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fusto

I work for a boatyard in Bellingham, but we have 2 other yards down in the Seattle area, and we primarily use Gallery Marine for Yanmar parts.
http://www.gallerymarine.com/

Don't know how their prices rate compared to Torresen but we've had good luck with them.

YMMV

fusto

...but then I'm also just a mechanic...

Actually, to be totally accurate I'm the Lead mechanic.
ooh management! (even worse)

Sorry if I got your dander up.

I was being facetious.
Didnt you see the... :-)

fusto

...and get ready to play with color matching. When the fiberglassers/painters at my yard are color matching gelcoat they put the little dabs of colored gelcoat on some clear cellophane packing tape and then tape it to the hull. They say that it gets rid of any shadows in your blob of gelcoat and ma...

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The sealant is used primarily to prevent water from working its way inside the terminal and over time causing crevice corrosion in the stainless wire or in the terminal itself. The adhesive properties are secondary. So you would want to use something tenacious but not permanent. LifeCaulk or 101 as ...

fusto

I crewed on the high speed cat ferry from Hyannis Cape Cod to Nantucket a few years ago, and Nantucket Sound averages out at about 30 feet deep the whole way across. At least where we were traveling... at 38 knots... in a 150 foot aluminum catamaran. Used to get real exciting during the annual Figaw...

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Rachel wrote:Nice of you to take the time to ask the question for a friend ;-)

I do what I can to help out.

:)

fusto

Hypothetical situation: Say a couple of years ago you purchased a boat that had been previously documented earlier in life, but the people you bought the boat from didn't re-document it while they owned it, and when you bought it you didn't use a coast guard bill of sale or get the actual bill of sa...

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LOL- Well MY containers are labeled "Dolfinite" *grin* Must be made by same folks. Splash Zone more than likely is the same stuff though. Hmm maybe dolfinite is a brand name? The Splash Zone we have at the yard is made by Z-Spar which is made by Woolsey which is made by Pettit... At least...

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I think he was referring to Z-spar's Splash Zone . It comes in two tins, one is full of black goo and the other is full of yellow goo. You knead a handful of each into a clay-like blob. And apply liberally to... uh... whatever. The fishermen here in the PNW like to use it on exposed running gear bol...

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They were the best deal around...

...but they were priced right...

What kind of prices are we talking about?
How much for stanchion bases?
Pulpits?

Just curious...

fusto

I can't imagine there's room for one of these.... is there? I've used these with good success. http://www.forespar.com/onlineCatalog/images/48-waterStrainer.jpg They're Forespar marelon , and are a lot easier to locate in a cramped engine space. Not nearly as unwieldy as a bronze and glass strainer...

fusto

I would hesitate to use the Johnson hand swaged fittings since they reduce the strength of the finished lifeline by about 30 percent. Really? I didnt know that. They reduce the strength in the wire? Or just the strength in the fitting? I figured it had to be less strong than a machine swage but did...

fusto

northeast38 wrote:Do you have jibs (or jib) that would go on an inner forestay?

The boat did come with a tiny little storm sail.
Looks original.
But no roller furling in evidence so it could have been flown from the head stay.

fusto

I'm planning on redoing my lifelines (seeing as the boat didnt come with any) and I was going to use the Johnson lifeline system. They have all the usual lifeline suspects and you can swage them yourself (with a $40 tool)! All kinds of fittings. Was going to go with 3/16 wire. I have no experience w...

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It was definitely added after the fact. The quality is nothing like the rest of the mast hardware. I emailed Art Karpf about it last year, but he never got back to me. I asked the previous owners about it as well and they said they never used it. Just left it lashed to the mast, and they owned the b...

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Clearly, those attachments are inadequate all the way around! It's amazing what people will do. I wouldn't trust any of those attachments even if the stays were truly only to sort of stabilize the mast. Woefully weak. Yeah, I completely agree with all your points. I was sort of on the fence about e...

fusto

Your bilges look just like my LeComte Northeast 38. Your ?Pretty scary piece of junk? looks identical to the top of my fuel tank. I was able to remove all the nuts holding the plate, but so far I have been unable to pry up the plate. Since I new I wasnt saving it, I jammed a prybar under it and it ...

fusto

A fellow Medalist owner asked me for some photos of various projects I did (am doing) on my boat. But instead of emailing them privately I figured I'd post them here for general consumption. Theres no running theme just a bunch of different things. Any comments at all on anything would also be welco...

fusto

The Sparkman and Stephens Yankee 30 also has midships exhaust.
The muffler runs up the bulkhead in the head!

fusto

I guess my old Hood Sea Furl is not going to be salvagable either. You might want to try contacting Hood. Last summer we sent an old (about ten years) Hood furling drum in to Hood for a repair and rebuild, and they just sent us a brand new furling unit. No charge! (Although we did by a whole bunch ...

fusto

JetStream wrote:Some have said that this was the first bubble top that he did that finally "got it right".

Hey!!

*sniff*

:-)

fusto

My idea is to use a portable diesel tank to get to the yard.

He's just looking for a temporary solution to get to a yard where he can locate the source of the water in his primary tank.

fusto

You can get portable diesel tanks. They're just the same as the red portable gas cans, but they're yellow. Other than the color, no difference. We had a WWII subchaser come into our yard in Bellingham about 2 years ago from Orcas Island and they made it the whole way running humongous twin V12's on ...

fusto

Wow!
You are quite the craftsman.
Wish I was half as good. (*sigh* not so good with the wood...)

A tip of the hat!

The cutting in half picture is one of my favorites.

fusto

keelbolts wrote:Yup, wedges and a proper coat are the way to go.

Mast wedges are great, as long as you have enough of them to support the mast in the partners, and they're installed correctly.
Otherwise you could potentially crack the partners with improper stress loading.

fusto

Does that hold true if the mast gets pulled periodically (such as annually for winter storage)? Its water tight by nature until the first time the mast is pulled. (which can be exciting!). After that you need to put a little LifeSeal or something on the Spartite when you re-step. Nothing too tenaci...

fusto

Spartite goes a lot farther than you think. Well, I guess that really depends on the distance from the mast to the partners... I've used it a bunch of times in the yard. And for most of the boats I've used it on I've only needed the single kit. The key (as with all things) is prep, prep, prep. If it...

fusto

OK, I know I said concise, but this was the best I could do... Hope you're all comfy. Maybe get a drink of water or a bathroom break if need be. And were off! Installing a new conduit in an old mast. Get a number of lengths of schedule 20 PVC close to the length of your mast (longer is better). 1&qu...

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I am concerned about the gouges in the shaft where it goes through the cutlass bearing, though. They are rather curious, however. I wonder how you could get longitudinal gouges in the shaft there? I've seen longitudinal crevice corrosion in the cutless area on shafts on boats that tend to sit in th...

fusto

hmm... It looks to me like when your underway and your using your tiller-pilot or a windvane to steer, you can fold the large human sized tiller up out of the cockpit and let the autopilot/windvane use the stubby one.

Or did I get that totally wrong?

fusto

Playing the devils advocate, remember that what is "necessary" may be as much a function of what an insurance company requires as what is required by good seamanship. How would you feel if you took your car in for a repair and the mechanic installed something which made your car fail a st...

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In reading the latest installments on the Kaholee project I noticed Tim, that your not using stainless bushings or nipples between the brass/bronze fittings and the aluminum tank? Any particular reason? I'm curious 'cause i just had this exact issue come up at work, and I'm seeking other intelligent...

fusto

The Wichard ones are very nice. Just installed some recently for a customer. Quality castings.

The Sea Dog's are about what you would expect.

fusto

Yeah, I'll go ahead and third the "no-foam-in-masts". The Ericson mast I just redid had old mattress foam duct taped to the wires and then fed up the mast. The duct tape and foam was so old that when I pulled the wires out the duct tape separated from the foam leaving pretty much all of it...

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Scout is getting tons of work done. One of the things is rewiring the mast. Our halyards are external. Do we really need a conduit? Is the only reason for conduit only to minimize the noise? Are you doing the mast work yourself? Installing a conduit is really a pretty simple process. At the boatyar...

fusto

My 1964 Medalist came with a very odd pervasive odor. During the summer I keep the hatches cracked and you can barely notice it, but in the winter when the boat is just sitting in the yard, it seems to build up. I couldnt put my finger on it but then a couple of weeks ago I was using red loctite for...

fusto

Touches on pretty much all his designs throughout his career.
A lot of neat old black and white pictures too.
Quickie blurb about the LeComte Medalist (with photo) and the NE 38.
Yay!

fusto

It seems a little cheesy(perhaps I'm wrong) ,but has anyone used this imitation teak and holly sole. It is sold on the Defender web site. http://www.lonsealspecialty.com/lonwdteakholly.html The yard I work for installed a sole made of this last summer in an old 27' Tolly Craft. It looked pretty goo...

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For exterior nav lights I choose: OMG http://www.orcagreen.com/ - I see no disadvantages here - the boat is actually far more visible and I don't have to worry about draining battery down on long night sails - the tradeoff is inital high cost. Ooooh, I like the masthead tricolor/anchor with photodi...

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I believe the westerbeke part number for that pump is 033636 . Heres the replacement pump from Torresen to replace that particular westerbeke part number. Link Not sure about a rebuild kit... Sometimes its easier (although more $$$, 454.30 to be exact) to just replace the pump altogether. That one s...

fusto

make sure that there's a Strong track for 5/8" external

Tim, what size external track did Glissando come with if not 5/8?

If it was original bronze track from the 60's then its probably the same stuff that I have.
Which is very reassuring.
:-)

fusto

I found it.
Its a B744VL.
$400 bucks...

fusto

They do in fact make a long stem triducer. I had to get one just recently for a 55' islander with a crazy thick hull and monster fairing blocks. The owner provided a standard length triducer that didnt even make it all the way through the hull. What we ended up getting was a standard raymarine st60 ...

fusto

So basically it sounds like for my size boat (33') and mainsail area(~270 sq ft), There would be no discernible improvement in performance or reliability with upgrading my track from 5/8 to 7/8. (I do plan offshore cruising eventually and am trying to beef up whatever I can wherever I can.) Am I cor...

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The first issue that jumps out to me is that the lead from the genoa track to the winch with the genoa car in any of the more forward positions would be a bit awkward. However it could be compensated for with an additional genoa car at the aft end of the track. i.e. http://www.bigblackvan.com/boatpi...

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I found a bit of the old track up in the attic in a box of boat bits. The old stuff was definitely 5/8ths. Or at least somewhere in the neighborhood (11/16ths!?). http://www.bigblackvan.com/boatpics/IMG_4437(Medium).jpg Thanks Bly, I'm looking for slides for 3/4 S.S. track. Are those chrome plated B...

fusto

Looks like a nut to me. While there are not always 2 nuts, it is the most common practice. Also, if that was part of the prop, that would be one weird looking prop. :-) I would try heat. A propane torch, and if that doesn't work get an oxy/acetylene torch with a rosebud tip. Just remember to be very...

fusto

hmm... well I thought it was half inch. I just threw the tape measure on there and gave it a quick glance. I was pretty sure it was spot on 1/2 inch. Could easily be 5/8ths. Guess I'll recheck. Heres a poor closeup of a bit of the track. http://www.bigblackvan.com/boatpics/IMG_3896-3(Small).jpg I wa...

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Well, I just finished an ongoing project of sandblasting and painting my mast and boom. And I must say they both came out great! Although techically when I say "I", I mean the people I work with who I coerced into helping me with the various stages. :-) We were doing a large mast sandblast...

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Well, I just finished awlgripping the mast for my medalist, and I'm in the re-install hardware phase. My mast originally came with 1/2 inch bronze external sail track, which I'm not all that enthralled with. Its very tiny and kind of wonky (technical term). I just finished installing a schaefer furl...

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