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Chris Campbell

I've always liked the Halberg-Rassy style, with a rigid windshield and a soft dodger on top (Malo does it as well, perhaps some others). Not sure how you'd pull it off as an afterthought, though - it wouldn't be easy, and even less easy to make look good. Tim showed us some in canvas that a company ...

Chris Campbell

Happy Birthday!

Chris Campbell

Quetzalsailor wrote:Sounds like Dick and dad depended upon the duplicate doohickey.

That made me smile!

Chris Campbell

I'll second Tim's suggestion for pulling the whole thing and starting from scratch. Less work than you'd expect - and you'll get 20 years worth of trouble-free operation afterward, not to mention knowing the system inside and out. Another thing I was going to recommend related to Tim also - check ou...

Chris Campbell

I know of one Sonar in Maine - a friend (Eric) keeps it on his very small island in Pleasant Point Gut (literally on it, he built a little railway to haul it on) and sails from there. I don't think he sails far, but he certainly enjoys it. Regardless of that, and of the fact that I sold a full-keele...

Chris Campbell

She looks great, and I'm impressed that your motor transplant went so well! Were you replacing it with an identical engine? I'd love to see some pictures of her in her mud berth, also, if you can manage it - that's not something we're familiar with on this side of the pond (certainly not in this par...

Chris Campbell

Ambitious project - good luck! That rusty old bilge pump you have there is actually a pretty good one - it's a diaphragm pump, which can suck the bilge dry, and doesn't need to live down there with the bilge water. The nice thing about it being able to suck is that it bring the water up and when it ...

Chris Campbell

It depends on how much weight each of the three axles is rated for - but it's pretty unlikely that they're as low as 2,500 lbs. each, so it ought to be fine. Triple axle trailers apparently chew through tires faster than tandems - but if you plan to use it for a couple of miles a year age will kill ...

Chris Campbell

Good timing on the picture, Tom - I just started reading Bob Perry's latest article in Good Old Boat, about Phillip Rhodes and how he inspired a generation of yacht designers, and Dog Star (Rip Tide) is the first boat he writes about. Very nice!

Chris Campbell

An auto alternator should hook up and work, but has two important differences compared with a marine alternator. The marine alternator will have marinized parts used, so it will last longer in the salt-water environment (won't rust as fast); and the marine unit will be ignition-protected, meaning it...

Chris Campbell

As far as the damage to your paint goes, it depends on what kind of paint it is. If it's an LPU like Awlgrip, it may be impossible to completely repair it, since LPUs shine is right on the surface of the paint, and once you've worn that away you can only get a waxy shine on what remains, which is qu...

Chris Campbell

She's a lovely boat, David - and you've done a lot of work on her, congratulations! Now, of course, you have to provide us with pictures of the work you've done, since we all seem to thrive on others projects (pain?). I hadn't heard of the True North 34 before, so I Googled - wow! 26,000 lbs on 34'!...

Chris Campbell

Excellent idea, and well worth remembering for anyone that has to do it (which is all of us, eventually). I've used the carbide-blade scrapers from Lee Valley, which are great scrapers, but a lot more work than getting a pair of levers working for you, for sure. I'll second Rachel's call for photos,...

Chris Campbell

Congratulations on both your decision (sounds very wise) and your new boat! I don't know the Sadler 25, but Sadler has a great reputation, so it's probably a wise choice. What great luck that your Dad was willing to take on Chicane - he obviously loves you, and boats.

Good luck with the new one.

Chris Campbell

What a transformation! Congratulations, she looks great!

Chris Campbell

I've always liked the Ohlson 38 as well - especially the non-reverse transom model (is that called a counter? why can't I remember?). Lots of things to wonder about in that listing, though - for example why does the boat that is sailing (seemingly from an earlier, happier time) have lifelines, but t...

Chris Campbell

This is just a guess from me, but I'd predict that those four spring loaded screws are holding on the self-tailing jaws, and they're spring loaded so that the jaws can spread to tightly hold different rope sizes. I doubt that I would bother touching them if they were on my boat, unless there seemed ...

Chris Campbell

Thanks for the tip - I've also contacted him and while I live a good long way from Vancouver, I do have a sister in Victoria that I visit, and a long cross-country ski bag...

Chris Campbell

Ok, with two Volvo dead short stories already in the thread it can hardly be considered hijacking, right? Mine was a '68 142S with a pair of amplifiers in the trunk that I had wired (I use the term loosely) in. The main power supply cable ran direct from the battery through the firewall and under th...

Chris Campbell

I don't know where it was originally, but that won't stop me from replying with a couple of opinions. My belief is that you should have, in addition to your electric bilge pump, at least two manual ones, one inside the cabin and one outside, in the cockpit. Cockpit mounted pumps are usually in a loc...

Chris Campbell

I agree that roller furling jibs tend to look pretty bad as they furl - which is why my usual strategy is to reef the main progressively until it's gone, then start to roll the jib if I still have too much sail up. In the worst conditions I was out in on Weatherbird I ended up with a double-reefed m...

Chris Campbell

Weatherbird also has a round wooden boom with the roller gear still present (lovely old stainless stuff) at the front, and like Rick's boom on Andiamo, turning is a minor issue which doesn't happen often. That said, being a bit fussy, I used a bit of 1/8" line to snug down the mechanism - it ju...

Chris Campbell

Yes, the outside portion is the box with two cowl vents - but the locker itself is just the centre of the box, under the lid (slightly larger below the deck, such that the neck of the tanks were in the above-deck portion and the larger bottoms of the tanks were below the level of the deck, if that m...

Chris Campbell

Weatherbird didn't have a stern anchor locker (although there was a lazarette locker that could have been co-opted), but she did have a propane locker in the lazarette. She's obviously got a lot more space there, with an 8' overhang, but the point of this post is to notice the propane locker's const...

Chris Campbell

One more thing to check: the return line from the injectors to the tank. I had a stalling problem with an old Universal diesel that went away when I installed a drop tube in the tank to attach the return line to. I've never quite figured out why that did it, since all it did was ensure that if the r...

Chris Campbell

Before starting to sand off the non-skid I thought it would be a lot of work, but having done it in the cockpit area (the only place that hadn't had the top skin cut off for a recore) it really isn't bad. With a good sander and aggressive paper (I used 40 grit) it came off for me at about 10 minutes...

Chris Campbell

Thanks, I greatly appreciate living vicariously these days, and your descriptions took me there.

Chris Campbell

They were Kee Klamps: http://www.hooverfence.com/pipe-fittings/kee-klamp/catalog.htm . I think they were probably overkill for the project - the Kover Klamps (what is it with these K's?) or Framemaker would probably be just as good and possibly cheaper. The Kee Klamps seemed a bit pricey to me. I lo...

Chris Campbell

I've built two tarp frames, and broken two - although not both of the ones that I built. My last boat came with a wooden support system and a heavy-ish silver/black tarp when I bought her. She was put away that first winter in an unprotected place, and the first good storm destroyed the tarp and the...

Chris Campbell

Wow. I hope I never have that experience, but what a relief! I was confused as to how the relatively short post was going to reconcile the title (happy ending) with the opening sentence, but you did it. And as you say - very much too bad for the other fellow. How did the marina mix you up? Seems lik...

Chris Campbell

Congratulations! She's gorgeous!

Chris Campbell

It really is great that LED refits can be done that reasonably - where did you order them from?

Chris Campbell

Yes, welcome. The Tartan 27 is a lovely boat, and from your story it seems that you got a good one! I look forward to hearing more about what you've done and what there is left to do - and seeing pictures of Tigress under way!

Cheers,

Chris

Chris Campbell

What a lovely photograph that waterfall one is! And your chainplates of course look lovely also. Is there anything stopping you (other than having already done too much on the boat) from filling in the lower holes in the hull and redrilling, now that you have the three upper holes to hold the chainp...

Chris Campbell

Congratulations, indeed. I, too, just came across this one today, and have already enjoyed reading about her history and what you have planned. I can also say that while I'm not a fan of motorsailors for myself, I've always had a large soft spot for the Fishers, and I think you've got yourself a gre...

Chris Campbell

Teak cockpit locker lids finished bright surely do look wonderful - that's what Weatherbird had and I always loved them. But there is a downside - they're downright slippery, and often wet, and regularly walked-on! On Weatherbird we usually had them covered with cushions, so it wasn't such an issue ...

Chris Campbell

And what could be better than getting to goof-off? Goofing-off has got to be one of my favourite things!

Chris Campbell

This link may provide useful information for tracking down what engine it really is.

Chris Campbell

I haven't put a tabernacle on any boat, but in the March 2009 issue of Good Old Boat a couple who put one on their Cape Dory (27?) wrote it up. Seems like they did a pretty decent job of it - enough, at least, that they're happy with it.

Good luck with your project, and welcome to the forum!

Chris Campbell

There is definitely a trend developing here in the advice - and it's not unexpected. I've always thought that what you need to do is to make sure the trailer stays stuck to the boat (it being the lighter of the pair), so I'll do as advised and stick straps through to hold it on. And I have shrink-ta...

Chris Campbell

Hi, I'm going to be moving Luna (and Stella, for that matter) about 100 kms (60 miles) next week, and am wondering how critical it is that I strap her down before I go. Normally I would just do it, but Luna's been shrink-wrapped and the straps may damage the wrapping, so if it's optional I'll avoid ...

Chris Campbell

In order: 1) Garboard plug - used to put a stopper in a hole in the hull at the deepest point. You take it out in the winter so that the boat can't fill with water, and put it back in before launch so that the boat can't, um, fill with water. 2) Probably one end of a spinnaker or whisker pole holdin...

Chris Campbell

I found the clip and rubber shape with sandpaper over it wasn't working well for me - the clip actually started to melt because it was getting so hot and the paper wouldn't stay attached. I was going to complain to Fein until I discovered that it says you can use it only up to a maximum of 2/3rds sp...

Chris Campbell

Even if you wouldn't like more pictures, I've run outside and taken some - here they are (click for larger). Shows the three cross-members which strengthen the trailer where it takes most of the weight (it was originally meant to haul a Triton, with a longer keel, but it's doing fine with a heavier ...

Chris Campbell

I didn't actually build the trailer for my Yankee, but it is a modified skidsteer trailer, with jackstands welded on, and it's working out just fine for me. Here's a couple of photos (click for larger): http://www.ramoak.com/yankee30/images/335t.jpg Pardon the mess - but note the square steel cross ...

Chris Campbell

Congratulations!

She looks great, and I'm assuming that despite the lack of evidence in the photo, she floats and all is well. Good luck with the rest of your commissioning, and with getting underway!

Chris Campbell

I don't know that unit specifically, but many of them use the same transducers, or at least compatible ones. If you find out what frequency it operates at you may find that it's compatible with many other head units, which will increase the odds of your being able to find one. Airmar manufactures ma...

Chris Campbell

What did you think of the KiwiGrip? Another friend just did his decks with it in preference to Intergrip and liked it - any thoughts you'd like to share?

Boat looks great - congrats on your continued progress.

Chris Campbell

Gorgeous, Doug! That looks a proper treat. Our NE38 had the mainsheet on a short traveller immediately ahead of the binnacle, making a table there need to be removable, so we never bothered. Having a place to eat and drink in the cockpit and style is a decidely happy addition. Very pretty work you'v...

Chris Campbell

I also found that with my Xantrex inverter it was drawing power even when turned off. If I had needed it I would have put a heavy duty switch (battery switch?) in between it and the battery - as it was I just eliminated it from the boat, and never missed it. For the few little things I needed AC pow...

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