Re: Stus-List Winterizing Atomic 4

Rich Winslow Before moving to warmer clime, I removed the thermostat to drain the engine and refill with anti freeze (engine did not have intercooler). This gave me the opportunity to inspect the thermostat and one year, I noticed a spring was broken, so good preventative maintenance. I re

Re: Stus-List Winterizing Atomic 4

Is there no way to shoot the fogging oil directly into the carb throat? Most fogging oils direct to run the engine up to temp, then take the air cleaner off and spray the fogging oil in the throat for ~5sec. Immediately stop the engine while still spraying. Then remove the spark plugs and put a

Re: Stus-List Winterizing Atomic 4

Hi Rich,and all, "I understand wet cell batteries lose their charge if left in the cold" This is pretty much exactly backward. Wet storage batteries hold their charge better, longer, the colder it is. Fully charge them, pull one cable off each battery so there is no possibility of discharge thr

Re: Stus-List surfing c&c INFERNO

Hi Jimmy, Good to talk with you again. You mentioned *Inferno II* being in the San Francisco area. Do you know precisely where she is? We have been trying to track her down. I think most people remember that *Inferno II* debuted in the 1968 SORC which was won overall by *Red Jacket*. However, *In

Re: Stus-List WINDWARD PASSAGE

Jimmy, Ted Jones has a great article in the latest issue of Professional Boatbuilder magazine on Alan Gurney entitled "Passage Maker", which quite naturally talks about *Windward Passage *at length. By the way, Guy Gurney is the noted marine photographer who lives in Connecticut, whom I met sever

Re: Stus-List WINDWARD PASSAGE

Is it true that the keel for Passage was cast in the sand on a caribbean beach? Or urban myth? Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30-1 STL On Sun, 11/2/14, Robert Mazza via CnC-List wrote: Subject: Re: Stus-List WINDWARD PASSAGE To: "jimmy kelly" , "C&C Mailing L

Stus-List Winterizing Atomic 4

Ken As proof of what you say, this will be the seventh (7) winter our Great Northern Group 27 batteries will have spent on the boat. As you said, get a good charge before being disconnected. Mine get the occasional boost through the winter as I visit the boat occasionally but I don't think i

Re: Stus-List Winterizing Atomic 4

+1 for Ken In my experience Ken is right on the money. I never store my batteries inside during the winter. I put them up fully charged and disconnected and they are always near fully charged in the spring. They also last longer than their warranties. Been doing that for 40 years. There is

Re: Stus-List Winterizing Atomic 4

Bernard. If you have questions just give them a call. Looks like there are a lot of options for your thermostat and housing. www. moyermarine.com/ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ken Heaton via CnC-List Sent: Sunday, Novembe

Re: Stus-List Metallurgy

Tom - I did something similar, but made it out of prefab fiberglass from McMaster-Carr. I used little fiberglass blocks epoxied to the hull. This was an early project (14 years ago... yikes!) and I'd do it better now. However, I can replace the little bilge pump without pulling everything ou

Stus-List Autopilot Gremlin - Caution!

Just a caution for those who regularly use an autosteerer. The Admiral and I were using the wheelpilot (Simrad WP30) as we passed under the Dauphin Island last weekend on our way to Pensacola. In the middle of the bridge, the wheelpilot went bonkers and steered hard to starboard. Luckily I was r

Re: Stus-List Autopilot Gremlin - Caution!

Good rule, Dennis. The bridge is, of course, iron and will alter the magnetic field seen by your compass to some greater or lesser extent, depending on the amount of iron and the proximity to your fluxgate compass. I was sitting next to the tiller pilot on my 25 one night, and had my car

Re: Stus-List Autopilot Gremlin - Caution!

We have a few magnetic anomalies around here, I know not to put Otto in charge anywhere near them. Most are on the charts. Some are scary finding them. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 2 November 2014 19:05, Rick Brass via CnC-List wrote: > Good rule, Dennis. > > > > The b

Re: Stus-List Autopilot Gremlin - Caution!

Agreed. Do not use an autopilot in Bute Inlet or really close to Sangster Island. :) Cheers, Russ Sweet 35-1 At 08:41 PM 02/11/2014, you wrote: We have a few magnetic anomalies around here, I know not to put Otto in charge anywhere near them. Most are on the charts. Some are sc