I had a fellow competitor drift into me on a no-wind day and the tall bow of
his large boat bent the toe rail, just forward of the joint between the two
halves. I took it off – about 50 bolt/nut/washer combinations. A local shop put
it on their 20x20 flat table and straightened it and I put it
Hi Fred
We had no problem removing the set screws in the thrust collar and used a
chain wrench to grab the round nut. The rudder was supported while this was
done. It might be worth moving the nut back and forth to reduce thread
damage on the rudder shaft caused by the set screws. Using the wheel
I have WeGo, '86 C 41 in Treasure Island, FL. I would be able to meet in
Venice/Sarasota/Tampa Ba area.
Glenn Henderson
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Chuck, thanks ever so much for the excellent article on the Universal
diesel engine harness upgrade. Alianna has an M4-30 which has exactly
the engine panel shown in the photo and the wiring harness is also as
described. I have noticed a low charging voltage so I removed the
alternator and had
I am at Castle Harbor marina. The electricity is hooked up 12 months a year.
The marina would have some very irate customers if they turned off the power!
There would be some cold and angry people chasing the dock hands.
I don’t have a permanent water hookup. When it is above freezing I use the
Joe, where, on Kent Island are you berthed? Do you leave the water and
electric hooked up all winter? Thanks
Richard
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I have now tightened all toerail nuts except those in the anchor locker.
Yesterday, while helping my neighbour with his boat, I decided to let the
hose run down the inside of the toerail for a while. The only leaks evident
were from the windlass switches (sealed by PO with silicone) and the pulpit
It varies. Some years we are out pretty much every month of the year and some
years either the weather is awful or the boat is taken apart for winter
projects. We have done Thanksgiving cruises a few times, Christmas sails a few
times, New Years Day sails every now and then.
A lot hinges on how
Hi Tom,
I’m normally one of the oyster “cookers” for that event but am currently on my
way to N. C.
Our house is four doors away from the museum. My dock is under re-construction
at the moment but will be done on Thursday. Feel free to use it if you wish.
Contact me off-list for details.
Fred,
I had no problem regarding the upper collar and set screws, but I had a HUGE
problem removing the steering radial drive from the rudder shaft.
The four bolts holding the radial drive to the shaft were completely galled
together. Even though I had plenty of work space, as I had the
Hi David,
I have the same system which I have improved with a better block system but
there is not even a hint of over-stressing the transom. Of note: As per
one of the prior comments I always set the adjustment back to loose before
leaving the boat.
I use it / pull it all the way down pretty
I would welcome a Florida rendezvous but not in February. I'm out in the
Rockies skiing for most of that month. Early March would be good.
Although I live in Louisiana, Touche' is in Pensacola. It's only a 6-7
hour drive from Pensacola to Tampa.
A 7 hour drive is nothing compared to my
On Prime Interest one of the set screws wasn't even tapped all the way
through to the post. In any case I had great difficulty trying to remove
that one. Eventually used a bolt removal set. The set screws were made of
some very soft metal making removal painful.
Removing the collar was a slow
Jim,
As others have said, the "conventional wisdom" here on the list is NOT to
pull the toe rail. It is also the collective opinion that overtightening
the bolts will squeeze out the original butyl which may result in leakage.
Many of us have simply tightened, but not overtightened the
Thank you all for the helpful responses.
I did have extensive leaking from under the toerail when first getting the
boat 5 years ago and mostly stopped it by running a bead of 5200 around the
inner perimeter of the rail and figured that was a temporary fix. That 5200
had now degraded and is
Hello all -
I don’t post much (at all!) but enjoy reading about the C
Thought I’d check if anyone is going to the Reedville, VA / mid-Chesapeake
Oyster Roast this Sat. I’m sailing Therapy there, with a fellow vet, from the
Solomons on FRI.
Also curious if anyone sails thru the ‘winter’
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