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Digging up a bit of an old thread but.... hopefully some users still around...
Was the Rule pump chosen because it was small?
I want to add a bilge pump under the wooden pullout floor panel of a MkI, and would like to put in the biggest pump that will fit below the floor and still allow the lid to go on...
Ideas?
Or are any modern pumps made such that the pickup is through a hose that can be dropped there with an auto switch but with the pump elsewhere...?
Cheers.
I just took possession (Thanks John) of a MkI that has a 110V refrigeration system.
I haven't tried it yet, and all I know of it is from crawling around the starboard side locker where the unit is located.
I will probably learn more over the coming weeks, if that doesn't come too late for you...
Wow thanks Ken, I will certainly contact Mr Baldeston.
Ironically, Westport is more or less my home port. The boat will live on Upper Rideau Lake, and I'm sure will have Westport as it's destination more often than not on sunny days.
Cheers.
One condition my wife has imposed on an impending C&C 27 purchase is all new cushions for the interior. Ok, fair enough.
Any tips on having these done? The kind of thing I could just bring to an upholstery shop and say "Make me another set"?
Insight appreciated.
Cheers.
Hello again.
I appear to be the "new owner in waiting" of a MkI, hull number approximately 180.
I am looking to order a mast tabernacle, probably from RigRite.
The mast is very likely original, but is there an easy way to tell? I am not at the boat, but the cross section seemed to have squarer sides from my memory than the RigRite site shows. I am trying to look at my photos to see.
Would it have originally been a Kenyon?
Cheers.
Well, as far as "design", I like the A-frame technique used on the Tanzer factory mast raising kit.
Some details here, basically the last for entries on this page...
http://www.bora-bora.net/tanzer-spec00.html
So the height of your A-frame ends up being around 8 feet or so, but might be different on a C&C. They have to be whatever length brings them down at the front shackle.
So with a Tanzer 26, that mast is 33 feet high from the waterline, so obviously a bit shorter than the C&C.
However, the A-frame would be straightforward to fabricate, and as long as it was tall enough, the angle would make the loads tolerable on the tackle. (the Tanzer uses an existing jib or genoa winch, which might be usable)
So with some wizardry, it seems workable. The mast tabernacle would have to be fabricated or purchased, the rest would be straightforward fabrication. The triangle that joins at the front might require some aluminum welding, easily done as a walk-in walk-out at most welding shops.
Jean, you specifically mentioned the Tanzer 26, do we know if the Tanzer has anything else going for it that makes this rigging easier, other than a shorter spar?
Would be interesting to examine any other differences that might be showstoppers...
An engineer... strangely enough I happen to be one actually.
Does anyone have the specs for the mast?
Total length, total mass...?
Maximum safe tension on the forestay hardware?
Wow, that looks ideal.
Is this a part I could acquire? I am not afraid of the modification if the result is proven...
Does anyone make a tabernacle for a Mk V?
My cruising area (Rideau Lakes) doesn't have a mast crane on it anywhere, all the marinas just cater to powerboats.
I'd love to find a way to make a Mk V mast selt-steppable. I'd be willing to engineer a solution but pointers much appreciated.
Looking for a C&C 27, any Mark considered, but must have a usable highway trailer.
I'm in Ottawa, but will travel a bit...
Cheers.