Pearson 365 and 367

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.

Oh man. When you said hero, I remembered another comment about the toe rail (maybe from you). I actually did that on the hook in the Bahamas.

Only had two issues. First was fiberglass wasn't happy being stored in such a high humidity environment for a couple of years.
Second was one of the tracks still tried to straighten out upon removal, and punctured one of the SUPs.

Quote from: SVJourney on June 14, 2024, 09:07:58 AMHeyya,  good to hear from you.
That is indeed a hero's laundry list of things to do.  Esp in Indiantown in the middle of summer!  Hope it all works out well for you.

How've you two been? Last I remember, you were shopping for a new sailboat after trawlering around for a bit.

Whew! It's been a hot minute, and I think I owe you all an update. It's been 4 years, and we haven't stopped floating. Up and down the East coast of Florida, and a full year in the Bahamas (with a quick flight for a visa extension).

We're now in Indiantown Marina, hauled out, with work progressing. We broke a chainplate during an accidental jibe (rig stayed up), sheared off the bolts between the propshaft and the v-drive, with a ridiculous fix to get us limping, adding starlink showed how inadequate my solar was (and how limiting my dodger and bimini are for adding more). So a new hardtop bimini and dodger to host more solar, davits to give us back our deck space, and an arch for even more. Stepping the masts, and replacing the main mast step, putting a wind generator on the mizzen, and putting actual mast steps on both.

Original fuel tank is leaking after some of the weather we've been through, so I'm getting a new aluminum one fabricated, and I'm leaning towards doing a 35 gallon with a 15 gallon day tank and polishing system. Haven't had issues with bad diesel yet, but we're pretty paranoid about that. Discovered that leak trying to track down some oil leaking from the engine. It's near the timing cover. She has still started every time without fail, so I'm doing everything I can to keep her going without repowering.

I did want to share one additional thing. Since I had to damage my v-drive rigging it up to keep limping along, I sent it in to Walter (they are still around, and still back their stuff), and the response I got was so hilariously passive aggressive proud. I've attached it.

Also interested.

I'm replacing my staystream with a Harken MKIV Unit 2. It still works fine for me, but it's too difficult for the Admiral. Scheduled for haul out on 5/7/24.

Quote from: Dale Tanski on February 27, 2024, 09:01:43 AMMy boat has that little recessed panel.  I moved the engine shut off pull to under the rear cockpit lid and put the START button in that hole.  The inner holes, (Start & Preheat) I installed a water temp gauge as I eliminated the Westerbeke panel altogether.  The tack was shot and the gauges were crappy looking.
Those rubber button covers are I believe a MARINCO part and are still available.  If you want I can check and let you know what they cost.
Dale

Dale, you got more info on that? My tach and hour meter are shot, and I didn't think I want to replace it. And having the controls somewhere easier to access sounds amazing

First, sorry for the delay. This particular project went unexpectedly well. I decided to pay the super skilled guy at the yard to supervise me and provide guidance. We were at a hotel about 20 minutes away. We got the call that they were ready, so we head back to the boat. We had to get gas, so it took about 30 minutes to get there. By the time I got there, dude said he got bored waiting, and just did it. He bashed out the existing transducer, installed a new sleeve, and the new transducer. I was a bit worried about the cost, but since I had everything already, they charged me for 30 minutes at the skilled labor rate of $90/hr. So yeah, $45 and I have a super clean install (and 0 leaks when put back in the water). I'll get some pictures up a bit later today or tomorrow. I want to write something else, but didn't want to leave this hanging.

I don't know what the "snurk" is. Butt shots?

Hauled out this morning in quite a rush, and finally got a chance to look closer at the existing transducer. Didn't budge, and I couldn't quite get my pipe wrench around it. During this time on the hard, I'm finally going to install my DST 800. Anyone done that? I vaguely remember reading something about it being flush mounted, but I can't find anything on this forum. Any advice you'd provide?

Quote from: SV Azimuth on June 08, 2021, 10:44:30 AM
My partner and I purchased Sailrite's kit for making a Sunbrella stackpack/lazy jack system. It's the cheapest price you'll find, their instructions really are good, and it was a fun project to work on together. Happy to provide pics or answer questions if you're interested.
https://www.sailrite.com/Sail-Pack-Stack-Pack-Kit-for-13-Boom

I'd like to see some pics. It's not a high priority, but it is on my list down a ways.

Quote from: Nightwind on May 14, 2021, 10:10:06 PM
After hearing about issues and cost to repair, I did a $350.00 modification to the original.

That's freaking brilliant.

Wow. I read these as they came in, but didn't make the time to respond. Either tonight or tomorrow, I need to provide an update. I'm at the new stringers and tuning the rig phase.

As seems to be the way of the cruiser, I will most likely miss hanging out with S/V Gallivant (known here as SVJourney). It makes me really sad, but I'm learning more about this whole "sailing to a schedule" thing. Just finished with the electrical rewire, and almost done installing the new water heater (it's the dry fit that has taken this long).

Oops. I started working backwards, from the panel, moving back towards the battery. Thought I was just about finished, just got to go back to the positive out on the isolator, right?

Can anyone guess who just pulled out the new battery and battery box in order to leave no single wire unknown? Kind of zoning today, so I might actually get it done today, but we'll see.

Damn, that's a fancy dinghy. I do think that I'm going to cough up the money for a rigid hull (not sure if aluminum or fiberglass, although I'm partial to fiberglass). I really want to sell our car, and this is a big step in that direction.