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Main Message Board / Re: stored bow down

« on: November 19, 2019, 03:06:20 PM »

Ken, i never had the cradle.  well, i did but only for one store.  the rest of the time it was illegally held by westport marina in canada.

the yard said they are fixing it and i sent them the drawing of the cradle which i didn't realize i had, again, because i never thought to look for it since i never had the cradle all these years.

what i didn't take a picture of was the over 1 inch thick sheet of ice in the cockpit

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Main Message Board / Re: stored bow down

« on: November 18, 2019, 01:50:42 PM »

wow!  see, i just got the cradle back from the yard who was illegally keeping it so I didn't even look in that part of the manual!  thank you very much. i will scan that page and include your write up and email them!

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Main Message Board / Re: stored bow down

« on: November 17, 2019, 08:41:22 AM »

i've got a huge cover on there, its just not water tight, it's in 3 pieces from north shore canvas

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Main Message Board / Re: stored bow down

« on: November 16, 2019, 02:01:29 PM »

if you have it, that would be great.  and yes, i can visit every week, if i need to.
  thank you

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Main Message Board / Re: stored bow down

« on: November 16, 2019, 01:06:26 PM »

I will.  I'm just bummed out they won't fix it.  I don't want to move (and soon, before our river freezes)

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Main Message Board / Re: stored bow down

« on: November 16, 2019, 08:31:46 AM »

how?  and the yard is "too busy", and i'm moving next year, i guess

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Main Message Board / Re: stored bow down

« on: November 16, 2019, 08:15:39 AM »

it's hard to measure and hard to see in the pictures but i did get all the water out of the cockpit, at least what was there.  there will be some water coming in, from the cover not being 100% solid.

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Main Message Board / Re: stored bow down

« on: November 16, 2019, 08:02:57 AM »

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217717478301116&set=pcb.10217717480341167&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217717477661100&set=pcb.10217717480341167&type=3&theater

i will take more today when i'm there. 

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Main Message Board / stored bow down

« on: November 16, 2019, 06:40:58 AM »

i'm not certain if my boat is backwards or just bow down, in the cradle but it's not right.  this is the cradle the boat came with, from Catalina (which I just got back, after years, from a marina in Canada) but the yard I took it to, for storage, is all new people (new ownership after a bankruptcy) and the bow is down.  how much damage could this cause my boat?  i did put the cover on, got all the ice and water out of the cockpit, beforehand, and took a turkey baster to the front of the bilge, and took out the bilge plug out.  how much possible damage could the boat, being bow down and/or backwards in the cradle, be looking at?

thanks

becki kain detroit

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Main Message Board / Re: stupid stanchion question

« on: October 24, 2019, 10:43:20 AM »

well, i blew up the bladder under my aft cabin bed so i guess i don't need that to be vented (but they should fix it anyway!)

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Main Message Board / stupid stanchion question

« on: October 24, 2019, 05:18:11 AM »

it seems the yard bent 90 degrees my mid ship starboard stanchion, in setting my boat.  i can't remember if it's vented or not (and i can't get there until tonight to look).  if it's vented, on hull 99, 1986, what is it vented to?  it's just over the galley.  thanks

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Main Message Board / Re: water in bilge

« on: October 21, 2019, 01:05:07 PM »

is water in the bilge bad, seeing what is in there?  or no?  i seem to get different answers like everything else with boat ownership. and thanks

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Main Message Board / Re: water in bilge

« on: October 21, 2019, 11:16:19 AM »

hmm, they were too big to upload and then when i used apple->previewer, they were renamed as .heic so i thought i could just rename them.  i'll try gimp. thanks for telling me.

btw, i drained the bilge last tuesday with a turkey baster and checked back on saturday.  there was no new water, or not significant enough to notice so i don't think it's the keel bolts, but i'll tighten them anyway when she's out, and it can't be the water tank since it's empty.

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Main Message Board / Re: water in bilge

« on: October 20, 2019, 07:29:52 AM »

picture 2.

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Main Message Board / Re: water in bilge

« on: October 20, 2019, 07:06:42 AM »

picture one