Chrysler Sailors Forum

I like the idea of using the straps, very adjustable and affordable!

If you look through my photos you will find a couple of pics from inside that show the diesel. What it doesn't show is how much room is taken up by the engine enclosure when it is in place. I removed my galley and re-located it forward on the port side against the bulkhead. I did that to be able to ...

ah, what the hell, skitters have to eat too! my lowers are 24" each (x4). From the top of those you'll have to take a line from each side to the eye on the mast (~6 ft. from base) and lines to the top of your gin pole (or boom). What material are you going to use? Some adjustability would be ni...

I see nobody is jumping on that one!!! I could measure mine, but I don't use the boom as I quickly got tired of stripping it every time I needed to step the mast. That said, the only difference in length would be the overall as the lower harness is the critical one. My raising rig is in the back of ...

my batteries are under the settees, one port, one starboard, as far forward as I could get them. I built crude plywood platforms with 2x under the inboard edges to level the batteries. Works well and gets 150lb. down low and close to the C.E. !

you'll still need some hardener for the resin to 'go off' (harden). Pre-treating with resin on older wood that is porous and then applying resin mixed with hardener is a common way to strengthen wood that has lost its' strength due to weathering. My tiller was a basket case when I got the boat so I ...

only problem is, with the Martec folding prop I put on, I have almost no reverse thrust! I'm going to go back to the stock prop next time I pull the boat out and put up with the drag and noise when the prop starts turning at 4kt.

I haven't been able to get much sailing time on my 26 since buying it in '09, the 5 day cruise last fall saw no wind interrupted by one day of 'hang on and hope' winds. Today was different though. Good breeze out of the south (flat water) and another boat to sail against made me appreciate these boa...

I haven't caught it on the noggin yet, but that hard edged extrusion looks pretty unforgiving!

great photos! thanks for sharing such a gorgeous spot with us! when I see pics of places like that I realize that the potential for trailer sailors is limitless in North America. Gotta retire and hit the road!

no plywood on mine, they are original, I believe.

most cost effective might be a Beta (marineized Kubota)and saildrive unit. http://soundmarinediesel.com/aboutbetamarine.html . Installation is pretty straightforward using the fibreglass engine bed. Just shape the bed to the profile of the hull and glass it in. As far as the OEM setup it used a Volv...

anyone in this region thinking about a get together????

I placed my batteries (one port, one starboard) in those lockers ('under the seats' in my parlance!). No boxes, I just made plywood platforms to keep them level. I had no problem removing my ladder, required two of us though, as I only have two arms! Some fasteners broke off but replaced all with st...

the 22s may be positively buoyant (fewer as the years go by, by the sounds of it!) but I can't see how the 26 would be.
Positive buoyancy means the boat will float even if filled with water, I believe.

looks like it's done more sitting than sailing! interior doesn't look half bad, not much evidence of leaks. looks like something is living in the starboard coaming storage!
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can't be too many belonging to the original owners:

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicle ... Z262325375

Volvo Penta 110s saildrive

hey, sign me up! the tenntom figures into my future plans which consist of putting in near Mpls. in Sept., mississippi to tenntom to Mobile and onto Pensacola. As winter closes in move south and occupy a hammock in the keys for a couple of months. Put the boat up for summer, back in the fall and mak...

You won't find any foam in the 26. Hondas are easy to work on, I tore down an 8h.p. I used to have to replace the rings. The only problem is with some of the bolts they use - salt eats them up bad! Too bad someone like Honda would use such low quality bolts! The thermostat on mine was trashed (from ...

Go for it!! let us now how it works out - after spending 4 weeks last summer on a CD33 with 2 inflatable kayaks on board, I'm sold on them. I mean who wants to sit facing backwards rowing a dinghy?????

Where did you get the hat from????

My guess is he needs a steaming light that is above the nav lights, therefore requiring the nav lights be positioned lower.

how about frozen eveything? -32C (-39 wind chill) here (Nelson House, Manitoba) Friday morning. Todays' -14C with no wind was real nice!!!

the sail colours makes it look like a Sea Witch

SOLD! for $1200., wonder if we'll be hearing from the buyer . . . . .

here's one for those looking for a 26. pretty dirty, some glass work needed, very original, rigged with a furler of some description (furlex?),trailer looks marginal, price is right, what do you think? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/One-biggest-thats-legal-tow-swing-keel-N-R-/120639253286?pt=Sailboa...

if you say it's sound you must be satisfied it hasn't had standing water in it and the structure hasn't leaked weakening the core. how is the little bilge area at the rear of the keel trunk for water? On my '78 the areas that were soft were the companionway (because of the teak strips), the cockpit ...

interesting to see how it sails with that 'modified' rudder!