Angel Louise went through an alternator switch out
a couple weeks ago, thanks to advice from list members.
We put a near-identical Hitachi replacement on for our old one,
but which had an extra yellow wire coming out the side of the case
with a little bayonet plug enclosed in plastic on the end of the yellow
wire we did not know about.
We can confirm the little yellow wire out of the alternator is a
TACHOMETER WIRE.
Thanks to all for the help and advice from our many friends on the list.
Ed
Ed Kelly (& Sue Kelly)
USSV Angel Louise - a Catalac catamaran
Our Skype Phone (202) 657-6357
Email: EdKelly ("at" symbol) netins.net
On Sep 23, 2008, at 8:11 PM, Lee Haefele wrote:
I have not been able to keep my Excell water heater working. It may
need more water pressure and flow than I (or you) have.
Your genset will run better with the electric water heater loading it.
Lee Haefele
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Weinstein
To: [email protected] ; Hunter Owners Discussion List
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:44 PM
Subject: [Liveaboard] Hydro-Therapy is no more - but CAPTIVA is alive
andwell
I've been in touch off-list with a few of you but I thought I'd go
public with what's been up with me the past year and a half.
To make a long story short, last June (07) we were out motoring
around Oyster Bay and hit a submerged uncharted rock in 7' of water
(H-T drew 6' but that rock stuck up about 3 feet from the bottom
judging from the ding in the keel). The hull was cracked behind the
keel where it was pushed up into the hull but not far enough to
breach it so there was no water coming in at all. There was a lot
"in between" but the end of the story is that based on the repair
estimate, my insurance company, BOAT/US elected to "total" the boat
so I got the full agreed value on the boat. Coincidentally I had been
thinking of selling H-T for about a year since, after 18 great years
I was ready for something larger, wider, and more headroom. This
accident just accelerated my timetable.
I started looking for a new boat that July and was perusing
Yachtworld on almost a weekly basis in addition to any other
brokerage websites I could find. Between Last July and this past June
I was all over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states looking at
boats. Since I had a "trade up" in mind before the accident, I
restricted my search to boats between 38 and 42 feet, no older than
early '90's vintage. Ultimately I ended up focusing on a '97 Hunter
376 in Marblehead. I went up to look at her in July and, since she
was still on the market went for a 2nd look in early August - this
time taking my wife, Carolee, with me to get her impression. She
loved it.
About two weeks ago after a lot of back and forth with offers,
counter-offers, counter-counter-offers, we finally met at a price
which worked for the seller and me and I went up for a survey and
'test' sail and she passed with flying colors. We closed yesterday,
the 22nd, so I'M NO LONGER BOATLESS (pardon the shouting!) Oh Happy
Me !!!!
I'm planning on heading up to Boston over Columbus Day weekend to
bring her back to Oyster Bay so I'll have another good month of
sailing prior to winter haul-out.
Now about the boat. As I mentioned, she's a 1997 Hunter 376 and I'm
buying from the original owner - a great guy, as it turns out. A
tough negotiator but a good guy, nevertheless. And she's loaded!
All Raymarine instrumentation including a below-deck autopilot. The
nav stuff was state of the art in '97 (Raychart 620 10" display).
It's a little long in the tooth 10 years later but still works fine
(I guess I could say the same about myself!!!). In '97 chartplotters
were mainly grayscale and state of the art was differential GPS. WAAS
wasn't on the market yet. For creature comforts she rolled (floated?)
out of the factory with the normal goodies (Alder-Barbour
refrigeration and freezer, microwave, etc in the galley) plus factory
installed 16,000 btu reverse cycle heat and air-conditioning and a
Phasor 6KW diesel genset!
Those of you who know me well will start talking about how long it
will take me to get my tools and start 'customizing' her but the
reality is that there's really nothing she needs immediately. Down
the road I'll probably think in terms of a new color chartplotter but
everything works perfectly so there's no rush on that. About the only
thing I might do right now is remove the existing hot water heater
and replace it with the Excel instant-on tankless system. That will
gain me a huge storage locker under one of the salon settee's for dry
goods, canned goods, etc...
If anyone wants to see pictures, I've put them up on Snapfish. Write
me off-list and I'll send you the link to sign on. If you're familiar
with Snapfish I have to put your email address onto the site and then
"invite" you to look at the pics.
So anyway, I'M BAAAAAAAAK !!!
And note the new signature block below!
Steve Weinstein
S/V CAPTIVA
1997 Hunter 376 Hull #276
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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