Re: Stus-List transom ladder

2016-01-29 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
http://www.whitewatermarineinc.com/ladders.html Dennis C. On Jan 29, 2016 8:38 PM, "Joseph Bognar via CnC-List" wrote: > Give Doug Guierella a call at Klacko Stainless . He can make you a custom > ladder . > > Sent from Joe Bognar > > > On Jan 29, 2016, at 10:28 PM, John McKay via CnC-List < > c

Re: Stus-List transom ladder

2016-01-29 Thread Joseph Bognar via CnC-List
Give Doug Guierella a call at Klacko Stainless . He can make you a custom ladder . Sent from Joe Bognar > On Jan 29, 2016, at 10:28 PM, John McKay via CnC-List > wrote: > > Enterprise, my 33 MK II did not have a boarding ladder when I purchased her. > > I am looking for one that folds up.

Stus-List transom ladder

2016-01-29 Thread John McKay via CnC-List
 Enterprise, my 33 MK II did not have a boarding ladder when I purchased her. I am looking for one that folds up. Because of the slope of the transom, it need a bend in it.  I am not having any luck finding one. Does anyone know of a good source. Garelick has been suggested but I don't see anythi

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread Eric Frank via CnC-List
Thanks to all of you who responded so quickly about my question of what fasteners to use to attach my new boom vang to the mast and boom. Clearly the consensus is to use SS screws with TefGel, not pop rivets. Just what I needed to know. Thanks! Eric Frank Cat's Paw C&C 35 Mk II Mattapoisett,

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Joseph Bognar via CnC-List
My A4 is fresh water cooled . If you have Anti Freeze in your motor . I am guessing that it is a closed system . You can pressure test your engine. There should be a heat exchanger on the engine . There is a sump under your mast step on the 30 - 1 also . The antifreeze may be coming from there f

Re: Stus-List C&C 26 Encounter sail question

2016-01-29 Thread Evan Morgan via CnC-List
Wow. I've had just enough alcohol to not take that as condescending. Thanks for the input on the 110. From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 8:02 PM To: C&C List Cc: Josh Muckley Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 26 Encounter sail question Bagged out is shockingly hard to det

Re: Stus-List C&C 26 Encounter sail question

2016-01-29 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
Bagged out is shockingly hard to determine as a cruiser, especially when not on a beat. The crispness is not a particularly good indicator. I have a furling headsail which works pretty well up to 35 or 40° apparent wind. Higher than that and it start getting soft on the leading edge. Sorta fine

Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread ssjohnson via CnC-List
I have a similar problem.every year / winter I loose engine coolant into the 'after bilge'.   All hoses replaced.  Still happens.  Haven't found the source of the leak yet.Any recommendations for coolant dyes?  Probably less than a quart, but never a drop during the sailing season. Sp

Re: Stus-List C&C 26 Encounter sail question

2016-01-29 Thread Evan Morgan via CnC-List
Thanks Josh. Ill try to run through all your points... 1. Older than dirt, but not bagged out and fairly (given it's age) crisp. Its just a LOT of sail up there. 2. 1, maybe 2 bodies available as meat. More than likely, just 1. 3. Talked to our PHRF guy (he'll actually be my trimmer...I'm his Wed

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
Like others have said, either stainless rivets or drill and tap and coat threads with Tef Gel. If you don't have a Big Daddy rivet tool, you're left with drill and tap. A home type rivet tool can handle aluminum rivets but will struggle with 1/4 inch SS rivets. If it doesn't complete the pull, y

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Ryan Doyle via CnC-List
Hah! Thanks for the reply. But I have the original gas motor, so no diesel on board. It's definitely engine coolant - has the unmistakable smell. On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > This might be out on a limb but on the topic of "How do

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
This might be out on a limb but on the topic of "How do you know it is coolant", what color is your diesel? Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD ___ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscri

Re: Stus-List C&C 26 Encounter sail question

2016-01-29 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
Evan, I'm answering your questions generally since I don't own a 26 Encounter. First, how old is you current 145? A blown out headsail can contribute significantly to the amount of heel. Second, when you race do you plan to have "rail meat"? Even just one or two people can significantly improv

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread William Walker via CnC-List
Tef-gel is what I always use too Bill Walker Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Friday, January 29, 2016 Frederick G Street via CnC-List wrote: Agreed, drill & tap, and use TefGel or something like it as an anti-seize. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
I drilled and tapped and used Tef-Gel to prevent corrosion. I will tell you in 10 year show bad it was to remove them. I was told by numerous sources that if you want pop rivets, you need to use the stainless steel ones. They are more difficult to find and even more difficult to use (you nee

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread Frederick G Street via CnC-List
Agreed, drill & tap, and use TefGel or something like it as an anti-seize. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Jan 29, 2016, at 4:28 PM, William Walker via CnC-List > wrote: > > Eric, > I would be concerned that aluminum pop

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread William Walker via CnC-List
Eric,   I would be concerned that aluminum pop rivets wouldn't be strong enough.  They may be.  I drilled and tapped for stainless, used antiseize. Have removed one at a time yearly since just to check. All good. Bill Walker CnC 36 Evening Star Pentwater, Mi Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread Eric Frank via CnC-List
Just installing a Garhauer boom vang on Cat’s Paw this winter. Do you guys recommend aluminum pop rivets - in case I ever need to remove it? In my experience, SS screws tapped into the mast or boom hold fine but are a devil to get out because of electrolysis. The pop rivets can just be drille

Stus-List C&C 26 Encounter sail question

2016-01-29 Thread Evan Morgan via CnC-List
This one is for the (I think) two of you who race their Encounter. We've had Wind Affair several years, but used her solely for cruising. During that time, we've learned how to handle her tenderness but have always been over powered with a 145 up front, even with a reefed main. I've been talked i

Re: Stus-List Cockpit table?

2016-01-29 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
Snow is great! More on the way. Been at Copper Mountain all week. Moving to Vail for next week. Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 29, 2016, at 10:49 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List > wrote: > > Thanks for the link. Some interesting stuff. > > How's the snow? > > Joel > >> On Wed, J

Re: Stus-List C&C 25 Info

2016-01-29 Thread Leslie Paal via CnC-List
A long time ago, while living in Boston I took a C&C25 to Martha's Vineyard from Marblehead and back around the Cape over two weeks. It was fine but camping experience is a must. Leslie. Phoenix C&C32 1983 On Tue, 1/26/16, Mark McMenamy via CnC-List

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Ryan Doyle via CnC-List
Thanks John. I had no idea that was a fairly common practice. That must be what's happening. There's a section of the bilge forward of the motor and aft of the opening in the cockpit sole that I just can't see into. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 29, 2016, at 14:34, John Irvin via CnC-List >

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread John Irvin via CnC-List
I generally leave RV or plumbing antifreeze in the bilge, but I'm in frozen Ottawa. -Original Message- From: "Ryan Doyle via CnC-List" Sent: ‎2016-‎01-‎29 2:00 PM To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" Cc: "Ryan Doyle" Subject: Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant Joe and Joel - thank you guys. Apolo

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Ryan Doyle via CnC-List
Joe and Joel - thank you guys. Apologies, I was on "digest mode", so I didn't see your responses until now. I know it's engine coolant because as Joe said - "nothing else on the boat looks like it". Joel, I have a feeling you're right about the source. I think there was coolant in the aft part

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Ryan Doyle via CnC-List
Replying to my own thread again here.. I've read a few times online that people sometimes add antifreeze to a wet bilge during the winter. Now I'm wondering if there is some residual antifreeze left in the aft portion of my bilge from the previous owner (I bought the boat in Oct), and it's being

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
My engine coolant is fluorescent green. Nothing else on the boat looks like it, so I assume that is how. Joe Coquina -Original Message- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight veinot via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 1:26 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-l

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread dwight veinot via CnC-List
how do you know it's engine coolant? Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Ryan Doyle via CnC-List wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Thank you for the responses last week about my tiller - which I went out to > observe

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
Can’t think of anything else unless you somehow plumbed a scupper to the heat exchanger. Joe Coquina C&C 35 MK I FWC A4 that so far does not leak coolant From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 12:49 PM To: cnc-l

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List
Perhaps coolant was spilled elsewhere and gets washed down by rain? Not to sound too trivial but maybe check where spare coolant is stored on boat and see if it has been leaking from the bottle … From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Doyle via CnC-List Sent: F

Re: Stus-List Cockpit table?

2016-01-29 Thread Joel Aronson via CnC-List
Thanks for the link. Some interesting stuff. How's the snow? Joel On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hmmm, interesting. > > < > http://www.chinamarinewholesale.com/disassembled-boat-oval-table-with-table-pedestal-and-base-plate-stowable-f

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Joel Aronson via CnC-List
Just a wild guess: Someone spilled coolant at one point that is trapped. Enough rain water gets in the bilge to reach the coolant and some of it ends up in the sump. Joel On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Ryan Doyle via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Thank you for t

Re: Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Ryan Doyle via CnC-List
I forgot to give the details on my boat - She's a 1976 30 mki and she's winterized and up on stands. On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Ryan Doyle wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Thank you for the responses last week about my tiller - which I went out > to observe/fix today and then got distracted by

Stus-List Mystery Coolant

2016-01-29 Thread Ryan Doyle via CnC-List
Hey everyone, Thank you for the responses last week about my tiller - which I went out to observe/fix today and then got distracted by another issue - c'est la vie. Sometimes after heavy precipitation I find engine coolant in my bilge. This ONLY happens after heavy precip - like last week here in

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread Gary Nylander via CnC-List
Repeating a post from a few months back.. I have used a boomkicker on the J-80 I raced on - have Garhauer on Penniless. No comparison. And. having some experience with a 27, I would think the 30-1's boom is somewhat heavier. The sticks on a 30-1 are very robust. I would go for lighter springs.

Re: Stus-List Boom vanging...

2016-01-29 Thread Rick Brass via CnC-List
Chuck, Plus 2 for Garhauer. I have a Garhauer vang on each of my boats. One is over 20 years old, the other 13. Strong. Custom fit to the boat. And really great customer service from Guido and Mark. You won't find a better value or anything that works better. I commend your decision to do away

Stus-List Boom vanging... Rigid vs Boomkicker

2016-01-29 Thread Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List
I think that on larger boats the rigid vangs are preferred but on the smaller boats perhaps the Boomkicker is a better option. Our 33 has an original equipment rigid vang (1987) that I think is Harken. Works well after many years and we have no complaints. On our J27 we added a US Spars rigid