Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Antoine Rose
Back to your original question. For every moment of every day, the sun is at the zenith somewhere on the earth. Since the earth rotation covers 360 degree in 24 hours, the sun nadir point is traveling 15 degrees over the earth surface every hour. The ephemeris gives you precisely that, the locat

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Rick Brass
Actually you get exact time from your GPS 8 times each day. One of the consequences of Relativity is that the faster you go, the slower time progresses for your frame of reference. (Hence "relativity". The GPS satellites are 27000 miles up in geosyncronus orbit, and trasveling about 18000MPH fast

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Antoine Rose
Hi Chuck, You're absolutely right, sextant will eventually be seen only in museums. A good fix with a sextant will give you a position within half a mile margin of error, if all goes very well. One have to wait four hours between two fixes (one in the morning followed by the one in the afternoon

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
With a sextant maybe you can find a new planet. Joel Sent from my iPad On Jan 27, 2013, at 9:22 PM, Chuck S wrote: I'm truly disapointed, I thought we'd discovered a new species! Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ -- *From: *"Joel Aronson" *To: *cnc-list

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
I'm truly disapointed, I thought we'd discovered a new species! Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ - Original Message - From: "Joel Aronson" To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 5:36:39 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Limber holes oops! 35/3 Joel Se

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
Hi Antoine , I appreciate your explanation of the sextant. I appreciate the skills of true navigators but I am thinking the sextant has gone the way of Morse code that I learned as a boy in Cub Scouts. Our Coast Guard no longer monitors Morse Code and doesn't teach it. I'd rather spend $300 on

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Wally Bryant
You can always get accurate time from your GPS... (sorry, I couldn't help myself.) Wal Chuck S wrote: I know it requires a good timepiece, -- s/v Stella Blue www.wbryant.com ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoal

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
Awesome! Joel Sent from my iPad On Jan 27, 2013, at 7:52 PM, Tim Goodyear wrote: I think (hope) they're done. The damage wasn't too bad, or structural, just wanted to fix it permanently... Tim On Jan 27, 2013, at 6:50 PM, Joel Aronson wrote: Tim, Any photos you can get would be appreciate

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Tim Goodyear
I think (hope) they're done. The damage wasn't too bad, or structural, just wanted to fix it permanently... Tim On Jan 27, 2013, at 6:50 PM, Joel Aronson wrote: > Tim, > > Any photos you can get would be appreciated! I'm hoping the damage is > confined to the center-most part of the partit

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Antoine Rose
Chuck, The sextant is just a sophisticated piece of equipment to measure an angle with the precision of a minute, one sixtieth of a degree. A sextant alone will not get you anywhere without a chronometer. Any sailor visiting England should pay a visit to the Greenwich Royal Observatory where you

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Chris Price
Annapolis doesn't teach celestial anymore, although my son had to learn it at NY Maritime, not that he'll ever use it! Chris Price Pradel C&C 35 Mk I - Original Message - From: "Ronald B. Frerker" To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 2:13:02 PM Subject: Re: St

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Neil Andersen
Boat is in MD, but I'm in CNY (finger lakes region). From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David Risch Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 2:11 PM To: CNC CNC Subject: Re: Stus-List Sextant Where are you located. I have a buddy who makes it very simple and fun. He

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
Tim, Any photos you can get would be appreciated! I'm hoping the damage is confined to the center-most part of the partition. Joel Sent from my iPad On Jan 27, 2013, at 6:26 PM, Tim Goodyear wrote: Joel, I have the exact same issue to resolve this year (or the yard does). They are cutting o

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Tim Goodyear
Joel, I have the exact same issue to resolve this year (or the yard does). They are cutting out the bottom 1-2" of the plywood head door partition and replacing with fiberglass. They are then going to fill the little section between the stringer and that partition (about 2"??) with closed cell f

Re: Stus-List C-Nav & limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Tim Goodyear
There seems to be a lot of it around... https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MKPAbtdFhPxABFCMO2_96dMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink Tim Mojito C&C 35-3 Branford, CT On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 4:11 PM, r...@fvprovidian.net wrote: > Chuck, Bowditchs is the nav pub you need for the redution ta

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
oops! 35/3 Joel Sent from my iPad On Jan 27, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Chuck S wrote: Joel, You have a 35 MkV? Please send a pic? Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ -- *From: *"Joel Aronson" *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com *Sent: *Sunday, January 27, 2013 4:17:59

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
Joel, You have a 35 MkV? Please send a pic? Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ - Original Message - From: "Joel Aronson" To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 4:17:59 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Limber holes Dwight, I hope not! the stringers form a

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Martin DeYoung
In 2008 Calypso was knocked down in a 48 knot gust. Water from the bilge and some light downflooding (poor cockpit locker gaskets) made its way to the under quarterberth lockers. The limber hole's positions allow some salt water to remain. I suspect 43 years of paint and debris accumulation al

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Martin DeYoung
Along with the other sources mentioned buy a copy of Bowditch. The older editions include many tables used in celestial navigation. An artificial horizon helps in practicing if you are landlocked. I hunt used book shops for navigation books from the old days for hints on how to fix a position

Stus-List C&C 99

2013-01-27 Thread Stu
Check out the C&C 99 North America Class Association at: http://www.cnc-yachts.com/99owners/ Stu From: Pat Nevitt Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 1:34 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 99 I think there is someone on the list who posts occasionally that has one. I can't

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
Dwight, I hope not! the stringers form an area that holds water that runs down the mast and it has caused the bottom of the bulkhead to rot. The mast step looks to be intact. I'll add the limber holes and try to cut out the rotten plywood but it may be behind and under the settee. Joel Aronson 3

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Jake Brodersen
Joel, There is a small storage area immediately aft of the battery compartment in the quarter berth. I used to keep my cockpit table in there along with the storm jib (two infrequently used items while racing). Unfortunately, if any way comes in from leaving the quarterberth port open, it wil

Stus-List C-Nav & limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread r...@fvprovidian.net
Chuck, Bowditchs is the nav pub you need for the redution tables. I believe theres a "how to guide" in vol. 1. If you stick to the sun its not terribly difficult. Limber hole: I have my 90' 34r in the yard this winter to replace a 4' by 6' section of rotten core from a limber hole that was dril

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread dwight veinot
Joel When you drill this limber hole I guess you will reach the same cavity under the mast where others have found rotted wood which had to be replaced the cavity filled with epoxy. Is that correct? I have heard of filling the cavity below the mast with concrete.much less expensive than ep

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
Will do! Probably a good thing I decided to refinish the cabin sole - I avoided bigger problems in a few years. Storage area at the back of the quarterberth? Didn't know there was one. I'll have to pull out the cushion. The port setee drains- if you heel enough! Since I had my windows replaced

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Jake Brodersen
Joel, Pictures! We'd love to see how this works for you. I will probably attempt something similar. I also wish the port settee and that storage area at the back of the quarterberth were self-draining too. Jake Jake Brodersen C&C 35 Mk-III Midnight Mistress Hampton VA F

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Andrew Burton
Find a copy of Hewett Schlerreth's book Commonsense Celestial. I taught myself from that and it's excellent. Basically what you're doing with celestial is figuring out where the heavenly body is directly overhead a point on the earth and then you are calculating the bearing and distance to that

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Ronald B. Frerker
Power Squadron.When I took the courses, they covered the same material as the Naval Academy.RonWild CheriC&C 30STL --- On Sun, 1/27/13, David Risch wrote: From: David Risch Subject: Re: Stus-List Sextant To: "CNC CNC" Date: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 1:10 PM Where are you located.   I have

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Ronald B. Frerker
IIRC, one can measure the altitude of the sun at local apparant noon (LAN) and the exact time it occurs.  From this data and the equation of time, you can calc the longitude.Or do the altutude of two different bodies.  From each body one gets a circle of equal altitude on the face of the globe.

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread David Risch
Where are you located. I have a buddy who makes it very simple and fun. He is in the NH/Ma area. David F. Risch (401) 419-4650 (cell) From: neil.eric.ander...@gmail.com To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:04:32 -0500 Subject: Re: Stus-List Sextant Anyone know where one can

Re: Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Neil Andersen
Anyone know where one can get training on how to use a sextant? I always get nervous with things like You-Tube as you can’t always count on the provider being knowledgeable. Neil FoxFire, 1982 C&C32 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Chuck S Sent: Sunday,

Re: Stus-List C&C 99

2013-01-27 Thread David Knecht
On Jan 27, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Pat Nevitt wrote: > I think there is someone on the list who posts occasionally that has one. I > can't remember his name. I have a friend that owns one and really likes his. > Do you want to race or cruise? Some of both, but the cruising is more weekending that

Re: Stus-List C&C 99

2013-01-27 Thread Pat Nevitt
I think there is someone on the list who posts occasionally that has one. I can't remember his name. I have a friend that owns one and really likes his. Do you want to race or cruise? He mostly races his and places in the middle of a fairly competitive PHRF fleet. We did beat him once in my 29-

Re: Stus-List Vendee Globe 2nd Place finish live

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
Yeah, very noble and sportsmanlike. The Frenchman is confident he can handle the boat now, and Alex turned back north this morning to race to the finish, while the Frenchman is headed to France or more likely, Portugal. They are 1000 miles from France, so I hope to follow both stories. Chuck

Re: Stus-List Vendee Globe 2nd Place finish live

2013-01-27 Thread Brent Driedger
Thanks for the updates Chuck, I'll be watching the replay. Bloody amazing race this year! I think Alex Thompson may have earned some fans after helping out JP the other night. Sent from my iPod On 2013-01-27, at 11:11 AM, Chuck S wrote: > Amazingly, the 2nd Place finisher is approaching the

Stus-List Sextant

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
My understanding is that the sextant measures the angle between the Moon or Sun and the horizon. If you're careful reading the solar or lunor tables it gives you the latitude where you are. Longitude is something else. I know it requires a good timepiece, but how does one convert the time to lon

Re: Stus-List C&C 99

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
I google type your search then site:cncphotoalbum.com. Works for any site. Joel Aronson On Jan 27, 2013, at 12:47 PM, David Knecht wrote: I sold by C&C 34 a while back, and now I am in the market for a new boat. One of the boats I plan to look at is a C&C 99. This list was always been of gre

Stus-List C&C 99

2013-01-27 Thread David Knecht
I sold by C&C 34 a while back, and now I am in the market for a new boat. One of the boats I plan to look at is a C&C 99. This list was always been of great help, when I had my previous boat, so I am wondering if anyone has comments on that particular vintage of C&C. I planned to search the a

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
Thanks guys. I went to Harbor Freight. The 90 degree chuck was too big but they had a flexible angled adapter for hex shafts. I bought that and drill bits with the hex end. Then to Home Depot where I bought semi rigid 1/2 od PVC pipe. I'll have about 9 feet left over but it was only a few bucks. No

Re: Stus-List Mounting chartplotter now Compass Deviation

2013-01-27 Thread Frederick G Street
Pricey little bugger… I picked up a slightly used Astra 3B several years ago on eBay, from a guy in Malaysia. Nice wooden box (which I replaced with a Pelican case), and the thing was smack on for calibration. One thing I did do was to replace the old incandescent arc illumination lamp with a

Stus-List Vendee Globe 2nd Place finish live

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
Amazingly, the 2nd Place finisher is approaching the finish several hours after 1st Place, after a 78 day long race around the world. Live coverage on the internet at: http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/ Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ___

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
Maybe clear tubing would make a better canal for the limber hole? I'd like to insure no voids so I prefer to remove the tubing after the epoxy is hard, and fill any voids and smooth the hole. It may work to wax the tubing before using the epoxy. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, N

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Pat Nevitt
Joel, I had the yard do mine because I couldn't get any drill I had in there either. I did drill the hole on the aft end of the stringer to start. NOTE, that stringer is not solid. There is a void in it. It is built more like a box. I don't have any idea how big the space is or what damage cou

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Tim Goodyear
One of my goals this spring is to make compartments that can drain, drain better (the aft end of the port settee), and those that don't seem to drain perfectly be more accessible by sponge through the sole (just rear of the keel). The theory on at least one area of wet core was moisture penetra

Re: Stus-List Vendee Globe Live Coverage

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
He's in. They covered the finish from 2 miles out, the boat sailing along in very light winds, making 4 knots, with huge ground swell running. There were about 30 spectator and official boats He finished about 18 minutes after 9am, this morning. Helicopters, boat cams, amazing. He was busy the w

Re: Stus-List Vendee Globe Live Coverage

2013-01-27 Thread Tim Goodyear
That was great coverage, and what a reception! Tim On Jan 27, 2013, at 10:00 AM, "Brent Driedger" wrote: > Hey chuck I'm away from my computer, let us know when Macif comes in!! > > Brent > > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on the MTS High Speed Mobility Network > > -Original Message

Re: Stus-List Vendee Globe Live Coverage

2013-01-27 Thread Brent Driedger
Hey chuck I'm away from my computer, let us know when Macif comes in!! Brent Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on the MTS High Speed Mobility Network -Original Message- From: Chuck S Sender: "CnC-List" Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:15:14 To: cnc-list CNC boat owners Reply-To: cnc-list@c

Stus-List Vendee Globe Live Coverage

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
Watching live coverage of Vendee Globe finish! Google it if interested. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
Harbor Freight sells a 90 degree attachment to drill holes like that. Cost $10. Option A: I remember drilling a few small ones, maybe 3/4" and epoxied the opening with clear neat West System, and mixed up epoxy and filler into a peanut butter consistancy, and slathered that inside the opening,

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-01-27 Thread Joel Aronson
Like Pat I justdiscovered there are no limber holes in the port stringers next to the mast. Has anyone else drilled we ones? Not much space for a drill! What type of tubing did you use? Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Thursday, December 20, 2012, Gary Nylander wrote: > ** > I guess they had other ideas.

Re: Stus-List MIRAGE Update

2013-01-27 Thread Chuck S
Hi Harry, FWIW, Global warming has pushed warmer waters further north, so the lighter color may be a wise choice. The lighter color hull will be cooler inside the boat on sunny days. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ - Original Message - From: "Harry" To: cnc-list@c