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Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 24-07-2022, 10:29
Replies: 9
Views: 1,642
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: which packing gland--spud or bolt?

our wilcox spud style stuffing box was 30+ years old and all bronze. never a bit of trouble. there was a little access problem but wiith a bit of cursing and struggling i was able to check it and...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 06-06-2022, 14:40
Replies: 11
Views: 1,616
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Cleaning foam from berths

ann, the only maintenance the cushions got after that initial cleaning was the occasional vacuuming by the admiral - also name ann - who used our small shop vac everywhere on the boat. one of the...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 06-06-2022, 12:23
Replies: 11
Views: 1,616
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Cleaning foam from berths

my cushions and covers were 25 years old when i bought the boat and 35 years old when i sold it. and still like new. that's the difference between a CSY and a Hunter....
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 06-06-2022, 12:19
Replies: 8
Views: 1,494
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Wen generator to charge lithium battery bank

i used a honda 1000 to top up my batteries occasionally but the dc output is only 8 amps, didn't do to well for my six golf cart battery bank. so i bought an automotive smart charger which started...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 06-06-2022, 12:09
Replies: 11
Views: 1,616
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Cleaning foam from berths

what skipmac says.
we bought our boat from a smoking couple - and i don't mean smoking looking. think they did a carton a day.
they were five inch thick foam with herculon covers. stank of smoke...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 08-03-2022, 14:43
Replies: 20
Views: 2,685
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Help - Perkins 4 108

what mingat says.

i added an electric fuel pump between the tank and the racor filter just because i didn't like the incredibly taxing process of bleeding the 4-108 fuel system. the electric pump...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 08-03-2022, 14:33
Replies: 263
Views: 28,762
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Reasonably safe Crypto funds when traveling.

as far as bitcoin and it's ilk is concerned, it lives on the internet. if and when shtf the internet will be gone and so will everybodys bitcoin.

i have had a brokerage account with fidelity...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 22-02-2022, 11:47
Replies: 45
Views: 7,623
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Pullman Berth w/head in bow

And don't forget the CSY 37 - the B plan, not the awful A plan. Even the designer thought the A plan was an abortion, but, that's what the buyer wanted.

The head occupied the bow section for...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-12-2021, 09:59
Replies: 3
Views: 658
Posted By onestepcsy37
Christmas At Sea

Christmas At Sea

The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
The decks were like a slide, where a seaman scarce could stand;
The wind was a nor'wester, blowing squally off the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 23-11-2021, 15:11
Replies: 213
Views: 41,130
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Delusion in the older Multi-Hull Market

brokers are guilty too. we once drove 90 miles to see a boat that the broker advertised as 'cruse ready'. the interior of the boat was pretty much torn apart. owner obviously rebuilding, rewiring,...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 23-11-2021, 14:58
Replies: 10
Views: 1,769
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: New Liveaboards for Thanksgiving

i had a boat with a one cylinder 8hp palmer! it was a paceship when paceship was built in nova scotia.
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 23-11-2021, 14:53
Replies: 18
Views: 4,715
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Is the St John’s Navigable to Orlando?

the city of sanford on lake monroe is pretty much the end of navigation but for a few miles past there. back in history sanford was where the steamboats picked up oranges and grapefruits and...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 10-11-2021, 15:43
Replies: 86
Views: 15,685
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: SV Bella Dawn missing en route Boot Key to Bimini Bahamas

same experience. my worry wart daughter called the coast guard when she hadn't got a daily cell phone call from us. we neglected to tell her that there wasn't much cell phone service in the...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 29-10-2021, 09:36
Replies: 7
Views: 1,442
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: voucher for 3000 EUR for sailing in Greece

Make contact with the charter company directly. Do not use any phone numbers or email addresses or contact names provided by the seller they may be his accomplices...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-10-2021, 10:41
Replies: 63
Views: 9,811
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Negatives of full Fibreglass hulls/decks?

the only real problem i have found with wooden boats is that you have to dry the wood a year before you can use it in the fireplace.:whistling:
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-10-2021, 10:34
Replies: 63
Views: 9,811
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Negatives of full Fibreglass hulls/decks?

we took a direct hit by lightning in the sea of abaco. evaporated the antenna, came down the mast - i watched it happen - and left the boat who knows where. i'm not grounded.

not a single...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-10-2021, 10:26
Replies: 63
Views: 9,811
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Negatives of full Fibreglass hulls/decks?

i owned a csy 37 which had no coring - hull or deck. i had to drill a hole in the deck to install the holding tank pump out fitting and was amazed at how thich the fiberglass deck was.

only had...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 11-10-2021, 11:09
Replies: 97
Views: 8,498
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Selling a boat from afar (Canada)

just a suggestion. friends of ours bought a 46ft ketch in seattle. they live in florida.
they sailed the boat down to i think long beach california, had it trucked to galveston texas, and then...
Forum: Polar Regions 11-10-2021, 10:25
Replies: 34
Views: 5,367
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Boats trapped in ice

the most historically famous 'trapped in ice' was the franklin expedition which left england in 1845 with two ships and 129 men. they were on a mission to conduct scientific experiments in the high...
Forum: Our Community 10-10-2021, 12:33
Replies: 69
Views: 12,192
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Hangkai Chinese Engines - $225 New

also discovered it needs a 30:1 gas to oil ratio. my 1990's yamaha specifies 100:1. that hangkai has to run really dirty, kind of like my old seagull, which i otherwise absolutely loved. it used...
Forum: Our Community 10-10-2021, 12:13
Replies: 69
Views: 12,192
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Hangkai Chinese Engines - $225 New

please enlighten me if i am wrong, but i thought that new production two stroke engines had been banned years ago. it looks like all the hangkai 3.5 hp engines on amazon are two stroke.

also,...
Forum: Marine Electronics 23-09-2021, 11:50
Replies: 20
Views: 3,116
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Need transducer advice - depth, in-hull

i agree with your designer. each thruhull has the possibility of sinking your boat. i glassed over the thru hull transducer and put in an inhull setup i figured out myself. my depthsounder, by the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 23-09-2021, 11:45
Replies: 55
Views: 10,500
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Hulls split down the middle

all boats made by csy - about 400 - were built in halves and then joined.
including the csy 37 that i owned. not one boat has ever suffered structural damage. they were well known for being one...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-09-2021, 07:27
Replies: 55
Views: 6,255
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: When the auto pilot fails

did anyone mention john letchers book 'self steering for sailing craft'? it was out of print years ago but can probably be found online.
i had a cpt autopilot on my 20000lb csy 37 which worked...
Forum: Our Community 09-09-2021, 16:06
Replies: 35
Views: 2,566
Posted By onestepcsy37
Re: Science says Nature is good for you

Author Edward Abbey said much the same thing, with an added thought -

just knowing there is a natural and wild place to go to, even if we never get there, can raise your spirits.
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