Recommend you look at Garhauer for your bang. Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 28, 2018, at 2:08 PM, Nathan Post via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Hi All, > > We finally have Wisper - our 1981 C&C 34 CB we purchased in May in the water! > Excited to take her for a first sail tomorrow from Scituate up to Lynn MA > where we will be keeping her this season. She was left on the hard by > previously owner for two years so lots of cleaning and lots of projects > completed, and of course still more to do. A few highlights on where we are > at: > > Thanks to everyone for the feedback previously on the rudder - after drilling > holes and draining I determined that it was definitely still solid and that > the best thing to do was leave it as is - sealed up the holes with Thixo > epoxy and then some barrier coat. This fall when she is pulled I think I’ll > install a couple of plugs to make draining easier in the future since keeping > the water out doesn’t sound like a realistic possibility in the long run. > > Refinished the cabin sole, replaced the removing ceiling panels with 3/16” > Starboard. Had the sails cleaned and mended. Replaced the glow plug > solenoid which had partially failed - the glow plugs were still getting > power, but the electric fuel pump which it also runs was not. Replaced the > waste hoses and rebuilt the head. > > I have also been following the bilge pump discussion and decided to install a > primary 3.5 gal/min Whale diagram pump with a large low profile screen inlet > and WaterWitch in addition to the rule 1500 with rule float switch and the > hand pump. > > Had New England Propeller rebuild the folding 2 blade prop at their strong > recommendation to reduce slop and make the blade angles symmetric again - it > took Ron a longer than I had hoped to complete it and was the main delay in > getting launched the last few weeks, but it came out really nice so I think > it was well worth doing. Put the shaft back in with a new PSS shaft seal and > new spit coupling (fit and faced by New England Prop as well) and everything > went together smoothly. > > We seem to have a very slow leak at or around one of the through hulls (the > waste exit which we likely will not be using at all since we will be staying > close to shore for now and getting pump outs), even after tightening the > valve as much as I dared. Probably only about a teaspoon or so an hour but > if I dry the area off around it, it will get wet again. Any suggestions? > Thinking of just leaving it that way for this season until we pull her for > the fall. > > Still to be done: look into the propane system and getting that working again > - probably need a new solenoid but I haven’t looked into that yet. Connect > the new hot water heater. Replace the faucets in the head and galley, add a > shower gray water pump, rig a new vang (the boat didn’t come with one), and > perhaps have a dogger and bimini built for her. Plus lots of little > maintenance, teak refinishing, etc. > > Looking to get some new propane tanks (11 lb tall version) as the ones she > came with were very rusty. Does anyone make a stainless steel version? I > might go aluminum I suppose if I can find one the right size and shape. > > It would be fun to make it to the north east coast rendezvous at some point, > but unfortunately we already have plans for that weekend this year and aren’t > set up for cruising that far quite yet. Maybe next year! > > Nathan Post > S/V Whisper > 1981 C&C 34 > Lynn, MA > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray