Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Russ & Melody via CnC-List
Hey guys, That seems like good idea for a song... I've looked at love that way. Cheers, Russ At 11:47 AM 13/10/2014, you wrote: I really don’t know clouds… at all. :^) Haulout tomorrow… :^( — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI O

Re: Stus-List Replacing Jib Halyard Sheaves on my C&C 29-1

2014-10-13 Thread Sam Salter via CnC-List
I rebuilt The mast on my 26 a couple of years ago. Mast cap had to come off to get access to the sheaves like yours. I got 3 custom sheaves built from here: http://www.zephyrwerks.com/ $38 each - delrin with brass bushings - perfect fit. sam :-) C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta On 2014-10-1

Re: Stus-List Replacing Jib Halyard Sheaves on my C&C 29-1

2014-10-13 Thread D Harben via CnC-List
Hi The 29-1 does not have the side access ports to the sheave axels. Argh. mast cap off While at I rewired the mast lighting, VHF etc as a bundle Don > On Oct 13, 2014, at 8:08 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List > wrote: > > I apologize for my ignorance since I don't own a 29-1 but most

Re: Stus-List Replacing Jib Halyard Sheaves on my C&C 29-1

2014-10-13 Thread D Harben via CnC-List
Hi Ian, M I did this job on my 29-1. Mast down, mast cap off. dollars for Harken halyard sheaves. The fit required some minor widening and cleaning up of the cast. This was part of a program to ease halyard control and effort. Replacement mast base blocks, organizers and clutches added

Re: Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
Re 2. No question that you should replace the set screws (they work once and that's it). However, in the meantime, you can reposition the "rotor" and secure it with the existing set screws plus an extra protection. The simplest might be a hose clamp (I would not recommend to keep it there, but it w

Re: Stus-List Replacing Jib Halyard Sheaves on my C&C 29-1

2014-10-13 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
I apologize for my ignorance since I don't own a 29-1 but most of the sheave and axle arrangments I've worked on did not require removal of the mast cap. The arrangement I've seen has the axle (a smooth and straight stainless rod) pass completely through the mast and kept in place on both sides by

Stus-List Landfall 35 Owners - showering - how is it?

2014-10-13 Thread Randall Walford via CnC-List
With the Landfall 35, there apparently is no separate shower. So how do owners manage? Also, is it the same hull as the 35-III? Thanks Randall Walford ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your

Stus-List Replacing Jib Halyard Sheaves on my C&C 29-1

2014-10-13 Thread Ian Matthew via CnC-List
Greetings from the San Francisco Bay. I have been very quiet on this list for a while but now I am need of some advice from this very knowledgeable group. I have replaced my jib halyards with Endura and have peeled back the cover for about the length of the forestay. Unfortunately the halyard fa

Re: Stus-List automatic bilge pump problems

2014-10-13 Thread Alan Bergen via CnC-List
Tom: Your electronic bilge pump switch shouldn't be mounted to the bottom of the bilge. Try lifting it a bit to see whether it solves your problem. If the sensor on the switch is always in the water, it will never shut off, and the bilge pump might not be getting the water low enough. These sw

Re: Stus-List automatic bilge pump problems

2014-10-13 Thread Steve Thomas via CnC-List
I don't trust check valves on bilge pumps. Had one stick shut while on a cruise and learn CYA course off of the west coast of Vancouver Island. Once unstuck it worked fine again, but no idea why it stuck in the first place. Tricky to diagnose and unpleasant mucking around in the bilge but at lea

Re: Stus-List 34+ deep draft

2014-10-13 Thread David Blair via CnC-List
I was in touch with the technical guy at Marsmetal (Bill Souter) and sent him some photos. His opinion is that there has been some water seepage over the years into the sand core which these keels have (I didn't know there was one and neither did the yard here). He thought there could have been som

Re: Stus-List automatic bilge pump problems

2014-10-13 Thread Rick Brass via CnC-List
Second the suggestion of a pump problem. My bilge filled up during a recent hard beat in the 4 foot chop we get in the Neuse River (long story - my fault) and the pump was not putting water overboard. I have a 1000 GPH Johnson cartridge style pump with about 24 feet of hose that outputs under

Re: Stus-List automatic bilge pump problems

2014-10-13 Thread Bill Coleman via CnC-List
My primary pump (read – not the big one) is a Whale diaphragm pump which lives in the head. There is a Y valve which when switched pumps out the sump for the shower, which has never been used. This pumps out the side about a third of the way back from the bow. I just replaced the hose to the pump f

Re: Stus-List automatic bilge pump problems

2014-10-13 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
Sounds like something is wrong with the pump. My check valve holds water and the hose is propably as long as anyone's. The pump has no problem. Make sure you are using the correct diameter hose and minimizing other possible restrictions such a kinks. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomo

Re: Stus-List automatic bilge pump problems

2014-10-13 Thread Richard N. Bush via CnC-List
Dennis, et al; for the bilge, is there an alternative to having a long discharge hose going to the stern? My pump works, and there has been a check valve put in by PO, but the long hose simply holds the water and the bilge pump can't do its job... thanks Richard Richard N. Bush 1985 37 CB;

Re: Stus-List Landfall 35 - advice for soomeone thinking of buying

2014-10-13 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
No separate stand up shower though on the 35's or LF38's. Washing down the entire head is not my idea of enjoyable. You might find an older 40 for about half of what the 37+'s go for. Or look at the 34/36 (34+). It is the 37+'s little brother. They both perform almost equally. The 30 is the e

Stus-List Landfall 35 - advice for soomeone thinking of buying

2014-10-13 Thread Randall Walford via CnC-List
Josh I am looking on a budget. I did look at a 37/40 in Hamilton recently but it is way too big for me and the draft was something like 7 feet. Forget the ICW or Bahamas…. A few years ago had a C&C 32 but found it was suited best to weekends. The Landfall 35 seems to have more storage, larger gall

Re: Stus-List thread reply and rod rigging

2014-10-13 Thread David Folsom via CnC-List
I redid most of my rod rigging about 9 months ago on a 1981 C&C 36. There are some things that you should get carefully checked out (which I did not do prior to buying my boat). For example, my spreader tips were really corroded, and had to be replaced. In redoing the rod, we replaced the fittings

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 105, Issue 29

2014-10-13 Thread Douglas via CnC-List
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Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Eric Frank via CnC-List
Tom, I had the same symptoms on Cat’s Paw last fall. Turned out that the rubber bellows was probably quite old and was very stiff. You might consider a new bellows and SS rotor from PYI. They also sell an additional SS clamp which is attached just in front of the rotor and which clamps onto

Re: Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Michael Crombie via CnC-List
No, no backflow valve. That was going to be my next attempt to fix the problem if changing the pump angle didn't work. Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. -Original Message- From: Fred

Re: Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Fred Hazzard via CnC-List
Do you have a backflow valve in the discharge line? Until I put one in, the water in the hose would flow back in and start the pump again. My line from the pump to the back of the boat was about 15 feet long. Fred Hazzard S/V Fury C&C 44 Portland, Or On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Michael Cr

Stus-List Landfall 35 - advice for someone thinking of buying

2014-10-13 Thread Randall Walford via CnC-List
Hi For a singlehander on Lake Ontario who wants to cruise but doesn’t want a teak palace slug – any advice as to what to look for? Thanks for your help. Randall ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To c

Re: Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Michael Crombie via CnC-List
Hi Tom, I had a cycling problem with my bilge switch as well...it would take forever to switch off. It finally fried itself after a season. When I installed my new one (different make and directly on the bottom the bilge like you did), I had the same problem! But then I played with the angle o

Re: Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Martin DeYoung via CnC-List
>> If the set screws for the seal have a point, consider drilling a small >> detent in the shaft. Install one set screw snugly to hold the flange in >> position, use a small drill to make the detent in the other hole. Then >> install that set screw tightly with threadlocker. Remove the first

Re: Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Graham Collins via CnC-List
Dripless seal - As a backup for the set screws it is pretty painless to install an anode on the shaft up against the rotor. Graham Collins Secret Plans C&C 35-III #11 On 2014-10-13 4:42 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List wrote: If the set screws for the seal have a point, consider drilling a small det

Re: Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
OK, for the bilge pump switch. Is it this one? http://www.electricmarine.com/web/bad_practice.htm#bilge I prefer the USS Mini Bilge Switch. Bottom one on this site: http://www.tefgel.com/contain.php?param=pumpswitch_price I usually wire a Rule Manual-Off-Auto bilge switch to the terminal for o

Re: Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
If the set screws for the seal have a point, consider drilling a small detent in the shaft. Install one set screw snugly to hold the flange in position, use a small drill to make the detent in the other hole. Then install that set screw tightly with threadlocker. Remove the first screw and make

Stus-List Spewing dripless

2014-10-13 Thread Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List
Went out over the week and had a great sail out, but some problems along the way. But I have two maintanence issues. 1. Automatic Bilge Switch problems Alera is factory wired for a manual switch and then a hot lead to the bilge to use with the switch. There was no auto switch on her when w

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread D Harben via CnC-List
... but clouds got in my way > On Oct 13, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Stu via CnC-List wrote: > > Before you send everyone your pictures, consider uploading them to a site on > the net – check out Photobucket, Picaso, etc. and then send everyone the > link. Not everyone wants to see them, but those

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Stu via CnC-List
Before you send everyone your pictures, consider uploading them to a site on the net – check out Photobucket, Picaso, etc. and then send everyone the link. Not everyone wants to see them, but those that do can easily view them on your photo gallery. Sending pictures uses a lot of bandwidth and

Re: Stus-List Annapolis boat show

2014-10-13 Thread Dave Godwin via CnC-List
Joel, Any way of telling the C&C group from others? Anyone planning on being there? Best, Dave in the show... Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2014, at 8:53 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List > wrote: > > OK guys, my suggestion is that we meet at the Fleet Reserve Club upper deck > around 4:00 Mo

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Frederick G Street via CnC-List
I really don’t know clouds… at all. :^) Haulout tomorrow… :^( — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI On Oct 13, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Wally Bryant via CnC-List wrote: > I've looked at clouds from both sides now... > > Wal _

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Alan Bergen via CnC-List
I had a problem similar to Jake's. When the boat was out of the water, I could wiggle the keel from side to side. There was also the C&C smile. We dropped the keel, and flushed out the forward keel bolt hole from below. Horrible smell, like Jake experienced. The yard ground the top of the keel

Re: Stus-List 86 C&C MKIII 38-ft owner's manual

2014-10-13 Thread Pierre Tremblay via CnC-List
years. > > I love the boat layout etc. But suspect rigging will kill my offshore > pleasure! > > Many thanks, > > David. > > > > > > > > > > David Dawes > Captain > Newport, RI, USA > +1(401)5854942 > dawes...@hotmail.com > > > >

Stus-List 86 C&C MKIII 38-ft owner's manual

2014-10-13 Thread Douglas via CnC-List
at are alternatives? What is a rod replacement > cost approx? And is a wire replacement smart/ advisable/ cost effective or > too heavy? Technology has moved ahead in 30 years. > > I love the boat layout etc. But suspect rigging will kill my offshore > pleasure! > > Many thanks,

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Wally Bryant via CnC-List
What's a photo cloud? Is that anything like cloud computing, which is a recently revived buzz word. No clouds here today, it's hot and clear, but I did get in the kayak and finished waxing the starboard side before 11 a.m, when it was starting to get really hot. We do get clouds rolling in a

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Richard N. Bush via CnC-List
Jake, you may as well send the pics to every one, we'd all like to see the plate! Thanks Richard 1985 37 CB, Ohio River, Mile 584; Richard N. Bush 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462 502-584-7255 -Original Message- From: Bruno Lachance via CnC-Lis

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread D Harben via CnC-List
Hi Would you mind sharing on a photo cloud? Don > On Oct 13, 2014, at 1:16 PM, Bruno Lachance via CnC-List > wrote: > > Jake, > > If you send the pictures to Doug, please add me to the list. > > Thanks > > Bruno > 33mkii > Becassine > > Envoyé de mon iPad > >> Le 2014-10-13 à 12:34,

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Bruno Lachance via CnC-List
Jake, If you send the pictures to Doug, please add me to the list. Thanks Bruno 33mkii Becassine Envoyé de mon iPad > Le 2014-10-13 à 12:34, Jake Brodersen via CnC-List a > écrit : > > Doug, > > How can you tell the forward keel bolt is leaking? Is there seepage from > under the mast? >

Re: Stus-List thread reply and rod rigging

2014-10-13 Thread Ron Casciato via CnC-List
David: Just my 2 cents worth.. Since you're in Newport RI, you have way more rigging expertise at your fingertips than most of us on this list.Newport is full of competition boats and riggers and such. Find someone local and have them look at the rig. MY 38MKIIC is a 1977 vintage

Re: Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Jake Brodersen via CnC-List
Doug, How can you tell the forward keel bolt is leaking? Is there seepage from under the mast? I went through a similar repair about ten years ago. We dropped the keel, drilled a large bore hole through the mast step and inserted a stainless steel post (about 1 ½" in diameter). The keel bolt n

Stus-List Keel Bolt Under the Mast on 35 MK 3

2014-10-13 Thread Doug Allardyce via CnC-List
Has anyone out there done any reconstruction in that cavity under the mast step where the keel bolt comes up. My mast step is solid, but I can't seem to get the forward keel bolt tight enough. I dropped the keel last spring and rebeded it with 5200 but the forward bolt still leaks after a hard race

Re: Stus-List thread reply and rod rigging

2014-10-13 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
David, If you're looking at reheading all the rigging, think about pulling the rig, removing all the shrouds, coiling them up and taking them to a NavTec shop. You can coil the rod to no LESS than 200 times diameter and strap it to an "X" made of 2 x 4's for transport. UPS will ship it. You did