Chrysler Sailors Forum

I'm looking for a starboard toe rail.

Please email a price!

I asked a version of this question on one of the other forums. My jib has about a 12-18" cable at the foot with a snap shackle. However, I noticed that the jib did not go all the way to the masthead. I started wondering and experimenting and tied a line to the foot of the jib so that the jib AL...

I'll try and flush water through it once I have the bilge pump working and check it out. A shop vac is will be on hand in case there is not a passage.

Thanks!

"Ya Never Know" didn't have a bilge pump when I bought her. I've since added one to the small bilge under the stairs. Where is everyone putting the thru hull for this? I was planning on joining mine to the sink outlet pipe with enough of a rise to prevent water from coming back into the b...

Greg, I use a Rule 750, http://www.rule-industries.com/products/pumps/bilge_pumps/rule_700750/iid_239/index.htm, and will put one more this winter. Windwalker has been on the hard for a year and in that time the first one has stopped working so will install a second, and fix the first. The bilge spa...

My first sailboat was a Lone Star 16, I didn't know what it was it then, all I new was how well she sailed. She sold me on Chrysler boats and I now own a 26'. The remarkable thing about this boat was how save it is. I tried to turn her over in 35-40 knots of wind and was not able to, between the wid...

Toerail. The hull and the deck on Windwalker on the port side has about a 3/4 inch gap and water gets between the toerail and the hull. I had to strip the inside padding off the hull to believe it. On my list to fix. Since I'm on the hard for the next 6 months I may even have time to do it!

How much is piece of mind worth to you? Personally I have seacocks on all my thruhulls wherever possible, including the sink thruhull. We had a storm in South Carolina two years ago that listed the boat, in its slip, enough to put the sink thruhull below the water line.

Hello Matt, I would use a "panel mount" type of connector. Make sure to use a marine grade connector with a screw top that will seal when you have the connector open for mast removal, service, etc.. This type of connector is easier to seal and to maintain the seal against leaks. There are ...

Still looking. Does anyone know were I can get a toerail for a C26?

I'm here in Spokane. The boat is in storage at the moment, I'm trying to find a leak between the deck and hull (it's amazing how much water will leak in from snow melt!). The slip is on hold until I can get my house sold back east (everything seams to be on hold until then!). In the mean time I seam...

Dog,

I have a copy of a "Good Old Boat" article in electronic format on how to build a cradle. I will be happy to send it to you. Contact me via private message or email with an email address if you want a copy.

Good Luck.

I'm unsure of my tire specs, but I just finished towing Windwalker 2700 miles from North Carolina to Spokane Washington. I had planned ahead and bought two new tires/wheels which, of course, I didn't need. Tandem axle trailer with brakes. I can send photos and specs on the trailer if needed.

I'm in the middle of recovering my cushions now. Foam is no problem, local sources are fine. For fabric, I found Sailrite has some of the best prices for Sunbrella (I only want to do this once, so I buy the best). I have measured drawings for all of my 78 C26 cushions (I did this to figure out how m...

Great job!, Now I'm going to have to follow suit, as soon as I get my shop moved. I'll ask the question most are thinking, are those new portlights and where did you get them. I have the original aluminum frames that I replaced the lexan, but am searching for good replacements. Looks like you may ha...

Thanks, Billy!

I will need all sorts of advice about the area, marinas, marine stores, re-registering the boat and the like.

I am always amazed by the number of Chrysler boats wherever I make port. If nothing else, it shows how durable they are, and how loved. The youngest boat is now 27 years old.

I'm planning, at the moment and depending on economics, law, etc., to sail Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho. I will also be in Spokane. Our plans have changed slightly and I am now planning to tow the boat myself. It will give me a chance to work on it while I wait for my family to sell the house...

I am relocating from North Carolina to Eastern Washington state, a move of about 2700 miles, and plan to take my Chrysler 26 with me. Does anyone have any recommendations for a company to tow my boat. My trailer is less then 10 years old and in excellent condition.

Gus,

You sound local. Physically, I live in Wake Forest.

Kerr Lake, Steele Creek Marina

Jeff, I would also like to add my thanks for taking on that website. I posted a request to have my name added to the list 18 months ago with no response. Now that I know Child's Play was lost I can understand. I would be devastated if I lost S/V Windwalker (my 26). Let us know when you have time for...

The question was asked a while ago as to why epoxy and never answered. If you mount the transducer outside the hull anything will work, but inside the hull, i.e. through the hull (as apposed to thru-hull), you need a media that will transmit sound efficiently without absorption. This means no flexib...

I need a starboard toe rail for My C26. I had to take out about 1 foot in the center, leaving the rail 1 foot short at the bow. I would like to replace it with original type. Aluminum, not black anodized.

Good suggestion with the wax! The instructions included with my transducer were to test it with the transducer in water in a partially flooded hull, the transducer in the water inside the hull. You need a denser media then air to transmit the ultrasound waves. You could build a dam with the wax ring...

I read somewhere that the keel weights 950 lbs. I have verified this through measurement, as I thought it was 1500 lbs. from the literature. The additional 550 lbs must be in the keel well. This is on a 1978 C26.

BTW, this is a through the hull transducer, not the type that needs a hole in the hull. It is epoxied on the inside surface of teh hul.

The instructions warned me to be careful about air bubbles in the epoxy, they could give a false reading. Could this be your problem?

I have a humminbird depth sounder mounted just aft and about 1 foot to starbord of the rear bilge, under the cockpit, just under the plywood that gives you access to the bilge. I have had no problem with the readings. The hull is solid glass with no core (1978 C26). I have thru-hulls on starbord and...