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Mark.Wilme

Our 'classic' Beneteau 381 has the vhf installed in a small wall between the nav and the seating area - it forms the back panel to the nav for mounting of certain instruments etc and it forms the backrest for part of the seat. I should say 'did' because I removed the vhf at the weekend (Standard Hor...

Mark.Wilme

I would agree on the cross ventillation - can you run them through the anchor well and put one on each side of the bow like eyebrows ?

Of course I don't know how they might fair with waves breaking over the bow - could you end up with a tank full of sea water ? - dunno.

Mark.Wilme

if it looks like an old ladies inner thigh, I dont mind

Snicker ....

What I meant to say was Good luck - Get her usable and then out on the water in the spring and enjoy her.

Mark.Wilme

The local supplier (Hansen Marine) beats Torrensens online prices so I am going to buy the rebuild kit and a brand new pump (slightly different model) from them. I'll also get some globe impellers for the new pump and then rebuild the old pump with the rebuild kit and keep it on board as a spare. In...

Mark.Wilme

Thanks guys - quality responses as usual I think I am going to order the service manual and a rebuild kit. If I can find a new pump at less than the boat price of $450 I may also buy a second pump as a spare - they take minutes to swap out. Note I had thought about putting a speed seal on the pump b...

Mark.Wilme

I had a small drip from what I thought was a hose on the raw water pump (Westerbeke 44AFOUR) on the , 2001 Beneteau 381 we recently bought. Actually there is another story here too which Tim knows about but I'll need to hold than one for a whilke until some things get sorted out, then I will share. ...

Mark.Wilme

Got it here. If anyone wants a copy faxing or mailing please sene me a private message.

Mark.Wilme

If you know which cruising world it is, let me know I subscribe so I can copy it and fax/mail it to you.

I don't recall it though

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bhartley Maybe you can help. I have the compass at home upside down on the bench. The fluid is mineral oil and I have a quart of Ritchie oil to replenish it with. I have tried pumping in new oil with a syringe but even when I think that the fill hole is at the very top I still get a bubble. Do I nee...

Mark.Wilme

Noah,

I would hope that when everything is said and done resale would be $75-85, but it will take good marketing to sell the boat.

are you doing this just for the resale or to keep the boat ?

Mark.Wilme

Look Ma, a flying boat !

Mark.Wilme

Is that a Series 2 behind the trailer in the pic ?

Mark.Wilme

George - you have two posts going and you asked a question on the other one which is now locked so.... We live in Hopkinton, MA - where the marathon begins (interestingly most marathons are named after where hey start, not where they finish, not ours) and we keep the boat at the head of Narragansett...

Mark.Wilme

George, Not intending to provoke or be inflamatory but I am curious as to how you get on with a 22lb Danforth on a 40ft boat. Do you use this as a day hook or do you anchor overnight with it, if so - in a blow ? Does it hold well ? I ask because (and this may be where my inexperience may show) it se...

Mark.Wilme

Great photos, must be great memories. Thank you.

"Pup" looks like he's having a blast too

Mark.Wilme

Does anyone have any experience with these or similar ? http://www.cruisingsolutions.com/headsets.asp Sometimes we can't rely on hand signals when exiting the marina (some tough lines of sight as we work our way out require a 'spotter' on the bow to alert the helmsman to other traffic) and also some...

Mark.Wilme

I have a row of 4 of those "cable clams" or whatever they are called in front of the mast step for the wires to pass through the deck to connectors below - well they leak, a) because some of the rubber grommets are worn and b) because some of the wires that go through are oval, or at least...

Mark.Wilme

I can tell you what we have settled on for our Beneteau 39 footer ... We have a 9ft West Marine inflatable with the high pressure floor and a 2 stroke Mercury 3.3 that starts first pull (really, it does). I can probably carry it on my swim platform, I know I can tow it and I know I can put it in the...

Mark.Wilme

When I get a chance I'll see what local knowledge I can contribute for Narraganset bay

Mark.Wilme

That is some ordeal - not just the CB but the replacemet of the ballast in the keel too- I had assumed he would be heating it and pouring it, had not envisaged he would use lead shot and epoxy.

wow

Mark.Wilme

Tim, I know you installed one in the daysailor, not sure it anyone else has installed a Vetus but I was wondering if you had found readily available oil filters ?

I am partial to WIX filters but I don't spot an immediate replacement. The Vetus part number is STM0051.

Anyone any insight ?

Mark

Mark.Wilme

We had the marina drop the CB on our Elite 32 last Spring and they sweated and grunted at it for almost half a day before they got the beast out. They even left the boat hanging in the slings overnight, that didn't help either. Even after they had drilled out the pin (2" dia Nylon) it wouldn't ...

Mark.Wilme

Dan - I can't beleive it, you finally found Tims website only hours after you and I exchanged emails and reconnected.

welcome.

Mark

(Impeckable and yet-to-be-named Beneteau 381)

Mark.Wilme

Tend to agree, the owner is probably looking at his insurance coughing up the $20k, he might have some luck in covering his deductible with the boat yard but I wouldn't pin my hopes on it. I think the lesson here is as you've said - - be responsible for your own boat, regardless. - vote with your fe...

Mark.Wilme

How did you strip the bottom ?

chemical peel ? hand tools ? power tools ?

Mark.Wilme

Yes, I just checked the article on Scuttlebutt and that's her all right.

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/06/kathleen/

BTW - this forum is much more useful and entertaining that the Beneteau mailing lists I have recently subscribed to .. .. ..

Mark.Wilme

OK folks - here are the pics (about half of them anyway .. .. .. http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/markwilme/TheJourneyHome/Dscf0002.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/markwilme/TheJourneyHome/Dscf0006.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/markwilme/TheJourneyHome/Dscf0007.jpg http...

Mark.Wilme

This post on a local sailing board I monitor I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on what happened to me last week. On Oct 15th. I sailed my boat from my slip in Newport to XYZ Boat Yard in Jamestown. My boat has been hauled at XYZ since 1988 and although there are new owners, it made sense to...

Mark.Wilme

I tried something similar from Home Depot 5 years ago on my Venture 22 (don't laugh) - it was heavy and would only fasten with mechanical fasteners - not glue. Also it wouldn't hold a finish (varnish)

Mark.Wilme

Well the boat is 'home' and the one word to describe the 'delivery' is COLD! Probably like September in Maine, right ? As I think you all know I?d had issues with crew beforehand due to the prior weekends storms, family commitments and sickness (more on the sickness later), but by Friday late mornin...

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4th and 5th.

Mark.Wilme

Just an update We will be moving our 'new' Beneteau 381 from Hingham, MA to Portsmouth, RI this weekend. In the last week the 8 (eight) people who had expressed an interest have all backed out for completely understandable reasons , the most recent being the prior owner who opted out within the last...

Mark.Wilme

and I am glad we elected not to bring our 'new' boat home last weekend - this weekend is looking promising though.

Mark

[ nice shelter ]

Mark.Wilme

Also no hooligan is going to readily back a full keel boat out of a slip and make a quick escape at 6 knots, are they ?

Mark.Wilme

Found what seems to be a solid site with lots of answers about refrigeration topics, if that's your thing :

Mark

http://kollmann-marine.com

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This one is my favorite !

GREAT job, love the photos

Mark.Wilme

Nice picture !! Normally at this time of year we are doing our last sail of the season, the halloween sail is normally a memorable one. Of course he last 3 weekends have been gorgeous fall weather down here is southern New England and we (I) were really looking forward to bringing the 'new' boat bac...

Mark.Wilme

You could also take one of the other units - maybe for a coaming box or sometthing and modify it to fit yourspace and your instruments.

Mark.Wilme

Rachel, are you originally from the UK ? and yes - Wikipedia amongst other sources will tell you that 'meths' is denatured alcohol - the pinkish / purplish tinge is because they added something tomake it undrinkable - I seem to remember as a child that the whino's didn't seem to know this. Color as ...

Mark.Wilme

It's a wire "clamp" with wick material wrapped around it. You simply dip it in alcohol, clamp it on to the burner, and light it. We used to use something similar in the UK when I ran a scout troop to light out "tilley" lamps. Lamps used Paraffin and the wick used 'methalated spi...

Mark.Wilme

Thanks one and all. The harken link helps, looks like I have something there very similar. I actually got a diagram from a chap at Neil Pryde sails showing how the reefing works. He calls it continuous reefing and it's very similar to Greyhawks. 2lines, 2 reef points. From a fixed point on the aft e...

Mark.Wilme

Nice brightwork Nathan !!

Mark.Wilme

Of the 15 boats, were they all used to the same extent or is that not a factor ?

Mark.Wilme

I spent today prepping the 2001 Beneteau 381 we just accquired for the trip home this next weekend. The marina stepped the mast but left the rest up to me, there are three things that are puzzling me : 1. Mast wiring I have 5 wires from the mast to connect - in a double cable (2 wires) and a triple ...

Mark.Wilme

I forgot to mention the current boat name - it's "Grasail". Top 3 for consideration right now are "Treasure beach" "Circus Act" "Obession" (because it is) she's coming home under her current name, not exactly legal given the chnage in ownership and new USCG pa...

Mark.Wilme

I used to paddle white water in the UK - most plastic kayaks these days are either linear or 'cross linked' polyethylene. They are going to be very tough to paint. It's going to be like painting King starboard or Tupperware. If it's fiberglass however then normal painting applied, however they will ...

Mark.Wilme

So I have six for now :

1 in each compartment, 1 in the galley, 1 by the nav and one in the cockpit. A mix of ABC's and BC's.

Hopefully wont need any this weekend on the trip back.

I'll revisit after some research over the winter.

Mark.Wilme

As of 11pm here are the contenders, must be too much drinking going on around here :

A parent wind
Breezy
Circus act
GenoaLuvU
Glass castle
It wasn't me
Obsession
Treasure Beach
Wingin it

Mark.Wilme

It's not hard, it's $84.

We might actually register as is ("Grasail") and change later.

I just don't like the current name.

Note I think in the other thread West Marine trigger of of the USCG documentation chnage to ofer you a discount so .. .. ..

Mark.Wilme

The Admiral (my wife) has been saying for a couple of weeks that she has this really great name for the new boat we have boat, but she has been keeping it a secret. She finally reveals it " Obsession " Frankly I am a little disappointed, it is probably suitable but do you know how many Obs...

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"Shallow mount" VHF radios

Water Pump Question

Marine headsets

Mast wire seals

Oil filters for Vetus 2 cylinder

CREW ? - Moving boat this next weekend from MA to RI

Refrigeration

Questions on rigging on my new boat - maybe you can help ?

Boat names