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Julian,

I installed my C70 in April of 2008.  I have never had a problem except a little over a year ago I turned it on and had horizontal bandinng lines.  I turned it off and on about four times and finally it came on fine.  I was concerned at the time but
since it has never happened again I forgot about it.

Susan,

They left as planned, Sunday July 1st at about 8:20 AM.  Talked to them on Saturday, they were very pleasant and low key and had plenty of time to talk even though they were still working to get ready to go the next morning.  I took a picture of them and also of the boat loaded down with ten 5 gallon fuel jugs strapped to the stanchions on each side of the boat. Also a picture of them leaving the slip in the morning.  I will post them later.

If anybody is interested I have been following the Singlehanded racers from SF to Hawaii.  They have a Website www.//singlehandedtranspac.com/race-viewer/, it's pretty neat, all the boats show up on it, their track and location, you can click on each boat and it shows the skipper their boat speed, lat. & long. and distance to the finish.  If you zoom out all the way showing the Pacific Coast to Hawaii it shows all the wind patterns in the Pacific and clicking on any of the arrows it shows the wind speed. It's  been very calm out there but does show some pressure about six hundred miles south of them.

Stu,

The web site and part number for the tensioner is not new to this topic, I referenced it on page 1 of this post in Feb. of 2009.

Les,

That is Dana Point Marina.

Susan,

Best of luck to your delivery crew on the trip.  At least they won't be alone out there, the San Francisco SSS's Singlehanded Race from SF to Kauai starts on Saturday the 30th and they have 22-24 boats in the race.

Eric,

Could you let me know what program you used to do your schematic.

Thanks,

Noworries,

They do look nice, they were done right there in the slip, I believe that the same company also did the handrail replacements (which are also great looking). They then had a yacht maintenance co. build the seat platforms from starboard and then had the cushions made.  I talked to the person who did it & got his card but I did not get a price, unfortunately I threw his card away because I decided to buy the ones that mount on the inside.  I can try & get the name and number of the person for you if you are interested, I believe they are in the LA area.
I like my seats, the boat came with nice 3" cushions for each of the aft two lockers which were now unusable because the support posts sit on the lockers, so I added snaps to the starboard seats and use them there.  I also have a 40" wheel so I can sit either to windward or leeward on the seats and steer the boat (it's nice to be sitting up a little higher).

Tony,

Is the bag just laying in the locker beside the compressor or is it attached somehow and hanging above the compressor?

Thanks,

Susan,

Tranquility is berthed right across from me.  They have done a great job of upgrading it. The cabin top wood handrails were replaced with custom stainless ones, just had the stern rail modified not to long ago to add the seats, has stainless handrails on each side of the stern boarding ladder (something I did also after seeing them).  Externally, the boat is in very good condition so I imagine he maintained the rest of it accordingly. I didn't even realize it was for sale.
Best of luck.

Couldn't have said it better Kevin, best of luck and get well soon LB  !!!

Thanks everybody for your inputs & thoughts on the type of exterior bulbs you use.  Looks like I'm going just for the anchor LED for now.

I have just replaced all my inside bulbs to LED's and now have questions or any ones thoughts regarding exterior bulbs.
With the cost of the exterior LED's I'm wondering if they are worth changing out for the running lights, steaming light & bow light, or just change out the anchor light bulb?  I guess it depends on the type of sailing you do.  My night sailing is limited and also due to local conditions probably 50-60% of that would be under power. Any thoughts?

Scotty,

Try this website for the tape that Mainsail sells.


http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/butyl_tape

The trouble is they made the space at the time for a microwave that was 9 1/2" high (like the one we have in there now that has failed.

Our boat was built in 1993, unfortunately, they do not make microwaves at that height anymore. The smallest you can get now is 10 - 10.2" so the space has to be cut out either on the top or bottom.

Looks Good!!!

Did you just slide it in and drop it behind the bottom lip or is it secured in any other way?