Re: Stus-List furuno radars

2013-10-23 Thread Rich Knowles
Radar scanners are generally designed to work with a particular display or series of displays. They are complex and the interconnection will reflect how the various functions of the radar system are shared between the scanner and display. Make no assumptions. I suggest contacting a knowledgeab

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Frederick G Street
ALL inland waters are No Discharge. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Oct 23, 2013, at 4:42 PM, "Rick Brass" wrote: > I’d need to look at the USCG website to see if the Great Lakes are a No > Discharge zone, or if the discharg

Re: Stus-List Part numbers for 3GMF seawater pump

2013-10-23 Thread Bill Connon
Bill Coleman wrote: If you are talking about the front cover and it's seal, why not get a Speedseal cover? I ordered one several years ago, it got here from UK in a week, works great. Uses an O ring instead of a gasket, on and off in a minute with no tools. You could probably give dimensions an

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread jtsails
Some of the Coasties in our area have a little trouble understanding what constitutes a No Discharge zone. I watched a couple of issue a citation to a boat for his bilge pump discharge in an area that is definitely not a no discharge zone. That issue was cleared up after a conversation with the

Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck

2013-10-23 Thread Tom Buscaglia
Pics please! At 03:12 PM 10/23/2013, you wrote: From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of niall buckley Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 4:50 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck Hi I designed and installed a SS removable sp

Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck

2013-10-23 Thread niall buckley
OK I'll take them at the weekend. I'll send them right away. Cheers, Niall On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Tom Buscaglia wrote: > Pics please! > > At 03:12 PM 10/23/2013, you wrote: > > From: CnC-List [ > mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] > On Behalf Of niall > buckley > Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Stus-List Booze on Board?

2013-10-23 Thread bobmor99 .
The C2H5OH brand works for me - and for my A4 when mixed with 90% gasoline. One day the marketeers will brand the wind that fills our sails. Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Curtis wrote: > O.k, > I'm trying to stock the East Coast lady with a good assortment of > beverage

Re: Stus-List Season's Over

2013-10-23 Thread bobmor99 .
Yep, lots of runoff. No one cares. The racers figure it slows down everyone equally . On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Frederick G Street wrote: > Eeewww… looks like lots of runoff. Makes me glad that Lake Superior is > considered biologically barren ("oligotrophic") due to the low water temps

Re: Stus-List Booze on Board?

2013-10-23 Thread Lisa Lias
Captain Ron gave an answer for us, but as Galley Wench and what is often called Admiral I'll fill in some blanks. We never know who might be aboard any given weekend other than us. So: Single malt scotch Rum Diet coke Ginger Ale (non diet) Cheap-ish champagne Red wine Beer It makes us look a

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Dennis C.
First, I've had both the Raritan PH-II and Jabsco heads. My opinion is the Raritan is better. I have Jabsco now and it works well also. Now the real reason for the post. I work on heads. People pay me nice $$ to fix them. My opinion - never rebuild a head pump. Instead install a new pump assem

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Russ & Melody
I'll cover that Raritan recommendation. We lived aboard a couple o' years (with a pre-ten) and had no head issues beyond a leaky pump seal. The seal replacement was an easy job done with toilet in place, no pump removal. Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 At 11:56 AM 23/10/2013, you w

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Russ & Melody
Hi Dennis, What's yer rate? A ship's husband I met who worked out of Friday Harbour, Wa. would charge double his regular rate for work on the toilet system and time plus one half that rate for weekend calls (when owners & guests were most likely to screw it up). He said the owners grumbled

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Tim Goodyear
Danny, what are the reasons you are going with the Raritan PHC (there are many options out there)? I am done with replacing the pump annually on the Wilcox Crittenden / Thetford Headmate head in Mojito and was looking at a replacement. Now, if only the pumps were interchangeable between models...

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Curtis
Thats crazy, I spent $2500.00 bucks for my boat, it came with 7 sails, an Optimist sailing dinghy, a #35 Plow anchor, St4000 auto pilot, st50, tridata, st50, wind, speed, depth, also had a Garmin 215 plotter. Vhf radio. in fact, I have installed a new yanmay 2GMF engine and Sailed the boat for o

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Rich Knowles
Curtis! Be nice. We all have different amounts of money available. It's our sport, our fun and our decision how to spend it or not. Rich > On Oct 23, 2013, at 8:26, Curtis wrote: > > Thats crazy, I spent $2500.00 bucks for my boat, it came with > 7 sails, an Optimist sailing dinghy, a #35 P

Stus-List Seawater pump parts

2013-10-23 Thread Bill Connon
Thanks to all, Dennis I'm sure that I found the proper pump on the Depco site. Bruno I'll call Diesel Bec today and see if they can get me the parts that I want. Bill Caprice 1 ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Curtis
I stand corrected... Its just so much money. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Rich Knowles wrote: > Curtis! Be nice. We all have different amounts of money available. It's > our sport, our fun and our decision how to spend it or not. > > Rich > > > On Oct 23, 2013, at 8:26, Curtis wrote: > > >

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Rich Knowles
Yep. It can be. Rich > On Oct 23, 2013, at 8:47, Curtis wrote: > > I stand corrected... Its just so much money. > > >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Rich Knowles wrote: >> Curtis! Be nice. We all have different amounts of money available. It's our >> sport, our fun and our decision how

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Derek Leck
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Re: Stus-List Centerboard models

2013-10-23 Thread Gary Nylander
The national PHRF database shows a 35-3 with an average PHRF at 117 and the CB version at 129. You should be talking to your local PHRF gurus. Gary Nylander - Original Message - From: cenel...@aol.com To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:31 PM Subject:

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Gary Nylander
Before you replace another pump, try headlube - available at West Marine (and others). I was about to venture into another replacement project when this was suggested. My pump wasn't drawing water from the thru hull, but was pumping OK into the holding tank. I put the lube in, and after about 15

Re: Stus-List Part numbers for 3GMF seawater pump

2013-10-23 Thread Bill Coleman
If you are talking about the front cover and it's seal, why not get a Speedseal cover? I ordered one several years ago, it got here from UK in a week, works great. Uses an O ring instead of a gasket, on and off in a minute with no tools. You could probably give dimensions and get the right one.

Re: Stus-List Centerboard models

2013-10-23 Thread Joel Aronson
Gary What is the website? On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, Gary Nylander wrote: > ** > The national PHRF database shows a 35-3 with an average PHRF at 117 and > the CB version at 129. You should be talking to your local PHRF gurus. > > Gary Nylander > > - Original Message - > *From:* cenel..

Re: Stus-List Centerboard models

2013-10-23 Thread Gary Nylander
//offshore.ussailing.org - start there and you will get something about PHRF website with high, low and median ratings. Gary - Original Message - From: Joel Aronson To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:46 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List Centerboard models

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Della Barba, Joe
Ask my wife about so much money! $2500 doesn't cover our SLIP and then there is the actual boat to pay for. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Curtis Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 7:47 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re:

Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Robert Abbott
Curtis: If I understand your numbers correctly, "all my expenses are under $6,000".so if I might ask, where did you get a new Yanmar 2GMF engine for $3,500? Bob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. On 2013/10/23 8:26 AM, Curtis wrote: Thats crazy, I spent $2500.00 bucks for my boat

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Frederick G Street
Or, B - broken O - or A - about T - to Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Oct 23, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Derek Leck wrote: > B - bust > O - out > A - another > T - thousand ___ This List

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Rich Knowles
B - best O - of A - all T - things to do. Rich > On Oct 23, 2013, at 11:10, Frederick G Street wrote: > > Or, > > B - broken > O - or > A - about > T - to > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > >> On Oct 23, 2013, at 7:06 A

Re: Stus-List Booze on Board?

2013-10-23 Thread Colin Kilgour
I'm late to this thread but will chime in anyway. But first a couple clarifications - 1. Booze doesn't get any better once it's in the bottle. It's not like wine. A 12 year old scotch that's been on board for 6 years is still a 12 year old scotch. (But it doesn't get worse, either!) 2. The Pu

Stus-List 2014 C&C Northeast Rendezvous

2013-10-23 Thread Robert Gallagher
The 2014 Northeast was a great success. Many of you posted words of gratitude directed at me over the last few weeks. For that I thank you sincerely, however, I take little credit. Without YOU showing up and participating it would have been, well, me standing alone at the end of the dock drinkin

Re: Stus-List 2014 C&C Northeast Rendezvous

2013-10-23 Thread Frederick G Street
Wow, you guys are even earlier than the retailers putting up Christmas decorations in September… :^) Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Robert Gallagher wrote: > The 2014 Northeast was a great succe

Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck

2013-10-23 Thread Tom Buscaglia
At the C&C rendezvous on Thetis Island in BC some of us were discussing this with a fellow fro UK sails. Options I am considering are having a SS extension to my bow roller to extend a foot or two off the bow for the asym. Some thought it also advisable to have a short extension on the masthe

Re: Stus-List 2014 C&C Northeast Rendezvous

2013-10-23 Thread David Risch
If you have ever planned one of these things its never early enough...at least if you want to do it right! 1981 40-2 David F. Risch (401) 419-4650 cell -Original Message- From: Frederick G Street Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:10:26 To:

Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck

2013-10-23 Thread Hoyt, Mike
Tom A friend did this on his Montvideo 43 complete with the furling asym. We raced last year to Bermuda with that. Contact me off list and I can share his contact information. I am certain he would love to share all the details of his installation Mike From:

Stus-List 3gmf seawater pump

2013-10-23 Thread Kim Brown
Bill This should get you headed in the right direction. http://marinedieselparts.com/store/yanmar_3gm30_32_cooling_sea_water_pump.ht m Though of course Yanmar likes to change parts numbers every now and then Kim Brown Trust Me!!! 35-3 ___ This List is

Re: Stus-List Part numbers for 3GMF seawater pump

2013-10-23 Thread sam.c.salter
Bill, I have a 2GM20F but most of the quoted part numbers so far match my pump too. I also have a complete parts book with part #’s and pictures! Not sure if it helps, but my part #’s are: Complete pump assy. 121575-42000 Gasket 124223-42110 Impeller 124223-42091 Impeller cam 124323-42100

Stus-List Installing a garboard drain plug on 38MkII

2013-10-23 Thread Petar Horvatic
Does anyone have pics or advice on how best to install a garboard drain plug. Shallow bildge and external lead keel make it pretty difficult to have something that is flush on the outside yet encompass the lowest point in the bildge to allow water to drain. Petar Horvatic Sundowner 76 C&C 38

Re: Stus-List Installing a garboard drain plug on 38MkII

2013-10-23 Thread Hoyt, Mike
Peter I installed one from the inside on my boat. It is a J/27 which has a very shallow bilge and lead keel. It is undetectable from the outside. http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt/Projects/Phase2/garboard_drain.htm Mike Nut Case http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt __

Re: Stus-List Installing a garboard drain plug on 38MkII

2013-10-23 Thread Joel Aronson
mine with as installed from the outside. Not smooth, but not a big deal. Much lower than if it were installed from inside. Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Petar Horvatic wrote: > Does anyone have pics or advice on how best to install a garboard drain > plug. > > Shal

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Tim Goodyear
Gary, thanks, yes, that has worked well for me on pumping issues. I have two other current issues that I'm working on: - The last couple of times I've arrived at the boat there has been 'stuff' in the bowl; the joker valve is not doing it's job and is allowing what's left in the discharg

Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck

2013-10-23 Thread Joel Aronson
Tom, I use a furler attached to the bowstem without a pole or mast extension without issues. Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Tom Buscaglia wrote: > At the C&C rendezvous on Thetis Island in BC some of us were discussing > this with a fellow fro UK sails. Options I am c

Re: Stus-List Installing a garboard drain plug on 38MkII

2013-10-23 Thread Petar Horvatic
When you say installed, you mean drilled. So would you drill vertically down in the bildge, then horizontally from outside so the two holes meet, then oversize the outside to accommodate the plug housing? Drain plug housing I am looking at has four retaining bolt holes. Seems not a good idea

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Brent Driedger
How we spend our money: the maintenance on the Maltese falcon for a year is about the same as my net worth. Brent 27-5 Lake Winnipeg Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Rich Knowles wrote: > > B - best > O - of > A - all > T - things to do. > > Rich > >> On Oct 23, 2013, at

Re: Stus-List Installing a garboard drain plug on 38MkII

2013-10-23 Thread Bill Coleman
Buck Algonquin also has one with a collar nut. http://catalog.buckalgonquin.com/category/drain-plugs Bill Coleman C&C 39 animated_favicon1 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Petar Horvatic Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 2:42 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.

Re: Stus-List Centerboard models

2013-10-23 Thread Rick Brass
If you are a US Sailing member, you can drill down even further and see all of the ratings for the various PHRF regions that are used as the basis for the High/Low/Mean rating table. Rick Brass From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Gary Nylander Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
Hi Tim, Well after months reading on this topic, I've read and re-read posts on forums from Peggie Hall "the head queen" (nice right?!). She is the author of a definitive book called "Get Rid of Boat Odors" and her 2 top choices in Heads are the Lavac, which works on a vacuum created by closin

Re: Stus-List Installing a garboard drain plug on 38MkII

2013-10-23 Thread Hoyt, Mike
Peter There is no vertical drilling. In all the pictures you have seen the hole is drilled in the keel stub above the lead portion of the keel. Garbord drains are common practice at the boat yard where we launch our boats. Most are the Perko ones you have shown in the Dan.Pfeiffer link. The p

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread djhaug...@juno.com
Oh and defender has it on sale for $262. It was their boat show discount and they seem to have extended it. http://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1|51|2234284|2234286&id=1833005 It is a really great price for this head. -- Original Message -- From: "djhaug...@juno.com" To

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Rich Knowles
$4 ? Rich > On Oct 23, 2013, at 15:46, Brent Driedger wrote: > > How we spend our money: the maintenance on the Maltese falcon for a year is > about the same as my net worth. > > Brent > 27-5 > Lake Winnipeg > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Rich Knowles wrote: >>

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Della Barba, Joe
I’d be happy with a positive number….. Joe Della Barba From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rich Knowles Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 3:19 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List keel swap $4 ? Rich On Oct 23, 2013, at 15:46, Brent Driedger ma

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Rich Knowles
There's a concept:) Rich > On Oct 23, 2013, at 16:22, "Della Barba, Joe" wrote: > > I’d be happy with a positive number….. > Joe Della Barba > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rich > Knowles > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 3:19 PM > To: cnc-list@cn

Re: Stus-List keel swap

2013-10-23 Thread Brent Driedger
Lower Brent Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2013, at 2:22 PM, "Della Barba, Joe" > wrote: > > I’d be happy with a positive number….. > Joe Della Barba > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rich > Knowles > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 3:19 PM

Re: Stus-List Folding/feathering Props

2013-10-23 Thread Della Barba, Joe
Electric motor torque is usually flat from 0 RPM to max HP RPM and drops from there. --\ \ \ Joe Della Barba -Original Message- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Beh

Re: Stus-List Folding/feathering Props

2013-10-23 Thread Rick Brass
Vibration can be the result of the clearance between the tip of the prop and the bottom of the boat. The rule of thumb, as I understand it, is that the clearance should be at least 10-15% of the prop diameter. More is better. So if you have a 16" diameter prop you should have a minimum of 2" cl

Re: Stus-List Folding/feathering Props

2013-10-23 Thread Rick Brass
Alex; I've just started reading this e-mail string, so forgive me if what I am about to say has already been covered. All of the prop manufacturers I've dealt with offer a way to get a recommendation for the proper prop size on their website. You provide the HP of your engine (and maybe the model

Re: Stus-List Limber holes

2013-10-23 Thread Rick Brass
You drill a small-ish hole through the bulkhead at what is to be the top of your limber hole. Then you used your handy-dandy Dremel tool to enlarge the hole, being careful to not damage the inner skin of the hull. And, finally, you paint epoxy on the inner skin and the wood you have just exposed to

Re: Stus-List Installing a garboard drain plug on 38MkII

2013-10-23 Thread Rich Knowles
Peter: Using a 90 deg. angle drill, I drilled a 1/8" pilot hole out from the interior of the boat at the intersection of the bilge wall and floor at the lowest point in the bilge. I then used a Forstner bit the same diameter as the outside of the flange of the drain casting to create a recess

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Rick Brass
Did an offshore passage in a boat with a composting head, and heartily recommend the concept. The only downside I found to the installation I experienced was the need to climb up onto the head – this one was pretty tall. I removed the holding tank on my 38 a few years ago and installed in its

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread j...@svpaws.net
Ah Are you sure about the lectrasan? You seem to be implying that their use is legal in a no discharge zone? John Sent from my iPad > On Oct 23, 2013, at 4:27 PM, "Rick Brass" wrote: > > Did an offshore passage in a boat with a composting head, and heartily > recommend the concept. The

Stus-List furuno radars

2013-10-23 Thread J.P.
All, I am not real sharp on radar.. but I have a Furuno 1832 that I want to install on my boat and I am wondering if ANY 4kw model furuno radome will work? Are the radomes interchangeable like other antennas? Anyone have any experience putting radar on their boat? JP

Re: Stus-List NOW SOLAR VENTS AGAIN

2013-10-23 Thread Rick Brass
The 4" Nicro vent goes on sale at West Marine from time to time. I bought the one in my foredeck hatch for $99 at West Marine last spring. They are normally available on E-Bay for about the same cost, though you might need to watch for a few weeks to find a new one at a good price. Do you just

Re: Stus-List furuno radars

2013-10-23 Thread Martin DeYoung
JP, I have installed radars on 2 C&Cs, a 1980 36 and a 1971 43. On the 36 I used the Questus gimbaled mount on a backstay pole. On the 43 I installed a stand-alone pole (+- 12' off the deck) next to the backstay with the ability to tilt. In both cases the power and signal cable was run from t

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Bill Bina
Designated No Discharge Zones mean NO discharge. In many of these zones, they are just as worried about adding nutrients as anything else. They don't care how you pretreated the stuff, you cannot pump it overboard in places such as Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island,

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Rick Brass
No Discharge means NOTHING overboard within 3 NM of the coast or the Colregs Line on the chart. There are a few official No Discharge areas along the east coast, with the largest being the waters of Rhode Island and the Florida Keys. (I found it ironic that, a couple of months after Rhode Island

Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck

2013-10-23 Thread niall buckley
Hi I designed and installed a SS removable sprit on my C&C 41. Works like a charm. I'll send you pics, if you like. Or you can shoot me some questions if you like. Cheers, Niall. On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Tom Buscaglia wrote: > At the C&C rendezvous on Thetis Island in BC some of us we

Re: Stus-List mounting sprit on the deck

2013-10-23 Thread Pete Shelquist
Niall - Any pics or other recommendations would be a huge help. Like I mentioned below, the strength of the deck is one of my big concerns and I'm interested in how, or if, you reinforced that. Thanks, Pete pete.shelqu...@comcast.net From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-l

Re: Stus-List New Head and holding tank system.

2013-10-23 Thread Jack Brennan
Rick: The Keys are a no discharge zone, but they are also a no pump-out station zone, too, so you can guess what happens to the stuff in the holding tanks. Biscayne Bay has two pump-out stations at marinas that I’m aware of, and both are nearly inaccessible due to traffic around the docks. I c