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If surfin’s your thing, Hawaii’s the bling. Most cruisers we’ve met come for a month and stay a year. Then off to Tahiti.
Aloha.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuPerhaps you should all head west. There are only 2 424’s in Hawai’i; the one in a landfill on Maui and mine. There is a 422 here somewhere.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuAloha Patrick: I went through all of the overheating headache last year. What drove me crazy was the erratic nature of the problem. I completely rebuilt the fresh and raw cooling systems (new pumps, impeller, belts, gauge, sensor, cleaned heat exchanger, new hoses, etc.). I finally pulled the thermostat out and ran the engine without it to try to isolate the problem. This worked. I believe Jamestown Distributors sent me the wrong thermostat. Moral: erratic temps could be caused by the thermostat. It’s easy to check.
Bon Chance
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuWell, I couldn’t free up the brass ring holding the glass in the peep hole. I did, however, manage to polish up the glass enough to improve the clarity. I’ve decided to stay low tech and keep the old gauge (if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it). My problem was visual as it was very hard to read the gauge with crazed glass. I will install a light above the tank (underneath the cockpit floor) to illuminate the gauge and wire it into the steaming lights. This will solve the problem for me.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuWow! My boat must have had a special owner option;)
The peep is all brass and real glass. Wire brushed the exposed inner ring threads and moved up to Aero Croil penetrant. We’ll see what happens. I did find some core rot around the hole. One thing leads to another.Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuAloha Bob: when you said that you just polished it and rebedded it, did you mean that you polished the glass? If this is possible, what did you use and how did you do it?
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuThe inside ring that holds the glass in the peep port appears to be brass. I’m letting it soak in PB Blaster to see if I can break it loose.
This is indeed a silly way to check the fuel level. However, installing a new fuel sender unit without pulling the engine and tank looks like it would require a boneless 2 foot midget. Not many of these running O’ahu. Of course, the deck peep hole is only large enough for one arm at a time.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuThe inside ring that holds the glass in the peep port appears to be brass. I’m letting it soak in PB Blaster to see if I can break it loose.
This is indeed a silly way to check the fuel level. However, installing a new fuel sender unit without pulling the engine and tank looks like it would require a boneless 2 foot midget. Not many of these running O’ahu. Of course, the deck peep hole is only large enough for one arm at a time.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuPete: I’ll give the Bomar lenses a home. I’ll also give you $50 each for the 4 aluminum Bomars if they haven’t found a home.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuTor: my boat was on the cover of Cruising World (1981) and the masts are painted. I think it’s original.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuWow. Thanks for the after-paint tip Patrick! Zinc Chromate it is. Used that stuff on the missiles I worked on in the AF.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuI don’t want to pull the sticks right now. My more immediate problem is some paint bubbling around the winches on the mizzen. I assume I’ll have to sand down to bare metal, apply some type of primer and then top coat. What metal are the masts made of? Primer suggestions?
Mahalo
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuThe PO put down the diamond pattern nonskid on our deck. It was cut to cover the existing non skid areas and looks like a pro did it. No skid, ever. I just clean it easily with spray on fiberglass rust remover and it looks like new.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuWould it be possible to just feed the chain into a converted bow water tank? I’m considering all options for the anchoring setup before I cut and slash. Watermakers are getting better and better.
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahuPete: could you give this bozo a better idea where you put that bronze cap? I don’t understand what “anchor locker plte” is. A picture would be great if possible. I’m modifying my anchoring locker per Tor’s approach and have already bought 300′ of 3/8 to wrestle with. Anchoring in the Sandwich Isles is more likely in deep water and your approach to wrestling with a castle through an access port sounds ideal. This is something I should do while I’m reworking the anchor locker.
Mahalo
Dan Kalinowski
Jolly Lama #135
Ko Olina, O’ahu
