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#8146
Main Message Board / Split Backstay Adjusters
April 21, 2005, 08:59:25 PM
To continue the spirit of agreeing with one another, I agree with Dave.

So much, in fact, that I used Dave's own sketch of how he raised his backstay split to avoid the very situation he just described.

It's VERY important that you do this.

I used a Garhauer split backstay piece.  It's a beautiful chunk of metal with two rollers (wire blocks) inside a nice shiny stainless steel pair of straps.  Instead of building a whole bunch of blocks and rings, try the Garhauer.  I remember it was all of $56 in 2001.
#8147
Main Message Board / Dodger Designs
April 21, 2005, 10:16:01 AM
Picture of our "lower" dodger.  Notice the distance between the bottom of the boom and the top of the dodger.  This allows good hard vang adjustments.
#8148
Main Message Board / Apache's Backstay Adjuster
April 21, 2005, 10:00:55 AM
Mike

The 4:1 doubled purchase is more than enough.  By using a 6:1 you're going to use more line and have it fouling the cockpit.  You really don't need a lot of purchase, and you'll get a better "feel" for the tension with the 4:1.  Just a consideration.
#8149
Kerk

If you do NOT purchase side handrails for your new dodger, you will immediately wish you had!  Please, for safety sake, get side handrails.

Many folks like Ron have aft rails, too, at the aft edge of the dodger.  We have two good handrail access holes built into the dodger fabric that work fine for us.  Either way, without handrails both side and aft you will not be a happy skipper. :roll:
#8150
Main Message Board / Cabin Lighting
April 19, 2005, 01:24:31 PM
Look in Projects, main website, as Mark suggested, we've done some, see pictures.
#8151
Main Message Board / Engine Zinc (HX)
April 17, 2005, 08:57:40 AM
Easy Solution to HX Zincs:

We change ours every quarter.  I remember to do this whenever the newest issue of Mainsheet magazine arrives at our doorstep.   :thumb:

I've found that if I replace it every three months, not too much has worn off, so I don't have to go fishing for itsy bitsy zinc parts inside the HX.

If you replace the zincs BEFORE they get all rotten, it's a lot easier task.
#8152
Main Message Board / Dodger Design
April 17, 2005, 07:29:30 AM
Kerk

There are two approaches to dodgers:  one - you see through it; two - you see over it.  Our dodger is LOW.  I like it that way.  I've seen other dodgers that are HIGH and you MUST see through them, all the time.  Some are at such a level that when you're standing your eyes are at the same level as the top of the dodger, which is really goofy, since it gets right in your way.  With ours, when I'm standing, I do not have to look through anything, as we can see over it.

So that's one input as far as dodger design is concerned.  Our frame was designed to be deliberately low.

The other issue that I think you need to consider, which Ron addressed, is what position your boom will be when you are sailing upwind with the vang tightened all the way.  Sure, it may be nice to have a high dodger (if you like that design approach), but if the top of the dodger gets in the way of the bottom of your boom when you're sailing because the vang is tight, it is NOT the right dodger design.

Those are the two things you need to consider, and no one can measure that for you.
#8153
Main Message Board / oil filter
April 17, 2005, 07:16:12 AM
John

Whatever works for you.   :wink:

Please note, however, that the filter equivalents were noted for M25 and M25XP engines.  With your newer boat, as you noted, you have a newer M35B engine, which could very well take different filters.

Since that appears to be the case, now that you know the filter equivalents for the newer engines, please send them on to Mark Elkin, associate webmaster for Projects and FAQs, and have the filter equivalents Projects page updated.  Thanks.
#8154
Main Message Board / chain plate tension
April 17, 2005, 07:09:23 AM
Gary

There's no published "data" on torque for those rods.  When I re-bedded my chainplates the first time a few years ago, I disassembled the entire port shroud assembly in the cabin to see how it all worked.  There are simply two nuts on the threads at the bottom end of the rod behind the settee backs.  The second nut is a "lock" nut for the first nut.  Since these rods hold the chainplates down you want to make them snug.  It's very hard to over tighten them anyway, given the access.  I ended up buying a short handled one inch adjustable wrench to get back in there.  Keep them tight, definitely not flopping, just think again about how the whole system works.  Most people never touch 'em.
#8155
Main Message Board / Batteries
April 16, 2005, 10:45:16 AM
Jim Moe's complete article has been posted on the Projects page on the main website:

http://www.c34ia.org/projects/projects-electrical-system-upgrade-2.html

Please note that some of the links I pasted above are to the old infopop server.  They DO NOT work anymore since we switched over, sorry about that.

You can get to most of them by doing a search on batteries, alternators, etc.
#8156
Main Message Board / companionway squeal
April 16, 2005, 10:41:35 AM
Search on hatch, both here and on the main website.  Try this for starters.

http://www.c34.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1262&highlight=
#8157
Main Message Board / oil filter
April 16, 2005, 12:20:41 AM
As a reminder, there is more to this website than this message board.  If you click on C34 Home upper right, you'll find lots more information.  Those of you who are paid up members of the C34 International Association will also have a handy CD-ROM which includes all the info on the main website.

It includes examples, like from the Projects page on Alternator Bracket replacement:

http://www.c34ia.org/projects/projects-alt-bracket.html

That also has a lot of the info Ron just reposted on oil filters within that thread on the FAQ page.

Also, here's the original Oil Filter Equivalent FAQ:

http://www.c34ia.org/faq-pages/faq-filter-equivalents.html

There's lots of good, and for many with older boats, important safety  information there.  We recommend that you browse through it.

The Projects page is regularly updated and just has had three good articles on electrical systems posted.
#8158
Main Message Board / Jib Halyard chafe
April 14, 2005, 03:42:12 PM
Chris

I suggest that you check out Harken's website.  They have a very good description with pictures of the halyard wrap-stop concept of the block that you can use to determine your own setup.  Your description was good, and Steve's response identified what we think the issue is for you.  If you check it out, you'll understand it more completely.
#8159
Main Message Board / Interior fabric
April 13, 2005, 06:46:03 PM
Randy:

You would think Catalina would want the boats to have a consistent look and use original looking replacements. But they seem to take this all or nothing to the extreme. Shame on Catalina!

I wonder about this.  Catalina has some things they could improve on, but they sell boats, they're jut not in business to worry about how the purchasers keep them up.  Maybe the reason American motors went under was that they tried so hard to make sure  they knew the condition of the inside of the all the Gremlins they sold.   :razz:   Just kidding, but think about it, the FACTORY gets NADA from used boat sales.  Sure, it'd be great if every used C34 that was sold was as in fine a condition as, for instance, our boat was.  Doesn't always happen, but some, and maybe even most, have been.

All that goes to show is pride in boats, but I gotta tell ya I saw some real dog-lookin' C34s when we did our year long search in 1997-8.

The trick is to find the, or A, material(s) that work(s) in cabins [that you like}, and the Sailnet list is a good start.  I recollect someone looking, maybe you, but don't remember a definitive response.

Then there's the Sail-maker's approach:  find a local loft, you'll be glad you did.

Like Ron's post, the amount of attention you'll get to issues (problems?) down the line is inversely proportional to the square, cube or higher power of the distance between you and the provider.  The guy down the street from your boat's gonna hear your holler a lot sooner.
#8160
Main Message Board / shaft alignment question
April 13, 2005, 06:34:28 PM
Bob

You don't even need the rag as long as your bilge pump is running.  See my post on the FAQs about stuffing boxes.  So, what's a little water???  Don't worry about it at all when you're repacking the box, it is NOT an issue, it is NOT a lot of water.  Get my drift?