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#21
Main Message Board / Re: Microwave died
Last post by waughoo - Yesterday at 09:22:10 AM
Quote from: Jim Hardesty on March 25, 2024, 05:57:53 AM
QuoteMy 30 year built in Microwave finally bit the dust.

You do need to be very careful, electricity may be stored up in the unit (forget what it's called, maybe magnetron?).

There is a large capacitor in a microwave which stores the power needed to start the magnetron.  The capacitor is the part to watch out for.  The magnetron is what makes the microwaves.
#22
Main Message Board / Re: Running on the hard, witho...
Last post by waughoo - Yesterday at 09:17:53 AM
I used a fake a lake to run mine on the stands.  It is a sort of plunger with a hose attachment similar to what one would use to flush an outboard (ear muffs).  Worked great for me.
#23
Main Message Board / Re: Stack Pack upper turning b...
Last post by waughoo - Yesterday at 09:12:59 AM
The lazy jack lines are rarely loaded with much tension and thus despite rubbing the spreaders, they don't end up with much chafe.  I agree that it is less than ideal, but I have found the routing to be less of a concern.

Now if someone could figure out an internally routed set of lazy jacks to stop the mast slap in a breeze, I'm all ears!
#24
Main Message Board / Re: Beta Marine Engine repower
Last post by waughoo - Yesterday at 09:08:06 AM
A unser on here that goes by Patches just did a beta repower in his boat last season.  If you do a search I believe he posted something after completion that outlines some of the challenges to look out for.
#25
Main Message Board / Beta Marine Engine repower
Last post by corapcarey - Yesterday at 08:19:57 AM
Hey, we are repowering with a beta 25 this spring and are wondering if anyone who has gone before us has any suggestions or wishes that they knew before they started their endeavors. We have a 1986 Mk1 with shoal keel.

I think I am moving the starting battery from the battery compartment under the settee to behind the motor in the aft cabin, forward and port of a new flex water tank.

Is there anything that you need would have done differently or known about before you installed your new motor?

Thank you in advance

Allen
SV Night Heron

#26
Main Message Board / Stack Pack upper turning block...
Last post by ewengstrom - Yesterday at 04:30:53 AM
Simple question for those with Sail Packs (Stack Packs) on their C34's.
These systems require a set of halyards that are intended to be loosened or tightened.
The optimal attachment point for the turning blocks is located above the spreaders to provide the proper angle to help hold up the sail pack correctly. These halyards are tied off at the mast base with enough extra line to loosen or tighten the sail pack as needed.
The problem with this is that our C34's have nice wide spreaders, so if you mount the turning blocks in their correct spot above the spreaders, the halyards will chafe at the spreaders. Most folks seem to just locate these turning blocks below the spreaders and live with the harsh angle this causes.
Currently my mast is down and I've closed up the old mount holes in anticipation of mounting the blocks correctly, but I really haven't come up with any grand ideas to do this.
Has anyone come up with or encountered a solution to mount the turning blocks above the spreaders and somehow avoid the chafe?
#27
Main Message Board / Re: Winch on Boom?
Last post by KWKloeber - March 26, 2024, 06:14:11 PM
Quote from: Noah on March 26, 2024, 06:06:02 PMA photo would tell. I am guessing his is "at the mast" not "on the mast" (i.g. at the gooseneck).
Picture? What a unique approach LOL.

If one were on the mast I'm thinking it might be a P.O. tie-back for lazy jacks?
#28
Main Message Board / Re: Winch on Boom?
Last post by Noah - March 26, 2024, 06:06:02 PM
A photo would tell. I am guessing his is "at the mast" not "on the mast" (i.g. at the gooseneck).
#29
Main Message Board / Re: Winch on Boom?
Last post by KWKloeber - March 26, 2024, 05:34:56 PM
Noah

On the boom or on the gooseneck, yes.  But in the mast?
#30
Main Message Board / Re: Winch on Boom?
Last post by Noah - March 26, 2024, 05:06:32 PM
Ken—what doesn't "sound right" about a reef hook on the mast?