Recent content by ConchyDug

I'll hopefully have the Lofrans X2 on tomorrow and mostly wired up sans the large +/- wiring. Definitely not hand hauling 185lbs of tackle that would be rough. It's hard enough doing the 105lbs now by hand. On a side note Mantus is doing an Easter Sale with 10% off if y'all need gear. The...

How much chain rode are the E38 owners going with for cruising tackle? Did you notice a big difference in boat handling with the extra bow weight specifically on the 38? I just bought 125' of 5/16" G40 and plan to couple that with a 35lb anchor of some flavor(trying to be a little weight...

Looks like Ronstan and a screw vertically in the hole on picture #3. But because aluminum and steel are not great friends it might be as we say in Texas a little waller'd out. Christian has a write up on installing one if you want specifics.

Those Bambu units are slick, I was able to design and replace all the light bezels in my boat with the translucent PETG with my P1S. Also fired out some nice cleat chicks for some sport boats so they don't snag spinnaker sheets. Also found a model for mounting fans to the Victron products like...

Huh? I'm talking about the poles Selden sells as asym sprit poles. We had a 3" or 3.5" diameter model like in this picture. I wouldn't scab a spinnaker pole to my bow without sleeving it first. Which is what it looks like someone did with a reacher strut further up in the post.

How do you like the sock? I have one for my smaller 1.5oz reacher but I've only used it a couple times. Have you seen any chafe issues when the big scoop is up top when the kite is deployed? I'm still on the fence with the sock. I've thought about just opting for a letterbox takedown when double...

I've seen them fold up on boats using A2 A-kites pushing the edge of the AWA of the kite in breeze like north of 16-18kts. Like the wind is coming forward of abeam.We slapped a 3" diameter Selden on a friends 33' boat as well and ran a J105 kite off of it... it was bending enough to scare us in...

Flying a kite has always been a risk vs reward scenario. Like how long can we cheat fate with flying a small 3 bedroom 2 bath floorplan amount of fabric off the front of the boat in breeze. Consistency pays off... consistently not slapping the water with the mast that is. If you want to get...

At around 16kt TWS the Ericson hull form likes DDW. You're just carving a bigger trench in the ocean at that point. Carrying the A-kite that low in 20kts is another matter though, you'll probably need new underwear. I included the polar for a 38 with a 16kt TWS crossover range for the headsail...

Why not aluminum pull rivets? It's pretty common on aircraft to install "placeholder rivets". This happens usually after an older system is removed and all the structure looks like swiss cheese, so a solid rivet is usually bucked in. For the little hole that's left in the pull rivet you could...

When you get them installed could you please throw some pictures up? I'm headed down this road as well at some point this year. Can you identify which brand you have?

I think Kato Marine has some 38 photos if you are interested.

Here is some reassurance your efforts are not in vain or a waste of time. That's for a cap shroud... on a 38. Probably original to the boat, after I saw that I went scorched earth on the rig, everything got replaced. Luckily that was pretty early in ownership of the boat and I had not taken it...

We're about to replace all the foam and upholstery in the boat and we ordered the Sailrite foam demo kit. We ordered Standard Medium density foam to build a demo cushion but I'm curious with what others have gone with. Have any others purchased foam from Sailrite? If so what did you go with...

Yup, commercial aircraft don't carry paper charts anymore. They keep the backup charts on electronic tablets which are far easier to update than a library of physical charts.