Mike, Welcome aboard. Before your trip, be sure to have an anchor ready to deploy, fenders and docklines, too.
I wouldn't worry a lot about mast rake. Some C&Cs do well with 12" to 18" mast rake. That's the distance between the back of the mast at the gooseneck to a main halyard hanging straight down, with a weight. Fuel filters: Several sources informed me to use 30 micron for primary and 10 micron for secondary filters. The diesel eats the smaller stuff. Your 10 mile trip will require 3 gallons of fuel, so consider running the engine from a jerry can for that trip. Stick the pickup hose into a 5 gallon jerry can secured on the saloon floor. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fulmor via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: "Mike Fulmor" <m...@sailinglinks.com> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 1:59:04 AM Subject: Stus-List mast step on 1985 C&C 37 Hi All, I’m new to the list, as my 37 is a new boat to me. C&C’s are not too common out west here, this one was trucked from Maryland last summer. Just splashed her after some 5 years on the hard, just about to try starting the engine tomorrow, even though I’m sure the tank is full of algae. The racor was full of black jello, but the fuel coming in from the tank after the clean-out looks pretty OK. Probably as long as it doesn’t slosh around. I have installed a new filter element in the Racor, but it’s a dinky little 2 micron and will undoubtedly clog quickly. All I have to go is 10 miles down a river to get to my marina from the yard, hopefully with two spare filter elements we’ll make it? Then maybe I’ll try to remove and clean out the tank. It sounds like that is the only recourse. Anyway, the yard stepped the mast before I acquired the boat, and they put it right in the center of the aluminum box full of 1/4” plastic shims that were in there. It looks like it’s raked really far, the backstay is fully adjusted, to the max, like no more room in the turnbuckle, and that doesn’t seem right either. Don’t know if there is any adjustment possible on the headstay because the furler is over the turnbuckle, assuming there is one. The mast-shaped cut-out in the forward end of the table is also several inches from being snug around the mast, which also doesn’t seem right. Can anyone tell me what the proper rake should be, if the headstay is adjustable, and, unless this is really the way it’s supposed to be, suggest how I can get the mast to scoot a few inches aft in that interesting box system it has for a mast step? Thanks in advance, Mike Fulmor Hull 147 “ Mahalo ” 541 547 3483 land 541 961 1292 cell _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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