Pearson 365 and 367

Dale, that's cold!!
BTW I really appreciate everything you have contributed to the 365 owners group.

Man I am sorry. I held on to them for 2 years and dumped them last month since no one showed interest.

Happiness is getting your boat off the hurricane mooring for the first time since August 1. Looking forward to fall, winter and spring sailing!

Jim, you are a better man than I. When I bought Salty Dog I had the bottom peeled, a layer of E Glass applied with epoxy resin, then interprotect 2000, and finally bottom paint. If I recall the total cost was $10,000.  I tried finishing sheetrock once and swore never again, thus the decision to pay others.

If this is redundent to your knowledge I apoligize but if you are interested in improving performance there are several more adjustments to consider. I am not sure I would want the backstay overtight unless you sail in heavy air most of the time. The 365 is rather underpowered. In light air you would want to induce headstay sag as much as possible gradually reducing sag as the wind builds. Coincidentally this also moves the mast head forward slightly. Unless you install a means to easily adjust the backstay then you must take a stab at a compromise. You could adjust the turnbuckles on the backstay according to conditions thay day and if that is too much trouble  you can make a few adjustments according to sailing season as different seasons offer different average conditions.  I have not tried it yet but you could also attach two snatch blocks shackeled together to the split backstay and a block and tackle as a backstay adjuster. When you pull down it squeezes the two stays together which tightens the rig.

Another easy adjustment is the vang. Many do not realized the effect on the rig a vang can have as well as to the sail.

Unless you are a very talented driver I would try and have a slight weather helm and especially avoid lee helm as that can cause a dangerous situation of the boat driving down when you want to feather up.

Flat is fast. If you are burying the rail while going up wind you are going sideways. Vang on and ease the main and feather up. If still overpowered ease the vang to allow air to spill off the top. Unless your boat has a traveller you may have to help the boom travel down with a push. You next move should be to move the genoa car aft which allows the foot of the sail to be trimmed in flat but spill excess air off the head of the sail. (In light air move the car forward of base setting to induce more shape in the sail. ) After all this and you are still overpowered reduce sail.

Finally I do not believe the mizzen is particularly effective going upwind. Where it shines is reaching or perhaps in  a storm with the main put away. Because of this I have choosen to remove it from my boat which has made a world of difference in the cockpit for entertaining and reduced weight aloft.

Salty Dog came with the same port. I thougt it was standard equipment, makes so much sense.

Triple that, nice shot!

I have installed a semi permanate mooring off our pier which itself is in a pretty good hurricane hole.  It consist of a 450lb anchor that came off a 80' shrimp boat. Water depth is only 8' combined with high end  8' surge when the do do is really hitting the fan.That  would give a total depth of 16'potential depth. From the anchor I have 15' of chain which I attach 100' rode and a dynema harness that can attach to both bow cleats or both primary winches from the stern. Anchoring from the stern reduces the sailing back and forth movement. Last year the eye of Sally passed directly overhead. Although only a cat 2 with windspead @105, the duration was unbelievable. Salty Dog stood her own and did not drag an inch.   A storm powerful enough to overcome this system will deliver enough damage that the boat will be the least of my worries.   I look at hurricane season the way a lot of guys up north look at winter.  You have to prepare the boat for the season. Hurricane  season ramps up in August when it's no fun to sail anyway because of heat and light wind so I prep the boat on my schedule and leave it that way through September. I have way too many other fish to fry getting ready for a storm so removing Salty Dog from the equation is a great relief.

Just my 2 cents. Wayne has many thousands of miles of experience and I would rate his advice as top notch.  I had not previously seen the cpt system but love the simplicity and power. I had a ray marine wheel pilot and considered it useless, mainly because of lack of power. I upgraded to a ray marine electric linear drive and absolutely love the functions but acknowledge this is not the system of choice for offshore passages as a long term cruiser. For coastal sailing or occasional passages the ray marine system is awesome. It will sail by course or wind direction and tack and gybe  bringing the boat to close to the same wind angle on opposite tacks with a touch of a button. For the way I sail it is perfect and the price point is easy on the wallet.  On the other hand if I were crossing oceans my priorities would be quite different and would very likely prefer the system Wayne settled on.  In that world my greatest concern would be some relief from hand steering for prolonged periods in stormy conditions and a robust simple system.  I just do not trust the ray marine system in that scenario. System failure at the same time you are exhausted is not a good combination.  Ray marine does offer a hydraulic upgrade but when you enter that space I would look at brands that have a more robust reputation.

I don't visit this site nearly enough but see several boats hailing from the Northern Gulf.  I keep 364 Salty Dog on Perdido Bay. Who is nearby?

After 364 took a lightning hit I replaced the alternator with an electromaxx 140A , a serpentine pulley kit and charge controller. All up the parts cost $1409. I also installed a walker air sep on the intake which is supposed to minimize the oil leak in the rear seal because it creates a vacuum within the oil  breather return system. The other benefit is the engine runs quieter. I also replaced the rear seal.    Unfortunately I was sidelined last summer due to a couple of shoulder surgeries and did not get to use the boat much. In the 15 hours of run time since I have had not leak. Knock on wood.

I have 2 rebuildable hatches available to anyone willing to pay for shipping. 

It is very possible that your front seal is leaking. I went through the whole process including adding a walker airsep to the intake to create some negative pressure and still have a very small leak.  I had rotator cuff surgery at the beginning of the summer so I have not been able to get in the engine room to trace it but my guess is the front seal.  The positive is that it is nothing like it used to be and easy  to deal with.  Like one oil absorption pad for the season.

Absolutely. We ended up installing it at 8.25 but the bronze tiller arm I bought is capable of going all the way to thirteen. Not that would want to but I can always move the system out if necessary. We actually mounted to the cockpit floor so it goes fore and aft.  You have provided some excellent information. Thank you.

I think the displacement is 17,700. Fully tanked up it jump to 19,250. Add gear and I would guess 21,000 but that would be loaded to the max at the start of a long cruise. The vast majority of time I would be less than 20,000 lbs.
Can you still turn her within her length?