I bought my 1990 34 over 2 years ago. I joined this association almost as soon as I bought the boat and regularly read this web site. I have gotten a great deal of valuable information here. Almost all of my sailing is offshore and I am very concerned with safety issues about my boat. However, the first time I heard or read anything about thru bolting the traveler was when I read this post. Although I have read a lot of the tech notes, I missed the one about the traveler. I appreciate Rick informing me of this issue by his post.
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Main Message Board / Re: Traveler Failure If not thru bolted you want to do this
July 06, 2009, 06:52:41 PM #2
Main Message Board / Re: Lewmar V1 Windlass
June 01, 2009, 05:10:14 PM
Very nice! I got a V1 about a year ago and its still in the box. Never enough time to install and I wasn't sure how I should do it. Can you supply any details about your installation. How did you make the shelf you placed the windlass on? Thanks for any information you can give me.
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Main Message Board / Re: anchor sentinel & port list
November 17, 2008, 06:05:58 PM
I never used a sentinel and figured my chain would be enough. I now use a Delta 35lb and 60' of 5/16" HT chain with 150' of 5/8" nylon. This is kept on the bow roller and anchor locker. I also have a Fortress FX23 stored in the forward starboard settee locker with it's on 60' of 5/16" chain and 200' of 5/8" nylon. I put on another bow roller to handle the second anchor if necessary to deploy both anchors.
When I thought I might have to move from the marina and leave the boat alone and anchored for a possible hurricane earlier this year, I bought another 120' of 5/16" HT chain in two 60' sections and two heavy duty chain connectors. This is also stored in the same settee locker in two bags that I can move to the bow when and if necessary. I could put out both anchors on 120' of chain plus the nylon or one anchor on 180' chain plus nylon and the other on 60' chain plus nylon. Anyway, the hurricane passed us by so I didn't have to try it, thank goodness. But there is always next year! One problem - my elbow still hurts from lugging around all that chain and if I ever did get it all deployed, my old back would probably be finished off when I tried to get it up.
When I thought I might have to move from the marina and leave the boat alone and anchored for a possible hurricane earlier this year, I bought another 120' of 5/16" HT chain in two 60' sections and two heavy duty chain connectors. This is also stored in the same settee locker in two bags that I can move to the bow when and if necessary. I could put out both anchors on 120' of chain plus the nylon or one anchor on 180' chain plus nylon and the other on 60' chain plus nylon. Anyway, the hurricane passed us by so I didn't have to try it, thank goodness. But there is always next year! One problem - my elbow still hurts from lugging around all that chain and if I ever did get it all deployed, my old back would probably be finished off when I tried to get it up.
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Main Message Board / Re: Strut movement
April 18, 2008, 10:24:06 AM
Thanks for everyone's advise.
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Main Message Board / Strut movement
April 15, 2008, 11:49:13 AM
I have my 1990 hauled for a bottom job. After the pressure wash, we noticed that the shaft moves up and down quite a bit and it appears that a new cutlass bearing is needed. We also noticed that there was a slight movement from side to side in the strut. I am talking about a small movement. There is also a small crack on each side where the strut goes into the hull. Is this slight movement a serious problem. Should I have the yard "clean out the small cracks and refiberglass the area? Other suggestions? Thanks.
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