Btw valve grinding paste in the stripped screw heads works! Got the tip from someone on the list.
Joel Aronson On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:43 AM, "djhaug...@juno.com" <djhaug...@juno.com> wrote: > Okay, > > Made the trip the Martha's Vineyard and back but needed Tow BoatUS to get > home. > > We had our share of boat issues. Stuffing box nut came loose and we took on > some water on the way out and then one of my bilge pump hoses clogged. I got > all that sorted out and made it to Vineyard haven without incident. Then > while warming the engine to depart she over heated....a hose clamp > snapped...really strange, the band just broke. Anyway, I got that all sorted > out and underway. THEN...i was coming up on woods hole and decided to pull > in the sail and motor through. I had to do the furling myself as the winds > were really up and it needed some extra pulling. when I got back to the > helm, I had no steering! All my lines were accounted for, I didn't feel us > hit anything and then the wheel stuck and with a little effort, broke free > and spun with no effect on the rudder. I got the tiller out and I couldn't > do anything and the rudder was hard to port. I worked on it and managed to > get it back to almost midships and that helped in the tow. Then I had free > movement from midships to port and nothing further. > > So, we couldn't get into Westport given the conditions and my lack of > steering ability and it was decided to put us over in New Bedford harbor for > the night. New Bedford yacht club in their strong desire to help out a > distressed sailor kindly offer us a mooring at, get this, 90 EFFING DOLLARS A > NIGHT!!!! ARE YOU S&(++ING ME?! Okay, Edgartown, the most expensive > moorings in the area, are $50 a night at peak season! WTF? thanks for > nothing. I took that as a "YOU ARE NOT WELCOME" FROM THE NEW BEDFORD YACHT > CLUB. Way to help out a sailor in trouble! On the other hand, big kudos to > the New Bedford Harbor Master!!! He gave us a mooring free of charge for the > night! Also BIG BIG kudos to the Boat US guys. He runs 4 boats in the area. > 2 in New Bedford one in Fairhaven and one in westport, I think. He got us > to New Bedford, arranged the free Mooring with the Harbor Master, drove us > back to our car in Westport and towed me back to Westport on Sunday all for > the $149 annual fee for Tow BoatUS. No extra charges! > > Anyway, I climbed below and everything looked normal. No broken cables or > pulleys nothing jammed in the works from the lockers. Then, I pulled the > compass off and looked down and saw the chain had jumped off the sprocket. > It was apparent that someone had been in there before, as the Philips head > screws are stripped and I'm afraid of what I'm going to find when I get in > there as every other thing the PO messed with has been a hack job. The > stripped screw heads are NOT a good sign of things to come. > > Does anyone have any insights on these pedestals. It seems the chain and > cables need replacing from time to time. I can't find any diagrams of the > inside workings of the pedestal anywhere. I'm imagining a tedious chore > ahead... > > Danny > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
