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I use 2 of the Schaffer movable cleats on each sail track. One on each end. Gives you a lot of flexibility when moving around and doing different docking situations on frequent basis.
The sail track is certainly mounted well enough to handle it……Although in a TS or hurricane situation….. but then you’d have other issues as well…… but for normal docking… go for it.Alan
— On Sun, 6/12/11, allantereshko wrote:
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mine is a 20″ but repitched to 11 W58
alan— On Tue, 6/7/11, quent wrote:
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Never seen anything like that part on UNABATED (#140) nor on any other 424 I’ve been on.
mmmm…..
Alan— On Sat, 5/14/11, Pete Dubler wrote:
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What kind of hardware do you use to make all the connectors for the Gates etc.
alan— On Thu, 4/28/11, norris larson wrote:
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Quent,
Thanks, took a bit of digging but I found it – 30125 is a single contact sender – yes in the upper housing.
39550 is the W.T. switch in the lower housing. They have changed the number a few times.
BTW the O.P switch is 37323
Alan— On Wed, 4/27/11, quent wrote:
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I just got off the phone with Jeff from
RiggingOnly. We talked about replacing the 3/16 wire – 5/16 coated
lifelines with 1/4 uncoated wire. He mentioned that the studs for the
1/4 wire swedge to 3/8 and that I would have to make sure the stanchions would accept the 3/8 dia st
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I just got off the phone with Jeff from RiggingOnly. We talked about replacing the 3/16 wire – 5/16 coated lifelines with 1/4 uncoated wire. He mentioned that the studs for the 1/4 wire swedge to 3/8 and that I would have to make sure the stantions could accept the 3/8 dia. studs.
Now I guess I’ll have to wait for the next trip down to Virginia to see what size holes are on the stantions.
Too much money to guess from here.
alanJust a thought before you go though all the hassles of changing to split tanks and a lower fuel capacity. If you plan on any offshore passages, cutting down the fuel capacity could be a mistake. On a recent passage from Bermuda to St. Maarten – I had 80 gallons in the tank and 30 gallons on deck and used every bit of it. Unless you want to wallow around for 5 days waiting for wind in the middle of no where.
The engine comes out pretty easy. Working by myself (except for the actual lift – done by the yard) I had the engine ready for removal in less than 4 hours. 30 minutes of work for the yard crew to lift it out.
It may be easier and cheaper in the long run to remove the engine and replace the tank to it’s original location and size.
Besides, if your engine has not been out of there in a long time (forever) – there are a few hoses that should be replaced that would be much easier to get at once you can walk around it. I would suspect that if the tank is leaking – there are probably maintenance items on the engine that need to be attended to also.
Just a thought
alan
#140— On Tue, 4/26/11, joe shimkonis wrote:
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I tend to think of batteries as a commodity – Use for 5-6 years and buy new. I have been very happy with Trojan T125 golf cart batteries – size manageable for one person – price reasonable – excellent quality.
Alan— On Tue, 4/26/11, wrote:
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The difference between the 9.9 and the15 is a plate under the carburetor. It’s like the restrictor plate used in NASCAR….Same carburetor used on both engines.
alan— On Mon, 4/18/11, wrote:
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I removed the”padeyes” one was broken anyhow. They were used for the end of the 1st and 2nd reefs.
When I had my new main sail built, I had what they call dogears put in the reef cringles. Now I tie a bowline around the boom ( loose footed main), run the line up through the ring in the dogear and back down to a cheekblock on the boom. This works quite well. The end of the reefing lines do not depend on those cheap cast padeyes mounted with those little screws. The original idea was to put blocks on the dogear rings to reduce the friction of the line going over or though the reef cringles. I am pretty pleased with how it works – as I single hand often.
ALan
unabated— On Sun, 4/3/11, Rich Carter wrote:
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I had my 424 on Lake Ontatio for 6 years before heading to salt water. I noticed no difference at all ( well none that I could tell) ‘cept everything rusts faster.
alan
unabated #140— On Fri, 4/1/11, Joseph Steiner wrote:
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I haven’t seen them in the US either. Budget Marine had them in Simpson Bay, St. Maartin. I should have brought them……
alan— On Wed, 3/23/11, John Stevenson wrote:
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If you store it on the mast, you’ll never have to lift it. Imagine trying to deploy or store that pole on a heaving and pitching deck….. YIKES….. stored on the mast, it’s always attached and a few pulls of a string or two it’s stored out of the way.
I got all the hardware from “RiggingOnly” dot com….. very helpful, knowledgeable and the prices are good.
Alan
“UNABATED”— On Mon, 3/21/11, Patrick “Peaboy” Walters wrote:
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