Friday, 26 September 2008
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| Fuel Sender Selection Jimjamie 07:27:54 |
| | Has anyone had positive experience with fuel senders?
They seem to be notoriously inaccurate.
I've seen the type with the vertical cork, the hinged cork and the one that
has a tube within a tube (air pressure or and electric sensor?)
I'll be cutting into an aluminium diesel fuel tank to install.
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Thursday, 25 September 2008
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| Sound Advice Skip Gundlach 21:49:11 |
| | Sound Advice - sent September 24, 2008
As we left you, Hanna had been hard hearted, but not hard to
take, as her energy was sapped, apparently, by the trip up the
east coast and down Long Island Sound.
We're hoping to pick up some of that energy as we move in the
other direction, toward New York City, but first we have to get
to Long Island Sound. As we sheltered in Three Mile Cove on the
south end of Gardiner's Bay, there's a bit of a trip involved,
but nothing much.
Undoing all the storm preparations took a while, and our usual
sloth and indolence in the morning prevailed before that, so we
didn't get off our very kindly-offered, very secure mooring,
before about 2:30. You may recall from the last that there's a
very defined channel, and a lovely anchorage, surrounded by much
shallower water. On the way out of the anchorage, Lydia, not yet
quite awake, got on the wrong side of the red buoy, and ran very
hard (as in, firmly, but not in any way damaging or permanent)
aground on a sand bar, throwing me to the salon floor by way of
the mast on the side of my head.
That reinforced the saying of "one hand for the boat, one for
yourself" - a safety mantra - you never know when the boat might
suddenly move in an unexpected direction. Of course, we weren't
really under way, so I'd not taken that precaution, and, in the
end, the biggest result was a lozenge-shaped bruise with a slight
skin split on the side of my head, quickly becoming nothing but a
discoloration. All our misadventures should end so quickly and
easily! Our MaxProp reversed us out of the sand in very short
order, and we proceeded out of the harbor under sail.
NOAA had, in all the areas available to us, been saying that the
wind would be, of course, different than we found in reality.
We've come to rely more (not ignoring NOAA, but looking for other
inputs as well) on local detailed forecasts, so, before we left,
we'd checked and found that the wind would be nearly ideal for
our passage.
Our trip from Three Mile Cove up to Orient was a close reach in
10-15 knots of wind, helped by the tidal current which, instead
of the usual set to the leeward side, actually pushed us to
windward, and we made great time through the rip out into Long
Island Sound.
Once we got on the Sound, not only did the wind and waves pick
up, but so did, as forecast, the wind, moving to 15-20. Due to
our angle of attack, it was a beat to get high enough to tack
down to Mattituck, and still make some westing. However, our
sloth in the morning made it such that it was apparent we'd not
make it to Mattituck until well after dark. So, we headed up the
Connecticut River, anchoring in Saybrook Shoal in plenty of
water, less than 2 miles from the entrance.
As the currents were against us, we didn't leave for Mattituck
until nearly noon, taking advantage of the enforced time to do
some minor chores around the boat. Forecast winds were very
light, but at least, early, supposedly to our advantage. We
pulled up our very firmly stuck anchor around 11:30 and set sail.
The trip down the river was fairly fast, as the current and the
tides helped, gaining 8+ over ground. As our prior entrance to
the area was back to the east, we elected to turn west but not go
so far that we'd have to deal with the shoal. Wind was such that
we had to beat the entire way, but our marvelous ship took it in
stride. About 30 degrees of apparent wind, on a great sailing
day, we tacked our way up the Connecticut shoreline, then turned
south when we could clear the shoal.
Winds were very consistent, 10-12 knots, once we got into the
sound, and we were making about 5.5-6 knots very closely hauled.
Our tacks look like someone drew them with a square, and we
tacked several times to get to the point where we could be on a
line with the opening at Mattituck. Just before our last tack,
we hooked a bluefish, which, darn him, tangled in our other line,
so it wound up cutting it, losing a lure we'd just bought. In
retaliation, I killed and fileted him as soon as the wind died on
our last tack!
With the wind dead, we reluctantly motored the last couple of
miles, as we'd timed our travels to be on the hook before dark.
The inlet looks very scary on the charts, but the reality is much
more benign.
We came in at about high tide, which, of course, helped, but
rarely saw less than 5' under our set-for-7 feet sounder, and
frequently were over 10'. The inlet is pretty clearly marked,
with one anomaly of a red without its little hat, which in
marginal light might have been confused for the
otherwise-all-cylindrical greens. No lights on any of them, but
easy to see and follow.
A couple of 3's had my attention, but the anchorage proved to be
consistently over 6' deep everywhere we motored around it, and we
got the hook set in hardpan grass on the second try. When we
arrived, there were two boats here already, and just before dark
a 4th boat pulled in. In entirely flat water, with the gentlest
of breezes, we enjoyed our fresh fish dinner, looked at the
internet provided on a strong signal, and rejoiced in another
enchanting, invigorating, marvelous day on the water before we
took an early bedtime.
Tuesday we took a relaxed approach to getting up, as we'd not
leave until the full tide tomorrow, and the weather and wind
would have been iffy Tuesday, anyway. A quick check revealed
that Matt-A-Mar had gas, diesel and water, so we'll fill up when
they open and leave on Wednesday's (10th) high tide.
We went for a walk around the town, enjoying Love Lane, and found
the local plaza without too much excitement, obtaining our very
few supplies, and headed back to the boat to another blissful
evening aboard. It doesn't get much better than this!
I'll leave you here for another time; stay tuned!
L8R
Skip
Morgan 461 #2
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| 5 Hp, Tohatsu Ignition coil 1967 Sailor via BoatKB.com 17:50:37 |
| | Hello to all of you.
I got an old 1967 Tohatsu outboard in very good condition except the prevoius
owner had a problem with the kill switch, He took the ignition coil from the
magneto plate off and destroy it.
Any ideea where to look for a replacement?
Thanks,
Sailor
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008
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| Re: Fuel usage Roger Long 23:53:39 |
| | "Gordon" <gazuum@olypen.com> wrote in message
news:daCdnelrVLQAlUTVnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@wavecable.com...
How do I ballpark the fuel usage for a modified keel 37' ketch 18000# at 5 knots with a Westerbeke 4-108 with a fairly clean bottom? Gordon
What is the waterline length?
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Roger Long
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| What kind of person??? Anonymous 23:07:59 |
| | Just what kind of person gets herion for their birthday? Some hatchet head drug addict, that's who! How's them apples!
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| Huh? (Thomas will really be upset now) Roger Long 21:01:10 |
| | Scroll down to the bottom of this page and look at the last FAQ.
http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/ss/marinepatrol/faq.html
Good thing you can go past NH in a few hours.
I also learned that every NH resident operating a boat over 25 HP after 2008
must take a proctored examination and get a certificate. Out of state
residents are required to have the certificate if they operate more than 30
consecutive days in NH. The MA certificate is not recognized by NH!
Thomas better make sure his next boat is under 25 HP.
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Roger Long
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| ST1000 Tiller Pilot modification report Roger Long 19:22:44 |
| | The limit switches I installed in my Raymarine ST1000 Tillerpilot last
winter worked perfectly.
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/ST1000mods.htm
The unit functioned all season without my having to give it a second
thought.
"Strider" was decommissioned on the Equinox, six weeks earlier than normal
due to my upcoming month long trip to observe completion, sea trials, and
delivery of the "R/V Rachel Carson".
http://www.umces.edu/vessel/progress.html
I thus join the many landbound members of this group till spring. I will
have a couple more weeks of boating though, listening to 2400 HP of MTU
diesels driving tons of water through the twin Hamilton waterjets at speeds
over 20 knots. It's always a thrill watching a boat I designed come to life
and this one will probably be my magnum opus.
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Roger Long
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| Just a thought ;; there will be some very good bargains .. Spring Point Light Thomas 06:00:36 |
| | As the banking, investment banking, wall street,, on the on .. goes down the
shitter .. and the economy follows ... for those that have some cash, I'm
thinking that there will be some super deals on boats [sailboat, in
particular].
What you say.
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| Re: radar offshore Wilbur Hubbard 02:02:22 |
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<ohara5.0@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:33fe7cc1-cca0-4e73-aea2-6bba4adc9390@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
: If someone has unlimited electrical power, is he likely to keep his
: Radar on all the time when he is far offshore? Offshore, far from
: anything else with a functioning radar system, what would prevent
: someone from detecting a sailboat before a collision. Assume clear
: weather.
Stupid question, I'm afraid. This is from the 72 COLREGS
INTERNATIONAL-
Steering and Sailing Rules
RULE 7
Risk of Collision
(a) Every vessel shall use all available means appropriate to the prevailing
circumstances and conditions to determine if risk of collision exists. If
there
is any doubt such risk shall be deemed to exist.
(b) Proper use shall be made of radar equipment if fitted and operational,
including long-range scanning to obtain early warning of risk of collision
and
radar plotting or equivalent systematic observation of detected objects.
In clear language if you have operational radar it must be used when
underway.
I hope this helps.
Wilbur Hubbard
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| Re: OT - She was 9..... Wilbur Hubbard 01:35:37 |
| | Wow! I'm impressed. And I thought it was an orchestra playing the theme. Do
they really do it on that little instrument?
Wilbur Hubbard
"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9B21BD1502B5Cnoonehomecom@208.49.80.253...
She's 11, now. Don't ask. I can't play it either.... What does it mean if you walk into a university classroom and see a Japanese girl sitting in there?..... It means you're NOT going to be Valedictorian until she gets bored and leaves the school.... How can American kids compete with THIS?! Yamaha is creating MONSTERS.....(C;
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Monday, 22 September 2008
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| Re: Ken Barnes rescue pictures Gogarty 20:34:22 |
| | In article <Xns98C2C08ED7B27noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>, noone@home.com
says...>>>Red <sailing@rhumbline.net> wrote in news:82Bth.33$C04.2@newsfe11.lga:>>> Thanks Larry, I will def check out xnews. My isp doesn't carry all the >> groups, nor does it keep messages longer than 2 weeks, so I'll also >have >> to look into usenetserver if I get addicted  >>
Once again I say: WinVn.
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| Skip in california Guest 19:20:28 |
| | Well, not exactly. He hasn't turned his SPOT on in 7 days, so now the
website takes you to the California coast.
The folks at Spot would be wise to take down the link in the top right
corner of the page urging vistors to "Buy NOW", as it just reinforces
the reality that the thing doesn't work very well. Seeing how well it
has worked for Skip is not exactly an effective sales pitch.
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| Re: Sold my Boat .. some thoughts Cavelamb Himself 13:28:30 |
| | Thomas, Spring Point Light wrote:
After three season of single handed sailing, I was approached by a young guy as my boat was taken out for winter storage. He loved her, and he bought her. Owning a good size cruising sailboat is lots of work. I started working, repairing, adding, maintaining, my boat in April .. she went in the water in June. And I worked on her each and every day.
Best of luck on your new life ashore.
But I suspect you will find there is suddenly a large hole there -
with no boat in it...
--
Richard
(remove the X to email)
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| Re: Class B AIS now legal Larry 03:06:24 |
| | Gordon <gazuum@olypen.com> wrote in
news:lcCdnZgaV8yNfEvVnZ2dnUVZ_qfinZ2d@wavecable.com:
Gordon
Let the selling games begin!
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| Larry! Molesworth 02:23:11 |
| | Recently you posted some info on an easy temperature sensor alarm.
My fanbelt broke and my Yanmar 4 overheated and blew the head gasket.
I can do the replacement head repair no prob, but need to fit some kind
of sensor to stop it happening again. The raw water flow wasn't
affected, just the sealed water system this time.
I have a buzzer on the control panel but it's only for 'ignition on' -
can I add the overheat warning into that circuit?
--
Molesworth
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http://www.stcustards.free-online.co.uk/
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Sunday, 21 September 2008
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| wifi Skip Gundlach 23:58:35 |
| | This is triggered by the commentary in the thumbs thread...
IMHO (well, most of you know NSM H), something which will take boat
power is best. Mine is the Ubiquiti LiteStation2, and while I now use
a 48V POE, which requires a splitter up there with the bridge
(configured as a router), I have in hand, to install, a 12V POE, which
is a single very small box, takes the unused 4 data lines to put boat
power up the mast; Plug the cat5 into port one and the LS2 does the
translation to power and data.
A NEMA up top, and a cat5 running down, along with the needed pigtails
and antenna as discussed in the thread, is all you need to go to a
NIC; a router such as a Linksys WRT54GL (linux compatible) will allow
you to directly address the unit, as well as spread wifi for as far as
their little dux will allow. So, Lydia and her mom are on laptop, and
I'm on a 12 V (both the LS2 and the computer are happy with 10-16V)
computer built into my nav with a cat5 feed (though I could have
installed a wifi; the router's mounted right next to the computer so
there's no point), all from the same feed.
I've gotten house router signals as far as 3 miles out; Beacon and
similar commercial providers is available up to 5 miles out. I made a
call to my dad, also to Lydia's mom in England, and to Lydia's bank,
all in the same trip, from 3 miles out in Tampa Bay, during one of our
sea trials before we left on our first trip, on Vonage, the VoIP
service we have and use aboard when we have a good signal.
I have yet to be skunked for a signal in the cruising we've done,
other than anchoring in a totally remote location with no homes or
businesses. To my mind, putting your receiver at the top of the mast
is the only way to go unless you're tied up at a marina, in which case
the antenna may not see something really close. Case in point is my
router, Flying Pig (if you're anchored and ever see that SSID, we're
nearby, and you're welcome to use our signal), is only about a -65db,
even though it's right under the antenna...
Those of you who are longtimers here will recall the trials of the
damned I had with two Senao units provided by a clueless vendor who
clearly didn't understand my very specific instructions as to what I
was trying to achieve. A lurker here was kind enough to correct me
and lead me to what I have.
To avoid that agony, go directly to IslandtimePC.com, or drop Bob
Stewart
rstewart@islandtimepc.com a line, and buy his setup. More expensive
than a plain $65 unit that you then have to figure out and further
equip to make work like you need it, but plug and play. I can't
recommend him strongly enough. He provided all the consulting I
needed before he received a dime from me; natch, I bought my 12V
computer from him...
For those who prefer an AC POE, I'll shortly have mine available (I
have to go up the mast and do the swapout with the 12V feed into the
LS2, and then install the POE to the ship's power) - it's a Linksys;
it works just fine - it's how I've gotten the power to the LS2 through
today - but needs AC. When I make that change, other than the printer
and the monitor, there will be no AC powered devices in my entire
computer system...
HTH...
--
L8R
Skip
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
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make it come true. You may have to work for it however."
(and)
"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its
hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
(Richard Bach, in The Reluctant Messiah)
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| Arrested development George Orwell 22:54:50 |
| | Anyone who takes 1000 times the standard dose of LSD and then takes it until it is no longer effective, yet has flashbacks all the time is a complete loser.
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| Out out damned SPOT! Wilbur Hubbard 06:02:41 |
| | Egad, what stupidity - all this endless discussion about the SPOT position
finder that seems to work about as well as sextant that needs new mirrors.
Sad the amount of time and sailing quality wasted with useless gadgets such
as this abortion.
When is Skippy ever going to learn?
Loose all the extraneous crap if you are going to enjoy sailing.
Wilbur Hubbard
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Saturday, 20 September 2008
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| RIP Olin Stephens Guest 23:55:09 |
| | NEW YORK, NY, September 13, 2008 -- Olin J. Stephens, Member #1 on the
New York Yacht Club s Seniority List, passed away this weekend. He
joined the NYYC in 1930, or 78 years ago. He designed the winners of a
total of eight of the nine America's Cup matches between 1937 and
1980.
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| Re: More Ike Photos Guest 21:43:33 |
| | On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:05:37 -0700 (PDT), 7seassinbad@gmail.com wrote:
http://picasaweb.google.com/627345/Ike?authkey=gVNcBf3ccyc#5247077525575167618
Sounds like your apartment and your office at Clear Lake Marine are
both gone, Joe.
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