Where is my ignition coil?

[LittleWing77]

Originally Posted by Ken Fry

Yes, you are right. I have heard that sailors are a little rough around the edges, and so I was hoping to avoid your question, given my prissy and sensitive nature. I was hoping to protect you.

A chivalrous sailor!

Well, you are certainly unique and unusual, that's certain. As someone who has been around sailors all my life (and unfortunately counts myself among them), I have learned to navigate interrelations carefully. You will hear no chortles from me. Well, except those since the beginning of this thread, but... a-hem!

Have we answered your questions satisfactorily? Any leaks from that lifejacket packing? If not, sounds like you're all ready for that circumnavigation

Oh, and I would say yes to the pickup. Leave the guitar, unless you can play it and then bring it along, store it in a handy cupboard (82' cats have plenty of storage) and ensure you bring it out to entertain the anchorage... once you figure out which pointy end to throw the anchor off of.

Do you know any tunes other than 'O Come All Ye Faithful'...?

[Ken Fry]

Originally Posted by LittleWing77

Well, you are certainly unique and unusual,
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WOW! When I have been described by two words in the past, it has never been so charitably. I feel like I have a home here. In fact, I filled in a few things on my profile so that Jim doesn't break my legs.

The stuffing has gone very well... possibly aided by the forceful way in which I was told to "stuff it" by one of my neighbors. I was impressed by their concern for my safety.

I do play guitar, as it happens. I'd be nervous bringing one aboard. All the cabinets seem to have been constructed underwater -- which has a clear advantage in security. But guitars do not stay in tune well when stored underwater. I may just duct tape it to one of the boat's wings.

So yes, I think I am ready to start my circumcision or whatever it's called. Kansas City, here I come!! Oh... that's a song I know.

I would not feel so ready to start this adventure were it not for the help I have received here!!

[NedX]

Originally Posted by Ken Fry

I am new to sailing multihulls.

Question 1: One of my diesel engines (the right one if I am looking backwards, or the left one if I am looking forwards) (why are there two?) bursts into flames when I start it. I think that's wrong. It seems like an ignition problem. So I want to replace its ignition coil, but can't find it. Where should I look. I called AutoZone, but they were no help.

Question 2: What is that booming noise when my engine starts? It is in-between a cherry bomb and an M80 in sound. Is it some sort of alert system?

Question 3: My previous sailing experience was with a paper airplanes, so I'm a little bit of a newby. A cruel person might say that I should have started out with something smaller than an 82' cat. Maybe I should know this, but I don't.. so please go easy on me. But here is the question: when I stuff a life jacket into my stuffing box I have a lot of life jacket left over. Do I just cut off the excess? Do they make smaller life jackets for the purpose? I removed that big metal roundy thing that goes to the squiggly thing in the water to make the hole bigger. But still, I'm wasting a lot of life jacket. Why do they make boats like this?

Merry Christmas to all!

This whole thread, all these qualified sailors, and not one of you has thought to ask whether he has a fin, bilge, bulb, or swing keel. It's like no one actually reads the posts.

[Dsanduril]

It doesn’t really matter what kind of keel the OP has, the important thing is the keel bolts. These should be a little rusty, but not too much. The easiest test is to hit them with a 5 lb (~2kg) single-Jack (hammer) exactly 11 times. If the keel stays on then the keel is the right one and the bolts are good. This test should only be performed with the boat in the water, otherwise you can’t find the leaks. Deep water is preferable so you can find out how bad the leaks actually are.

On a separate note, make sure you only have proper bronze seacocks, none of those European brass products, they are only made to last five years. Plastic is right out.

I hope you will heed all this advice, I would hate to have your trip end early.

[Valmika]

Why are any of you looking to this forum for answers. You can always find better information on youtube.

[Chris Cringle]

Your engine problem is simple. Your alternator is not alternating.

[Ken Fry]

Originally Posted by dfelsent

https://youtu.be/Ac7G7xOG2Ag

Thanks!

The next one that popped up on YouTube is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg

I'd like to think that I have never been in a meeting like this, but in fact, I have been in some that come awfully close.

[Ken Fry]

Originally Posted by Dsanduril

Plastic is right out.

But..... but ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk

[billgewater]

Originally Posted by Dogscout

The original machine had a base plate of prefabulated amulite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two main spurving bearings were in a direct line with the panametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented. The main winding was of the normal lotus-o-deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-boloid slots in the stator, every seventh conductor being connected by a nonreversible tremmie pipe to the differential girdlespring on the "up" end of the grammeters.
Turbo encabulators themselves are old, but the precept formulated in girdle-spring stabilization that will prevent the encabulator from cross-linking to the dingle-arm is about the only significant part of that report. Preventing any spurious sinusoidal UFD syncing problems related to modial duractance means they musty have figured out a practical and simple way to permit normalized panametric fam constants to nearly zero or at least have found some sneaky way to maintain negative quadrant pole stabilizations on the PM components. They have to have reductified polar coefficients to even attempt a stabilized hydrocoptic marzel vane that doesn't suffer from side fumbling.

Typical ill informed commentary. Not a single mention of hysterical hysteresis.

[NedX]

Originally Posted by Dsanduril

It doesn’t really matter what kind of keel the OP has, the important thing is the keel bolts. These should be a little rusty, but not too much. The easiest test is to hit them with a 5 lb (~2kg) single-Jack (hammer) exactly 11 times. If the keel stays on then the keel is the right one and the bolts are good. This test should only be performed with the boat in the water, otherwise you can’t find the leaks. Deep water is preferable so you can find out how bad the leaks actually are.

On a separate note, make sure you only have proper bronze seacocks, none of those European brass products, they are only made to last five years. Plastic is right out.

I hope you will heed all this advice, I would hate to have your trip end early.

I am humbled by your wisdom. I better go circumnavigate.

[Dsanduril]

Originally Posted by NedX

I am humbled by your wisdom. I better go circumnavigate.

Thank you so much. I have been sailing for 173 years, first as a cabin boy on a New Bedford whaler. I’ve made the trip from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami and back three times, once singlehanded and non-stop (I don’t count running aground under the bridge as “stopping” even though that’s what the traffic did for hours while I waited for my kedge to set).

I don’t want to hijack the thread, but speaking of kedge anchors, I wonder if anyone here has experience with the Muntle hook for attaching the kedge rhode to the billiard on the bow?

[rbk]

Originally Posted by caffel

Marine engines come in four colors, blue, green, red and silver-gray. Please let us know which one you have so we can respond accurately.
You are correct in assuming that it does matter which way the skipper is facing when the malfunction aoccurs.

You forgot brown. Many marine engines also come in brown.

[Dogscout]

Originally Posted by billgewater

Typical ill informed commentary. Not a single mention of hysterical hysteresis.

YOU WANTY HYSTERICAL, I'LL GIVE YOU HYSTERICAL.

[dfelsent]

Originally Posted by Ken Fry

Thanks!



The next one that popped up on YouTube is here:

I'd like to think that I have never been in a meeting like this, but in fact, I have been in some that come awfully close.

Ouch. That was painful. [emoji106]

[LittleWing77]

Originally Posted by rbk

You forgot brown. Many marine engines also come in brown.

Nah, he didn't forget. Brown doesn't count. If you have a brown engine, wrench it out of the boat immediately! Who has a brown engine anymore? I think they were made by Ferriman and... does it even work? Have you tried hand-cranking? If you are able to hand-crank, the next test you'll want to run is a confabulation test, for which you'll need an articulator. Do you have an articulator on board? If not you can get one from Definder for about 200 bucks, or 20 bucks, or maybe a boat buck, I forget which.

By the way, love excellent keel bolt test Dsanduril; it was explained so clearly and concisely. Newbies on the Forum, take note. There really is some excellent reference information on this thread!