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Posting for someone unable to do so -

Has anyone ever found an aftermarket replacement set for these that fits in the same holes ? Or has anyone done a mod to their's to move to a similar set ?

Thanks !

Beau

Been there, done that !! Twice myself ! The second time, I rented an extension ladder from the local place, placed the feet against the rear of the forehatch, stood it up against the mast, and climbed close enough to snag it with a boat hook. The first time I used sections of PVC pipe with a hook ta...

Hey, Jeff, on that shower area, I have roughed in a second bulkhead even with the main salon bulkhead, and started building that area out. Going to tie the starboard chain plate into it so it matches the structure on the port side. Have a couple pics on the website - also found a pretty good paint m...

Welcome aboard ! Tell us some details about your C22 ! NoRush is right, a car battery is designed to start your car (minimal discharge), then charge back up to its normal state. When they get a longer drain, they may not recharge as well, or if you drain it far enough, at all. The deep cycle battery...

Yes, with some adjustments - the C26 pin is captured between two halves of a shoe right at the front of the keel area on the boat, and on the underside of the hull. Some good pics of the "Shoe" (or at least a replacement for it) is on the chryslersailing.lizards.net site, under the "H...

Gus,
Good find !

Seems like the original line size from the manual is 3/8". Are your halyards the wire/line combined type or no wire ? If all line ( no wire), you have to take the size of the masthead sheave pulleys into account when going up in line diameter.. As far as price, I'd just google around and see wh...

If anyone is still feeling the landbound fever and needs a fix, I posted a few pics of our spring regatta on EE's home page. Flying Scots, Lasers, Sunfish, and a Portsmouth assortment.


http://www.home.bellsouth.net/personalp ... P-sailtalk

Click on Photo Albums, then PYC Spring Regatta 2007

On the rudder part - I am really tempted to add a piece of shock cord to the rudder of the C26 to provide some "down" tension and balance the tendency to float to the up position. But that doesn't seem like it would last in the water. If we decide to dry berth it at the club we joined, I w...

That great news. I can sure relate to adopting (or being adopted by) an old boat that sat alone for years ! Keep us posted !

Careful with those wasps, if they are related to the red ones we have in the south, they are painful !

Emergency Exit ? That old Pirate ? <LOL> Rich, did you get the note I sent you ?

In the article they just used the wax to be a pliable voidless go between for the inner hull and the transducer face. Question - how clean is the bottom of the boat ? I bet if it has growth on it, the "perfect" echo return needed from the transducer would be hindered. Also where you got th...

Hey, Try this, I found it in my marked web pages - Get a wax toilet bowl ring, pull the wax away from the center plastic piece, and mush it into a ball, make sure it is solid. Press that into the hull making a pancake about inch and a half thick, then press the tranducer halfway down into the center...

I recently rebedded my thru hulls for both depth transducer and water intake (under port banquette), as well as repaired a 3/8 hole between the winch and the port banquette caused by a drill ( no i don't want to explain further !) I didn't find any coring in those areas, just about 3/8" of soli...

Betsy, you are apparently correct that the pin is not viewable without taking the brackets apart. Hope this isn't redundant info - For a diagram and material specs go to the lizards site at http://chryslersailing.lizards.net/ Click on manuals, then Chrysler C26 Owners Manual, then 1977 Detailed Draw...

I'd enjoy the details on how/where you made the inspection plate ! I'm betting it is on the lower side, my other thought was that the total ballast is listed at 2000#. In the Good Old Boat article where someone dug out the foam and lead from their 77 because of soaked foam, I think they had about 80...

Knot meter wheel on my boat. Port side has the depth meter.

Mine runs internally in the mast, comes out near the step, ending in a male PL-259 connector, and at the deck there is just a simple female PL-259 mounted on/thru the deck. Slip a small waterproof boot on the cable before you add the male connector. When the connectors are mated just slide the boot ...

Hey, let us know if it is a good fit ! At the price it goes for, I might as well replace mine while doin the restoration. Heaven knows I'm replacing most every thing else ! <g>

Betsy, If you haven't seen it yet, you can find a tech spec page with a blowup diagram (but no mounting template) at: http://www.fultonperformance.com/instsht/F1851.pdf Note on the specs they rate it at 1550 pounds on the 1st layer of line, only rated at 700 pounds when full of line, so I guess use ...

Good article to keep on hand.

The other post was saying the C26 has an outer and inner hull. A double hull. Not sure that is correct. Mine is a single hull.

The resin in the rear keel pocket is sloppy work on mine, too. I am not fixing it.


Regards,

BL

Must of missed the email, sorry ! I have a thru hull transducer, port side about 18 inches behind the leading edge of the keel pocket.

Morning Jim, A lot of area under the vberth, mine had a small hatch there in the sole at the rear of the berth. Basically the entire bow is open under the vberth. From the outside draw a line from just above the boweye straight back to just before the forehatch and everything under the line to the v...

In Good Old Boat magazine Sep/Oct 2004 there is an article on working in this area. I think he also replaced the keel stiffeners you are pointing to.

www.goodoldboat.com

If you can't find one locally contact Franz in Missouri at Franzmarine@aol.com, website is www.franzmarine.com.

He may even have a rebuilt Sailor 280 like came on the boat originally.


BL

Posted a couple of pics in a page called "Hull Damage" under the Post Katrina Section of our site at:
http://www.home.bellsouth.net/personalp ... P-sailtalk


Looks the hull was in worse shape than I thought, at least near the bow.

Unless you luck up on a salvage, those parts aren't too available. If you'd like templates or measured drawings, I could help there.

Glad it was helpful, am trying to document as much of the work we are doing as I can. Some of it has been eye-opening !

Just took some pics and adding them to our web site that might show just how important is can be to keep the stern bilge on a C26 dry - You should be able to reach them at: http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=281315&ck= but my BellSouth personal page is awkward someti...