Just reintroducing ourselves & our boat to the board (we disappeared in the recent reset).
Wind Tamer pics/site is here: http://slokat.com/Wind%20Tamer/Wind_Tamer.html (http://slokat.com/Wind%20Tamer/Wind_Tamer.html)
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The April - coming up the coast page shows us finally home in Morro Bay Harbor, after rounding Point Conception uphill & against the wind.
Keith & Julie Tracy
The boat looks beautiful. It seems to be configured nearly identical to mine, all the way down to your cockpit bilge pump. Can you tell me the make and model. The previous owner left me with nothing but a hole, only partially filled by a bilge pump that does not work....
Thanks
I'll check later this week, and get back to you, I have it in my equipment manuals binder on the boat.
It is a Henderson Mk5, now made by Whale. I found a rebuild kit for mine at an online store in Canada. A couple of things:
1. If you do a rebuild, get smooth-walled bilge hose and a non-return valve for the bilge. If you don't have the non-return valve, it is almost impossible (actually completely impossible) to get the pump primed and pumping. The head (the vertical rise) is just too big.
2. I am follow Drew from Dosia's lead and reinforcing the bulkhead around the pump with a sheet of plywood infused with epoxy. I think its a cheap way to improve the stability of the pumping action.
3. I am putting another Henderson Mk5 in the cabin, just in case! I am mounting it foreward of the starboard side water tank, so the bilge can be pumped manually inside in the event of an electrical failure. Once again, I'll be strengthening the bulkhead and using smooth-walled hose and a non-return valve.
Thanks for the info. Your item marked #3 is a very good idea and is actually required if you intend to do ORC Cat 1 or Cat 0 races. Keep us posted as to where you decide to mount it. I ahve been looking around, and just don;t see anywhere I would really want one.
She looks great Keith! Nice to have another P365 Ketch in the Central Coast! When we get back from Cruising, we'll have the makings of a flotilla.....
Rich
Currently floating La Paz, BCS, Mexico