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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 14-11-2021, 08:44
Replies: 10
Views: 4,141
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Northern Lights genset impeller

Only when I forgot to open the thru-hull after changing. I have a speed seal, so mine lasted 10 minutes.
Forum: Our Community 24-05-2021, 08:02
Replies: 169
Views: 15,610
Posted By J Clark H356
Heart Results Are In - Boat Options?

I had a widow maker in 1999 at age 52. (My Dad had a widow maker at 50 and didn’t make it). Two bypasses, then in 2001 one bypass collapsed and had 2 stents installed in it to keep it open. A year...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 02-09-2020, 19:32
Replies: 203
Views: 26,790
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Using a generator while on the hook?

I have a Northern Lights 5KW in a sound enclosure, water cooled, water muffler. Just a 65 decibel hum in the cockpit. 20 ft away you can’t hear it. When away from the dock, we run 24/7 and keep...
Forum: Fountaine Pajot 04-07-2020, 06:36
Replies: 22
Lucia 40: Television Mount
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Posted By J Clark H356
Television Mount

I’ve had a three way articulating mount on Persistence, my Hunter 356 using Dishnetwork on KVH antenna (on second one) since 2003, just under 10,000 miles, KY Lake, down to northern Gulf Coast and...
Forum: Our Community 03-05-2020, 20:50
Replies: 100
Views: 9,763
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Public opinion

I had double bypass with two widow Makers 21 years ago. I’m 73 next month and still sail. I have electric windlass but manual witches on my in mast furling main and for my roller furling jib. I do...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 16-03-2020, 06:50
Replies: 103
Views: 16,675
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Overnight Cooling Without Shore Power

My wife won’t cruise without AC full time. We run our 5KW Northern Lights diesel when not in the dock. I use about .25 gal of diesel per hour, between 5 and 6 gallons in 24 hours. It’s a trade off...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 28-01-2020, 18:32
Replies: 19
Views: 9,493
Posted By J Clark H356
3Di by North.

I just got my new 3DI Nordac 330 16,800 sails and got them on in October26 but only sailed once in very light air due to schedule conflicts after I received the sails. I bought them with the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-01-2020, 21:23
Replies: 20
Views: 5,227
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Changing Pitch of My max prop

I have a 3Gm30F and my MaxProp was 22 degrees when new in 2003. It needed a rebuild in 2016 and I thought I would decrease my pitch to 20 to run lower rpm and save fuel. What happened is I lost .5...
Forum: Navigation 06-01-2020, 21:11
Replies: 12
Views: 2,017
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Sailing from Islamorada to Knoxville, TN

I’ve made it from KY Lake to Key West down twice, back up once. Made the trip back from Punta Gorda in March and took 29 days to,hpget back to KY Dam area at Lighthouse Landing which is 3 days from...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 14-12-2019, 14:15
Replies: 5
Views: 1,965
Posted By J Clark H356
Mast Cradle

Been on that trip down and back in my H356 based at Grand Rivers. Here is our cradle.205055205056205057205058205059205060205061
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-11-2019, 15:39
Replies: 27
Views: 8,588
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Starlink and it's application to sailing, navigating?

I’m looking forward to Starlink. I do a good bit of work from my boat and this is the missing link. At $80 a month or even more for a large, huck of bandwidth, it sounds exciting. I think the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 12-11-2019, 10:38
Replies: 17
Views: 4,096
Posted By J Clark H356
Enclosure options

Just to illustrate the value of an enclosure, mine is fully on and it snowed last night at my marina in Kentucky Lake. It was 21 outside and inside the enclosure at dawn it was 25 - still a 4 degree...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 09-11-2019, 21:30
Replies: 17
Views: 4,096
Posted By J Clark H356
Enclosure options

If you’ve had an enclosure, you know the value of it in terms of comfort while cruising. You stay dry, out of the wind and on a sunny day, you get the benefit of the greenhouse effect and it is very...
Forum: Forum Tech Support & Site Help 04-10-2019, 17:07
Replies: 37
Views: 8,668
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: sex on the forum

I got one too today and just deleted it. Trash.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-10-2019, 17:05
Replies: 210
Views: 20,521
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Sailing vs Cruising

It’s about moving from point to point and how comfortable you want to be doing it. Some cruisers are very minimally equipped and they are like basic campers. They eat canned food, have minimal...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-08-2019, 08:40
Replies: 44
Views: 26,494
Posted By J Clark H356
Lake superior to Florida best route

Great loop route from Chicago to Mobile is way deeper than 6 feet. I can’t speak about from Lake Superior to Chicago, but I’ve done route from KY Lake to Mobile to Key West via GICW Panhandle and...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-08-2019, 20:54
Replies: 44
Views: 26,494
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Lake superior to Florida best route

You wouldn’t want to go on the Mississippi except from St Louis to Ohio River, then up Ohio to Tennessee River, down to Pickwick And then down Tenn-Tom waterway to Mobile on the Gulf. It’s called...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-08-2019, 16:51
Replies: 7
Views: 1,458
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: Dinghy Floor Type

This spring had to ditch my 2004 Avon 260 airfloor dinghy. It lasted 16 seasons in KY Lake and one season in SW Florida on a cruise we took. I liked the air floor but am going to replace it with a...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 11-08-2019, 15:27
Replies: 25
Views: 33,577
Posted By J Clark H356
HELP: Yamaha 4hp outboard engine

Thread isn’t that old, but I bought my Yamaha 4 HP, 4 stroke winter of 2004 at the Miami Boat Show along with an Avon dinghy., after I bought my new H356 in March of 2003, commissioned in May 2003. ...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 11-08-2019, 13:46
Replies: 25
Views: 33,577
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: HELP: Yamaha 4hp outboard engine

Got rid of it in 2014. Was a great engine up until,the gas changed, after that, couldn’t keep it running. If I still had it, it would be yous[emoji106]
Forum: Vendor Spotlight - Great Deals for CF Members! 09-08-2019, 23:06
Replies: 326
Views: 23,163
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: MANTUS MARINE GIVEAWAY - ends 8/12/19

DINGHY ANCHOR KIT $199

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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 08-08-2019, 21:26
Replies: 25
Views: 33,577
Posted By J Clark H356
Re: HELP: Yamaha 4hp outboard engine

After spending $100’s on it, I fixed it by buying a Lehr propane 5HP. Jets get clogged even with non-ethanol fuel.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-07-2019, 19:29
Replies: 3
Views: 2,348
Posted By J Clark H356
2010 Hunter 36 Opinions?

We have a 2003 Hunter 356 we bought new. It’s the early version of the 36. We have spent 1165 days on it and are now o our 17th season. Our longest cruise was 6 months from Kentucky Lake to SW...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 21-05-2019, 20:55
Replies: 30
Views: 5,214
Posted By J Clark H356
Market Research - Small watermaker

It would only be practical for a live aboard with full time power - which is a very limited market. The other problem I see is the prefilter changes that you would have to make. For weekend sailors...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 21-05-2019, 20:00
Replies: 49
Views: 26,503
Posted By J Clark H356
Florida to Belize - REALITY CHECK.....

I planned on making the trip with a friend in 2001 but had some heart problems and didn’t go. The route from Key West is to cross the Gulf stream and head just off the northern coast of Cuba where...
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