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Standing & Running Rigging and Fitting/Tuning / Re: Rainwater in Bilge
« on: January 19, 2014, 11:21:31 AM »
French boats use bare aluminum hulls (above the waterline) all the time. I have only had one season with the mast stripped of it's black paint. It looks fine. I used aircraft stripper (paint remover) on advice of a friend who said it may have anodizing under the paint I shouldn't sand away. I initially had trouble with the remover. I used plastic wrap to keep the stripper wet on the mast yet it wasn't cutting the paint- especially the tough yellow primer under the black.

It turned out it wasn't warm enough weather. When it warmed up the job went easy-ier.

The bright silver aluminum looks so sharp compared to my spotty black painted spar. I had the boom refinished glossy black a number of years ago so I left the boom black. The mast looked like the camouflage on submarine periscopes before!

For fun I painted the spreaders "Tangerine" like my little '69 911S! Easy to see in a roiling sea and so fun.

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Electrical Systems & Electronics / iPAD
« on: January 17, 2014, 08:36:59 AM »
Anyone using iPad for NAV purpose on board?

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Plumbing and Galley Systems / Re: IceBox Drainage
« on: January 17, 2014, 08:22:31 AM »
Same here. Whale dual action foot pump for emergency freshwater from tank manifold... Separate PAR hand pump for salt water at galley sink.

As supplied by Pearson.

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Standing & Running Rigging and Fitting/Tuning / Re: Rainwater in Bilge
« on: January 17, 2014, 08:20:22 AM »
Nuts!

I had my mast off to strip the paint and install new maststep last Spring. When I bought the boat 15 years ago I pulled all the Al castings from the extrusions and replaced the self tappers with allen head  cap screws into Heli-Coils in the castings. I had a lot of time then and it payed off. When I needed to inspect the wiring this Spring the sheave box fasteners unscrewed like butter.

Next time I pull the mast I'll follow your lead. I have no desire for internal halyards.

Bare-Naked Al mast lookin' great after one season. No signs of corrosion.

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After a grounding I had to remove my shaft strut. When I was removing it I found a shim or more accurately an "adapter". It is over an inch thick. At the time I thought it was intended to correct for tolerances in the casting of the struts. Now I believe the adapter is used to offset the strut to port or starboard to compensate for propeller rotation. I can't remember if the strut was completely symmetrical- Maybe it is, and the adapter determines offset.

That knowledge would've come in handy while straightening the strut in a 40 ton press. Instead I had to make a correction then return 100 miles to the boat to match... Tedious at best.

I don't think the offset angle is acute enough to affect the short stern tube. Boats could be manufactured in identical molds and the adapters used to match offset to engine rotation.

Make sense?

If so- The adapter would be simple to cast out of thickened epoxy. THen you could switch the shaft to the other side and solve your problem.

I hope so.

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Standing & Running Rigging and Fitting/Tuning / Re: Rainwater in Bilge
« on: January 16, 2014, 05:10:07 PM »
I see! I use external halyards so I'll follow your lead. How did you close those holes?

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Standing & Running Rigging and Fitting/Tuning / Rainwater in Bilge
« on: January 16, 2014, 05:24:39 AM »
My ALMA is stored ashore and I am getting a little water in the bilge from rainwater.

It is in the top bilge around the maststep and rarely is enough to reach the bottom sump bilge.

It is not coming from the anchor locker. I don't see evidence of water coming in through any ports or hatches.

I don't have water coming in through the mast hole in the deck.

We've had a lot of rain in NJ lately and I'm wondering if it is all coming through the sheave box at the top of the mast.

Does anyone see a source of rainwater I'm missing?





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General Discussion / Re: To Good To Be True 10/31/2013
« on: November 29, 2013, 07:25:38 PM »
I've bought some parts from them and they have held up well. I wouldn't bet the boat on any of their shackles either. But I have used their tiny shackles on the tack of my furler- There's not much load there. They're good for interior decorative SS hardware.

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General Discussion / Re: Late Season hauling-Winter Projects
« on: November 29, 2013, 07:07:37 PM »
I LOVE that nav station "PopTop"!!!!

I was thinking of a way to do that in a "Stealth Mode" with the screw heads that attached it cut and bonded to the table's storage inset. That way valuables could be hidden from theft. I've seen holes cut into the face for chart storage, but never a hinged insert! I'm also going to look at moving my shower sump forward. That's also a great idea.

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General Discussion / Re: Late Season hauling-Winter Projects
« on: November 27, 2013, 01:42:15 PM »


Here's a great Winter project.

This fits right behind my Nav Station backrest. It has little rubber feet to keep it from wandering.

When it's really rough we put it on one of the side spots.

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General Discussion / Re: Late Season hauling-Winter Projects
« on: November 27, 2013, 01:31:59 PM »
While you're working on your mast wiring you might consider the thick RG-8U cable. It's pricy but does increase signal strength.

Run it from the masthead down to the bottom grommet and install a male connector there with about a foot of pigtail from the mast. Then you can use a double female junction to join the cable to another that comes from your radio.

This junction right with the mast wiring terminal strip ensures an easy disconnect when unstepping the mast. You never know when you may have a yard unstep your mast without you there to supervise. My friend's P 28 had a bad experience when a yard chopped all the mast wiring removing the mast. They offered to fix it by using blue butt connectors in the bilge...

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ALMA is Atomic Four powered with a Walter Vee Drive. Her shaft is port of the rudder skeg.
She backs to port. I use the prop walk to my advantage when docking.

I can't imagine motoring a SABRE with their prop shaft exiting the hull way off center.

There's a Running Gear piece in November SAIL Magazine featuring a Pearson 323.
It describes removing the prop and shaft for maintenance.


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General Discussion / Re: HIN Problems
« on: November 27, 2013, 01:12:18 PM »
I've heard through the years how Pearson HINs are whacked. My boat has PEA xxxx ending in 77 yet I learned the boat is a 78!

Nothing worse than NJ DMV. The proof is a handsomely paid policeman in every office.


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Sails and Canvas / Re: Spinnakers
« on: November 27, 2013, 01:05:57 PM »
I have a hank on Flasher I use. It has it's own light SS cable that tacks to the forepeak and the cable hoists with the sail's head. We use it in light wind on the beam or aft with or without a whisker pole.

It's a lot less trouble than a spinnaker and the related rigging. We use a very light halyard on the masthead sheave box crane. The halyard is tied off on the mast when not in use to facilitate tacking the Genoa.

The lightweight sheets go through a snatch block tied to the stern cleat.

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Sails and Canvas / Re: Arches (not golden ones)
« on: October 10, 2013, 04:06:04 PM »
ALMA squats under power. We don't have the bow water tank or bow anchor platform that balances some 323s.

I made a shelf that rests on the hull's longitudinal ribs under the vee berth.
The shelf is thin plywood with an epoxied wood 1X1 stifiner on the bottom. It's triangular shape locates it within the vee section. Underneath I have my Flasher sail, on top is my heavy 100% jib, it's pennant and it's sheets. Both together weigh little compared to a tank full of fresh water. So we squat under power. Under sail we're nicely trimmed.

My port side water tank is new and there is a new panel I made where I cut out the old tank. I had time when I made it and I split the atom. It's all hidden under the sliding bunk board.

I really took a lot of time on the job and its very pretty and shipshape...

The new tank LEAKS! It's a beautiful welded poly tank made by a company that makes plastic parts for pharma companies and was expensive.
It's dimensions allow a higher top so taking the wedge shape into consideration I bet it's 26 gallons? A lot more than the standard 19 or so.

But it leaks! It's not possible to weld the plastic to the baffle with the "lid" on so once it was overfilled (I did it) it split the top seam. I took it back and they screwed it up again.
It'll hold it's capacity until we heel over then I get pretty sweet city water in my bilge...

I'm hoping to have a stainless one fabricated from the dimensions of this one- We'll see.

One thing's certain- I won't think of the starboard side's pan interior as being sacred much longer.
Without a trim busting bow tank I really need to take advantage of the additional space at the top of the settee cavity and fabricate another bigger tank for the starboard side.

I DO have a great ALLCRAFT all stainless round 12 gallon water heater in the lazzerette behind the nav station. The water heater and amidships the head, balance the galley and the standard battery bank. ALMA sits straight up.

I'm not a fan of bladder tanks so if anyone wants to go in and get a few port and starboard tanks fabricated from thin stainless steel I'd be interested in trying to get a volume discount.
I have the dimensions for the port side. I'd need to make a drawing of the starboard side.






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