Pearson 365 and 367

Hello all-

I just rebuilt my Mk5 in the head and I can NOT keep it completely sealed. It worked flawlessly for two days then started leaking again. I'm really flummoxed. This system is so simple and I'd say I'm a solid 8.5 / 10 on marine mechanical prowess. Everything looks, sounds and works great when I have the pump out. But once I get everything back together, I'm getting leakage on the dry side of the diaphragm and it leaks out of the drain hole on the back. (I also installed new hoses, BTW.)

I'm wondering if there's a way to just replace the Mk5 with a macerator. Preferably right down at the discharge port on the head, but any whichaway that works is fine with me.

Has anyone tried this?

Thanks-

Chris

Me again...

Our original manual head pump has gone out. The rebuild kit is $130. But I see a lot of electric heads in the $250-300 range, which I'd prefer on a number of fronts. Does anyone have one of the Albin or Johnson Pump Aqua T units or some other in that price range that you recommend?

Cheers-

Chris

Hello all-

I'm a relatively new 365 owner. I bought SV Odyssey back in July. Last week, the reefer (original equipment) went out. The compressor isn't running or anything, so I'm hoping it's just a fuse. This is the first boat I've had where the reefer is not on the circuit panel. I've looked everywhere I know to and cannot seem to find a fuse anywhere.

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!

Chris

Hi SV Journey. Thanks for the heads up!

Wow! Tight indeed! I second the motion of a having a couple extra hands available, especially if you're new. Don't wanna get off on the wrong foot with your dock mates. Haha. If in doubt, put her in neutral and use lines and boat hooks to get 'er in there like you did last time. When you're motoring up the lane, if you were going to go bow in (drive forward into the slip) would you turn to port or starboard? If your slip is to starboard, I would definitely try to back in. It will make your life lots easier getting out. If your slip is to port, you can use the prop walk to get out and get your bow pointed toward open water pretty easily. Hope that helps.

Hey Jordan-

Great to e-meet you! You'll only experience prop walk in reverse. Have you backed the boat up yet? Are you on an end slip where you can motor straight out and also pull alongside in forward gear? If so, you're in a great spot for a beginner. Haha.

As soon as you go into reverse, the stern will start walking to starboard. I'm a very experienced sailor and I've never experienced anything like it. I don't know if mine is typical, but it doesn't matter how you set the rudder or the power, she's gonna walk to starboard. One trick I found was that if I pretty much put the wheel hard over to port, I can back out (aft swings to starboard) then put it in forward (bow turns to port), then reverse, then forward, etc. and pretty much turn the boat around in not much more space than a boat length.

The main thing is to do everything slow and don't freak out when the boat starts going somewhere you don't want to. When you're learning the boat, always have someone else on deck with a fender and a boat hook ready to help you out of trouble. If you're backing out of a slip, have someone on deck in the cockpit on the starboard side to fend you off of the dock or piling to starboard. If you can also have someone on the dock, all the better. As she backs, the stern will start immediately making for the starboard corner of the dock. Once you have enough way on her for the rudder to bite, shift to neutral and - hopefully - she'll behave a bit more normally. I'm headed back down tomorrow and will experiment. I'll do some videos and send to you if you want.

Take care!

Chris

Hello all-

I just bought Odyssey two weeks ago in Jacksonville, FL. Sounds like I need to meet Jordan. Haha.

I'm sure I'll have lots of questions, but the first is...

I've sailed a lot of boats from 25 to 46 feet, but HOLY COW! How in the world do you back this boat to port or even straight?! In all throttle positions and wheel positions, she exclusively walks HARD to starboard. I'm headed back down this weekend. My next guess is that you kinda' gun it in reverse to get some way on her, then shift to neutral to get the rudder to bite. Am I barking up the right tree? I don't have a lot of wiggle room getting in and out of our slip, so after several vain attempts in open water, I finally just backed her into the slip so the prop walk would work for me. But wow. Never been on a boat that walks like this!

That said, we are over the moon to have her. She's beautiful from stem to stern. Need to clean the spars and redo the dodger canvas, but aside from that, she's in great shape.

At any rate, I'm sure I'll be chiming in with questions galore over the next couple months. I'm thankful to have been directed to this forum.

Fair winds all!

Chris