[C38] Lightning/Fire
Joseph Launie
jlaunie at cox.net
Mon Aug 29 18:41:16 EDT 2011
superannuation may be the problem. I can find where I sent the turning
block pix but cannot find the ignition pix in my documents. We will try
again. Joe Launie/Macavity
On 8/29/2011 9:19 AM, yvo kwee wrote:
> I did not get them. I use Firefox, could this be the problem?
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Chuck Finn <charles at finn.ws
> <mailto:charles at finn.ws>> wrote:
>
> Steve,
> The rest of us got them!
> Even on the East Coast after/in Hurricane Irene, with no power and
> lots of flooding, and all of us worrying about our boats!
> I suggest you ask your email folks if they have some filter up.
> Chuck Finn
>
>
> On 8/29/2011 11:57 AM, Steve Smolinske wrote:
>
> Joe, the pix didn't come through.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> <mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org>] On Behalf Of Joseph
> Launie
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:48 PM
> To: listserve at catalina38.org <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>
> Subject: Re: [C38] Lightning/Fire
>
> Steve,
> Here are two pix of my ignition key and glow plug moved
> so I do not
> have to bend down. My mechanic installed a wooden wall in the
> end of the
> winch pocket to protect the switch from the weather. He first
> installed
> a waterproof ignition switch which had a huge rubber thing
> over it. I
> snapped one key off and got him to remove it. Works great. Joe
> Launie/Macavity
>
> That's one of my projects for this year too, I think I'm
> going to
>
> totally seal the engine instrument panel and move the key and
> glow plug
> to another location all together. Have had to many problems
> with it,
> most recently the ignition switch (Brand new) corroded and shorted
> during a race, we had to continually disconnect the start
> battery and
> reconnect under sail so as not to run it down and burn up our
> fuel
> pump. Now I have a battery switch isolating it so that the
> problem
> wont reoccur, but still need to move the switches and seal
> that panel,
> Drives me nuts every time the cockpit fills up and that
> puddle goes
> splash splash into the instruments.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
> <mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org>] On Behalf Of
> Larry Malmberg
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:47 AM
> To: 'Catalina 38 Listserve'
> Subject: Re: [C38] Lightning/Fire
>
> I have to concur with Joe here, having had an electrical
> fire on
>
> Hassle in the past you really don't know what has been damaged
> until you
> get into the entire electrical system. Either a very good
> surveyor or
> marine electrician, perhaps both, to determine your needs.
> Also keep in
> mind, any repairs done need to be checked and re checked. We
> found on
> the recent Trans Pac race our engine panel did not have any
> drain at all
> and was not sealed well, hence a ton of sea water in it which
> caused us
> ton's or problems. I'll do an article soon on this for the
> site along
> with our experiences on Trans Pac 2011.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Larry Malmberg
> Team Hassle
>
>
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> <mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org>] On Behalf Of
> Joseph Launie
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:05 PM
> To: listserve at catalina38.org <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>
> Subject: Re: [C38] Lightning/Fire
>
> David,
> I have been a forensic examiner in insurance matters for
> over 34
>
> years.
>
> These are just casual comments, not advice. I would
> immediately hire
>
> the best marine surveyor I can find to look for hidden damage.
> Anything
> that got hot or was near what got hot is suspect.I would not
> rely on the
> insurance adjuster for any insurance company on the planet. I
> work both
> sides and am currently working for CSAA in northern california and
> Nautilus in Anchorage.
>
> Joe launie/Macavity
>
>
>
> Fellows,
>
> Some of you may have read about the french maxi-tri
> IDEC flipping off
> Long Island Sunday night/Monday morning.
>
> During the same storm INTEMPERANCE was struck by
> lightning, setting
> the VHF on fire, which then set the electrical panel
> on fire and
> blackening the interior.
>
> I discovered the fire mid-morning on Monday,
> exstinguish the embers,
> and yesterday, under her own power, INTEMPERANCE made
> her way to the
> yard where she's been hauled awaiting a marine
> surveyor from our
> insurance company, clean-up, and repairs. I have hopes
> we'll be
> sailing Charters again by early September. Amusingly
> IDEC was towed
> in and righted just a short walk from where
> INTEMPERANCE was hauled.
>
> This is, of course, a set-back, but not a killing
> blow; either to our
> business or to INTEMPERANCE. She is water-tight, her
> engine appears
> to be undamaged, and more importantly, her sailing rig
> appears
>
> undamaged.
>
> The starboard side chain plates will need a good look
> and the coach
> roof where the traveler and winch are anchored. But I
> believe she
> will
>
> sail again.
>
> Best to all,
> David
>
>
>
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