Stus-List Re: Remote Vhf/Stereo Speakers
Dave, I like that idea using the access hatch! I have one in nearly the identical spot in my boat. It is currently where I run my solar cables but I am changing up the solar a bit, and would rather drill a couple small holes for the cables than a large hole for the speaker. The whole reason the cables went through the hatch is because I couldn’t bring myself to drill a hole in the deck. Thanks, Cam Sent from my iPhone On Mar 28, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Dave S wrote: Cam - I could not really find a satisfactory solution to a remote mic in my cockpit, so I wired a remote speaker into my icom m506 vhf as follows: http://cncwindstar.blogspot.com/2017/05/cockpit-vhf-speaker-without-butchery.html?m=1 If I need to communicate I use my handheld or sit in the companionway - my wired mic just reaches. For music - I could never bring myself to install speakers in the cockpit, and today’s compact Bluetooth speakers seem to handle the job just fine. Dave 33-2 Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Stus-List Re: Remote Vhf/Stereo Speakers
Thanks for all the reply’s! I think a new vhf and ram mic would be the best thing, but all said and done, I’m looking at anywhere from $500-$1000 CAD or more. I have all Raymarine on board and their radios are very expensive. That is on the wish list but I think that money could go towards better things. I’m thinking for a few feet of speaker wire and a $10 switch, trying to tie it into the stereo speakers would make the most sense right now. Bill, a few IPA’s deep is the best way to shop for boat parts, that will be needed if I do decide to buy a new radio and ram mic in the future. I too am a pilot and am comfortable on the radio and understand the importance of good communication. Maybe I should get dual comms lol. I find in my area, the people I need to tell off don’t monitor the radio (or have taken full ownership of a channel with their friends and don’t monitor 16), and mostly I am listening for security calls from large commercial vessels before entering narrows, and no response is generally needed as they give plenty of warning, and I always give them way as they are on the clock and I’m just out for pleasure. Thanks again. Cam Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Stus-List Remote Vhf/Stereo Speakers
Hello All, Last season, my handheld VHF failed, and I find the nav station mounted radio is hard to hear from the helm unless it is very loud which doesn’t help kiddos napping on board. I have looked at upgrading the base station and adding a Ram mic, but that is a huge expense for something I don’t use all that much. A new handheld is also expensive and I find it a bit of a pain to always have to charge it. Seeing as we would like to add cockpit speakers to our stereo, I was thinking i could save a bunch of money and wire the speakers to both the VHF and the stereo and have a SPDT (on-off-on) switch on the circuit to choose between vhf to cockpit, stereo to cockpit, or cockpit speakers off. I have 0 experience wiring speakers, so I’m wondering if this is something that could work? Either way I want cockpit stereo speakers so I figure it’s worth a try to add the vhf since it won’t take much work or expense. The speakers do exceed the recommended minimum wattage and match the recommended impedance for an external speaker from the vhf manual. Any advice or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Cam C 38 mkII Checkmate Sent from my iPhone Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Re: Stus-List Water Collecting Along Toe Rail
I figured it has been. Thanks Dennis, that’s an easy solution! Can Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2020, at 12:29 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List wrote: This has been discussed numerous times. Most of us just put a piece of cotton line or a sponge through a hole in the toe rail to wick the water over the side. I use lantern wick. It is not recommended to drill deck or toe rail to drain the water. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 11:20 AM Cam Lubbock via CnC-List mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Hello All, I’m guessing I’m not the first one to have this issue, but I haven’t seen it posted since being a list member. My C 38 mkII has the usual toe rail with the holes all along it. The holes are about a 1/2” above deck level so only large amounts of water drains from them. There are scuppers next to the cockpit but they are a few inches inboard from the rail, and with the sloping decks, they also only drain water when it gets high. There seems to always be a bit of water sitting along the rail at the low point, and it makes a bit of a mess of the deck when I’m away from the boat and not able to sponge it up. Does anyone have a simple solution besides tearing the deck apart to lower/move the scupper or drilling through the toe rail which would weaken it? Or should I just let evaporation do it’s thing and scrub the deck there whenever I can? Thanks, Cam 1976 C 38 MkII Checkmake Parry Sound, ON, Canada ___ 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
Stus-List Water Collecting Along Toe Rail
Hello All, I’m guessing I’m not the first one to have this issue, but I haven’t seen it posted since being a list member. My C 38 mkII has the usual toe rail with the holes all along it. The holes are about a 1/2” above deck level so only large amounts of water drains from them. There are scuppers next to the cockpit but they are a few inches inboard from the rail, and with the sloping decks, they also only drain water when it gets high. There seems to always be a bit of water sitting along the rail at the low point, and it makes a bit of a mess of the deck when I’m away from the boat and not able to sponge it up. Does anyone have a simple solution besides tearing the deck apart to lower/move the scupper or drilling through the toe rail which would weaken it? Or should I just let evaporation do it’s thing and scrub the deck there whenever I can? Thanks, Cam 1976 C 38 MkII Checkmake Parry Sound, ON, Canada Sent from my iPhone ___ 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
Re: Stus-List Youngest & Oldest
32 Cam Lubbock Checkmate C 38mkII Parry Sound, ON Sent from my iPhone ___ 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
Re: Stus-List Apple Tablet
Life proof is fantastic for warranty too. Just fill out the form online, pay for shipping, and you will have a new case in no time. Cam Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2020, at 3:47 PM, David Risch via CnC-List wrote: So I will be using an Apple IPad for chartplotter use. Anyone have recommendations for a water proof case, temporary pedestal mount setup? Thanks in advance. Sent from my Android. Please forgive typos. Thank you. ___ 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
Stus-List C 38 mkII Pilot Berth Dimensions
Hello all, I am brand new to the list and also to C Ownership. Looks like this will be a great resource! I am wondering if anyone knows the dimensions of the pilot berths on the 38 mkII? I realize they are tapered, so just the max. and min. width and the length would be great. I am not able to access the boat at this time due to COVID closures, but I’m trying to figure out some storage solutions to make life easier for us while I’m stuck at home. I am thinking of buying some plastic storage totes that I can load up at home with food and supplies and just throw them up on one on the pilot berths to make a quick weekend trip a lot easier rather than loading everything from bags into lockers and then unloading a couple days later. Thanks, Cam Sent from my iPhone ___ 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
