Stus-List Grand adventure/ long distance sailing in a C

HI Antoine, I read your comment " Water temperature in July is around 6-7 degree celsius (around 45 Fahrenheit) in the St-Lawrence. There are a number of consequences to this. First, you need winter clothes (I?ve sailed under snow and freezing rain in mid May)." And started smiling.. I

Stus-List Anyone use Pettit Easypoxy (EZ-Poxy one part)

Hi Brandon, You might want to consider Interlux Perfection two parts.. It's a little more expensive but when you do it right, the results can be spectacular and it's extremely resilient and resistant to abrasion. I painted my bright red boot stripe with it 2 years ago= Zero fade, zero wax,

Stus-List Hard starting

Hi, I had a similar problem last year. On mine I replaced the start button and that fixed the issue. Basically there are a few main areas to check: Connections on the batteries. They do get loose over time, obviously the easiest fix Connection(s) at the control panel, I redid mine with

Stus-List Grand adventure/ long distance sailing in a C

Hi Jessica, Antoine Rose from Montreal QC sailed his 1973 C 30 down the St Laurence River, and across the Atlantic all the way to Brest, France. He has since sailed it back to North America.. Great story write-up here: http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/CnC30_Crosses_Atlantic/index.pdf Enjoy,

Stus-List Portable Air Conditioner -- Anyone try it?

We have an LG 12,000 BTU that we put in the shower stall. I bought it on Amazon for less than $ 300.00 shipped There's a Lewmar 6" inch port directly above it which is perfect for a short / direct hot air exhaust. It's out of the way, and as close as I can get to a real unit for less than 300

Stus-List Stu-list How long before the raw water pump fuse water out the tailpipe?

Hi Lorne, How long has it been since you took the exhaust mixing elbow off and took a look at it? My mixing elbow was severely constricted / became completely sealed and it cost me an impeller + a whole water pump and hoses before I figured it out. The clog caused the pump to run at really

Stus-List LED masthead lights and steaming/deck light

Hi Joel, I installed the Signal Mate tri-color 2 years ago and I like it a lot. http://www.ahoycaptain.com/signalmate_TRIANC2P.html Definitely the brightest / most visible tri-color or running light on the lake, it's clearly visible in the day time.. It's built to mil specs out of finely

Stus-List Finally Won a Race now reaching strut

For us, Whisker poles are not treated the same as the spinnaker pole which is true for many other regions. Again, no mention of it in the phrf docs and everybody's using whisker poles that are long enough to be effective. Truth is: A spin pole's length is woefully inadequate as a whisker pole

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 127, Issue 36

For us, Whisker poles are not treated the same as the spinnaker pole which is true for many other regions. Again, no mention of it in the phrf docs and everybody's using whisker poles that are long enough to be effective. Truth is: A spin pole's length is woefully inadequate as a whisker pole

Stus-List New sails for my 38

Hi Rick, If you are comfortable with Chinese sailcloth you might want to contact IslandPlanet http://islandplanetsails.com/ Island is out of Florida and Peak Sails www.peaksailsna.com and Peak is out of Virginia (Closer to you) They seem to be a good compromise between the direct order

Stus-List Finally Won a Race now reaching strut

The boat hook: We only do it in really light winds 0-4 knots, were talking glassy water on the lake. It's a cinch do undo and it's a cinch to hold. We do sail under US Sailing rules and there are no stipulation whatsoever about the length of the pole, it's attachment to the mast, or

Stus-List Finally Won a Race now reaching strut

Hi David, Yeah we do it all the time, it's also called a reaching strut. On our boats, the whisker pole is overkill and kind of too big / heavy anyway. Since we only do it in very light winds I just get Nicholas to grab the boat hook, push the clew out with it, hold it by hand / prop it on

Stus-List holey drawer pull-y thingies?

Hi Richard, Holland Marine out of Mississauga Ontario ( http://www.hollandmarine.com ) has the closest thing (But much better made) to the original plastic "thinghies". They are made out of brass and have a better spring. I've used them to replace most of mine, they're solid and look nicer.

Stus-List Plumbing Related

Hi Rob, You did it right. I rebuilt mine twice and had to replace the whole assembly shortly after the 2nd rebuild as the plastic holding the selector valve was worn.. They may be good for 1 rebuild but for me and our usage (Typically spending weekends with a family of 4) it's just not worth

Stus-List Dull red hull

Hi Frank, I tried several things and my best result was take all oxidation with a high speed polisher with wool pads / 3M super duty, wet sand it with 1500-2000 grit paper and lots of water then buff with a high speed polisher with wool pads, 3M Finesse-it compound or Meguire's fine

Stus-List Crew needed in Annapolis tonight

I wish I was closer... To race ya ! No racing for the Take Five crew this evening.. Racing Committee duty calls. 1st time we do it, should be fun. > Last minute call - I'm skippering a J30 tonight. Need a bowman. Let me know if you can help out! -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five"

Stus-List Relocating the Yanmar key now alternator..

Hi Lorne, If your charging warning light is not "on" constantly, you should be OK. It appears the 2GM's are not as likely to be affected. Good Luck, Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take five" Lake Lanier, GA Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:29:47 -0600 From: Message: 2 Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016

Re: Stus-List Relocating the Yanmar key now alternator..

Hi Dave, Thanks for the added stuff. Actually it seems to explain it all: Why some alternators fry and some don't: The key here is the "Self Exciting" part. The self exciting alternators don't need the ignition return side at all. Basically all your key does is turn-off the instrument

Stus-List Relocating the Yanmar key now alternator..

Couple other data points: The diesel mechanic gave me a huge DUH ! when I explained what had happened.. He said, you just learned the hard way that you should never turn off the ignition key on a diesel while it's running. What happened was punishment for my brain fart.. The guy fixes diesels

Re: Stus-List Relocating the Yanmar key now alternator..

Hi Dave, Here's how I understood the whole thing. An alternator's design is basically the reverse of a regular DC motor with an added twist.. On a regular DC motor the windings (Electro magnets) are on the spinning armature and there are permanent magnets attached to the housing. You add

Stus-List Relocating the Yanmar key now alternator..

Hi Dave, It's possible your alternator is internally wired differently. As for the rest of us (again, what I was told) the diodes are supposedly there meant to both turn the a/c current into dc for use by the batteries and act fuse-like to prevent the possibility some kind of much worse

Re: Stus-List Relocating the Yanmar key

One More.. I also kicked / bent / broke the key in the ignition. I took the barrel apart and pushed the broken piece out then took the pieces to a local old school locksmith shop. They found a key that matched it gave it to me free of charge, (A golf cart key I believe) and that was that.

Stus-List Relocating the Yanmar key now alternator..

Agreed, I experienced it 1st hand a few months after I had bought the boat a few years back.. I had a brain fart and turned the key to "off" while the engine was running. The diodes instantly fried, the alternator was toast / the charging warning was light on. Then came the alternator saga:

Stus-List C 30 MK1 PHRF racing

Hi Steven, "I am pointing well, though wounder if I should pinch more or be more off the wind for speed? I seemed to be passed on reaching and running" I don't sail a 30 but for pretty much any boat the pinch vs speed question the answer depends on the headsail you use, wind speed, chop, the

Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - now scoring systems

We use all PHRF. Line starts on Wed nights and mix of line starts / pursuit starts for my club's races (And we kicked booty / won last night.. ) -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier Message: 4 Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:29:10 -0500 From: "Pete Shelquist"

Stus-List Offshore passages as crew - where to start?

I would go around the local sailing clubs and figure out who's a pro delivery captn' They are often looking for crew. Typical deal: You pay your way to and form the boat, you "work" for free but you get the experience you want. Best of luck. Regards, Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five"

Stus-List Wednesday Night racing - anchoring during race

Message: 4 Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:42:10 -0500 From: "Dennis C." The Volvo race around the world guys also anchored on more than 1 occasion.. See here: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2015/01/20/vor-when-anchoring-becomes-the-winning-move/ Francois Rivard 1990 34+

Stus-List Wednesday Night racing

I'm curious: How many of you guys race every Wednesday night? Antoine said : "I do have the shoal draft version (4? 3") and race it every Wednesday in our club" I do too. We look forward to it all week :-) It's a great break in the middle of the week and a good place to meet like minded

Stus-List Defiant - 86 C 41

Gorgeous boat and definitely priced to move. Too bad I don't need a bigger boat that's a very sweet deal on a really nice boat that should not need any major projects for a while. Perhaps David (On Copy) knows about it as he lives in the area. Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake

Stus-List Right of way?

I missed that discussion.. Sups, kayaks, anybody else except sailors on a starboard tack: Get the bleep outa my way if I'm racing ! If I'm cruising.. I'm a little more cordial.lol -Francois 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA Sent from IBM Verse

Stus-List Fan Frustration! / Hot nights

Yeah we're running on shore power.. You'd have to have a pretty substantial generator to keep that puppy humming. Since we're at the lake, no sense in dealing with that we just plug in and enjoy a nice cool and dry evening with a few drinks and a movie on the DVD player. We do have a wind

Stus-List Fan Frustration! / Hot nights

In order to get my wife to spend the night at the boat in the summer (In Georgia) there was only 1 option: A/C. We tried it without 1 night and she was ready to go home the next day. It gets really hot and sometimes stupid humid, especially in the boat so the A/C was mandatory except I had

Stus-List Removing Teak oil stain

The folks my prior owner hired for re-oiling the interior teak did a good job of cleaning / bleaching the old stuff and a decent job of re-oiling (they may have used Cetol ) But they did an absolutely horrible job of keeping it on the teak and not around.. I'm taking about work that looked

Stus-List Pedestal wiring

About cutting and splicing transducer wiring: It depends. Conventional transducers required specific lengths of cable for impedance. Newer nmea 2000 compliant transducers typically don't. When I rewired the instruments with a "whole boat" nmea 2000 backbone I researched it pretty

Re: Stus-List Bermuda Race

Congratulations Joel, you're my hero! I'd like to experience a race like that one day. Job well done both on sailing and prep. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA We finished last night. Five days 7 hours. Corrected down to third because one boat rated 201 Jake was an

Stus-List Awful vibration

> > > +1 on double checking the pitch. When I had my Martec refurbished I was told > by Martec that my original blades were under pitched and I bought new blades > with higher pitch.. > > After a year of chasing vibration checking everything with no success I > finally had my old blades

Stus-List Stupid Reefing Mistake / clew straps

I have a loose footed main. I was told NEVER to attach the sail ties to the boom when reefing.. If you bother with them at all just go around the bottom of the sail and back / cinch it to keep from flopping around.. Personally I usually don't bother and just use either the hook on the

Stus-List Friday Night Rescue

Well Done! You were the right guy at the right time. I made a mental note about the blanket. Down in Georgia we sail all year long and the water does get into the 50-60's in the winter, I bought self inflating PFD's for winter season racing but did not think about the blanket. I need to add

Stus-List Time for new shore power cord?

Hi Y'all A couple months ago I was reading about old shore power cords and their resistance and how that can cause serious problems.. It turned out mine looked like what Don Casey warns you about.. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1687/26304650791_2c79e2dd60_b.jpg I'm glad I happened to read

Stus-List Danforth Anchor now Locker

Hi James, The 34+/36 XL's have an anchor locker built' in from the factory. I can take a picture of mine if you want to see how it's done on the racer / cruiser version of your boat. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, Georgia Message: 1 Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 18:37:09

Stus-List Nagging engine overheat solved

Hi Dennis, If the overheating comes back you might want to look at the exhaust mixing elbow. Mine seemed OK until it clogged completely and cost me a pump and hose too.. If your belt looked overworked that may have been a sign of a clog at the elbow. I had asked several folks before

Stus-List Salon Lighting

+1 on the Marinebeam stuff. Top notch and reasonable prices. So far I have replaced almost everything except for the overhead fluorescents (Those are next) and experimented with a couple LED vendors.. Marinebeam is really good, their stuff is great and if you don't overkill it on candle

Stus-List Kanzaki Transmission in forward or reverse while sailing?

+ 1 on reverse while sailing specifically for folding or feathering props. If you leave it in neutral or forward it will freewheel and keep it from folding. I don't know exactly why it still freewheels in forward but I do know it does. As for fixed props, Yanmar is very specific:

Stus-List Adjustable backstay?

The Dutch guy on the Youtube video is full of crap. It works the exact same way with the masthead rig. Think about pulling the string back on a bow (Bow and arrows) it has the exact same effect. It moves the top down and back / bows the mast in middle (Your mast has flexibility built into it

Stus-List stus-List Vent Fans -- Where Do You Have Them?

I have a Nicro unit right above the doorway to the v-birth on the cabin side of the bulkhead. I kinda wish I had a second one and I would like it in the aft stateroom. Like you guys though I hate to drill in the fiberglass and it's way down on the priority list. The one I have is the regular

Stus-List Installing linear autohelm on LF38

Hi David, >From looking at the pictures on the 37+ it indeed looked like a factory setup. I might just do it like that when the boat is on the hard for a bottom job / rig inspection in a year or 2. I'd love to see the pictures on yours. PS: The pole is "Peachy" thanks for asking. I was

Stus-List Installing linear autohelm on LF38

Hi Chuck, How about making a custom tiller arm that fits into the emergency tiller fitting above the radial drive? I saw that done online and thought that was rather clever. I've also been mulling this over for a couple years now and that's the best "easy" solution I saw. I have a similar

Stus-List Removing Poly Glow..

My boat also stays in the water 365 days a year and shouldn't come out much more often than about every 4 years for a bottom job. After I refinished my top sides while the boat was on the hard using a mechanical buffer with compound finished with a 1500 grit wet sand and a few coats of

Stus-List Fixed Props..

I'm surprised to see so many racers have fixed props on this list.. A folding / feathering prop is easily the best "Go Fast" part on the boat.. More than the sails according to more than one sail maker. BTW, it's worth far more than the typical 6-12 secs per mile PHRF allowance.. Especially

Re: Stus-List Whisker Pole

+1 on the Forespar control Line whisker pole. The telescopic feature is great to accommodate dip pole gybes and facilitate the general handling. We use it all the time, my 105 lbs / 15 year old son is a master at it.. We've had it out in 15-19 knot winds, my son has very little trouble

Stus-List Boat for sale

Hi Bill, Very Nice boat, sorry you have to sell. Bonne chance et j’espère que votre santé va s’améliorer pour tous les deux.. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, Georgia ___ This list is supported by the generous donations of our

Stus-List Foiling Cats

We've been having some awesome sailing weather lately.. Last weekend we had temps in the 80's and the wind was blowing 12-20 all weekend.. We thought we were 'Flying" hitting 8.5 - 8.8 knots on Take Five, watch what this kid is doing on his foiling cat:

Stus-List composting head

It may depend how much you use it and your regional climate. I know that many composting devotees praise the system however, 2 neighboring boats have one and both kinda wish they didn't. On one boat it's a live aboard couple, the PO (Whom installed the composting head because he had found

Stus-List Mast boot

Hi Don, Those are great, I believe the one currently installed on my boat is their SKU number 9120. I did not know they have the molds to make the custom C boots. While the universal model does a fine job, a custom unit would be even better. I'll keep that in mind for the next time.

Re: Stus-List Stus List Marine grills

Hi Dennis, We have a Magma Cabo and so far, the steaks and fish I grill at anchor on quiet nights seem even tastier than what I cook at home on my full size Weber.. I bought it last year at West on one of their "Fantastic Friday" sales last spring for about 100 bucks after the sale price

Stus-List Australian Cup Wing Keel

It depends what you sail.. Also, it's not really about what old school sailors like us want to see.. The sailing industry's got us already :-) It's about the next wave of sailor customers.. To that point: We already have a couple foiling A- Cats on the lake and no, you don't have to be a

Stus-List Raymarine EVO 100 wheel pilot with B and G

Hi Bob, As I understand it the Evo 100 should be plug and play to your NMEA 2000 backbone as far as receiving speed, depth, wind and bearing info. Likewise, your Triton displays should also be able to benefit from the magnetic heading capabilities of the Evo package. Unfortunately, should

Stus-List Jib sheet size

If that helps mine call for 30' per side of 1/2 braided I use "plane Jane" New England ropes sta-set In terms of load, my boat's smaller but the sailplan is comparable with a 487 square feet 135% genoa and 541 square feet 150 genoa.. (669 Square total @ 100% fore triangle) Anyway, 1/2"

Stus-List Sliding hatch details

Hi Charlie, Mine is probably un-molested.. I'm not sure what you mean by "Multiple Wire Runs" Where are your instruments mounted? Anyway, although crazed to the point of needing replacement (Low priority "todo") , mine does not leak (I do have a dodger above it) if I recall correctly it

Stus-List (no subject)

Hi, I ran mine in the pedestal itself. You can run it unobtrusively from the pedestal into the guard near the compass binnacle. Then you can run that to the pod. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, Ga Sent from my iPad > On Apr 8, 2016, at 1:35 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com

Stus-List Rolly Tasker Sails now sun cover

I have the film option on my old 135 cruiser Genoa. It's a Dupont product called Tedlar. I don't know how old it is, could be 20+ years old, it's falling apart all over the place. I looked into replacing it last year and Dupont was not producing it so it was pretty much "unobtatnium". I

Stus-List Rolly Tasker Sails now sun cover

Just to make it a little more interesting.. With my (new to me) racing headsails This what I'm going with: http://www.atninc.com/atn-genoa-sleeve-sailing-equipment.shtml With the Genoa Sleeve way you have complete protection from sun / rain / pollen / whatever for no matter what sail

Stus-List Headliner plugs

Hi Dave, I looked for them as well. I needed 1 in the head. There are a few place that carry something that looks like it would work.. Amazon

Stus-List RT Sails

> You might want to call Island Planet out of Florida. He seems like a good > guy I believe he worked at one of the bigger lofts. The sails are made in > Asia but he gets good reviews. Some say his sails come from the same loft as > some of the "big names" he has "Challenge Cloth" as some of

Re: Stus-List Vancouver Area C 35/36 search questions

Hi Chris, C pretty much invented using cored hulls on production sailboats, that was previously reserved for high end offshore racing powerboats.. Their fiberglass layups were also 2nd to none.. They really did put in the extra effort and you can see that when you start looking at the

Stus-List 37+ Why?

Same story with the 34+ My guess is they could claim "The Fastest and roomiest 34" Works for me, we regularly embarrass 45 footers either cruising the lake or on the race course.. Just a couple weeks ago a guy in a recently purchased Beneteau 473 unsuccessfully tried to run us down on a

Stus-List sleeper factor

The sleeper factor is with the cruisers / casual sailors who judge the book by its cover which is most folks on the lake.. No Worries, as far as my racing competition and the PHRF committee is concerned, they can lookup a boat quicker you can say phrf.. They know what my boat is capable of

Stus-List Gooseneck fitting

Given the vintage, it's probably made by Offshore Spars. They are real nice folks out of Chesterfield, Michigan. I replaced mine a couple years ago and the price is surprisingly reasonable. http://store.offshorespars.com/spar-parts/swivels/ Good Luck, Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five"

Stus-List Rudder replacement

In case this has not been mentioned already Southshore Yachts ( http://southshoreyachts.com/) out of Virgil, Ontario may have a brand new original rudder for your boat or have the original design.. It's pricey but it's the real thing and the job just becomes a part swap.. Good luck with it.

Stus-List Do I need a new coat of bottom paint?

As mentioned, with a few maintenance dives you can probably get away with it this year, unless you're wanting to race and be competitive. What you might want to do is wander around the yard on weekends to see if any one's got a little bit left over after their job.. You could touch yours up

Stus-List FM antenna?

I also have the splitter which worked well until a storm came through while my wife was at the marina listening to the radio.. Apparently a lightning surge came down close enough to be picked-up by the mast top antenna and it blew the stereo receiver.. The VHF was not on so there was no other

Stus-List determining PHRF rating

Hi Paul, Your phrf will be determined by the local phrf committee You just need to know about your rig and keel. As mentioned by others the 34+, 34/36 R, WK, XL are a different design boat. Here's what you need to know: How deep is your keel DK stands for deep keel, usually about 6.5 -

Stus-List Handicap questions for JAM racers

Hi Ron, We have a pretty simple / easy way to deal with that: We have spin / non-spin classes with the same phrf ranges.. This way you completely avoid all the complications as it's pretty tricky to judge the spin's advantage: The effects will depend on the length of the course, it's

Re: Stus-List Sale alert automatic inflatable harness

Correction, we got the "Coastal" version which has better neck padding than the inshore.. Anyway, we like them, but check the bobbins, they might be out of date. We have not tested them in the water yet but probably will when the weather is more conducive since West was nice enough to send

Stus-List Sale alert automatic inflatable harness

If you buy them make sure you check the bobbin. The bobbin has a 4 year shelf life and a couple of mine were past-due or really close. A five minute phone call to West was all it took to get 4 free service kits including new C02 cartridges and bobbins.. We got them within 3 days. I bought 4

Stus-List Soft shackle

I guess it depends on the kind of lines you're using on the sheets, their diameter, and perhaps how fresh they are.. I started doing the luggage tag when I bought new sheets last year. They are nothing exotic, 1/2" New England Ropes Sta Set. So far it's really easy to undo no matter how much

Stus-List Stus list Soft shackle

If you're looking for the simplest / lightest / most snagfree (And coolest in my book) way to attach your jib sheets to your jib forget about the soft shackle / 2 lines jib sheet with big bowline knots or splices to snag the spinnaker pole car / track / etc on its way across on a tack. My

Stus-List No Reefin' Weekend Race.. Better link

Hi guys, Here's a better link for the pics from this weekend: https://www.flickr.com/photos/133565480@N04/25021679356/in/photostream/ Regards -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA ___ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To

Stus-List No stinkin' reefin' on the 34+ this weekend :-)

Hold-on to your potatoes Dr. Jones..21-22 + knots winds flyin' every stich of cloth we had like Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander.. We were riding the shirt tails of the snowstorms that afflicted the Northeast this past week and it was blowin' pretty hard if a little chilly

Stus-List 30-1 Vang Refit?

Do you need a vang? Depends how much you care about sailing efficiency (Cruising or racing). Also, to some degree I would be inclined to believe that a properly trimmed main will also last longer. Without enough vang tension in high winds it seems the sail gets way more "belly" then it

Stus-List Propeller Question for 35-3

As an additional data point I also have a 3GM30F with the 2.61:1 transmission and I second the 16D X 12P option (My pro is a Martec Elliptec). My boat is a somewhat different design but similar in dimensions and general hull shape. Following Martec's recommendation I tried 16 X 14 blades

Stus-List 16:1 Boom Vang Control.

Once you figured out which solid vang you like (Mine's an OEM Offshore Spars unit).. Here's a clever system to facilitate fine tuning the top half of your sail without sweating it / with minimal winch action required.

Stus-List A little sunshine for our Northern friends.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/133565480@N04/24279447679/in/dateposted-public/ Nice Shot taken by my friend / wed nite crew / other series' GoPro during a race a couple weekends ago. Gotta love the Southeast winters :-) Stay warm ! PS, Don't be alarmed, my mast is not bent forward and I did

Stus-List Toronto Boat Show

I ended-up going to the boat show and that was a well spent evening. The Atlanta Boat Show is not much for sail so I had not really seen new sailboats in a good long time. I met a couple of C'ers, one was an "ex" and one is current but not on the list. He has a 30 MKII in Niagara on the

Stus-List Toronto Boat Show

Happy New Year guys! Last minute request: I'm in Toronto 'till Friday with some free time in the evening today and tomorrow. Is it worth going to the boat show to see good sailing stuff or is it mostly power boat related? I'm open to meet for drinks too :-) -Francois Rivard 1990 34+

Stus-List Pleated Blinds

Same question here for our 34+ Ours have issues where the plastic inside is cracking and the plastic where snaps mount is getting pretty brittle as well.. I'd love to replace them all. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA From: Gary Russell To:

Stus-List Not What I Ordered - was New Sails TODAY!!!

Beautiful sails (And boat) I enjoyed looking at many of our other pictures.. Your Club looks like C fest to me. There are two other C's at my marina (Out of about 350 sailboats) and 4 others on the lake that I know of.. -Francois 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA

Stus-List Cuba race

Go Steve! Way to represent the 34+ :-) He seems to be doing well so far being in the top 10.. I'll have to ask about his crew. Not surprised he's out-running bigger boats.. I can attest to the 34+ 's abilities to punch above its weight class.. Steve sold me my boat and lives about 35

Stus-List Selden sprit kit instal

Hi Charles, It depends on the setup and local conditions. Per my lake's PHRF committee you cannot carry both a asym and sym spin on the same boat.. Period. So you have to choose wisely. None of the racer cruisers guys use the Asym but a couple of the boats capable of planing do. There's

Stus-List Painting Boat Name on Hull

I would go the same route.. Mine are from US Boats and it cost over $ 400.00 (they do look great and are holding-up well so far.) But, one of my neighbors had bigger lettering done for about 45 bucks total at the local sign shop.. His also look great. They might not last as long as mine

Re: Stus-List CnC-List Digest, Vol 117, Issue 85

Hi Harald, You should check the gooseneck swivel in detail, particularly the 3 vertical holes. Mine was shot and the vertical holes looked like bathtubs instead of round holes.. it's 45 bucks well spent.. http://www.offshorespars.com/store/spar-parts/swivels/12-boom-swivel/ -Regards,

Stus-List Boom

Hi Harald, You should check the gooseneck swivel in detail, particularly the 3 vertical holes. Mine was shot and the vertical holes looked like bathtubs instead of round holes.. it's 45 bucks well spent.. http://www.offshorespars.com/store/spar-parts/swivels/12-boom-swivel/ -Regards,

Stus-List Strengths of Various Adhesives

VHB tape is Ideal for portlights.. It's regularly used to bond window lenses on skyscrapers because of it's ability to seal the water out and have to right amount of strenght / flex for structural glazing..

Stus-List bottom paint stripping

Hi David, I heard good things about dry ice and soda, Walnuts are supposed to be good too. (Mine was done the old fashion way with an abrasive wheel. The guy did a remarkable job, but you really have to know what you're doing to avoid digging into the gelcoat) As for barrier coating I was

Stus-List Dodger for 34+

This winter I am thinking about having my canvas guy add zippers to remove all 3 front windows.. That would make things easier when racing. Currently we rollup the middle on and use making tape to keep the to others folded on the sides to stay out out of the traveler / winch handles.. If

Stus-List stainless polish

Woody's wax is phenomenal stuff, it practically erases oxidation. It's an awesome non-skid deck wax too. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA ___ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including

Stus-List solar vent wiggles, doesn't rotate

I finally got around to rebuild my solar vent. It seems to work fine and all was done for under 30 bucks. I put the new motor on (The old one was toast both brushes and commutator were completely shot.) and replaced the battery with an Eneloop C Size 3000 mah I found on Amazon (It is

Stus-List Dodger for 34+

Hi Dave, I've got one on mine. it looks original to the boat and is still in pretty good shape, I had it re-stitched and windows replaced a couple years ago. It does not go very far back but does provide shade if you sit close to the bulkhead or even better, lean back on the bulkhead lounge

Stus-List new fresh water pump suggestions

Hi Paul, Between the two I'd go with the 2.9 based on the combination of flow / PSI / Amps. The 2.9 needs a 10 amps circuit / breaker while the 3.5 needs a 15 amp circuit. Your boat most likely has the 10 amp breaker, you'd have to at least change the breaker / possibly upgrade the wiring

Re: Stus-List new fresh water pump suggestions

Home” shower and quiet operation. Ken H. C 37 XL Salazar On 7 October 2015 at 10:48, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Hi Paul, Between the two I'd go with the 2.9 based on the combination of flow / PSI / Amps. The 2.9 needs a 10 amps circuit / breaker w

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