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hesper

Thanks again. I'm starting to think I understand some of the confusion. Hopefully I can connect with seller soon. This boat is interesting although I'm still not sure. Our main problem here is draft. Our area has precious little water. If I could find a centerboard boat for under $10k I'd really be ...

hesper

Thanks everyone. I have seen pics of the boat named Galaxy pictured. I'll take it that this is "a" Galaxy. I guess the description of a "gun turret" is a bit exaggerated. Seems more a conventional cabin to me. The rest of the descriptions I've seen seem to line up with the info I...

hesper

It's been said before but Tim is the best.

I have been offline for a while and misplaced my old, cryptic password. I asked Tim for a reset and as you can see, I'm up again in less than a day.

Thanks again to Tim for being our host!

Jim

hesper

We're considering looking at what purports to be a Tripp American Galaxy. 1961, 32 feet. Owner has emailed some info but i'm confused. I have read that this boat is supposed to have a "bubble" cabin like a Columbia 40. From the pic's I've seen, looks like your standard coach house. The sub...

hesper

Love these boats. Had one near me 15+ years ago that in maybe 5 years I saw sail only 2 or 3 times. I had a serious line on one maybe 17 years ago but my now wife could refer to it only as "that needle boat." Not much headroom, wet, etc. I decided to go for something a little more use frie...

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Mark-
"sausage" was the word I couldn't find. I confess, I had a minor oil leak and those sausages were my best friends for a summer. They really do work!
here's an old story, might give you a lead on freebies
http://www.enviro-bond.com/buzzardsbay.html
good luck
jim

hesper

I don't know if still in effect but couple of years ago the Comm of Massachusetts gave a few boxes of absorbant "tubes" to our harbormaster's office. I liberated a good quantity. Could probably get a few more. You should check with your local H-master or the state. You might come up with s...

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Well Mark, I saw your post and noted that your at or near the old Hingham shipyard. Look out to your left (west) and you'll see Great Hill in North Weymouth where I grew up. Across the Back River from you and to the left you may still see Black Seal, a J35 that I race on and is owned by old friends ...

hesper

Well, in our near-sighted, New England mind-set, there's only one South Shore and that's south of Boston from about Quincy to Cape Cod. I keep my boat in Kingston which is just north of Plymouth. Plymouth Harbor and Kingston/Duxbury Bays are mostly shallow, muddy areas. We do have some channels but ...

hesper

Has anyone got experience with the Morgan 30 centerboarder? I am familiar with the Morgan 24 as my family had one years ago. The 30 is very interesting to us because of the shoal draft. Where I am, there's precious little water at any time any next to none most places at low tide. My biggest questio...

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Figment-when you asked "how this could possibly be of use on a 28' boat. Change course while using the head?", all I could think of was coming back from a race last weekend with the senior member of the crew sitting on the lazerette of a J35 steering the boat by remote control like a giant...

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When I was younger and a pia at the club, I used to lift up and move my 300# mushroom regularly with my Bristol 26 by tying up tight on an incoming tide and waiting for the tide to pop it. The guy who pulled moorings did it with about a 20' open boat all by hand. If you can pop it on the incoming ti...

hesper

So, enough whining. I'm no mechanic, as you've probably already guessed but I'm willing to learn. In the interest of science, I took off the head last night. Sure enough, the rear cylinder which was down when i opened up the engine was about 1/2 full of water. Definately signs of water but only mino...

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Thanks for the empathy. I probably should have installed a new engine and avoided the rebuilt engine anxiety. I'm still pretty sure that the Volvo has some life in it but maybe it's better off with someone who appreciates a challenge. Money's a little tight right now and so is time so I think that I...

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Took a couple of hours last night and this morning but it's out. The Volvo MD7A I installed(used) last summer to replace the old Palmer is back in the garage where it belongs. The engine was running well untill a couple of weeks ago when something bad happened. Either a major oil leak somewhere, a h...

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Well, after Friday night fun, and waiting about 36 hours, i partially inflated the boat to check for leaks. So far, so good. I was tempted to launch but decided to wait a full 48 hours. Tide is high at 11:46. Guess I better get some work done here so can do sea trials around lunch time!
j

hesper

Speaking of repairs...Just bought about 3 weeks ago, a Zodiac 185(i think), about 9 foot, 5 years old from a friend. Firned is VERY reliable and iI trust that no leaks till I took command. Boat seemed great till i deflated and brought to another location then reinflated. Seemed to be slowly losing a...

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Tod- Real quick observation is that my new/used Honda 5hp outboard's book says to keep tank ""within 6 feet of the outboard motor" and no lower than 3 feet "below the fuel connector on the outboard motor." I'm no mechanic so I don't know if there is or is not a fuel pump but...

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Matt- Congrats! Back in the early '80's, a friend and rival had a Cal. Always sailing pretty well and they certainly got their money's worth. Pretty solid too. In fact, I sailed with him from south of Boston up to New Hampshire once. We lost power going under a bridge and hit the bridge with the for...

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Nathan-

Can you hold out long enough for the water to rise to the boat? Might save you the hauling fee.

jim

hesper

Bruce,

Can you get a long pry bar into the shaft and pull it into line?

Barring that(bad pun unintended), could you bring the whole assembly to a metal or car frame shop where they have hydraulic presses etc? Doesn't seem this should be a major issue with the right tools.

Good Luck

Jim

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Brian-

I don't know if I'm in the position of buying another boat either but free is maybe a different story.

Can you provide listings or other info?

Thanks

Jim

hesper

Why not beat a dead horse?

How 'bout this little beauty...
http://users2.ev1.net/~fshagan/masttab.htm

Looks all too easy. You sure you wouldn't rather just launch near a bridge?

Jim

hesper

Brian- Glad it's helpful. Geoff Marshall and John Garfield and friends would certainly know if their socket would work. They also would not sell you something they didn't think it would do the job. I just wonder if it could be replicated/sized up or down by a machine shop??? Anyway, good luck! Jim

hesper

Hi Brian. Well, I just finished a great reply(beleive me, it was brilliant) then I hit the "back" button and erased..... Why won't Marshall's rig work? I'm guessing the mast section on an 18 is very close to yours. The 22 would be a little bigger I think. Could the Marshall hinge be turned...

hesper

You know, stranger things have happened. Take a gander (pun intended) at this beauty. http://www.dabblersails.com/companyboat.html Sorry I still don't know how to post photos. Maybe someone could help out. Anyway, there are ways to do modifications that don't end up looking like a MacGregor or Bucan...

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Tim- Of course there's only one fuel line and two engines of different shaft length.........you're supposed to switch depending on depth of water. Plymouth Bay is notoriously shallow and it's a great convenience to be able to continue powering along in varying depths. I'm thinking about one of those...

hesper

I live down the road and cruise the harbor but I don't think I've seen this little beauty.
I notice she comes with a well stocked bar.
'Course, we're laughing now but who hasn't been willing to pay real money for a second engine at some time?
Jim

hesper

Hah!

I can figure out this computer stuff. I'm not dumb, not like people say...

http://140.90.121.76/tides06/tpred2.html#MA

kinda cumbersome but it takes me out for the whole summer which is what i'm looking for

hesper

Eric,
thanks but I could not download. Besides, too much like math for me. Isn't there a simple chart out there?
i suppose the new pocket sized thingy's will be at the boat yard soon. Gives me an excuse to take a ride over there i guess.

hesper

I was just trying to look up tides for next summer for sailing program planning and I see that MaineHarbors.com http://maineharbors.com/ma/tidemass.htm will no longer be publishing tide charts for Mass, RI etc. as of Jan 1,2006. Too bad as I've found this to be the best site for these charts. Anyone...

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Mike, I think we're all probably going to agree that for most cruising boats such as ours, the difference in drag between 2 and 3 blade props is negligible at best. I think that likewise, the diff in thrust is not generally going to be worth buying a new prop one way or the other unless your current...

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Jason, Those Maglights are pretty nice and the price is right. Saw a 2-D cell light the other night. Not bad at all. They're pretty heavy but I'm leaning towards one as opposed to the $40 LED. With regard to hiding the light from the wife and (3)kids...I assume you're married with kids. If so, I'm s...

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C'mon Britton, I'm reading all the posts myself. Water on the brain is a serious condition but one I've come to embrace!

hesper

For some reason, I've been thinking I'd like to buy a good flashlight for myself. It's a "tool" that I would use almost every day/night, should last for quite a while, and one I can hide from the kids and my wife. I've been checking out different sites and have seen alot of info but I'm lo...

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I'm also considering adding a bail to my boom. However, I'm thinking of lashing the block to the boom a'la Harken http://www.harken.com/blocks/carbofeat.php anyone have experience with such a lashing? Obviously, you need to have a loose-footed or slug-footed sail to do this. Oh, this isn't a fancy r...

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Figment, I see your blog has taken at turn back to discussion. Have your parents looked at a Mainship Trawler? They can be had for pretty cheap money and have a good turn of speed to them. Kind of a modern trawler. Here's one...wish I could figure out how to copy pic's http://yachtworld.com/core/lis...

hesper

Sweet little boat. And that Ad! - wow! I'm sold! I looked at some of their other ads. The writer has quite a flair for description. If I ever need a broker, I'm calling these folks http://yachtworld.com/pugetsoundyachts
'Course, Port Townsend is a little far off Cape Cod for me.

hesper

Tony- I try to think that there's no such thing as a totally ugly boat(although you guys have plenty of proof I'm wrong). However, how bad is this little beauty? I'd like to see more pics. The McGregors and their outboadrs remind me of a sailboat I used to see all the time in Marblehead in the early...

hesper

Just installed a used Volvo diesel that is rated at 2400 rpm max. My previous setup included a mechanical tachometer. This engine has pickups for rpm, temp, pressure. Any recommendations for good but reasonably priced instruments? Our friends at W**t Marine stock plenty of 7000 rpm tach's but I'm re...

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We're installing a new/used Volvo MD6A in my 22' Marshall catboat. Of course, the engine wants a Left Hand propeller. The replaced engine (vintage 1973 Palmer was a Right Hand prop. With the change in RPM's etc, I'm soliciting opinions on propeller pitch etc. Boat is 22' long, 10' beam, approx. 6000...

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I forgot to include the blatent catboat plug. That is for The Boy, Me and the Cat by Henry Plummer. Re-Published by The Catboat Assoc, inc (www.catboats.org), this is the log of Mascot,a 24 foot catboat which Plummer, his son and the cat sailed to Florida and back from the New Bedford area in the wi...

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Brian, Try Seastruck by Bunting. Same author as Portrait of a Port and A Day's Work. Second two are excellent photo documentaries. They're books you'll look at for years to come. Hard to find Portrait but is available used. Seastruck is more a collection of logs from New Bedford whaling ships at the...

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Hi Nathan, You say Bronze piano hinges. Can you not use brass? I don't know as I've seen bronze piano hinges. How about these... Hatch Hinges Highly polished Bronze. Quick release pin. Pin Hole is large enough to accept a lock with a 5/16 shank. Includes 5/16 quick release pins. Sold in Pairs. Use #...

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As part of my engine change on my Marshal 22, I'm considering a deck wash system. I see that it's not recommended to splice into the engine water supply though. I would like to be able to run the engine while using the hose(perfect for water fights) I guess I could go into the head supply line but t...

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Hi All, This is my first post since finding this excellent site. I'm hoping someone can help me with these questions. I am, after alot of looking, purchasing a used Volvo MDA(?) diesel. Engine purports to be 15hp. 2 Cylinder. We're having injectors & fuel pump rebuilt. Can anyone point me toward...

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