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#21

Pearson General Non-Mechanical System Maintenance and Repair / Re: Backstay blocks

Last post by eveningebb - September 13, 2024, 01:41:14 PM

I still have those blocks on Evening Ebb.  When I replaced my standing rigging we didn't replace them and it's never come up in my annual rig inspections. 

#22

Pearson General Non-Mechanical System Maintenance and Repair / Re: Backstay blocks

Last post by SVJourney - September 13, 2024, 12:01:16 PM

The blocks in your pics are exactly the same as the blocks I had on Journey.  I assume they are original.  They seemed perfect to me for their intended use.  Even when I had a well known rigger replace my standing rigging, we did not replace those blocks.  They are easily inspectable and redundent as even if one breaks, the other side will carry the load.  My 2 cents anyway. 

You might want to ask Dale about it as he owns a chandlery, is an expert on our rigs, and gives discounts to 365 owners.

#23

Pearson General Non-Mechanical System Maintenance and Repair / Backstay blocks

Last post by stephandjaysail365 - September 12, 2024, 11:58:03 AM

Hello,

We are replacing our standing rigging. We need to order new blocks for the backstays.

Any recommendations? Model? Type? I'm wondering if there is advice for working load to consider.

Thanks!

Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/D43Rpty4Cf4dpukq5  (photos are not of our boat - another Pearson 365 from the marina as reference)

#24

Pearson 365/367 Yacht Club / Re: Engine lifter

Last post by P69 - August 20, 2024, 08:10:06 PM

I copied Dale's design  and successfully moved my engine in and out a few times. Because my version is based on the pictures from Dale's work and not his actual design document, there are likely differences.

1. The 29" horizonal dimension should probably be 2" shorter because I recall it hitting the fwd end of the companionway opening and/or the aft end of the lower bar scraping on the companionway threshold. I also have a very vague recollection that the 36" dimension might have been too much, but not sure. Make a cardboard mockup to test.

2. I had to move the engine onto the sole adjacent to the nav desk with this lifter, removed the lifter, then moved it up to the cockpit, then out.

3. The two lifting eyes on the lifter have to be exactly in vertical alignment; otherwise, the weight of the engine will cause the lifter to angle/skew.


More pictures: https://bodylens.com/Gallery/thumbnails.php?album=7

#25

Pearson 365/367 Yacht Club / Re: Engine lifter

Last post by Nailhead432 - August 20, 2024, 01:18:04 PM

Also interested

#26

Pearson General Non-Mechanical System Maintenance and Repair / Re: Curtains sliders...

Last post by S/V AMITY - August 19, 2024, 08:45:08 AM

Thanks Dale!

#27

Pearson General Non-Mechanical System Maintenance and Repair / Re: Curtains sliders...

Last post by Dale Tanski - August 18, 2024, 12:17:32 PM

Check Sailrite, they will have them.
Dale

#28

Pearson General Non-Mechanical System Maintenance and Repair / Curtains sliders...

Last post by S/V AMITY - July 25, 2024, 09:06:24 AM

  We have the original cabin aluminum tracks for the curtains but no sliders.  Are the sliders still made?

Cheers!

#29

Pearson 365/367 Yacht Club / Re: Tried out the mizzen stay ...

Last post by Jordan - July 24, 2024, 05:48:10 PM

Oh that is beautiful. For some reason I always called it the mizzen ballooner. I don't have one, but I wonder if the sizing should make it higher cut, so that it has to balloon out, preventing interference with the backstays. Everything I've read seems to match your attachment points.

And +1 for the oxiclean. I used that and a pressure washer, but letting it soak would probably be less labor.

#30

Pearson 365/367 Yacht Club / Re: Tried out the mizzen stay ...

Last post by S/V Legacy - July 19, 2024, 05:02:45 PM

The backstay is without a doubt a problem. I've read the foot should attach on the windward rail, but I cannot figure out how to do that without wrapping around the stay.