Re: Stus-List Micron 66

2012-12-06 Thread Brent Driedger
How would this compare to VC 17 which in my fresh water lake this year required considerable effort from the pressure washer to de slime the boat. Bad hull maintenance year for a racer I know. The main event photos has my boat as the only one green below the waterline! Brent Driedger C&C 27V La

Stus-List Micron 66

2012-12-06 Thread Robert Abbott
Chuck: I used Micron 66 this past season.put one light coat of it over our usual paint, Micron CSCbottom didn't need a pressure wash when hauled last month, there was nothing to clean and as advertised, absolutely 'no slime'. The boat could back in the water without doing anything to

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread Chuck S
Hi Bob, I've heard good things about Micron 66; multiseason, hard, fast, scrubbable. Do you use it? Do you race? Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ - Original Message - From: "Robert Abbott" To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 5:30:35 PM Subje

Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread Robert Abbott
Rich: Tell your 40' Beneteau friend to get some Micron 66 to avoid the annual painting spree. Bob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. On 2012/12/06 2:49 PM, Rich C&C wrote: Thanks for that, Ken. I'll pass it on to my friend who is trying to avoid the annual painting spree on the bottom

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat/the Feds

2012-12-06 Thread Joel Aronson
Great! They are probably going to target me for being affiliated with subversives! Joel On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Frederick G Street wrote: > The Coast Guard out of Grand Marais, MN (north shore of Lake Superior) > nearly boarded and inspected my boat three times in a four-*DAY* period a

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat/the Feds

2012-12-06 Thread Frederick G Street
The Coast Guard out of Grand Marais, MN (north shore of Lake Superior) nearly boarded and inspected my boat three times in a four-DAY period a few years back… We got boarded just a few miles short of Isle Royale; then again two days later while moving from one bay in Isle Royale to another, they

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread Frederick G Street
BC hasn't liberalized smoking those, yet… :^) Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Dec 6, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Martin DeYoung wrote: > The Canadian Customs lady was exceedingly polite but gave me a warning over > having a bag of p

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread dwight veinot
No problem Martin I enjoyed reading your rant.nothing much better to do nowadays here in the land of cold Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS _ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Martin DeYoung Sent: December 6, 2012 3:4

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat/the Feds

2012-12-06 Thread Fred Hazzard
I guess I've been lucky. No problems with US Customs, numerous problems with Canadian Customs stealing my potatoes and apples. (But they missed all the booze I had on board, heh, heh). One time a crew member was denied entry to Canada because of long ago minor criminal record. The US Coastie

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat - customs inspectors

2012-12-06 Thread Dennis C.
Peeled carrots?  H...in Cajun country an important ingredient in gumbo is filet powder.  Filet powder looks a lot like funny weed.  Wonder how a Coastie from Kansas would react to seeing that in a galley cupboard? Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA >_

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread Martin DeYoung
Pretty dog gone liberal out here on the far northwest corner of the US. If one was so inclined they could smoke a joint while getting married to a dude, especially in the city of Seattle. I was relieved to read the text of the new legislation and realize they are not going to force me to marry

Re: Stus-List CnC-25 Redline thru hull drainage from cockpit

2012-12-06 Thread Peter Deppisch
I spoke with a friend of mine who has a Redline 25 and he keeps a toilet plunger in the locker and that clears it. I shall try it on mine. Cheers, Peter S/V Tangerine C&C35 MK II S/V Charis Redline 25 Lion's Head, Ontario __ Nothing is ever as it seems! www.peterdeppisch.

Re: Stus-List CnC-25 Redline thru hull drainage from cockpit

2012-12-06 Thread Peter Deppisch
Rob, The Redline 25 is an earlier model designed by C&C and built by Bruckman in Oakville. The C&C Photo Album has the original brochures under C&C Brochures. Look for Redline 25. >From my website: https://sites.google.com/site/peterdeppisch/redline25 Cheers, Peter S/V Tangerine C&C35 MK II

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread Joel Aronson
What do you expect from a bunch of potheads? Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Martin DeYoung wrote: > > > Out here on the US West Coast there is governmental activity to ban copper > in recreational boat bottom paints. > > ** ** > > IIRC the legislation was moved

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread Martin DeYoung
Out here on the US West Coast there is governmental activity to ban copper in recreational boat bottom paints. IIRC the legislation was moved to the back burner in Washington and California to allow for more study. The last draft I saw allowed for several years of phase in before the copper ba

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread
Thanks for that, Ken. I'll pass it on to my friend who is trying to avoid the annual painting spree on the bottom of his 40' Beneteau. Rich Knowles INDIGO - LF38 Halifax, NS From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ken Heaton Sent: December 6, 2012 14:39 To

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread Joel Aronson
FWIW I think there was a recent thread on cruisersforum.com. Joel On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Ken Heaton wrote: > I have no experience but Coppercoat was reviewed by Practical Sailor > recently: > > *Coppercoat earned a Poor performance rating at the 12-month mark (PS, > October 2010) and

Re: Stus-List Coppercoat

2012-12-06 Thread Ken Heaton
I have no experience but Coppercoat was reviewed by Practical Sailor recently: *Coppercoat earned a Poor performance rating at the 12-month mark (PS, October 2010) and a Poor at the 18-month test checkup (PS, March 2011). It didn’t make the cut after 24 months, so it was not included in the two-ye

Re: Stus-List CnC-25 Redline thru hull drainage from cockpit

2012-12-06 Thread Robert Mazza
JT, You refer to this boat as a C&C 25 Redline. Is this a C&C 25 or is it a Redline 25? As the drawings below show, they are distinctly different boats. I built Redline 25s in my first summer working in the Custom Shop in 1968 before there was even a C&C, and the cockpit drains were located in the

Re: Stus-List CnC-25 Redline thru hull drainage from cockpit

2012-12-06 Thread Hoyt, Mike
If it was on the hard for several years my fuirst guess would be pine needles and/or small twigs and the leaves etc. I usually use a garden hose or a low pressure electric pressure washer FROM THE OUTSIDE IN - to push the mess back into the cockpit. -Original Message- From: CnC-List [m

Re: Stus-List CnC-25 Redline thru hull drainage from cockpit

2012-12-06 Thread jt32000
Bill Hartman C&C Landfall 39 "MYSTY" Charlottesville, VA. ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... UR

Re: Stus-List CnC-25 Redline thru hull drainage from cockpit

2012-12-06 Thread Paul Fountain
I'd use a plumbers drain tool - or an electrical fish tape, on its own first then with a small cloth or sponge to clear all the debris From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson Sent: December-06-12 8:50 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-Li

Re: Stus-List Fuel fill hose replacement

2012-12-06 Thread Gary Nylander
I was having problems with my cooling system (raw water). After running the Yanmar for a while and then stopping, when I turned it back on, the high pitched whistle and red light would come on and stay on for longer than I thought proper. Water was coming out the exhaust, but it was still worris

Re: Stus-List CnC-25 Redline thru hull drainage from cockpit

2012-12-06 Thread Joel Aronson
Use a coat hangar! Then flush it out. Water may just compact the blockage. Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Hoyt, Mike wrote: > ** > Can you use a pressure washer to try to remove the blockage from the > scuppers? Is likely needles or leaves from trees. > > -

Re: Stus-List CnC-25 Redline thru hull drainage from cockpit

2012-12-06 Thread Hoyt, Mike
Can you use a pressure washer to try to remove the blockage from the scuppers? Is likely needles or leaves from trees. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Peter Deppisch Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 3:25 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-li

Re: Stus-List buying a C&C 40

2012-12-06 Thread Bill Coleman
I may be going out on a limb here, but I am also guessing that your visit to Mystic may turn out to be a pretty expensive ticket . . . Bill Coleman C&C 39 animated_favicon1 Bill, very astute observation, we looked at a 37 today, have to "weigh" all of the factors...! Sent from my iPho

Re: Stus-List buying a C&C 40

2012-12-06 Thread Andrew Burton
Richard, We looked at a 37 in Wickford and aside from a few deck problems, it was a pretty good boat that I think could be had pretty reasonably. But it had nothing much in the way of equipment on it. If we hadn't found the 40, we were leaning very much in the direction of this 37. Andy Andrew Bur

Re: Stus-List Charging System Advice

2012-12-06 Thread Colin Kilgour
Bob, don't laugh about popping the clutch. I used to start my old 1GM Yanmar with a hand crank. Back in the day, I occasionally found myself with 2 dead batteries and nothing to get the engine going. We'd simply pull out the hand crank, decompress the cylinder, spin it around and then release.