I'm planning to drop the rudder on my 37 and re-core it with foam, and was wondering what I should look for and expect when doing this operation? What are the steps involved and what challenges have other listers encountered?
Chris C&C 37 Northern Light Halifax Sent from my iPad > On May 24, 2016, at 11:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send CnC-List mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CnC-List digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Head Foil Feed Funnel (Sam Wheeler) > 2. Re: Throttle Cable Adjustment (Kevin Driscoll) > 3. Re: Head Foil Feed Funnel ([email protected]) > 4. Re: Head Foil Feed Funnel (Sam Wheeler) > 5. Re: Throttle Cable Adjustment (Jake Brodersen) > 6. Re: Throttle Cable Adjustment (Dave) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 15:38:50 -0700 > From: Sam Wheeler <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Head Foil Feed Funnel > Message-ID: > <CAKv=R8VF7OoDB8aqj9MoANEiHX8XKJw7JNfZOgZu1dcc3w=n...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Ouch. > > My version of Lesson 1 was when I was in college and an older alumnus > invited our team to race with him on his Serendipity 43. We went out for a > practice day, and as team captain and one of the only people with > non-dinghy race experience, I ended up as the de facto crew chief. > > We get the spinnaker up and call for a jibe. Foredeck crew dips the pole > and gets it hooked up on the new guy, but it's not coming aft, so I yell to > the 6'8" dude on the primary winch to keep cranking. > > The ensuing explosion of carbon fiber shards taught me a valuable lesson > about baby stays. > > Sam > 35-3 > SF > > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It's in 18 feet of murky questionable marina water that I'd prefer not to >> swim in, even if I could see my hand in front of my face :) >> >> Turns out I got great customer service from Head Foil. I sent them a >> picture and description of the half I didn't drop overboard, and they dated >> it to the first years of their company - early 70s, meaning my luff support >> system was probably original. They looked but couldn't find a replacement >> part. So I'm getting a new Head Foil system after a 44-year service life >> on the previous one. Not sure the replacement feed funnel have would have >> been a complete fix anyway, because some of the plastic extrusion >> underneath it cracked and broke off. Without a new system I'm worried that >> sharp plastic edges might cut luff tapes of headsails being hoisted. The >> new Head Foil system is significantly less expensive than competing systems >> or furlers. I called / emailed the company on Saturday morning and they >> called me back within a few hours. My new system shipped today. I'll >> report back after installing and using it. >> >> There's actually more to the story. Went out for a leisure sail with >> family, and the genoa foot fouled on a horn cleat during the hoist. My >> daughter's boyfriend (big strong kid) kept hauling on the halyard until the >> feed funnel blew apart. Both halves were still dangling by one of two >> screws holding them together (the other screw blew out somewhere during the >> hoist). When we got back to the marina I went to take all the parts off >> the forestay to see if I could find replacement screws and re-assemble the >> whole thing, and that's when I dropped the part overboard. But I'm not >> sure reassembly would have worked anyway because of the broken plastic. >> The lessons: (1) if a sail is not going up like you expect, something is >> wrong, and continuing to haul on the halyard will only break something; (2) >> be careful not to drop shit overboard :) >> >> Cheers, >> Randy > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20160524/21b23570/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 22:42:06 +0000 > From: Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Throttle Cable Adjustment > Message-ID: > <CA+LFBypzimdXAsf=ry+kfqp9va3rxff_4ltjgb1phnvpk4u...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I tried adjusting the friction screw on our 30-2 edson and resorted to > bungee after not finding the sweet spot...if there is one. > > - Without the bungee, the throttle settles back to about 2400rpm, but > doesn't go lower than that. > - Lower throttle positions stay where I leave them. > - I need the bungee to hold it at 2800-3200rpm. The bungee won't speed > it up, even from idle, but it adds resistance so that it won't slip back > either. > > The small bungee works surprising well and I would *almost* never advocate > for redneck engineering solutions. > > KD > > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 1:55 PM ahycrace--- via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I put a small clam cleat on the pedestal and use a small pc of rope. It >> always stays put. >> >> Gary Kolc >> >> >> >> ---- mike amirault via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: >>> There should be a saddle clamp on the throttle cable inside the STBD >> cockpit locker, near the companionway. Tighten it down to provide more >> resistance in the cable. I have seen several C&C 33ii boats with this and I >> know the tartan 35 has the same config. I suspect this was an Edson >> solution. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you >> like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All >> Contributions are greatly appreciated! > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20160524/a65f6d39/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 23:40:34 +0000 (UTC) > From: [email protected] > To: cnc-list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Head Foil Feed Funnel > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Ouch is right :) That was about a $500 lesson, but who knows how much longer > a 44-year old extruded plastic luff support system would have lasted anyway. > It had some other visible deterioration. But probably not as expensive a > lesson as replacing a carbon fiber spin pole :) > > Cheers, > Randy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sam Wheeler via CnC-List" <[email protected]> > To: "cnc-list" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Sam Wheeler" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 4:38:50 PM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Head Foil Feed Funnel > > Ouch. > > My version of Lesson 1 was when I was in college and an older alumnus invited > our team to race with him on his Serendipity 43. We went out for a practice > day, and as team captain and one of the only people with non-dinghy race > experience, I ended up as the de facto crew chief. > > We get the spinnaker up and call for a jibe. Foredeck crew dips the pole and > gets it hooked up on the new guy, but it's not coming aft, so I yell to the > 6'8" dude on the primary winch to keep cranking. > > The ensuing explosion of carbon fiber shards taught me a valuable lesson > about baby stays. > > Sam > 35-3 > SF > > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List < > [email protected] > wrote: > > > > It's in 18 feet of murky questionable marina water that I'd prefer not to > swim in, even if I could see my hand in front of my face :) > > Turns out I got great customer service from Head Foil. I sent them a picture > and description of the half I didn't drop overboard, and they dated it to the > first years of their company - early 70s, meaning my luff support system was > probably original. They looked but couldn't find a replacement part. So I'm > getting a new Head Foil system after a 44-year service life on the previous > one. Not sure the replacement feed funnel have would have been a complete fix > anyway, because some of the plastic extrusion underneath it cracked and broke > off. Without a new system I'm worried that sharp plastic edges might cut luff > tapes of headsails being hoisted. The new Head Foil system is significantly > less expensive than competing systems or furlers. I called / emailed the > company on Saturday morning and they called me back within a few hours. My > new system shipped today. I'll report back after installing and using it. > > There's actually more to the story. Went out for a leisure sail with family, > and the genoa foot fouled on a horn cleat during the hoist. My daughter's > boyfriend (big strong kid) kept hauling on the halyard until the feed funnel > blew apart. Both halves were still dangling by one of two screws holding them > together (the other screw blew out somewhere during the hoist). When we got > back to the marina I went to take all the parts off the forestay to see if I > could find replacement screws and re-assemble the whole thing, and that's > when I dropped the part overboard. But I'm not sure reassembly would have > worked anyway because of the broken plastic. The lessons: (1) if a sail is > not going up like you expect, something is wrong, and continuing to haul on > the halyard will only break something; (2) be careful not to drop shit > overboard :) > > Cheers, > Randy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like > what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions > are greatly appreciated! > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20160524/24baa875/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 16:48:09 -0700 > From: Sam Wheeler <[email protected]> > To: cnc-list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Head Foil Feed Funnel > Message-ID: > <CAKv=r8vntc62wupoq1ulm2tzo7rx4p_1ciy7zh03dbmpzoo...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Yeah, sounds like it might have been getting to that point. Maybe better > for it to fail on a hoist than underway in heavy air, too. > > In my case, amazingly, it turned out the pole was fixable with a fiberglass > collar around the break. The owner was surprisingly calm about the whole > thing. Apparently he had switched from a metal pole to carbon specifically > so that an incident like that would break the pole rather than bring the > rig down. > > Sam > 35-3 > SF > >> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ouch is right :) That was about a $500 lesson, but who knows how much >> longer a 44-year old extruded plastic luff support system would have lasted >> anyway. It had some other visible deterioration. But probably not as >> expensive a lesson as replacing a carbon fiber spin pole :) >> >> Cheers, >> Randy >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Sam Wheeler via CnC-List" <[email protected]> >> *To: *"cnc-list" <[email protected]> >> *Cc: *"Sam Wheeler" <[email protected]> >> *Sent: *Tuesday, May 24, 2016 4:38:50 PM >> *Subject: *Re: Stus-List Head Foil Feed Funnel >> >> Ouch. >> >> My version of Lesson 1 was when I was in college and an older alumnus >> invited our team to race with him on his Serendipity 43. We went out for a >> practice day, and as team captain and one of the only people with >> non-dinghy race experience, I ended up as the de facto crew chief. >> >> We get the spinnaker up and call for a jibe. Foredeck crew dips the pole >> and gets it hooked up on the new guy, but it's not coming aft, so I yell to >> the 6'8" dude on the primary winch to keep cranking. >> >> The ensuing explosion of carbon fiber shards taught me a valuable lesson >> about baby stays. >> >> Sam >> 35-3 >> SF >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's in 18 feet of murky questionable marina water that I'd prefer not to >>> swim in, even if I could see my hand in front of my face :) >>> >>> Turns out I got great customer service from Head Foil. I sent them a >>> picture and description of the half I didn't drop overboard, and they dated >>> it to the first years of their company - early 70s, meaning my luff support >>> system was probably original. They looked but couldn't find a replacement >>> part. So I'm getting a new Head Foil system after a 44-year service life >>> on the previous one. Not sure the replacement feed funnel have would have >>> been a complete fix anyway, because some of the plastic extrusion >>> underneath it cracked and broke off. Without a new system I'm worried that >>> sharp plastic edges might cut luff tapes of headsails being hoisted. The >>> new Head Foil system is significantly less expensive than competing systems >>> or furlers. I called / emailed the company on Saturday morning and they >>> called me back within a few hours. My new system shipped today. I'll >>> report back after installing and using it. >>> >>> There's actually more to the story. Went out for a leisure sail with >>> family, and the genoa foot fouled on a horn cleat during the hoist. My >>> daughter's boyfriend (big strong kid) kept hauling on the halyard until the >>> feed funnel blew apart. Both halves were still dangling by one of two >>> screws holding them together (the other screw blew out somewhere during the >>> hoist). When we got back to the marina I went to take all the parts off >>> the forestay to see if I could find replacement screws and re-assemble the >>> whole thing, and that's when I dropped the part overboard. But I'm not >>> sure reassembly would have worked anyway because of the broken plastic. >>> The lessons: (1) if a sail is not going up like you expect, something is >>> wrong, and continuing to haul on the halyard will only break something; (2) >>> be careful not to drop shit overboard :) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Randy >> _______________________________________________ >> >> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you >> like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All >> Contributions are greatly appreciated! > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20160524/d6c8093d/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 20:59:51 -0400 > From: "Jake Brodersen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Throttle Cable Adjustment > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Lee, > > > > I have a small clamp over my throttle cable that keeps it from slipping. It > needs a tweak every couple years, but is very reliable and cheap. > > > > Jake > > > > Jake Brodersen > > C&C 35 Mk-III ?Midnight Mistress? > > Hampton VA > > > > > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee > Rosenbaum via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:17 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Lee Rosenbaum <[email protected]> > Subject: Stus-List Throttle Cable Adjustment > > > > Having an issue with my throttle cable not staying at RPM above 2,000. It > falls right after I let go. I can set it higher when moving it at the engine, > but not at the helm. How does one adjust the cable on a 1985 C&C 33-2? Or > is there a way to oil the cable? PO used a bungee cord to hold it at higher > RPM. > > > > Thanks, > > Lee > > Kookaburra 1985 33-2 > > Kenosha, WI > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20160524/7c511305/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 22:18:46 -0400 > From: Dave <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Throttle Cable Adjustment > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Bingo, saddle clamp in locker. Couldn't believe it when I first saw it, > seems crude. Mine is fairly tight and always left me wondering if two (each > less tight) would be preferable. Can't help thinking there's got to be a > better way.... > > Dave > > > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 17:31:12 -0300 > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Throttle Cable Adjustment > Message-ID: <431C9A049C644D9BB29E584397E1E21F@T60> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > There should be a saddle clamp on the throttle cable inside the STBD cockpit > locker, near the companionway. Tighten it down to provide more resistance in > the cable. I have seen several C&C 33ii boats with this and I know the tartan > 35 has the same config. 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