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Forum: Navigation 29-03-2024, 12:56
Replies: 1
Views: 294
Posted By Epicurean
How to Download navionics charts from Garmin

I know this is a sign of old age, I just bought from garmin a navionics chart set (Mexico to Brazil), but there's no instructions to download. If I go on the Boating App and try to download, it...
Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations 03-03-2024, 10:51
Replies: 5
Views: 558
Posted By Epicurean
Counterfeit paint/Bad Yard

Last year I hauled out at Richards Bay, South Africa The Zululand Yacht club was very friendly but the yard was something else, Up front I knew it was expensive. The real problem was the “Chugoku...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-10-2023, 06:51
Replies: 3
Views: 269
Posted By Epicurean
Pawl Springs

Anybody know a good source of winch pawl springs in EUROPE? I typically see them for sale with the pawls which I've never broken and make it much more expensive. On my original boat I never broke...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 04-07-2023, 09:36
Replies: 6
Views: 443
Posted By Epicurean
Re: How to reassemble electric motor

But maybe I'll drill some small holes in the end cap to run some fine thread through to hold the springs open and then pull it out after the commutator is partially in.
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 04-07-2023, 09:23
Replies: 6
Views: 443
Posted By Epicurean
Re: How to reassemble electric motor

Thanks, but I think one picture wasn't enough to show the situation. The end cap pretty much blocks access to the brushes and springs before they slip over the commutator. No way to get anything in...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 04-07-2023, 08:46
Replies: 6
Views: 443
Posted By Epicurean
How to reassemble electric motor

Can anyone give me advice on reassembling the motor for my TMC electric head? I took it apart to clean the grooves in the commutator. Specifically, how do you keep the carbon brushes apart so...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 15-04-2023, 14:17
Replies: 34
Views: 3,569
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Electric raw water pump?

Don't want to hijack the thread, but that is an issue I'm dealing with - air (from foam) filling the basket and then an air lock develops, causing the motor to overheat. Any solution?
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 14-04-2023, 22:57
Replies: 1
Views: 659
Posted By Epicurean
Sail Mumby 47' Cat around Cape of Good Hope to Namibia and Beyond

Looking for one person to crew (unpaid) on Mumby 47' fast Cat to sail along the east South African Coast, around the Cape of Good Hope to Namibia with possibility of continuing on up the Atlantic to...
Forum: Marine Electronics 18-02-2023, 02:38
Replies: 3
Views: 1,053
Posted By Epicurean
Arduino based alternator regulator

Does anyone have information! e.g. operating instructions or wiring for the formerly open source Arduino based alternator regulator,? My boat came with one and I'm trying to connect it to my new Li...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 30-01-2023, 09:41
Replies: 30
Views: 5,167
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Cooper Coat on an Alu hull - yes or NO ?

I've used both Chugoku paints, Marine Star and the other one (I forget which is which, now) on my Al Mumby both in the Andaman and crossing the Indian Ocean. Didn't last a year - either.
About Cu...
Forum: Marine Electronics 14-01-2023, 03:48
Replies: 279
Views: 28,064
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Why even bother with a plotter when you can get this!

I have the Echocardiogram App which I use with a spare depthsounder transducer to check my heart. It's a little large to be used transrectally to check my prostate. But it can probably do an...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-01-2023, 14:38
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

Again, Thanks! I'm wonder how the acrylic will age. Yes, the mold is the critical part. And for glass, the window can't be made oversize, then cut down. But mine sit on top of the structure, not...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-01-2023, 13:16
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

Thanks! I'm not quite clear. You built a mold for both top and bottom. Then heated it in an oven. After it draped and cooled you removed it from the mold and it was the finished window?
How...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-01-2023, 00:30
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

Ask him what? These are mostly custom built boats. They probably did what seemed reasonable. But over the 12 years hasn't held up. What I want is to find someone who has expert knowledge about how...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2023, 16:55
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

The boat's not in a place where I can get glass molded, I suspect. It will have to wait until I get close to the US. I will update after I speak with somebody about a general idea of cost.
I'm...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2023, 15:43
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

Thanks for the tip about Desman. They are at least someone knowledgeable to talk to. I don't have any doors. I have to have diesels, although I can sail with less fuel, but that has risks. Extra...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2023, 15:37
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

I'm not at the boat right now so I can't measure the total area, but I don't think the extra weight, even at double, is a deal breaker. A clean bottom is more important.
I see you're building. ...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2023, 14:59
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

Yes, you're right about figuring in the cost - or effort of building - the mold for the glass. 90 deg over 4 ft is pretty sharp. I don't know how acrylic windows are formed but I assume to avoid...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2023, 09:53
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

Thanks. I read that and he had a lot of windows on his boat and went over-thickness.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2023, 09:51
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

I'll be heading into the Caribbean and could go to the east coast, maybe Europe to get this done. I met a girl who made a mold and had hers cast and tempered. Flat would be easier. I don't have...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2023, 09:44
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Glass windows?

I'm not sure I want the weight either and I have a performance , i.e., lightweight catamaran. I'd like to be able to see. Acrylic windows just seem to loose clarity fast. Also, they often leak...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-01-2023, 07:50
Replies: 35
Views: 3,689
Posted By Epicurean
Glass windows?

I need to replace curved windows on my aluminium catamaran. The acrylic is 11 years old and it has a lot of microcrazing that makes them pretty opaque. It also has some other scratches and...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 09-12-2022, 13:21
Replies: 10
Views: 858
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Airlock in raw water cooling.

Thanks for your analysis. The impellors are new. The end plate looked fine; not scored. The pumps were recently rebuilt with few hours.so the seals are new. Putting the strainer below the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-12-2022, 20:59
Replies: 10
Views: 858
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Airlock in raw water cooling.

Thanks. Actually, I thought about this. It may solve the problem. I'm willing to try it. Yet it's very unsatisfying in that it doesn't tell me why am I (almost) the only one having this problem.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 02-12-2022, 05:33
Replies: 10
Views: 858
Posted By Epicurean
Re: Airlock in raw water cooling.

Both engines and only when waves are breaking and the engine on the side of the boat exposed to the breaking waves.
The plate is pretty smooth.
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