My C&C 34 similarly captured me head first in the lazarette during an oil fill.
Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: John Irvin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2023 4:38:47 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net>; John Irvin <skis...@outlook.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: need age-reversing machine ASAP! Or a boat expander! Had to be rescued from a similar position on my 27-III. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2023 6:12:06 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> Subject: Stus-List Re: need age-reversing machine ASAP! Or a boat expander! I suspect most of us with IOR era boats have had similar experiences. The transom on my 38 is a bit over 5 feet wide. I needed to adjust the steering cables on the quadrant, so I removed the one scupper hose in the way and went down in the lazarette with my trusty wrenches and schrunched head first, on my back towards the steering gear. I couldn't quite put a wrench on both ends of the steering cable, so I put my foot on a convenient surface in the lazarette and pushed myself the last few inches until I could reach just fine. Success! The wheel centered and the cables snug. Then the problem materialized. I couldn't back out. My hands were trapped above my head by the underside of the cockpit sole and the steering guide pulleys with nothing to push against. Nothing I could reach with my foot to pull against. And no one on the dock to hear me shout "Anyone there!?" About the time I had decided that they would discover my withered body when the smell became offensive to someone on an adjacent boat at the club, I decide to make another try at getting out. I finally managed to raise my back and wiggle my butt so I could "inchworm" myself down a quarter or half inch at a time until I could hook a toe on the edge of the fuel tank and move back until I could free my hands, reach the side of the lazarette, and pull out of the trap. I'm basically convinced that a new boat should come with the option of either a midget with an engineering degree, or a very precocious 14-year old. Rick Brass Imzadi C&C 38 mk2 Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Jul 23, 2023 4:36 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Marek Dziedzic <dziedzi...@hotmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: need age-reversing machine ASAP! Or a boat expander! I can easily relate to that. I was stuck, headfirst, in the lazarette on friend’s Hunter 34. The lazarette was deep and there was a “point of no return”. If you passed it, there was no way to crawl your way back, but the lazarette was too tight to fall in and reverse. Fortunately, the owner was not that far away and eventually heard my yelps for help. I keep saying that we need to teach some very little kids (2-3 yo) to do maintenance on our boats. They have the right size for that. Marek 1994 C270 Legato Ottawa ON From: Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2023 3:35 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: need age-reversing machine ASAP! Or a boat expander! I still have nightmares of getting stuck back under the cockpit. I once got stuck upside down head first, under the cutting board, under a panel below that where I was working on the isotherm refrigeration unit. I was calling for help, but no one was around. After about an hour and half, I finally extricated myself. Bill Coleman Former C&C 39 On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 12:11 PM Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: I am running the propane hose for my new stove down the starboard side of the boat, which is requiring me to crawl back to the stern under/beside the aft cockpit. My memory of working back there was I just crawled in and back out. Turns out to not be that easy, I had to take the engine control cables and bilge pump hoses off their fittings and I still can just barely sort of do it. When I was a teenager I fit just fine. Did the boat shrink? Can I expand it? Did I “opposite of shrink”? Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I Kent Island MD USA Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu
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