[C38] New Owner - feedback

[Dick Kilroy]

Mark: Welcome aboard and enjoy.

3) Have had 2 AB super cold machines on my Cat38 I think you are correct, the control unit is shot. If the boat sat for 6 years you will probably find other problems of this nature.
4) Have 2 boats, propane on one, CNG on the other. CNG is hotter but very hard to find, expensive and shorter lived. My choice is propane, tanks attached to stern pulpit
5) Brownell Systems, Mattapoisett, Ma has started a boat scrapping business. They are the people who started the jack stand business as well as the hydraulic trailer business for hauling boats. Tom Brownell runs it. They haul my Morgan  38 to my house in Marion, Ma. Phone 508 758 3774.
7) I used hollowed out teak to run wires for my 2 Alpenglow lights.
8) I stripped all bottom paint and barrier coated with Petite stuff filled voids with epoxy,used ablative paint since, 12 years and all is fine.
9) The reason you have a smile is the bolted on keel, you will see the bolts in the bilge.

Dick  (Dashaway hull # 193)

  ----- Original Message ----- .  
  From: Mark Lewis 
  To: listserve at catalina38.org 
  Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 5:39 PM
  Subject: [C38] New Owner - feedback


  My name is Mark Lewis, and I purchased hull #6 (1979) last December, based in Long Beach, CA.  Name was "Pokai" (owner said Hawaiian for "with the wind".my google search says "night of the supreme one".  It is a bay in Hawaii, named after a ruler).  Planning on renaming the boat "Bluewater" (my reason for buying - former Great Lakes Sailor).

   

  The boat participated in the Congressional Cup series in the 80's and won the first Cat 38 race in 1980.  Attached is a Sports Illustrated article about the race you may find interesting.  Watched this years race and it was amazing how they can maneuver those boats.  The 12 identical current 37.5's donated by Catalina are very similar in dimension / sail area to ours.  Is it bad luck/manners to rename it?

   

  Forgive my "shotgun" approach on the following questions.  I numbered them so you could respond on one or two items, vs. the whole listserve, or refer me to an archive if you think one exists.   Thanks in advance.

   

  1.  Trouble backing to Starboard - read Chapman's re single right turning prop favors port.  Any suggestions?

  2.  Owners Manual - don't have one.  Anyone scan their's to email?

  3.  Adler Barbour - Fridge has worked twice (ice cubes next morning).  Had freon checked, OK.  By passed thermostat, no joy.  Fan and compressor run.  Control unit?

  4.  "Gas Systems" brand, range/oven - no gas connected.  CNG v. Propane?  Preferences?

  5.  Tiller to wheel convertion - have tiller, would like to go to wheel.  Ideas for finding used parts?

  6.  Rear decks retain water - rail has a lip that doesn't allow drainage so the boat collects dirt/water.  Anyone drill a hole under toe rail to drain?

  7.  Two interior lites above galley and chart table have shorts - can't get to wires to replace.

  8.  Hull blisters and smile - boat hasn't been pulled since 2005.  Have pictures.  Smile both sides and diver says 60 - 80 blisters, which he describes as "typical".  I'm planning on pulling the boat this winter.  Suggestions for $ pain for gain, materials / approaches?

  9.  Keel - is it encapsulated in fiberglass?  Is it lead or iron?

   

  Thanks again,  Mark.

   



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