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No problem, we are going to try and catch them when they come thru Brockville Ontario in June also! $12 to tour all 13 ships!!!

We are planning to make this a family vacation! Should be a once in a lifetime opportunity to see this historic battle reenacted!!!

https://www.battleoflakeerie-bicentennial.com/index.php

I haven't gotten my Starwind in the water yet, but I will say that I generally steer with the outboard on my Compac 16(which has a similar setup) when under power. Personally, I haven't noticed any difference steering in reverse with the motor offset, but I also typically have the rudder tilted up d...

The Starwind 22(same hull design as the chrysler) used a transom mounted rudder.

I was actually afraid that this would happen to my Starwind during Hurricane Sandy. I was unable to move from my In-laws property, and was forced to leave it in front of their garage, unprotected from 3 sides. Thankfully the worst of the wind came from the North, damaging the garage roof, knocking d...

I found this on Sailnet this morning, and was surprised to see it was Starwind 22 (cousin of the chrysler 22) when I looked at the pics!

http://www.sailnet.com/forums/general-d ... post983730

I just noticed a flaw in the keel pin drawing. It calls for a 5/8" keel pin, but the access plug is only 1/2". Unless I am looking at it wrong, if made this way, I wouldn't be able to install or remove the pin.

I found this place, their prices are reasonable, and they will cut small pieces to order: http://www.onlinemetals.com/app_groups.cfm?step=2&id=1&app_id=1 My issue is finding a shop to do the actual welding, machining, etc... So far most shops that are local keep telling me they don't work wi...

Well, I found a local, reputable shop willing to make them for me, but their quote was really high... $746!!! I guess I'll keep shopping it around. I priced the stainless, all the materials came out to $110 from a place in Ohio.

That does look nice! However, if I bought that, I'd have to live on it until the divorce was over...

I forgot to mention that for the second board, I had the original to measure for the bolt hole locations. So when I tightened the bunk boards to the support post brackets, I only tightened the center post completely tight, I left the front and rear supports slightly loose until I set the weight of t...

Ideally I would normally go to a nearby boat launch(at an off peak time) and float the boat off, replace the damaged bunk with one I had ready to simply bolt right on as quickly as possible and pull the boat back onto the trailer ASAP. However, when I picked up the Starwind 22 recently, the trailer ...

Wow, I had no idea finding a shop to build these out of stainless would be so hard... Our guy at my work wants to build them out of regular steel like the originals, and no one locally works with stainless. Any ideas? Shop recommendations? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the info! I may get to help build mine, if I do I'll take plenty of pics.

Smier originated from my early days of online gaming, before I had children... The "S" stands for my first name Scott, and the "mier" is just the first 4 letters of my last name... Kind of boring, but most cool names were usually already taken, and I wanted something my real life...

Welcome Scott...nice boat and it looks like a poptop too...am I correct? You are correct! The pop top is what sold my wife, she's not a fan of tight spaces. It is heavy, and leaks right now though... I plan on replacing and/or adding gaskets to seal it up, then I want to make some sides and screens...

Thanks! I am actually just getting started on it. My main priority has been getting the Starwind dried out and sealed up. Windows and frames need redone, pop top leaks, not sure about the forward hatch over the V-berth... Then we will begin redoing the interior, cushions, shelves, and water damaged ...

I finally found it! So this is not a pointless dead end road for the next person like me, here is a link: http://www.chryslersailors.com/Documentation/C22/C22KeelPinDrawing.jpeg Thank you to everyone who is working to preserve info on these boats!!! You have helped me tremendously already, and it is...

Hello all, my name is Scott and I'm from Easton, Pa. I recently became the owner of my second free (well, kinda free) sailboat. My first is a 1980 Compac 16, that I rescued from under a tree for the previous 10 years, I took this: http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee514/scotimier/8bdd6f91.jpg And ...

Hello, I have been lurking on this site for a few weeks now, and I've read thru almost every thread on this site and others that I can find. I am in need of a set of plans for the keel pin and bracket assembly to take to my local fab shop to have them made. I've seen multiple references to people ma...