Oh, I forgot to say: I drilled my bolts myself to accept the cotter pin. No problem.
You might have to get gudgeons machined if you want exact....however, I would likely go to a used (or new) boat store and get one that would work, as many boats have outboard rudders.
301 2005-08-17 17:28:40
Re: Pintles (28 replies, posted in Repairs/Modifications/Upgrades)
303 2005-08-17 17:15:21
Re: PHRF (7 replies, posted in Boat handling / Performance)
Welllllllll, if you don't use a spinnaker, which I haven't learned to yet, and your sails are not brand new, then you might get a rating like me.....301!!!
304 2005-05-26 20:24:19
Re: Raw water cooled diesel (8 replies, posted in Technical)
Well, it was the design of the cooling jacket on the Farymanns, which they have since changed. It was a brass sheet around the cylinder with o-rings. An accident waiting to happen...as the sea water will eventually get past the rings...AND the cylinder had a thin spot in the wall where the stud went through to bolt the head down. That is where the hole was both times...again Farymann has changed that. So obviously there was a problem there.
However, you are also likely right about the electrolysis, and that makes sense, as the hole also happened to the old owner while he was in that marina for 12 years. And, when I moved her to my marina in Vancouver I, being the paranoid one that I am, ;-) did drop a zinc over the side and monitored it for three months...and nothing. Not a nibble by any kind of current...(I mean, it should have shown something after three months, shouldn't it have?!)
So, yes, it could be a number of things.
And yes, I use a bucket and a hose that I have a special snap on, tight, non-leaking ;-) attachment to the ball valve...and I have timed it that it takes about a minute a gallon, and I figure two minutes is enough...I mean, I basically don't want another $4,800 repair bill! But, it's unlikely that will ever happen again....as the whole situation has changed...cylinder design as well as marina...
OK, I've rambled on enough!