Chrysler Sailors Forum

I might also be asking them (the marina) why no one was notified of the accident, assuming that if they were working on her (inspecting the keel pin, etc.) then they should have noticed when she fell off.

I'd agree about the inspection being their responsibility - both pre and post repairs

Wecome aboard then So far we are looking at possible retirement houses on Sunset Shores south of Magnolia Springs and Osprey Landing Subdivsion north of there on the Fish. Can't believe how much Oyster Bay and Bon Secour and Fort Morgan has grown up in the last few years. Couple of ideas: Water coul...

Oddly enough, we've been looking at South Baldwin County real estate (along the Fish and Weeks Bay) as a home for our C26 !

What year is your C26 ? Some years have lead bars encased in foam in the keel for ballast. Is the water standing in the cabin (on the sole), or exactly where ?


Beau

If anyone is in the market....saw this on Ebay.
(wonder if it belongs to a board member ?)

Item number: 180073007405

That sounds like a good solution. I would agree the rubber rail is more useful on the stern than the bow. If you didn't want to use wood, could you use metal and extend the sides of the piece that caps the toerail at the bow ? Good luck, keep us posted, we may be in the same shape ourselves one day ...

Eric, Cruise over to : http://chryslersailing.lizards.net/ Click on "how to" on the left, and you'll see a couple of good articles called "Fabrication and Replacement of the Chrysler 26 Swing-Keel Bracket" and "How to Repair Your Swing Keel Cable". Step 4 of the latter ...

I thought I posted a reply yesterday, but it never showed up. If I see the pic right, that section of toe rail by the middle chainplate is the part damaged beyond repair ? If so, you may be right, and you could splice out the bad, slide from the stern forward and weld the good back together. You're ...

Ouch, sorry to read that ! How many feet were damaged ? If not much and you can't find a match, possibly remove the damaged and take it to a machine shop. Could be they can get some same dimension T-extrusion and cut a matching drain holes in the old section, if not straighten the damaged piece itse...

Congratulations ! You'll love her ! With the exception of the head area, we've removed all of our interior, lot of damage from years of water leaks before we got her. We're going to use the stern berth area for storage, so we've removed that nasty set of drawers, and will build some more in the ster...

Don't know that it matters, but personally I always kept the keel up. Tides on Lake Ponchartrain never varied by much at all, but I always figured if I left it down it might get stuck in the bottom. Wonder if it is less prone to marine growth tucked up in the pocket than left down ? As far as rudder...

Congratulations !

Do check the keel cable.

Oh, what's her name ?

I stumbled across one here a while back looking for some info on my Coronado C15 - good info for any boat in this size, tho, so I bookmarked it.

http://www.denversailing.org/Fleets/buc ... uideV3.pdf

The C26 sailplan shows the full 170% genny goes nearly to the masthead, but the 100% one looks like a couple feet short of the masthead.

All of them show the tack attaching at the deck.

Beau

Wally,
Be glad to ! Send me an email address.

bl

Had always heard that 79 C26's had ballast made from concrete and lead pellets, while earlier models had foam and lead bars. Began tearing up the sole of EE today in the area between the steps and the keelhead, and found that under the ply it is bilge (connecting to the area under the rear berth) up...

Yeah, no rudder in the pics anyway...not even the rudder assembly......
the blade can be found at idasailor.com for $429 - don't know about the other parts

Very good guide here in simple but complete terms:

http://www.sailingsource.com/neilpryde/ ... igtune.htm

We've been boarded !
Throw 'em back overboard.

There is also a figure for maximum displacement - defined as the weight of the amount of water displaced by the boat at its maximum immersion level in calm water without water coming aboard. I agree with Windwalker - surely the Chrysler folks did not use that maximum figure, so the boat likely weigh...

The sliding galley sounds like an idea I might look at. I have seen a rear sleeping berth oriented across the beam with the sleeper's head on the starboard side, feet in the port behind the galley. Was set up for a single crew member, and there was storage behind it (towards the stern). That way see...

My rigging is lashed to the mast during our project. If you don't get a better answer by the weekend I'll stretch them out and get you some figures.

beau

You know, Dave, if the timing works out, that would be fun as a trip before it finds a permanent berth on the coast. Probably there are a number of C22 owners that could make that trip as well. We were very glad to find no blisters at all on the hull. My joke was that an inch of barnacles makes a gr...

Hey Dave ! Enjoyed the Nationals pics over at your site. Must have been great to visit with some of the old Chrysler Designers ! Still planning on sending Franz my Sailor 280 outboard for a rebuild as part of our year long haulout. I remember a discussion on hull numbers vs sail numbers somewhere on...

You might also check in at:

http://www.buccaneer18.org


was also going to send you by:

http://chryslersailing.lizards.net/

but I didn't see a manual for the C18 on the site - there is one for the Mutineer there, tho.

Went out and looked at my rudder (C26) which is on the workbench in the shop - mine is just a piece of tubing with a hole drilled in it. Almost looks like conduit. Hole is same size all thru the rudder itself. It can't fall out with line in it because the line going thru the hole in the tube then th...

Possibly you could make an adapter plate/ring that makes up the difference - sorta like when you install an aftermarket radio in your car and the new one is smaller than the original . The portlights are afiixed to the center of the plate/ring, and the plate/ring affixed to the outside of the cabin....

Thanks Windwalker, but NYCsailor was continuing an old thread there.

We are plying the side yard 100 miles inland this hurricane season whilst undergoing a long overdue bit of work !

We got lucky with our weights, tongue weight worked out just right !

If I read correctly in another post you said your C26 was sitting on the original cradle. If so you could get bunk measurements from that. If you have a crane at the marina and wherever it is going, possibly you could use a large tandem flatbed and just set the cradle and boat on that. Lash it all d...

Great ! Sounds like you guys had a good time in spite of the glitches. By the way I had almost the same things happen on our first trip out except for the puking part. Listing could be either of the items you mentioned. Move the batteries if you can and check again. I don't have flotation foam on th...