Pearson 365 and 367

There was one over in Matagorda, Tx.  I took a look at it- pretty good shape. Check posts on this forum about a year ago. I know that he was going to post it but I haven't seen it go up yet anywhere.

Here's what comes to my mind but - hopefully some smarter folks then me out there will chime in.

Yes, should go to 12.8v but also frig is taking some of that power too so charging will be slower than without frig. Maybe put a DVM in series and measure what the frig is actually taking and with it off you can check on other power drain on those batteries.
Its worrisome that the batteries rapidly drop 0.3V after charging. Since it seems this has been an issue since 'day one', maybe you have a bad cell in a battery or a bad wiring connection.

Otherwise, for a day of use, if you have a 0.3V drop that's about 25% drop in charge state for those AGMs. For a 300aH bank that should be about 75aH. If your 5a frig is drawing power continuously over 24 hrs., that would be 120aH. If its on 2/3 of the time, that would about match your bank's draw down.

Sounds like low oil level at the pick up in the pan after the engine has been running (highest level in the pan will be before start). There might be a plug (sludge) in the pickup. Might not be a pump problem since you do get good pressure early.
Maybe try simply things first- change oil & filter. Auto parts stores sell various 'cleaners or flushes' to reduce sludge.

Nice-list to add to life's experiences. Good to hear she's running. Thanks for letting us know.

Air intake OK?

Super looking job on the battery box!
Regarding the rigging, looks like the main and mizzen mast are about vertical and parallel. Is that correct and recommended? Our mizzen has a slight tilt toward aft and a rigger had tuned it up that way. Always wondered if that was correct.

We had a bad experience with a home made fiberglass tank that was not even 10years old on our 365 that we just bought in Sept. Resin and fibers were dissolving into the diesel plugging up the fuel filter. The surveyor we hired thought it would be a problem and said it needed to be covered with gelcoat. Fortunately, it was easy to cut the tank out.

Thanks very much to both of you for sharing your thoughts and pictures.
P69- Have you had much of an air leak issue into fuel having the filter well above the tank (near the lid of the port locker lid)?

Did you do your gulf crossing last year?
My son picked up a 365 Ketch in Tampa just before Irma went through in mid Sept 2017.  There was some damage to a solar panel- otherwise the boat survived very well. We headed out three days after that heading to Corpus Christi. It was a pretty quiet ride with easterly winds. We had to motor about 130 miles of the trip due to near calm winds.
Dean

We are relatively new owners of a 365 (1978) which we bought in Sept. We have a substantial number of projects in mind but really got to get on top of fuel handling. The previously owners just had a small inline fuel filter between an electric fuel pump and the 40hp Westebeke engine. We are buying a Racor 500 filter based on favorable notes in the forum. What location are you mounting this filter?
Thanks for your input!
Dean

Thanks very much Dale and Wayne for your replies. Thanks too for all those posts you've made over the years. They are very helpful.

Following up from Dale's' comments....For the near term, my son plans to be doing weekends to short weeks out of Corpus Christie. We got a great weather window in the northern Gulf in late Sept after Irma went through and sailed from Tampa to Corpus. Did catch a thunderstorm though (we got the forecasted 10% chance of rain) which brought me to ask the questions about heavy winds. Shelf and roll cloud developed as it approached so we rolled up the jib, doused the main, and reefed the mizzen figuring if that was too much sail we could most easily handed that one. Went to close haul then cranked the wheel over to windward and we rode it out comfortably.

Dean

Hi Folks,
My son bought Sta-Sea Dawn, which was Billy & Bev's boat. They were great to work with on the transaction. Anyway, once he gets settled in, he'll join the forum too. He'd been looking for a 365 ketch for several months until the purchase just after Irma swept through the Tampa area. The boat came through almost unscathed. Some solar panel damage was as all it got. He's not renamed the boat yet.

The only sails on the boat are a roller furled jib, main with 2 reefs, and a mizzen with one reef set. I'd appreciate hearing from others about their sail plan for strong winds or gales. Seems like for Sta-Sea Dawn she'd need a 3rd reef in the main (in lieu of a storm tri-sail), maybe 2nd in the mizzen, for starters. Cutter rigs can hoist a storm jib on the staysail stay. I haven't seen a 365 with that stay. What do you use? From the following article, it seems that might be a job to install:
http://www.cruisingworld.com/how/rig-staysail

ATN Gail Sail Storm jib, which mounts on the roller furled jib,  seemed not up to the task compared with a true storm jib according to Cruising World.

Thanks for your help!
Dean