Chrysler Sailors Forum

But how are you going to fall overboard if you don't get out of the cockpit? I used the dwyer on the reccommendation of a member here and love it. I removed the bottom step and used it to mark then drill the 6 holes for the screws to mount it down. Also used 5200 between the humm and the hinge becau...

Mine is not "correct" but I have a 1/4 inch shackle similar to the one for the swing keel. Mine is stainless and from either Lowes or Tractor Supply.

Make or borrow a set of briddles, and use 4 ratchet straps to hold the mast and boom straight as you lower it. The boom fits on a pin in the front of the mast and it lowers to the rear. I use the ropes and pulleys from the rear of the boom, one person can do it, a second helps to guide it onto the r...

Understand the first mate thing. First time SWMBO went I specifically chose a course with wind 45 off the Stbd bow so we went "into" the wind for a couple of hours, then a 180 to home with a moderate tail wind. No tacking, no work, no sail trimming, just riding along. She loved it.

Not that I would ever worry, but it would be easier to recover a sunken boat in 12 feet of water than in 200. So, at 6 knots, you could only go 30 to 45 minutes in a straight line without turning. Sounds like a great place to shake down to me.

Just glad you didn't have socks on with your Crocks. Thanks for the videos!

Yeah, I'm already driving from SC to OKC, SEA isn't anywhere on the way. Charity is going to Dallas next year in July. Makes for a hot summer trip.

Maybe a little of both. If you mix it for slow setting you'll have 20-30 minutes to get it done. Better to mix 4 small batches than one huge one, and have it cook off and harden as you stir it. Large batch issue is an airplane thing, most of us have donw one, mix too big of batch, start stirring, an...

Going to OKC in July for a charity conference, wondering if anyone near there would want to grab dinner and talk boats. Or go sailing, or needed help with work on a boat. Going to be a long weeke sitting in a Hotel room.

I'd probobly try to glue it back down with resin like you would use for fiberglass work, but with either stranded or chopped filler in it for strength. You could use the green stuff I used to fill my keel pocket hole with: http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g33/N41EF/IMG_0359.jpg It is resin with str...

So far so good, twice in the water, I dinged it or scuffed a inch wide patch down the port fwd putting the boat on the trailer. I used a 2 inch brush for a quick touch up. I use dispossable brushes no clean up. I did put the rest of the pain in a plastic wide mouth bottle. I also used some of the en...

Here is the factory mount from my C22: http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g33/N41EF/IMG_0349.jpg http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g33/N41EF/IMG_0350.jpg There is a steel angle screwed to the plywood frame the pooper sits on. I extended mine to mount a small battery box for my lawnmower sized battery.

I bought my lines on eBay from a guy that runs a shop called Milwaulkee Rigging. I did 3/8 white/red and white/green. Both longer than stock, jib is 60' main is 80' to allow it to be used to raise mast withough an extension.

So, reading "Sailing Fundamentals" and it talks about rigging the boat and using a boom topping lift. Looks to be a line from the top of the mast that holds the rear end of the boom up while you rig the main sail onto to boom, or when you have the sail on the boom. It shows a second not pr...

I've seen several post where people asked what a C22 on a trailer weighs, for 19 dollars later I have an answer. I was on the way to the lake, have a 5hp nissan outboard, all the cushions, a playmate coole, three jackets, two throwables, a tool kit, two fire extinguishers, two gallons or fuel in a p...

78 degrees, winds 5 to 10 knotts, I put the boat in the water this morning and she met me at the dock when she got off work at 2pm. We spent 2 hours going north up lake into a NE wind, no tacking required minimizing the workload. We stayed relatively close to shore to look at houses and such, then t...

To keep the mast from swinging side to side, make a set of briddles and use 4 ratchet straps to secure the mast side to side and boom side to side. It allows one person to raise and lower the mast without the trauma.

A mast hinge also helps, with a hinge and the briddles it's kind of a non-event.

Most glass work is all in the prep work. By removing wood until you get ALL of the rot out, and replace it with new you stop any further damage. I would use a regular kiln dried wood, not a PT piece. If you want to hard mount the hardware, you can cut out and insert a piece of alluminum or steel tha...

Maybe since I'm new to sailing, I'm missing something. but the only way I see a C22 turning over is if you loose the keel. If you loose the keel, nothing is going to turn the boat back over. Foam penuts aren't going to make a whole lot of difference. Not that I lay awake thinking of these things, bu...

A few modifications and it isn't even done yet. I mounted an on-board battery charger in the aft port corner. It's hardwired to the battery at the battery selector switch. http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g33/N41EF/IMG_0404.jpg For all of the negative connections I bought a terminal tie strip at We...

Not familiar with your model of boat, but it looks like the fiberglass hull has a wood reinforcement laying on it that was glassed over. Due to age or stress, the upper glass cracked and allowed water in, which rotted the wood. I'd use a multi tool to cut the glass along the sides where it comes dow...

We had talked about this a few weeks ago, and got side tracked due to my keel bracket replacement. My boat is back on the trailer, and hoping to get wet this weekend. I still have a lot of cosmetic and wiring to finish but nothing that would keep me from getting wet. I live at exit 11 on I-20 just i...

I would be tempted to take a multi tool and cut out the damaged section, let it dry out a day or so, then rebuild it. I used a bondo product that is grass resin mixed with chopped glass fiber, then glass over it when built back up. You can use peel ply to make the top glass layer smooth. Not sure of...

You could just drill a 5/8 jole in the front of your mast, a couple of inches above the show, and below the hole where you wiring comes out, then use your boom as before. Th hole/pin/boom is just a big lever to change the pull of the rope into a lift of the mast. The pin just keeps the boom from sli...

In the doccuments section here, you'll find a lighting diagram that Chrysler provided, was in a book of stuff when I bought my boat. I'm finishing up re-wiring, or I should say wiring my boat and will post a drawing when I finish. There is a post in elrctrical about what I've done so far, and someon...

Just a guess, but I bet some one put them in there to keep the wires from rattling inside the mast. You don't need to put them back, just put long tie-wraps on the wires and that will prevent them. You can pull both ends off, and use a leaf blower to blow them out. Good luck with it, post pictures, ...

Just did the keel removal. Mine was sticking because it had rusted and swelled up to where it was hanging on both sides of the pocket. Mine would come down but sounded like grinding gears in an old Ford pickup. Make sure you have a cable attached, then reach up from the back side and pull down ont h...

I used a regular 1/4 drill bit in a floor stand drill press at the slowest speed. I backed out often to clear the hole, and watched the chip size to determine pressure. One bit went through all 12 holes no issues. I did drill holes at oposite ends and such to minimize the heat on the piece. I used a...

Yeah but I had the shiney SS brackets! I think it will make my boat go faster. My keel now has movement side to side so I need a spacer or something, someone recently posted showing a round plastic disc, may do something like that. My daughter read through and proofed this AFTER I had posted it. She...

Keel is back in, and other than paint, I am ready to go to the lake, again. This is how I did it, your milage may vary, there is danger involved, do this at your own risk! Yes these are large pictures. First was to raise the boat, I built a double stack of cinder blocks just fwd of the rudder, and u...