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We have a Lewmar 900 which is on the small end of the range for boats like the P-424. It has sufficient power to raise our 60# Manson, but won’t pull it over the roller because the chain jumps off the windlass.
However if we attach the snubber chain hook to the chain just above the roller and take a couple turns on the windlass drum it comes up just fine.
Quent3
If you Google “ARCO 12101” you can find it for $300, or so. I’ll bet the same is true of the solinoid.
QuentI’m not a lawyer either, but in a prior life I had to work with a lot of them. This is probably an unhealthy string for a site dedicated to the joys of ownig a P-424, however, I can’t resist.
Lawyers are not about truth and justice. They are about winning, and punishing the other guy. That is why lies are worth a combined $1300 per hour.
Thank you, Aaron. Once again my decision to retire early is affirmed.
Quent
Clairebuoyant, #132Lee-
Re Depleted uranium (DU) and other design issues.
DU is pretty toxic stuff, but perhaps the reduced volume would allow you to narrow the keel somewhat, or install a wine celler.
A couple other things I’d change would be a better hull to deck joint, and eliminate the v-drive in favor of hybrid diesel electric or other drive arrangement.
Probably be cheaper to strip out and reenforce an existing hull than to redo that old mold.
QuentWe replaced all the deck drain, and cockpit drain thru-hulls with bronze seacocks and 90 degree tailpieces, and white sanitation hose. Of course that was when we initially restored her, and we were spending like drunken sailors. In retrospect, the Conbraco thru-hull fittings look pretty good. The awkward locations make servicing the seacocks difficult, and they never are closed anyway.
If you are planning to go offshore, you may need a survey. Perhaps you could ask the surveyor you plan to use if he or she would hold you to current ABYC standards (seacocks) or simply upgrading the thru-hulls and hoses is OK. Might as well only do the job once, but definitely replace the originals because they can sink you, even at the dock.
In any event, check the hose on the port side aft drain. There is a sharp bend just below the deck drain that is a failure point, and makes for a wet berth.
Quent
Clairebuoyant #132Any boatbuilders near your location? I find plenty of nice gelcoated pieces of fiberglass laminate in a dumpster in Annapolis.
QuentInstead of a grating, how about a fiberglass floor slightly smaller than the shower floor, but a couple inches higher? The water would run off under it to the drain, and it wouldn’t be so tough on the feet.
QuentHere is Bill Shaw’s recommendation on reenforcing the bow area:
http://www.pearsoncurrent.com/billshaw/mail_5_2.htm
Quent
Clairebuoyant, #132Rich-
Thinking about alternative ways to cool the v-drive. I wonder if it would be possible to leave the unit w/o water cooling, but circulate the oil through a heat exchanger instead. That seems to work well with transmissions, and your RV-26 seems to have a similar aggangement.
QuentHi John-
We visited MH once, but didn’t see you there. Mostly we have been on a friend’s mooring in Man-O-War. Clairebuoyant is there getting a bottom job. We are home doing taxes, will be back on 4/9, plan on sailing north in mid-May after spending a few weeks in Abacos. I doubt we will get any further down island this year.
Sorry to hear about the genset problem. Can we bring you anything from stateside? We will fly to MH via Cherokee Air on 4/9. We have a cruising permit.
Best regards,
QuentLet’s hope that for the sake of our friends at Walter that not too many companies in China read this string.
QuentHi Bob-
Perhaps ABYC changed that standard in recent years. My July 2002 copy defines Maximum Heeled Waterline on a sailboat as “…the level of the sheer amidships.” H-27.4b. This required a seacock.
A local surveyor I worked with always wrote this up, but it has been a while.
QuentI agree with Rich. I’d just add that if Walter would simply make the crankcase and top available for the RV-20, many of us would be happy campers.
QuentBesides John’s point about the dirt stains, I think there are a couple other factors worth considering. ABYC considers any thru-hull on the side of a sailboat as requiring a seacock, so there might be an issue with future surveys. The drain outlets would also be in a vulnerable location unless protected by a rubrail.
Another possibility might be to run the drain hoses aft to the transom. The run would be longer, but it would also eliminate the below waterline thru-hulls.
Quent
