Stus-List B&G Zeus2

I just bought a 1990 37 Plus which is in need of new instrumentation. I am seriously considering the B&G Zeus2 system including instruments, radar and below deck autopilot? Any opinions? Gary S/V High Maintenance 1990 C&C 37 Plus East Greenwich, RI, USA ~~~_/)~~ _

Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

I just bought a 37 Plus and want to install a below deck autopilot. Has anyone done this? I am interested in the details of how (and where) to mount the ram. Pictures would be wonderful. Thanks, Gary S/V High Maintenance 1990 C&C 37 Plus East Greenwich, RI, USA ~~~_/)~~

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

HI Gary, which one did you buy? I've looked at couple of them locally. DannySouth Coast MA -- Original Message -- From: Gary Russell via CnC-List To: "C&C List" Cc: Gary Russell Subject: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 06:02:47 -0400 I just bough

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Hi Danny, I haven't bought anything yet, but am seriously looking at the B&G Zeus2 system. Actually, many of the instrument manufacturers use the same ram, I think. Gary ~~~_/)~~ On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 6:08 AM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > HI Gary

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

HI Gary, I was asking which 37plus you bought. LOL I'm still shopping myself... Danny -- Original Message -- From: Gary Russell via CnC-List To: "C&C List" Cc: Gary Russell Subject: Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 06:12:27 -0400 Hi Danny,

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Oops! She is High Maintenance out of East Greenwich Yacht Club. Gary ~~~_/)~~ On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > HI Gary, > > I was asking which 37plus you bought. LOL > > I'm still shopping myself... > > Danny > > -- O

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Gary, The Enterprise came with a Robertson autopilot installed. The ram is installed on a shelf inside the access area on the port side next to the helm seat and connects to the steering quadrant. I should be getting the boat back this week and I'll take some pictures for you. The Robertson

Re: Stus-List Club Racing West Coast of Michigan

Michael, You might want to try the Muskegon Yacht Club. Ghost Rider is a C&C 37 they might need some crew, or get in touch with Greg Young he might be able to help you. He sails a S2 9.1 or can direct you to someone. John & Marjolein dutch girl C&C 36 Spring Lake, Mi On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 6:55 PM

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Hi Edd, Pictures would be great! I'm especially interested in how the attachment is made to the quadrant. Live long and prosper... Thank you, Gary ~~~_/)~~ On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 6:49 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Gary, > > The Enterprise came w

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Gary, check with Fred Street of this list, (Fred, chime in here); Fred recommended an Octopus Hydraulic drive with a Raymarine system, which I installed in my 37; I can send photos off line... Richard 1985 C&C 37 CB; Ohio River, Mile 596 Richard N. Bush 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine L

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Mine is the same setup as Edd's. I'll look to see if I have photos this evening. Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin S/V Salazar - Can 54955 C&C 37/40 XL - Hull # 67 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia On 7 July 2015 at 07:49, Edd Schillay via CnC-List wrote: > Gary, > > The Enterprise came with a Robertson

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Ken, Terrific! That would be very helpful. Gary ~~~_/)~~ On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Ken Heaton via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Mine is the same setup as Edd's. I'll look to see if I have photos this > evening. > > Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin > S/V Salazar - Can 54

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Obi-Wan Ken Heaton always comes through All the best, Edd --- Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-B C&C 37+ | City Island, NY www.StarshipSailing.com --- 914.332.4400 | Office 914.774.9767 | Mobile --

Stus-List 37+ below deck auto pilot

Gary, I have a below deck auto pilot installed and will forward pictures next time I am at the boat. It is flawless and Ray Marine. Len Mitchell Crazy Legs 1989 37+ Midland On Sent from my mobile device. ___ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To

Re: Stus-List 37+ below deck auto pilot

Len, That's great. It really doesn't matter much the brand of autopilot. They all should install in a similar manner. Thanks, Gary ~~~_/)~~ On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Mitchell's via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Gary, I have a below deck auto pilot installed and

Stus-List FW: Boom out haul slide question

Not sure what boat you are talking about, but I got disgusted with mine probably 15 years ago, and scrapped the whole boom; It had a SS slide in the aluminum which galled and was just really poorly designed compared to today's products. I got an extrusion and end fittings from Charleston Spars, p

Re: Stus-List FW: Boom out haul slide question

A lot of boats have gotten rid of the slides and use a long Velcro strap that they wrap around the boom and the clew. The strap slides as well as the metal slide. Joel On Tuesday, July 7, 2015, Bill Coleman via CnC-List wrote: > Not sure what boat you are talking about, but I got disgusted wit

Re: Stus-List FW: Boom out haul slide question

Barbara I did the basically the same boom modification that Bill mentions to Honey back in 1998/99. The mast person can adjust the mainsail out haul by hand without using the reefing winch. Stop by the boat (berthed at SYC) next time you are in Savannah and take a look. the original out haul arr

Re: Stus-List FW: Boom out haul slide question

Barbara I don't know what boat you have but if I understand you correctly maybe you just need a new clew slug on your main sail...any sailmaker can help you choose one to fit your boom track and with a couple of feet of webbing, a strong needle and some waxed thread you could install it yourself o

Re: Stus-List FW: Boom out haul slide question

Barbara We use no slug for main clew. Noticed there was none this spring on our older main and switched to the Velcro strap suggestion. Turns out this is exactly the arrangement we also had on the newer main. Works very well. The only downside was that I spent $25 on a new spectra Velcro b

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 114, Issue 10

Besides RigRite, does anyone know where I could source a new boom outbaul slide? I don't know which part number I need from rig Rite and I cannot get thru to a human being to ask about the ones I see in their online catalog. Frustrating...Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone __

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 114, Issue 10

Try "The Yacht Shop" if you need a human. They have an online business and a real store as well. They are the North Sails Atlantic loft as well and used to be primarily a rigging shop. Ask for Jamie. 902 445-3278 Probably also a 1-800 number listed on their web site www.yachtshop.ca

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 114, Issue 10

Babs, Go see Tripp Fellabom at UK Sails/Charleston. he can surely assist for less money than a boom conversion.. Best regards, Jack Fitzgerald On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Barbara Hickson Fellers via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Besides RigRite, does anyone know where I could s

Stus-List B&G Zeus2

Hi Gary, I have the 7 inch Zeus 2, and the Triton wind and depth package + one extra Triton gauge. I have had it for a full year now and It's a fantastic system. The gauges are very bright and easy to read, I have all the metrics I can ask for: VMG on waypoint / VMG on wind, Sailsteer auto

Re: Stus-List B&G Zeus2

Does it trim your sails too Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna* Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Gary, > > I have the 7 inch Zeus 2, and the Triton wind and depth pack

Re: Stus-List FW: Boom out haul slide question

Been there and done that. Will never go back to a stainless slide in an aluminum boom. Gary 30-1 - Original Message - From: Joel Aronson via CnC-List To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Joel Aronson Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 8:55 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List FW: Boom out haul sl

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 114, Issue 11

Thanks all for the great ideas! I forgot about Charleston Spars! Flight Risk is a 33-1, berthed in {cough} Charleston. Jack, I'm in Savh this week so I will do that, thx. I like the idea of the strap, I guess just tie the outhaul line directly to the clew eye? I sure don't like having to go forwa

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 114, Issue 11

The clew strap works well if you have no interference from blocks or cleats on the sides of the boom...reefing lines on Alianna and associated blocks on the sides of the boom aft end don't allow me to use a strap so it's a clew slug and loose foot main for me Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna* H

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Let me know if this link works to a couple of photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/+KenHeaton/albums/6168788765520268033 There is normally also a small rod connecting the rudder position sensor to the quadrant but it was removed before we took these photos. Ken H. On 7 July 2015 at 08:57, Gar

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Link works On Jul 7, 2015 11:39 AM, "Ken Heaton via CnC-List" wrote: > Let me know if this link works to a couple of photos: > > https://plus.google.com/photos/+KenHeaton/albums/6168788765520268033 > > There is normally also a small rod connecting the rudder position sensor > to the quadrant but

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

You guys better be careful, the "Foredeck Cow" is gonna get you.   On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: HI Gary,   I was asking which 37plus you bought.  LOL   I'm still shopping myself...   Danny __

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Sea Hawk came with a simrad package already installed. There is a shelf which appears to be 3/4" plywood encapsulated and glassed to the hull under the stbd propane locker. The hydraulic piston is mounted to the shelf and drives a bronze arm attached to the rudder shaft. The feedback positionner

Stus-List FW: Re: CnC-List Digest, Vol 114, Issue 10

Barbara,  Try North East Rigging in Concord Mass. I would ask to speak with Kevin Montigue however, anyone there would be able to give you an educated answer. North East Rigging 978-287-0060 Ray Shibe On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 09:32 AM, Barbara Hickson Fellers via CnC-List wrote: Besides

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Hi Josh, The fibreglass tube my rudder shaft passes through is continuous from the hull to the floor of the cockpit and so provides no place to mount an arm below deck. I like this arrangement as it results in no opening into the interior of the hull from the rudder tube below deck (except for a

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

That’s a standard Edson autopilot tiller arm; it’s the preferred way of attaching the ram to the rudder post below-decks, assuming you’ve got enough room to do that. Some of our C&Cs, mine included, won’t allow that luxury, so the pilot’s ram needs to be attached (preferably to a reinforcement

Re: Stus-List FW: Boom out haul slide question

I’m incredulous! You actually found something for a boat that is only $25? Rick Brass From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 9:30 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Hoyt, Mike Subject: Re: Stus-List FW: Boom out

Stus-List Boom out haul - boat part for only $25

Rick Yesterday I did better than that. Took some slop out of my steering with a piece of Key Stock that cost less than $1 I will now likely get kicked out of the boating community for spending less than the minimum … Mike From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ric

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Wow! That goes way back! Gary ~~~_/)~~ On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 12:24 PM, RAYMOND SHIBE via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > You guys better be careful, the "Foredeck Cow" is gonna get you. > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list

Stus-List B&G Zeus2

Just about, I'm eagerly waiting for the automatic coffee brewing NMEA 2000 compliant module to come out.. -Francois 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA --> Subject: Re: Stus-List B&G Zeus2 --> Message-ID: --> --> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" --> Does it trim your sails to

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Hi Josh, Is the rudder shaft exposed under the deck (I haven't crawled down there yet), where you can clamp the bronze arm? Gary ~~~_/)~~ On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Sea Hawk came with a simrad package already install

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Ken, Before I get beat up too bad about the pros and cone of my arrangement I'll reenforce the fact that I had nothing to do with the design or implementation. Additionally I have had little or no trouble with the system and/or the function of the boat. Now that the disclaimer is out of the way,

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

The means of access is through the aft berth. If you perform the install with the boat in the water you'll have to use something like a pipe cutter since the rudder shaft will be in the way. I have heard of being able to attach a strong rope to the rudder "bail" and lowering the rudder out of, or

Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

This looks great. I was thinking about doing the exact same setup on my 34+. The quadrant configuration is identical. I like that better than cutting the rudder post tube except that I have read on the Edson site that mounting a hydraulic ram directly to the quadrant was not recommended.. It s

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

This also can act as a nice backup if your quadrant somehow fails, allowing you to still steer the boat. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Jul 7, 2015, at 4:08 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List > wrote: > > And finally, mounting the bronze arm on t

Re: Stus-List Raymarine wheel pilot st 4000+

Well unfortunately my problem is not a loose wire...I did the test on the motor, it works fine; problem is with the control head but only for autopilot, the main function of the unit, but I like that it still gives a correct digital heading and a measure of rudder angle so I won't rush the control

Stus-List Handrail question

A rigger that I am no longer using broke one of my 6 loop teak handrails on my cabin on my C&C 32 (1982). I am looking for the dimensions since I am hours from my boat. Neil FoxFire, 1982 C&C 32 Sent from Surface Pro___ Email address: CnC-Lis

Re: Stus-List Club Racing West Coast of Michigan

Great info, thank you for your help! From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of John Bousfield via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 6:58 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: John Bousfield Subject: Re: Stus-List Club Racing West Coast of Michigan Michael, You migh

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

I will try to send you some pics of my ram on 37+ tomorrow. Rick Paikea currently in Langley, Whidbey Island, WA > On Jul 7, 2015, at 3:02 AM, Gary Russell via CnC-List > wrote: > > I just bought a 37 Plus and want to install a below deck autopilot. Has > anyone done this? I am interested i

Re: Stus-List Raymarine wheel pilot st 4000+

Dwight, Sorry to hear that! Joel On Tuesday, July 7, 2015, dwight veinot via CnC-List wrote: > Well unfortunately my problem is not a loose wire...I did the test on the > motor, it works fine; problem is with the control head but only for > autopilot, the main function of the unit, but I like t

Re: Stus-List 37 Plus Below-Deck Autopilot

Great! Gary ~~~_/)~~ On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Rick Rohwer via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I will try to send you some pics of my ram on 37+ tomorrow. > Rick > Paikea > currently in Langley, Whidbey Island, WA > > On Jul 7, 2015, at 3:02 AM, Gary Russell via CnC-Lis

Re: Stus-List Handrail question

Neil Let me know if I can help. I am looking at my 6 loop teak handrails on a 1989-90 37+. Rick Paikea, Langley, Whidbey Island, WA (just for tonight) > On Jul 7, 2015, at 4:24 PM, Neil Andersen via CnC-List > wrote: > > A rigger that I am no longer using broke one of my 6 loop teak handrail

Re: Stus-List Raymarine wheel pilot st 4000+

That's excellent information, Dwight, Thanks. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 7 July 2015 at 16:00, dwight veinot via CnC-List wrote: > Well unfortunately my problem is not a loose wire...I did the test on the > motor, it works fine; problem is with the control head but o

Re: Stus-List Handrail question

I replaced mine with SS rails this past winter. Your welcome to the old teak ones but more importantly the SS has been great. I don't regret it in the slightest bit. $400 total for custom made. https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yd0UxdVVfWkEybjA/edit Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C

Re: Stus-List Handrail question

Neil, 1982 C&C 32 #109 has 12" inch center handrails.  They are hard to find.  This is one place that has  them.  http://www.teakmarinewoodwork.com/hand_rails.htm We have one broken too.  I thank our local cabinet shop can make them! Arnold  {:-(              --

Stus-List One for the hams in the group

Very close to getting my ham rig running on Paws. This was a zero budget project with parts accumulated over the past few years. Ended up with an Icom 706 that that I bought used from a co-worker, a narrow pass filter from a swap meet and a KISS counterpoise which I have high hopes for. Final