Re: Stus-List 35-1 headliner bump

2012-12-02 Thread Russ & Melody
Thanks Jim. Melody is better than I at interpreting the French news. We were wondering what happened to the fifth sheep... the cute one. Cheers, Russ At 08:39 PM 02/12/2012, you wrote: You didn't miss a thing. Those rumours about Wally and the four stewardesses were apparently untrue

Re: Stus-List 35-1 headliner bump

2012-12-02 Thread Jim Watts
You didn't miss a thing. Those rumours about Wally and the four stewardesses were apparently untrue, and defaming to Wally, the girls, and the four sheep that survived. On 2 December 2012 15:15, Russ & Melody wrote: > Hi Dennis, > > I have one. > The flat surface is the same elevation as the

Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump

2012-12-02 Thread Dennis C.
My next float switch will be one of these:  http://www.tefgel.com/contain.php?param=pumpswitch_infor3 Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 mandeville, LA > > From: Chris Price >To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 10:01 PM >Subject: Re: Stus-List 3

Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump

2012-12-02 Thread Chris Price
I put one of those in this year and the bilge has never been so dry for the last twelve years. The sump was always filled with water since the typical float switch was always mounted too high. Chris Price C&C35 MkI Pradel - Original Message - From: "Sam Salter" To: cnc-list@cnc-list

Re: Stus-List suggestions for unscrewing a plastic hose barb

2012-12-02 Thread Joel Aronson
Do they make an EasyOut screw extractor that big? Or an inside pipe wrench that small? Joel Aronson On Dec 2, 2012, at 10:14 PM, Eric Frank wrote: > A 3/4 inch plastic barbed hose adaptor is screwed into the brass thru hull > gate valve for the water inlet to the head. I want to replace the h

Stus-List suggestions for unscrewing a plastic hose barb

2012-12-02 Thread Eric Frank
A 3/4 inch plastic barbed hose adaptor is screwed into the brass thru hull gate valve for the water inlet to the head. I want to replace the hose barb with another one, but can't unscrew it from the thru hull valve. Teflon tape shows on the plastic threads of the barb so I expected it would be

Re: Stus-List Keel stub cracks

2012-12-02 Thread Tim Goodyear
Thanks Graham - I will have a better look in that area. Tim On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Graham Collins wrote: > Hi Tim > I'd pull the cabin sole and see if the floor grid is still well attached > to the hull at the turn of the bilge, I'm guessing on the port side it is > not. > > Graham Col

Re: Stus-List headliner bump

2012-12-02 Thread Eric Frank
Dennis, I have one on my 1974 35-2, and it is exactly what Rus guesses. Mounted on the flat on deck is a horizontal block that leads a line aft to the coach roof just forward of the cockpit. I have one on each side of the boat. One I use for a spin halyard, the other for the main sheet. On

Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump - patching holes underway

2012-12-02 Thread Joel Aronson
Thanks! I've got the radio. Never heard of the wax rings. I'll get some. BTW, rigged a webcam and old laptop as a no cost bilge monitor. Joel Sent from my iPad On Dec 2, 2012, at 9:25 PM, "Dennis C." wrote: Joel, Just my opinion but first, most of your boat isn't 3 feet below the waterline

Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump - patching holes underway

2012-12-02 Thread Dennis C.
Joel, Just my opinion but first, most of your boat isn't 3 feet below the waterline.  Second, the hole probably won't be a full 2 inches open but a jagged splintered opening.  Third, go buy 3 or 4 toilet bowl wax rings and throw them on the boat.  They'll plug a lot of oddly shaped holes.  Wad

Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump

2012-12-02 Thread Joel Aronson
Lee, if he is right Note that a mere 2-inch-diameter hole 3 feet below the waterline will let in 69 gallons a minute, or more than 4,000 gallons an hour. and my pump is 4 gpm and I use both manual pumps I'm still screwed! Joel Sent from my iPad On Dec 2, 2012, at 7:54 PM, Lee Youngblood wrote:

Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump

2012-12-02 Thread Joel Aronson
I looked at that one. It has to be horizontal so it won't fit my boat. Thanks Joel Aronson On Dec 2, 2012, at 7:17 PM, Sam Salter wrote: > Joel, > > I bought one of these (I haven't fitted it yet) it has a built in electronic > float switch and will fit between my keel bolts. > http://www.def

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread hhallgring
Ron, I'm not sure what color gold it is. Harry On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Lisa Lias wrote: What color is the trim stripe? It looks really good! Ron C&C 35 mkIII Rhode River On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Joel Aronson < joel.aron...@gmail.com > wrote: Wow. Nice work! Joel Aronson

Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump

2012-12-02 Thread Lee Youngblood
Hi Joel, Your job is not to need it! Read John Vigors blog from November 27, 2012 How fast will you sink? http://www.johnvigor.com/Blog.html Sometimes I think pumps are like "psychological placements" when rock climbing, you put them in when you can, and it helps to think you tried, but you

Re: Stus-List Keel stub cracks

2012-12-02 Thread Graham Collins
Hi Tim I'd pull the cabin sole and see if the floor grid is still well attached to the hull at the turn of the bilge, I'm guessing on the port side it is not. Graham Collins Secret Plans C&C 35-III #11 Tim Goodyear wrote: Hello all 35-3 owners - I'm looking for some advice, especially from

Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump

2012-12-02 Thread Sam Salter
Joel, I bought one of these (I haven't fitted it yet) it has a built in electronic float switch and will fit between my keel bolts. http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1%7C51%7C299222%7C84462%7C316440&id=1579952 If anyone else has one working I'd be interested if it was an OK choice! sam :

Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump

2012-12-02 Thread Joel Aronson
The bilge pump on my 35/3 is under the forward dinette seat. A hose leads to a strainer in the forward sump just behind the mast. I'd like to replace it with a higher volume pump, but I can't find one that will fit in the bilge compartment next to the keel bolt without spending ridiculous amounts

Re: Stus-List 35-1 headliner bump

2012-12-02 Thread Russ & Melody
Hi Dennis, I have one. The flat surface is the same elevation as the handrail landing(s). On deck there is a corresponding round spot with no non-skid. It looks like the option was to mount a spring supported turning block there to lead a control line aft. I believe it would have been cut &

Re: Stus-List Keel stub cracks

2012-12-02 Thread dwight veinot
I noted this a while back on my findings about the keel hull joint on the 35/3 and 33/2 models and that comment got a fair amount of disagreement from some owners on this list.but I really liked the 35/3 design . and the 33/2 design as well but I learned that both have some serious issues where the

Stus-List Keel stub cracks

2012-12-02 Thread Tim Goodyear
Hello all 35-3 owners - I'm looking for some advice, especially from those who have re-habbed their keels on this model... I was checking on Mojito this morning, and noticed beads of moisture in two areas; a spot at the top of the keel trailing edge and an 8" hairline crack on the port side at hul

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread D.Drake
BIG JOB !! LOTS OF CONTORTIONS Keep the girl and don't stop . I lost a a season doing my 26 up .The wife and I spent every spare moment working on the boat .In the end it looked fantastic .I would never do it again though ! On 02/12/2012 9:56 AM, Joel Aronson wrote: Wow. Nice work! Joel A

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread airdale143
WOW WOW WOW They let you work on it yourselves and on weekends too? That is great. We have Zoomer at Yacht Management in Bristol RI, and we got the shaft. Can only work on the boat Mon thru Fri 7am to 3pm Really sucks when you have to travel 2 hours up and back...

Re: Stus-List Incredible video - fishing boats in rough sea - YouTube

2012-12-02 Thread Dennis C.
Wonder what their SOG was against the current? Watch the scuppers on the blue boat at 1:50 and 3:10. Dennis C. > > From: Peter Deppisch >To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 8:52 AM >Subject: Stus-List Incredible video - fishing boats in

Re: Stus-List me and 5200

2012-12-02 Thread Dennis C.
FYI, for fresh, uncured 5200, denatured alcohol cleans it up very well.  Cured 5200, not so much. Dennis C. > > From: LKL Architects >To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 8:42 AM >Subject: Stus-List me and 5200 > > > LkL >  >  >Seve

Re: Stus-List me and 5200

2012-12-02 Thread LKL Architects
LkLThanks Andrewwill try that next timejust hoping there does not have to be a next time Lloyd Lippe Fiinesse LF39 - Original Message - From: Andrew Burton To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 8:47 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List me and 5200 Hea

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread Lisa Lias
What color is the trim stripe? It looks really good! Ron C&C 35 mkIII Rhode River On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Joel Aronson wrote: > Wow. Nice work! > > Joel Aronson > > > On Dec 2, 2012, at 9:18 AM, "hhallgr...@cox.net" > wrote: > > Thanks David, > > I have uploaded a few pictures of the p

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread Andrew Burton
Looks great already! I'll stick my nose in next time I'm up. Beautiful boat, Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Dec 2, 2012, at 9:57 AM, "Harry" wrote: > Andrew, > New England Boatworks. It will be

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread Harry
Andrew, New England Boatworks. It will be worthy of a half-hull when it's done! Harry Harry & Julie Hallgring 45 Burchard Avenue Little Compton, RI 02837-1602 hhallgr...@cox.net -Original Message- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Burton

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread Joel Aronson
Wow. Nice work! Joel Aronson On Dec 2, 2012, at 9:18 AM, "hhallgr...@cox.net" wrote: Thanks David, I have uploaded a few pictures of the project to Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/46147579@N08/sets/72157632149487011/ Short day today...get Christmas tree...ready mast for storage...a lit

Stus-List Incredible video - fishing boats in rough sea - YouTube

2012-12-02 Thread Peter Deppisch
Amazing! http://www.youtube.com/embed/ByGSMmenPDM?rel=0 Cheers, Peter S/V Tangerine C&C35 MK II Lion's Head, Ontario ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com

Re: Stus-List me and 5200

2012-12-02 Thread Andrew Burton
Heat works, too. Heat the putty knife and slide it along until it cools then reheat it. It doesn't have to be red hot to work. Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Dec 2, 2012, at 9:42 AM, "LKL Archite

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread Andrew Burton
Harry, where are you doing the work? Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Dec 2, 2012, at 9:18 AM, hhallgr...@cox.net wrote: > Thanks David, > > I have uploaded a few pictures of the project to Flickr

Stus-List me and 5200

2012-12-02 Thread LKL Architects
LkL Several weeks ago I posted regarding trying to lift a leaking deck hatch that would not budge. 5200 was mentioned as the probable culprit. Started by using a dacron fishing line and brush cleaner as a solvent on a corner to break the bond. Then took a very thin 1 inch wide putty knife af

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Paint Job

2012-12-02 Thread hhallgring
Thanks David, I have uploaded a few pictures of the project to Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/46147579@N08/sets/72157632149487011/ Short day today...get Christmas tree...ready mast for storage...a little more sanding...clean up...watch Patriots. Harry MIRAGE On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 4: