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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 08-07-2022, 23:23
Replies: 36
Views: 6,793
Posted By roverhi
Re: Yanmar 3gm30f rpm recomendations

If you are getting 6k at 2,000 rpm there is something seriously wrong with your knot meter or the tachometer. How much rpm do you get at full throttle. Engine should run to 3600rpm in flat...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-06-2022, 10:08
Replies: 12
Views: 2,058
Posted By roverhi
Re: What brand self-steering windvane is this?

It’s a pendulum-servo vane that steers through the boats rudder with lines to tiller/wheel. It’s got a cast aluminum main body so not a Cap Horn or Monitor or other SS variety.

If anyone has a...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 08-06-2022, 08:08
Replies: 14
Views: 1,598
Posted By roverhi
Re: Yanmar 3gm35h cooling problems

Replace the mixing elbow. The 2gm20f in my new to me boat had less than 200 hours on it when the water out the exhaust suddenly diminished. Engine had been started occasionally but not run long...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 26-05-2022, 10:59
Replies: 32
Views: 4,156
Posted By roverhi
Re: Info on this yacht

If the boat is typical cold molded wood construction it is essentially epoxy encased wood that doesn't suffer from the usual rot problems of wood construction. Depends on what the quality of...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 22-05-2022, 20:23
Replies: 12
Views: 1,924
Posted By roverhi
Re: 30' Tartan vs Newport

S&S design, low hours diesel, tiller steering, Tartan build quality, WHY IS THERE ANY QUESTION!!
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-05-2022, 12:02
Replies: 26
Views: 5,040
Posted By roverhi
Re: Changing furler forestay without pulling mast

Dropped the ProFurl headstay on my Pearson 35 mostly by myself. Boat was in a slip with fingers both sides which made it way easier and safer. Used the spinnaker halyard as a replacement for the...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 06-05-2022, 07:58
Replies: 130
Views: 14,504
Posted By roverhi
Re: Need A Diesel Mechanic !!

There are no glow plugs on a Yanmar 3 GM or any of the other engines in the GM series. There are compression releases. Engage the compression releases and rotate the engine through several ignition...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 01-05-2022, 08:51
Replies: 65
Views: 8,542
Posted By roverhi
Re: Paddle wheel speed sensor, who needs ‘em!

I much prefer knowing speed through the water than over the ground. Necessary for evaluating how well you are sailing the boat. Find GPS speed a bit frustrating because it has such a lag. Way more...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 26-04-2022, 18:34
Replies: 11
Views: 3,411
Posted By roverhi
Forum: Marine Electronics 19-04-2022, 11:01
Replies: 21
Views: 2,350
Posted By roverhi
Re: Through Hull Transducer Adhesive

Life Caulk has been my below the water line sealant of choice forever. Never had a failure and can remove, though not easily, anything bedded with it. 5200 is great stuff but almost a permanent...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 10-04-2022, 18:24
Replies: 31
Views: 5,976
Posted By roverhi
Re: Bosun's chair or harness ?

Used both ATN Mast Climber and climbing gear/harness. Prefer the climbing gear for getting up but nothing beats the ATN chair/harness for comfort when you’re up there. Climbing harnesses are...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 09-04-2022, 21:11
Replies: 22
Views: 4,823
Posted By roverhi
Re: What is this and what does it do?

Your choice. If you will never have an HF/Ham radio they are just another thing that could screw up. If you're going cruising might want to keep the insulated backstay as an easy HF antenna for...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 08-04-2022, 16:37
Replies: 43
Views: 4,311
Posted By roverhi
Re: Can you help me figure out how to apply butyl tape when I remount my traveler tra

The leaks are coming from the fasteners. That's what you have to seal. Push the fasteners through the track the wrap butyl around the threads of the fastener where they will be going through the...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 08-04-2022, 16:27
Replies: 41
Views: 5,395
Posted By roverhi
Re: diesel stored 2 years with stabilizer and biocide, should I drain and clean tanks

As long as the Biocide did it's job you should be okay. Have stored diesel way longer than that and it's been good. A Cetane booster probably wouldn't hurt. Doing the above suggested inspections...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-03-2022, 17:12
Replies: 41
Views: 6,078
Posted By roverhi
Re: Buying a boat with no experiance

With the high cost of housing in the Bay Area finding a live aboard slip is as rare as hen's teeth. The marina's are limited to 10% live aboard if the will take any. 10 years ago when I was last...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 17-03-2022, 15:45
Replies: 119
Views: 19,244
Posted By roverhi
Re: Single Handling with Wheel vs Tiller

Tiller Mate and Tiller Tamer work way better on a tiller than the wheel brake ever did on my formerly wheel steered boat. Easy installation for less than $50.

Got my first boat with a wheel, 35',...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 12-03-2022, 20:41
Replies: 53
Views: 8,771
Posted By roverhi
Re: Insuring a 40 year old yacht

My boat is 53 years old and have it insured by Markel for $35,000 with $500,000 Liability coverage required by marina. Over the last few years the premium has increased by more than a $100 a year...
Forum: Polar Regions 12-03-2022, 10:17
Replies: 27
Views: 2,958
Posted By roverhi
Re: Antarctic Sea Ice

Records only go back 40 years according to the report. One positive, the reduced sea ice sheet allowed them to find Shackleton's Endurance.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 12-03-2022, 10:11
Replies: 13
Views: 5,419
Posted By roverhi
Re: External Chainplates on Island Packet

If the internal chain plates were glassed to the hull the engineering has been done for you. Moving the chainplates from the interior to the exterior is a minuscule change with a slight plus in...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-02-2022, 10:42
Replies: 36
Views: 5,092
Posted By roverhi
Re: Removing winch from mast

Cobalt drills are what you need to drill Stainless. Use heavy pressure on the drill, cutting oil and slow drill speed. SS is hard to drill because it work hardens when subjected too high a drill...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 15-02-2022, 22:18
Replies: 66
Views: 7,923
Posted By roverhi
Re: Live aboard boat / Dog

Sailed to FP with a 60# Labrador and a slightly smaller cat in our Westsail 32. Boat had a steep long ladder at the companionway that the dog could handle at anchor but needed to be...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-02-2022, 00:27
Replies: 73
Views: 12,066
Posted By roverhi
Re: Raising, lowering, reefing from the cockpit.

Line tangling. Clear the lines before doing what you are going to do. Store bitter ends in a bag attached to cabin side. Almost always can pull enough slack straight out of the bag. Haven't found...
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 13-02-2022, 23:41
Replies: 9
Views: 975
Posted By roverhi
Re: Using prop to generate?

You would need to get an oversize prop to generate enough rpm/torque to spin an alternator up to a speed that'd give you much benefit. Bigger prop, bigger drag and seriously hurt sailing...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-02-2022, 23:26
Replies: 6
Views: 1,205
Posted By roverhi
Re: Columbia 26 Mk II - Possible Purchase

Owned a '69 as my first 'bluewater' boat. They came with a plug for the outboard well. If you pull the motor without inserting the plug water will slop out of the well sailing in lumpy seas. As...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 13-02-2022, 21:51
Replies: 44
Views: 3,554
Posted By roverhi
Re: Engineering Question - flexion of hull

1st, the forces on the hull on the hard are the opposite of what they are in the water. On land the keel force is upward, in the water it's pulling down. Not unusual to have small changes in hull...
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