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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-03-2024, 10:15
Replies: 61
Views: 5,486
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Dodger Quotation

Sailrite.com may be your best friend. They offer for sale everything you need to make a replacement cover for your dodger, including FREE tutorial videos. If you don’t own an industrial-strength...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 29-03-2024, 09:42
Replies: 50
Views: 4,842
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Crazy high generator hours: any ideas why?

Many good answers here: high genset hours from spending its life in the tropics where A/C is used heavily. With half its life left, you can expect many more years of service life if not used...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-03-2024, 12:43
Replies: 21
Views: 1,454
Posted By billcrowley
Re: My Coach Top Handrails are rotting

A PO of our Newport 30, which we’ve had since 2016, replaced the cabin-top grab rails with a set made from a composite material like TREX. From 5’ away, you can’t tell they’re not real wood. I am...
Forum: Our Community 15-03-2024, 12:39
Replies: 91
Views: 8,258
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Favorite cruising related sayings

“The floggings will continue until crew morale improves”
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-03-2024, 11:00
Replies: 45
Views: 3,851
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Going rate for rigger to climb mast

You have the option of purchasing an ATN Mast Climber and doing it yourself, now about $485. They say it is safe and easy to use - requires leg muscles, but no second person. Sometimes ATN has a demo...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 01-03-2024, 12:50
Replies: 37
Views: 3,201
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Why Star vs Square Socket on Sail Winches?

WestAus - I have a spare winch handle here in California that I would happily send you for the cost of the postage - but from previous experience, my guess is the cost of shipping, if you are in...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 01-03-2024, 12:34
Replies: 70
Views: 7,568
Posted By billcrowley
Re: 10 REASONS NOT TO BUY VIKING PROPANE CYLINDERS.

wyb2 - I have always used a bathroom scale to determine the remaining propane in my steel tanks, which weigh around 18 pounds when empty.
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 02-06-2023, 13:13
Replies: 69
Views: 7,882
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Provisioning with no refrigeration?

Jerky is a good long-storage meat alternative. It can be reconstituted by cooking in water, then used in recipes designed for fresh meat. Slab bacon, purchased in bulk from your butcher, will keep at...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 15-04-2023, 13:06
Replies: 34
Views: 3,609
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Electric raw water pump?

Neelie - if you are having trouble fetching rubber impeller parts out of the heat exchanger, consider adding a second raw water strainer between the raw water pump and the heat exchanger to trap...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 07-04-2023, 09:36
Replies: 29
Views: 4,725
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Upcoming Survey: Westerbeke 40 Repair or Replace?

Vabchbrewer - you did not say your planned use of the boat. If it will be a daysailor or local cruiser, you might consider conversion to electric auxiliary propulsion. Many advantages over diesel,...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-01-2023, 13:55
Replies: 69
Views: 9,867
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Where to Charter with recent ASA 101-104, 114

If you’re interested in bareboat chartering in the BVI’s, contact Conch Charters. I have chartered from them twice (42’ & 44’ sailing cats) with no certifications, but a decent sailing resume. If...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-01-2023, 18:08
Replies: 110
Views: 15,582
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Are Boats Really This Fragile? Avoiding Costly Mistakes in the Future -New Boat O

Crankcase oil in a diesel should always be black from combustion byproducts after it has been run from fresh - NEVER gray, a sure sign or water (or coolant) ingress.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-11-2022, 11:38
Replies: 143
Views: 14,957
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Adding copper powder to antifouling

I don’t see any mention in this thread of the CopperCoat brand of anti-fouling underwater bottom paint, which is fine copper powder carried in an epoxy-like medium. I have had it on the bottom of our...
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 20-09-2022, 18:33
Replies: 59
Views: 7,456
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Prop for Electric Motor

One thing I did not see mentioned in previous replies is prop drag when sailing with the engine or motor turned off. Unless you are opting for a folding or feathering prop of some kind (which I don’t...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 10-09-2022, 20:26
Replies: 24
Views: 4,425
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Fire blankets?

A retired firefighter with 35 years experience, I carry dry-chem extinguishers in the cockpit, galley, and forward V-berth, as well as a fire blanket (these, BTW, are available in a variety of sizes)...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-05-2022, 21:45
Replies: 34
Views: 59,054
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Sheets?

Solar vent. A marinco 4” model moves 1000 cu ft/hour. Mine had been running on exhaust for 6 years without a hiccough. When the battery finally gave up in January, it wasn’t long before the 30’ sloop...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 04-03-2022, 08:48
Replies: 194
Views: 29,448
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Jerry cans are unusable

Get one of the (2) D-cell battery operated electric fuel pumps (available at Harbor Freight Tools & elsewhere for about $12). I have been using one to fuel my boat from a yellow plastic CARB diesel...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 25-02-2022, 09:18
Replies: 36
Views: 5,237
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Removing winch from mast

You can buy left-hand drill bits made specifically for this situation which aid in removing the remains of the bolt as you drill and the metals gain heat from the process. Select the same size used...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 25-02-2022, 09:00
Replies: 220
Views: 19,345
Posted By billcrowley
Re: What is the Absolute Lightest Propulsion Available?

Another vote for the ORU Origami kayak. Can be carried in a backpack. Check their website for specs and pricing. I have a friend who owns two, but I haven’t had the opportunity to paddle one yet, but...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 11-02-2022, 09:43
Replies: 36
Views: 4,237
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Tips for short people sailing solo!

I have a sail pack and never detach the main halyard from the headboard; it comes out at the forward end of the zipper, and I tie it back to the lazy jacks, then snug the halyard at it’s cockpit...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 24-01-2022, 10:53
Replies: 45
Views: 5,599
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Solo Leaving Oversized Slip w/ Pilings

Get a Honda 2.3 hp outboard auxiliary - or any other make that has no reverse gear, but turns 180-degrees for backing up. Then you will be able to drive the boat out, with reasonably good steering...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 17-01-2022, 10:06
Replies: 149
Views: 20,471
Posted By billcrowley
Re: What hp to re-power a 38ft sailboat?

The rule-of-thumb I’ve always heard is 2-hp per 1,000 pounds of displacement, which for your boat would mean arond 40-hp.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 24-12-2021, 18:56
Replies: 68
Views: 9,729
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Portable Generators Can Kill

rslifkin - my terrestrial “10-year” CO alarm lasted about 3 years on my sailboat before emitting a low-battery alarm.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-12-2021, 09:57
Replies: 66
Views: 9,270
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Bent rudder shaft?

Foss Foam makes replacement rudders for popular sailboat models. Not sure if your Cooper 416 falls into that category - but it wouldn’t hurt to ask them if they can help you. Last time I checked with...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 15-11-2021, 09:01
Replies: 34
Views: 6,385
Posted By billcrowley
Re: Relay to disable solar when engine running

I installed 180 watts of solar on our Newport 30-2 six years ago, and never considered such a conflict with alternator output when the auxiliary was running. The system has been operating just fine...
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