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Pete
I assume you know what you’d be getting yourself into by drilling your own
holes. Sounds like a lot of work. Even thin stainless is a bitch to drill.About denting the hollow-back stuff. If you bump something, you’ll likely
dent or bend it it anyway (ask me how I know). I think you might be better
off getting the cheaper hollow-back stuff and get an extra piece or two to
replace anything you damage.Defender has the solid stuff for $140/12 feet, but you probably know that.
Rich
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Jim
I’ve hauled countless times and have never damaged my rub-rail. I damaged a
stanchion once when the boat didn’t lift straight. A stanchion bent a
little.Straps normally have two attachment points, high and low. The cables run
through two pulleys, one at each end of a short crossbar. This gives a 4:1
advantage. The operator must attach where the straps are high enough to
lift the boat clear of the pier but low enough so the crossbars don’t damage
the boat. With my Yacht club hoist, this is one high and one low. If they
tied to both low attachments, the hoist crossbar would hit my rubrail. I
would guess that they hooked too low and the strap was too short.Hope this helps
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Tor
Look for the word ROAD near the top right. Click on it and a drop-down
shows up. Click on Bird’s Eye. Then zoom in. I think these phots were
taken about 15 months ago.Its kind of neat. Change the address to yours and see if you can find your
boat.Rich
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I’ve lost track of the snow accumulation so far, probably over 10 feet by
now and winter is not over. I’ve been waiting to take a photo of the boat
sitting in a sea of snow, but it keeps settling. To have six feet of
standing snow, we’d probably have to get twenty or more feet of
accumulation. It snowed yesterday and is supposed to snow tomorrow again.Living in the northeast has compenstations however, the ground doesn’t
shake, no mud-slides nor fires nor water shortages. It rarely gets over
90deg. There are other distractions in the winter; next weekend we go
skiing. Here in NH, we have the highest per-capita income in the country
and no income nor sales tax. Real-estate is affordable. By late February
however, spring-fever is rampant.Praying for spring so I can take the cover off the boat. I ordered a new
stove and have a few projects planned before launching.Rich
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Interesting, I know it was pretty far out but I didn’t realize it was that
far. I don’t see that its possible to avoid the danger area if it includes
the whole ocean. I keep a shot-gun onboard, but it would be no match for a
determined group of pirates armed with AK-47s. I agree that its my
responsibility to protect the boat, but what’s someone headed through the
Suez canal supposed to do? By a rocket-launcher and mount it ondeck?So what happens next? Do we bring the captured pirates back and treat them
as normal criminals or do we just hang them? Let me guess, they’ll be
brought here. Some high-profile lawyer will take the case. The news will
be full of how disadvantaged these poor people are and how they were just
trying to feed their families.
They’ll get a light sentence and become US citizens while in jail, getting
out after 5 years. Or maybe they’ll be released because they were not read
their rights? We should have just shot them on the spot!What has become of us? There is an island at the entrance to Boston harbor,
Nixes Mate. In colonial days, there was a steel cage on the island.
Pirates when caught would be placed in the cage and left to rot.Rich
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I don’t know if a flotilla would be patient enough to include slow-moving
sailing yachts. Then there’s that tacking thing…Another solution would be to enforce a no-sail zone about 20 miles off the
coast to a distance of perhaps 100 miles. Kill anything that floats in
those waters. A few predator drones could enforce it. I think the US Navy
is testing a new model that can land on a carrier. Traffic could stay 100
miles off the coast safely. The Somali government might object, but so
what?Rich – KE1EV
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I’m not impressed with MacK Boring either. When I ordered my Yanmar, I ordered a spacer plate for the bell housing to mate up with the BW transmission. They quoted and sold a spacer that was too thin. I had no way to know how thick the spacer should be and trusted them to quote the right parts. I ended up buying another spacer, only $120, but it ticked me off because it was their error.
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You can lift the engine in place to inspect the bottom of the pan. Disconnect the exhaust, driveshaft, and anything else in the way. Remove the engine-mount nuts. Put a short beam across your companionway with a strong lift ring. Use a cable-winch to lift the engine. Block the think before putting any body parts under the engine. You should be able to do this in a few hours, less if you’ve done it before.
Spray PB-Blaster on the engine mount nuts the night before you try this.
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Rich
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Mark
I put an autohelm-2000 on my boat about 26 years ago. Still works fine. Installation was straightforward. The drive mechanism has its own tiller arm and is just above the steering quadrant.rich
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Allan,
There are too many shades of white to expect a match. In theory, you could
mix paint and match the color but the gloss would be different. Consider
having custom graphics done. I had vinyl lettering done with a black shadow
to raise the lettering. If you did this large enough, it would cover the
old name. Any sign company could do it and its not expensive.
See linked photo http://www.richardcarter.net/boat/pix/davit/davitAft2.JPGBTW, painting your whole boat with 2-part paint isn’t that big a deal.
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I called Bowmar about 20 years ago when I had to replace the plastic in one
of my hatches. The guy said they use Silkaflex. I would guess they would
have used something cheaper and easier if it worked as well…Rich
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Lee
I pulled my boxes out years ago. Nothing wrong with them at the time other
than they took up the whole locker and put too much weight on the starboard
side. Its amazing how large that locker is without the boxes in there.My main batteries are now in the bilge just forward of the sump.
Rich
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Tor
the gasket material is still available. I think West Marine carries it.I had the hinge break on one of mine. No obvious reason why. It just broke off the frame with no warning. I got a bowmar low-profile hatch that was an almost drop-in replacement. The hatch was the same size but the hole pattern was different. I like the low-profile hatch better.
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Thatcher,
Yes, I’m a cheap SOB too. I’d be happier on a hook but there are some
logistical problems with rafting on a hook. We might be able to anchor if
we find the right spot though.1 – If the wind shifts, the anchors can get twisted together.
2 – Most anchorages that are large enough to raft seem to attract bone-head
power-boat operators who don’t know what a boat wake can do to rafted boats.I’ve seen photos of boats rafted in a circle with their sterns facing inward
and their bows out. Everybody drops their hook outside the circle and backs
in. I’d like to try that if we have a good spot. Backing a 424 in might be
a challenge but we could probably use a dinghy or two to tug folks into
position or set the anchor. This would eliminate issue #1 above.Rich
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