I hear ya, Russ... I'm not letting beat though...came close and the wife is
saying..."Now I know why people buy the brand new Catalina..." ewwww you could
have 2 or 3 catalinas for the price of the Sabre that I covet! If it hadn't
been for the rough seas, the fast response of Tow BoatUS and the comfort level
of my wife...I'd have dropped down below. As it turns out, if I had removed
the cable or pulled the pin in the pedestal I probably would have had control
again. I guess the thing is that, I had ot done anything with the steering
sytem so I was not at all familiar with it...I should have known better. I just
hope my wife forgives the Viking pretty quickly or she'll be pushing even
harder for the Catlina...At least she isn't get out of boating all together!
if worse comes to worse a catlina is better than no boat at all!!! LOL You
can't beat the speed though...we were hitting 9 knots with the currents with
just the head sail before all hell broke loose! lets see a catlina do that!
LOL Danny
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Russ & Melody <russ...@telus.net>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Edson chain and wire pedestal failure
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:51:17 -0700
Danny!
I almost lost beer out my nose readin' your post.
Damn man. If it weren't fer bad luck, you have...
Seriously though, like the locker, sometimes ya gotto go down in harsh
conditions. Short term pain, long term gain. Might get ya outta a jam.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 07:03 AM 10/09/2012, you wrote:
I think so too. I think the jam is in the pedestal... There was no dropping
into the lockers in the kind of sea we were having on Saturday.
Danny
---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Edson chain and wire pedestal failure
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:57:04 -0400
I replaced mine when the cable got frayed. I pulled the pin from a block to
get slack in the cable, undid each end from the quadrant, and pulled it out and
took it to a rigging shop. Not really too bad of a job. I am sure it is a pain
to do in a seaway, but if you got the cables off the tiller would have worked I
am sure.
Joe Della Barba
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Behalf Of djhaug...@juno.com
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 9:42 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List Edson chain and wire pedestal failure
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 fr!
om 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 annua!
l 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_______________________________________________
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