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Recent content by vasuvius

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    Spreaders for E-26 Isomat mast - free

    Free to anyone who wants these. Located in northern NJ close to NYC. Just need to figure out pickup or shipping.
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    Dismasted at dock

    Thanks Arturo.
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    Dismasted at dock

    Thank you. I’ll call them and find out what they say. Yesterday, I spent a few hours taking off all the standing rigging off the mast and got a much better understanding of how it all works. The 2 main hardest things are the broken spreader tang/base and the bottom edge of the mast. I found the...
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    Dismasted at dock

    Hi Marlin - I truly appreciate your offer but hesitate to send you off on a wild goose chase. My boat is an E26-2 - tall mast, deep keel version. I've verified that the spreaders are intact. It's the spreader tang that is the issue - It is indeed cast aluminum as Christian points out. The...
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    Dismasted at dock

    I haven't had time to deal with fixing the mast and getting it back up. I haven't been able to find a rigger in these parts who can even come and take a look at the boat. The aluminum welding required for the broken spreader is likely to be difficult to source around here (from what I've been...
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    Dismasted at dock

    @gabriel - The forestay broke as we were turning the sail around the furler foil. It should not have. It was likely already compromised and hence it broke so easily. I'm just glad nobody got hurt and that it broke while at the dock instead of when I was out sailing with my wife (which would...
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    Dismasted at dock

    Yesterday, a friend and I were putting on the sails on my E26. Luckily there was a dock available at the club and we didn't have to do it at the mooring. We got the mainsail setup without any issues. We got the headsail into the furler and as we were turning the furler foil to be able to setup...
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    water in the bilge

    Sorry, I missed mentioning that. The first thing I checked was the fuse. It was blown. I replaced the fuse after pumping out the water, then cleaning the pump parts. You bring up a good point - I did not trace the wires to see if there was any damage that could cause a short. And now I'm...
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    water in the bilge

    My boat is at a mooring about 300 yards from the clubhouse. I don't get wifi out that far to run a blink camera :-( I do have the same pump as yours in the 1100 gph size.
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    water in the bilge

    I have a deck stepped mast. And strangely, I don't see any water stains inside the boat that could indicate where the ingress is from. I do know that rain water gets in from the deck. But, given the amount of water in the past 2.5 weeks, I think there's another ingress from under the water...
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    water in the bilge

    Water in the bilge loosens crud and gunk which get through the pump strainer and impede the float switch. The pump is a Seaflo pump with built in float switch. I cleaned out the strained and wiped the pump, float clean and it worked fine after that. I wonder if a 'finer' strainer like a cheese...
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    water in the bilge

    I think it's time I found the cause and fixed it. The boat went into the water 2 and a 1/2 weeks ago and today was the first time I had time to go to the boat since then. For the past few days it's rained quite a bit and the weather has been rough - 20-30kn winds, and choppy. The bilge pump...
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    Anode Question

    Sorry I meant to type Zinc. I didn't realize that mixing aluminum and zinc would have caused an issue. Is zinc bad in brackish waters ?
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    Anode Question

    my boat is moored in brackish water. this season i plan to use 2 anodes - 1 lead + 1 aluminum. Overkill, adds weight, ... but I'm curious and want to try it
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    E26-2 : stuffing box drip

    Sadly I wish I had known this sooner. The very first month of boat ownership, I managed to get the cabin sole in one corner soaked and damaged :-(. I need to buy that pump. I've been shutting off the raw water sea-cock when I leave the boat and there's definitely less water coming. I'm still...
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