Chrysler Sailors Forum

Thanks for your reply! There's no 'ballast' because the lead pellets only fill the forward half of the keel. The back half is mostly hollow and is occupied by a bilge. What is between the bottom of the bilge and the bottom of the boat?

Is the back corner of the keel hollow? How thick is the fiberglass there supposed to be? Please see this discussion for pictures viewtopic.php?p=28433#28433

How can I rebuild a missing keel heel?

Here are some photos. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/62g4j2hxll3wk15/Y6Y9bswfjB

It gets worse. I finally got everything off the keel, several pounds worth, then started stripping the delaminating fiberglas sheets off, because I realized they were put on OVER some of the original gelcoat, and therefore not part of the original shape of the boat. There were several inches of extr...

Thanks for your posts. When you tow the dinghy, what do you do with the dinghy motor? Does it come aboard the sailboat for the passage? Thinking this through, I would guess so, in case you lost the dinghy... Our dinghy is about 110lbs. I guess in a pinch we could lift it aboard the C26 and put it ab...

What is the "ice chest locker"?

What kind of dinghy do you use for longer trips? Do you tow your dinghy? I have been reading on different forums that towing is not advised. Yet some cruisers say that's what they do. Is this feasible, say for example, for a trip to the Bahamas from the Keys? I don't think a dinghy would fit on the ...

Thanks for the pix, that last picture of the finished berth does not look like mine at all. What is that vertical formica piece with the notch in it? I think I have one of those flying around the boat painted white, but I didn't know it belonged anywhere. We have three boards that go all the way to ...

The C26 we acquired a few years back is a work in progress. I've realized recently that the Vberth is probably not configured the way it should be. The widest part consists of plywood sheets that are resting on narrow ledges and brackets on the bulkhead with no support otherwise underneath. Whenever...

Chrysler20%26 wrote:http://www.flickr.com/photos/34432376@N06/ go to page 7 for more photos, thank you Lyel. I am sure it is a 2-stroke, about 50#

That explains the size. Are new 2 strokes still being sold in the U.S.?

lecker68 wrote:Have no fear Key West when you tilt the engine the handle will fold up you put the handle in the hole and it will fold when tilted that is what I do with my 15 hp Johnson.

Lecker, are you mounting that motor to the original mount? Isn't a 15 hp motor too large for that?

How do you mount the Garelick mount? I looked at one and it's got a lot of screw holes, what does that attach to if I mount it to the side of the original mount on the boat? There's no support structure, the transom is just a thin layer of fiberglass, isn't it? How is that going to support a 90 lb o...

I've posted before, but it's been a while. The boat we acquired a few years ago is still on the hard. I got rid of the 9.9hp Honda, I had no way of fixing it, no facilities, knowledge, etc. I'm really fretting about what motor to put on this boat. I want to use the original motor mount. Someone had ...

Perfect, thamks!

I'm missing the blue spacer. What material is it made of and how wide is it?

C-26 fixed keel 1978. Apparently most people have the swing keel, but the rudder is the same. The rudder can be moved up or down with a rope. It's made of white plastic, and the area where it pivots up and down is made of what appears to be aluminum. The plastic on the rudder is a very white matte d...

The bondo IS original. I've searched on the internet and apparently this was a common filler material for keels, and people are still using it! I was very surprised.

My rudder was kind of wiggly and didn't clear the hull at the leading edge of the plastic part. My friend took the whole thing out. Now, when he puts it back it looks like something was missing. I don't know what to call any of the pieces. How do I begin to ask questions about it, and how do I know ...

We are re-doing the hull and keel on our boat. The lower half of the keel, is covered with fiberglass, and then bondo on the outside, with several layers of paint on top of that. The bondo is a porous pink substance and absorbs water out of the air. Do I need to strip the entire keel? I've opened a ...

Have a helper hold the screws in place, then tighten the nuts on them from the inside. Many thanks! But there are no nuts on the inside. Not anywhere. Well, maybe for the plate that holds the shrouds, but that's the only place I've see any kind of hole that goes all the way through the deck. I noti...

Thanks for your tips, but they are lost on me right now unfortunately. I cannot picture what you are talking about because I don't understand the terms you are using. "Drilling out" for example. I've never done that. I'm not sure what that means in this instance. We have a drill and some d...

At this point, I am afraid of creating new leaks. There are leaks that seem to come out of nowhere in the cabin. The place where the water exits is nowhere near any hardware on the deck, so I'm stumped. I don't want to create more problems. The leaks I have leak a yellowish water which I fear is not...

Thanks, What's a "back"? I only have one anchor, a "Danforth" apparently. What's an anchor roller, and did you carve out a rode locker where there was none before? How did you do that? My boat is a 1978.

Where do you keep your anchor chain and rode? How is the rode attached to your boat? My boat came with a little plastic mesh bucket hanging off the pulpit which contains the chain, etc. What was the OEM setup?

What are aluminum angle irons and screws? I have no idea what this is or how it works.

Those might work, except the tops of the stanchions are so corroded I don't think I'd be able to get them off. They've got that whitish corrosion all over them.

Do you know where you can get these cheap online?

When we got our boat last year, every single one of the stanchions, save one, was broken (corroded away) at the top. I was wondering if there's a cheap way to replace these without unscrewing them from the deck. Do the stems come out of the base?

Thanks for the help. Does anyone have a photo of the original cabin cushion configuration? How were the cushions on the seat backs attached? How many cushions are in the V-berth? How many in the main salon?

How long does it take to sail from Key West to the Dry Tortugas?