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Those are the mounts I came up with also. They are about 500. cheaper than the Westerbeke versions.
thanks
alan— On Fri, 7/16/10, Paul Lefebvre <> wrote:
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On the port side of my boom there is a small winch. My outhaul just uses a 2:1 purchase and the line is led to the winch. Even at 25 knots, there is no problem adjusting the outhaul. My only issue is that, the track it was mounted on is 7/8″.vI can not find a replacement cheek block that was mounted there. (check block with a slide) so I I am just using a standard block with the wire from the outhaul.to the top of the block.
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The screeching noise is for sure the belt. The Alternator failure is from the heat that is generated from the belt being loose. When the belt slips across the pulley all the heat is transmitted to the shaft.
Besides ALWAYS keeping the belt tight (but not so tight as to ruin the bearing either on the alternator itself or the water pump) one thing I added to my system is a new 3 stage regulator. The one I got has a 30 second delay before it turns the alternator on AND it ramps up the current slowly. This way you don’t slam the system with cranking out 100 amps right at the start. It gives the belt a chance to warm up a little and get seated.
It seams to have reduced the number of times I need to get in there and tighten it up.
Alan— On Tue, 7/6/10, Silver Heels <> wrote:
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I am trying to figure out what people who don’t own boats do on Friday nights….. I know… I need a life…..
a— On Fri, 6/25/10, Alan <> wrote:
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amid·ships (ə mid′s̸hips′)adverb, adjective in or toward the
middle of a ship; esp., halfway between bow and sternwrite(‘Webster’s New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Tor,
No boat…. nothing better to do…midship [ˈmɪdˌʃɪp] Nauticaladj (Transport / Nautical Terms) in, of, or relating to
the middle of a vesseln
(Transport / Nautical Terms) the middle of a vesselAlan
— On Fri, 6/25/10, Silver Heels <> wrote:
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Thanks Rich, all great ideas.
The shaft is only 3 years old as is the cutlass bearing. Most of the ancelary items on the engine are in good shape. I have either replaced them or rebuilt them before I left on my cruise. The injectors were replaced during the cruise (Bermuda). So it’s really in good shape.
I will probably get the shaft checked first and then check the alignment with the V drive before I remove the drive for a rebuild (I was going to do that any how). See where it goes from there.
alan— On Mon, 6/21/10, <> wrote:
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I was talking to Paul L yesterday and he reminded me of the strut offset to Starboard. Maybe the strut is not bent after all. But, How to measure it to determine that it’s not bent becomes the question. What reference points do you use? Maybe all the force was taken up by the prop bending instead of anything else as that would be the least resistant.
At 8:45 on Friday the plan was to remove the V drive for a rebuild and then remove the engine to JUST replace the pan gaskets to fix the oil leak. I still consider my W58 in good condition.
At 9:30 I’m looking at removing the engine to possibly replace the strut, re-bend the shaft and strut.
I am peering down the rabbit hole and trying to figure out how dark and how far it goes.I am a little more optimistic this morning thinking that the strut is not bent. Just the prop and maybe the shaft. Still, the oil leak needs to be fixed.
But like any boat owner I am thinking resale value and how much or how little a new engine would go considering the cost of a repower., even if I did 99 percent of the work myself. Since I am taking the engine out anyhow………mmmmmmmmmm
a— On Sun, 6/20/10, Rich Carter <> wrote:
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It’s been said that the next world war will be over water….. not oil. Look at how the southern states want water from the Great Lakes and the Great lakes people won’t give it up…… and this is just the beginning
a— On Sun, 6/20/10, Silver Heels <> wrote:
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Tor, Completely agree with you. Nothing worse than finding that perfect anchorage and having to pick up and leave cause your out of water. There were two boats I remember in Union Island (Chatham Bay) that had that problem.
Alan— On Sun, 6/20/10, Silver Heels <> wrote:
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True everyone drinks…. but where they get their water is not always accessible to the cruiser.
Case in point, This winter in St Lucia there was a water shortage. A lot of boats had to sail to Martinique to have their tanks filled. There was no water at any cost! Well, unless you were paying a 2.00US a foot for a slip.
I considered my water maker as a desire only because I did not want the PITA factor in thinking about where I wanted to go, how long I wanted to be there and having to think about lugging water every couple of days.
30 gal/hr sure was a luxury…..
Alan— On Sun, 6/20/10, Robert Fine <> wrote:
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Filters definitely need to accessible…. and a good method to flush, pickle and winterize…
alan.— On Sun, 6/20/10, Joseph Steiner <> wrote:
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Well. the bad news for me is that I told the guy where to put the straps…..
There is black dot where my yard has picked up the boat for the last 7 years. I thought he centered the straps on the dot…. apparently he’s been putting the straps just behind the black dot. I never noticed that the black dot marks the end of the prop….. sucks to be me.
alan— On Sat, 6/19/10, Silver Heels <> wrote:
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Ah Pete you cheated and went commercial….. Dont know about anything else but my membranes fit very nicely up under the aft lazerate.
alan— On Sat, 6/19/10, Pete Dubler <> wrote:
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Rich,
A trick I learned this winter in Georgetown from a guy who was on his 2nd circumnavigation. With an all chain rode. After you set the anchor and the snubber is on. Instead of just putting a little slack in the chain behind the snubber, is put another 20 feet or so of chain down. This added weight acts as sentinel to keep the chain and snubber down. When the wind pipes up there is less of a tendency for the chain to stretch out.
alan— On Tue, 6/15/10, wrote:
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