Chrysler Sailors Forum

PS: The alternate route I discovered and was highly suggested on several website searches for larger motor homes towing vehicles etc, was for avoiding the VERY STEEP climb up the grapevine along I-5 in southern CA... It would take us to the coast around Santa maria just north of Santa Barbera... Two...

Laughing here: "Why would you!?!?" To get away from the snow! LOL! I'm always pointout to Tresa (an Oregon native") that Oregon does not have "the trees of my people" (Palm trees!) Father was Cuban, my childhood was spent in the Florida Keyes and I lived in southern CA up un...

Hi all, Well, Dayenu has been put to bed, cleaned and covered... a list of modifications and things to do now span the marker boards of the shop with a dream/planning chart of the San Juans and the southern Canadian gulf islands... Tresa and I can't wait that long though... Originally from LA (Marin...

Same problem here... I was thinking of routering out a space along the side of the rudder nearest the bottom. Placing the rudder in our hot tub and adding lead weights so get a more neutral buoyancy, then taking the lead and pouring it into the routered out space, then covering up with west and micr...

Thanks for the input John... I hadn't even thought of the backflow valve! GREAT IDEA!!!! I have a larger, manual Whale Gusher pump I plan on isntalling in the cockpit for the "unimaginable" emergency... By biggest concern was leaving the boat in the water and wanting to make sure I was cov...

We just covered Dayenu (made a crutch for the mast to be raised off the bow and stern rails about 18" to provide space underneath to work in and on the boat this winter. We have our San Juan Island charts on the walls and ten linear feet of "TO DO" lists on the marker boards in the sh...

Holy Smokes, this forum is SO addictive! It's already 1PM, it just rained and it feels like it's still morning! LOL! laughing here as I have my Mexican courtesy flag but totally forgot about adding a Canadian one to my "to do" list! Always liked the Canadian flag! I just visited your websi...

That would be FUN! Chrysler owners or not... I used to lead caravans of cars going down to Baja after the road opened up in the early 70's... something about "group adventures" that made evening dinners fun! I haven't looked over the charts (I really shouldn't be here... I have so much I &...

Hi Scott, As a matter of fact, our next planned trip is to the San Juan Islands!!! Just completed our "to-do" list for Dayenu (a whole page, single spaced... Mast ginge, leading all lines aft, down hauls for both main and jib, lazy jacks, temporary extention of galley (I have more elaborat...

A new vital piece of "equipment" has found a permanent place in Dayenu...

My snorkel gear!!!! (especially my mask!)

Once thought of as only recreational, I now consider this gear as vital for all sorts of underwater emergencies! Permanent home on Dayenu!

Richard

Our first launch ever or our boat... Tresa's in the cabin, I'm outside looking at the keel resting on the trailer keel roller.... More.... more... more.... KAPOW! I had no idea the keel cable winch was stronger than the cable... I was also expecting to see the keel lift up and off the roller... Visi...

Thanks for the photo!!!

That totally explains everything! I hadn't thought to look over the top edge!

Now all I need is time! LOL!

Best,
Richard

Hi Guys! Thanks for all the advice so far... One of my projects slated for this winter is building a new galley... Like some of you, I want to extend the port-side counter forward where the smaller back-rest cushion is... I don't want to rip it off and damage anything... How is this removed? Does it...

Thanks for noticing all the smiles... Our hearts were certainly full on this trip... There are so many places I could begin, so I'm just going to let her fly knowing I won't begin to cover what I'd love to share... How about background? Tresa and I met 0ver 7 years ago, married in Hawaii 1 1/2 years...

So much to share but I'll have to post in installments... First off, Thank you Bob & Betty Cotton for welling us "Easy Street". We think of this as more of an adoption rather than a sale... hopefully you will see how much we love her in the "Fix Up" photos... Our intention wa...

Thanks Mark! I wasn't sure what voltage range these LED's were capable of withstanding, so I just followed the voltage of the batteries they were originally manufactured to use. I wonder if the marine LED's are designed for 12 volt, or if they contain resistors to bring the voltage down? Maybe depen...

EE,
Balsa.... a model airplane builder per chance?

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LOTS of CA fumes! in the morning, the afternoon, and at night!

LOLOLOL!

Laughing here: Oh how I love the smell of napalm in the morning! LOL Yes, this stuff can give off an eye irritating fume... just keep your face back! Especially with accelerator! :shock: Thanks for the kind words... The biggest thing we were excited about was the natural light by using the orange fi...

Thank you Lyle, Tresa and I are Ok... IT's her 25 year old son... Since we canceled our trip, we are really looking forward to moving the boat up to the lake and sailing our brains out, testing all the great head sails that came with "Easy Street"... spinakers, etc... It will really give u...

Thanks for the kind reply.... The more we thought about the change, the better we actually felt. Both of us are seasoned sailors (I learned to sail before I rode my first two wheel bicycle and Tresa crewed on charters since she was in her 20's (We're both now 59).... We could feel our shoulders drop...

during my research and looking for a "Flush/wash" fitting for our outboard so we could run it on dry land without "the barrel", I learned something I never knew before... These nifty brass fittings that screw into the bottom of the outboard shaft and accept a garden hose are ONLY...

:( Well, we had everything line up, San Carlos slip, hoist use, secure storage for the truck and trailer.... but due to an illness in the family, then cash flow for extras we wanted (like a dinghy and small outboard), we finally decided to postpone the trip until next year. The reality is work has b...

Hi Bob! So glad to see you here.... still amazed that we were the lucky ones to receive your deliciously wonderful Chrysler! Still planning on starting an introduction thread with stories and more photos, plans for modifications (I havce to find SOMETHING to work on!) I still remember your giving Tr...

HOLEY SMOKES!!!!! :shock: :D :shock: :D What an increddible job! There's no "slow" about it... a job like that has to take time to get it right.... From what I see, it couldn't get any more "right".. And yea, mee too! lol I like those side hatches! 8) Great work! THANK YOU FOR SH...

so does yours! I look at a hull and a deck and I see a blank canvas on which to paint... You C-26 looked better than My first C-26... My third full keel boat ( a 1964 Columbia 26) ... I fell in love with her hull from down below a very tall cradle... I decided to buy her and then climbed up on a lad...

Hi Tom, Thanks for the input.... Went to your website... a LOT of work! Made for a beautiful boat... LOVED your paint job and logo! Curious what your truck was "officially" rated for regarding towing capacity... Seems to be a lot of variables between manufacturers/brands and years (even wi...

Just wanted to apologize to Smire and others about th side tracking,,, Not intentional... I work alone at home and don't often get out to converse with people so writing is one of my outlets... I started a vacuum bagging and "other skill sets" thread in the General Discussion forum, so if ...

I have been wanting to offer some educational threads as a thank you to all who come here and have helped my wife and I obtaining our new C-26 and answering our questions... Hoping to "give back" to the community here with over 20 years of professional experience with a bunch of different ...

Monty! I JUST this moment realized that you found and posted the vacuum baggin thread link! THANK YOU! (I am often so "computer illiterate" and.... often read to fast without enough coffee, responding to posts without all the inof...) Thanks for posting this... I will go to the general dis...