platform cannot handle an anchor over 22lbs with any reliability -- and I use a 45 lb. CQR. I had a completely custom anchor roller platform made up out of 3/8" thick type 316 stainless plate tha...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Guys, The engine is a 1979 Yanmar 3QM30(H) with post factory fresh water cooling. It is, in my opinion, one of the great marine engines made -- large, heavy, cast iron block, great torque, smooth running, quiet, and has provided flawless operation for 30 years. Here's a couple pictures of the bac...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, While traveling the ICW up from Charleston, SC for a few days I noticed some oil drips under the engine. They only seem to appear if the engine is run for several hours ( or days ) in a row. I've put scraps of paper towels all over the engine where oil might leak and the oil is coming out of...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi again all, I forgot one interesting item... At first I thought this little guy was following us looking for handouts as we started to cruise the Exumas. Then I noticed that lots of the seagulls have only one leg. Then I noticed that there are never any seagulls sitting on the water during the day...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Guys, I'll cop to the smile thing. Three years doing PR in the late 80's appears to have ruined me. As to additional pictures, I'm not sure what you would like to see. I'll toss out a few that deal with interesting ( to me ) aspects of cruising the Bahamas at the bottom of this post. Let me know ...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, It's been awhile! Denise and I have been traveling most of this past year which included a four month sail to the Bahamas from Williamsburg, VA. I hope all has been well here on the forums and everyone has had a great sailing 2008! As most things about the boat and the way she's equipped hav...

George ( C&C 40 )

Thanks again guys. The search is going on now. He's leaning brand new at the moment but we'll see. Certainly, for the money, the Typhoon looks like a great deal.

George

George ( C&C 40 )

Thanks again guys,

I really appreciate all the help! I'll let you know how it turns out.

George

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Again All,

Ha Ha! You guys have done yoeman's duty in the suggestion dept! I'll show this posting to my friend. If he can't find something he likes out of this list it just can't be done. Thanks again for all your help.

George

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, A friend of mine asked me about sailboats in the 22' range. He has a house in a very nice neighborhood that has it's own yacht club and is looking for a boat to go out on evenings here in the Williamsburg, VA area. His neighborhood yacht club has deepwater piers and he would most likely keep...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Again All, Concluding thoughts on our 2007 N.E. Cruise -- Yorktown, VA to Roque Island, ME and back. Total distance cruised was a little over 1600 nautical miles in 6 or so weeks. June 20'th to August 4'th. Our time on the Maine coast went from July 1'st to July 29'th. I'm sure a lot of this is o...

George ( C&C 40 )

Segment 5 Hi All, Denise was flying back to Virginia from Portland on the 27'th of July and one of my friends from the York River Yacht Club had flown up to help me take the boat back down the coast. My younger brother was also able to join us for a few days which was fun. We sailed From Portland th...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Nathan, I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to see you guys in Portland. I purchased one of those Panasonic "Toughbooks" computers to keep on the boat and checked into the forum every few days while on my trip. I was sorry to see that I had already missed you when I logged on in Portland. I...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Figment, I was going to mention this in the trip summary but now is as good a time as any.... The C&C 40 is a realtively low-to-the-water offshore racer / cruiser and looks somewhat small compared to a modern "floating condo" 40 footer. That being said, I've still always thought of ...

George ( C&C 40 )

Segment # 4 Hi Again All, The next part of our trip tok us from Bar Harbor all the way to Portland, ME. The time frame was about the 7'th of July to about the 26'th of July. Lots of fog and lots of rain but we did some wonderful hiking in Acadia National park for the better part of a week as well as...

George ( C&C 40 )

Time for segment #3... One of the highlights of the trip was hiking in the fog and rain through the Great Wass Island Wilderness. To do this, we put into a hurricane hole known as "The Mudhole" on Great Wass Island. From the Mudhole you could dinghy to the side of the mudhole, scramble up ...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Again All, The second segment of the trip was from Newport Harbor to Block Island to Hadley Harbor to the Cape Cod Canal across the Gulf of Maine to the Canadian border and down to Roque Island. The run from the Sandwich Town Marina to Roque Island was done as one extremely long overnight trip. I...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, After six weeks or so we have made it back to Williamsburg, VA. It was a wonderful trip despite lots of rain, storms, and fog. I would like to thank everybody who gave advice on gear, system requirements, and cruising in New England. Everything worked extremely well and after six weeks on th...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All,

I'm putting together some of the pictures from our long New England cruise. I'll get some of them posted over the next couple of days. It was a great trip and an excessent learning experience.

George Jones

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Peter, I re-rigged the Wavelength 24 I have for PHRF racing with a combination of 4mm and 5mm Dyform wire. The boat was orininally done with 5/32 1X19 stainless. The reason I did it was the Dyform allowed me to double the rigging tension on the boat. It has worked out great. Two things to make su...

George ( C&C 40 )

Looking good!

We're taking off in about an hour. Hope to run into you and some of the rest of the gang up there on the Maine coast sometime during the middle two weeks of July.

George

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, Thanks guys. I appreciate all the good info. I'm packing the boat later this week. If I have room left for the tank, bcd, and the regulator I'll bring them. Otherwise, I won't worry about it too much. I'm pretty good at avoiding crab pots and it appears to be a similar skill to avoiding lobs...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi All, This one's for the Maine sailors... I have scuba gear for cleaning the race boat during the season and was wondering if it's worth bringing the full gear to Maine to deal with lobster pots. Or, is a wet suit, fins, and a weight belt good enough to clear lines wrapped around a prop. In seven ...

George ( C&C 40 )

Hi Figment,

Just got back from a cruise planning dinner at the yacht club and one of the guys made that very point. He said that he won't even touch one of those things unless he's wearing work gloves.

Thanks again for the tip,

George

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