We had a great time at the Bell Harbor Cruise. It sure is nice to get acquainted with others who have similar interests (and such good taste in boats too!)....
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Marty & Robin Oppenhe...
marty@...
May 1, 2000 8:22 pm
Well we didn't make it to Bell Harbor, but we also had a great weekend. On Thursday morning, Liberty was loaded onto Ed Norgard's V-berth trailer at Brown's...
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Scott Gordon
smgordon1@...
May 2, 2000 2:24 am
I know there was a thread about this topic some weeks ago but I didn’t get involved. We have a 1984 CHB with a Perkins 135. I have no idea what my prop size ...
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Harvey Warren
hhwarren24@...
May 2, 2000 3:00 am
I cruise my 34 with 135 Leahman at 1800 rpm and average 7.2 - 7.5 knots. AT
WOT, 2600 rpm if my tach is correct, it will do 9 knots. All I know about
my prop...
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Ron Sallee
ron.sallee@...
May 2, 2000 3:03 am
Scott, you don't give a length for your 1984 CHB. Our CHB 34' with Lehman 120 does 7.5 kts at 1900 RPM with a 2 gph fuel burn. Ron & Marilyn Sallee...
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Clark, Andrew R
andrew.clark2@...
May 2, 2000 1:18 pm
ANTARES runs at about 7.3 to 7.5 knots at an indicated 1900 RPM (2450 is max for the Lehman 120). Don't know the precise accuracy of the knot meter, but it's...
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Gary L. Westerkamp
logbuyer@...
May 2, 2000 2:53 pm
Scott, We have the Perkins 135 in a 1984 35'. Transmission is Borge Warner 2:1. Cruise at 2000 RPM and 7.5 to 7.8 knots. Replaced my 3 blade 23 x 17 with a 4...
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Charles C Culotta,Jr.
cculotta@...
May 2, 2000 4:24 pm
... I have Perkins 6.354 135 hp n/a engines in my CHB 45. Orig prop size was 24"dia. x 20"pitch . I repitched to 23" . B/W trans 2.5 to 1 ratio. 4 blade...
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Sandy Floe
steamer@...
May 2, 2000 5:30 pm
... +++++++++++++++ Scott and all, A point not mentioned yet is "hull speed." For those who might not be familiar with this concept, it is a way of...
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Thomas Mahowald
tmahowald@...
May 3, 2000 12:06 am
Sandy wrote: "By choosing your prop to give a top rpm of 2450 to 2500 (on a Lehman) with the throttle wide open and then backing down to 80% of that you should...
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Sandy Floe
steamer@...
May 3, 2000 12:49 am
... ++++++++++++ Good point Tom. I don't, but I'll tell you why. We're over propped. We can only get 2100 RPM with a WOT out of our boat as it has a 26 x 20,...
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Garden Delights
gardend@...
May 3, 2000 3:37 am
I am sending this out over the onelist rather than just to the pnw-chb@onelist.com because some of you have not subscribed to the NW group and I did not want...
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Clark, Andrew R
andrew.clark2@...
May 3, 2000 1:12 pm
OK, this last weekend, on the way to Bell Harbor, I used my new GPS for the first time. It seemed to work fine except for an annoying trait: the speed reading...
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Sandy Floe
steamer@...
May 3, 2000 3:28 pm
... Andy, You're not supposed to wave it all around when taking a reading. <G> Seriously, first I don't even come close to being an expert at anything, but am...
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Patrick Mullarky
pat@...
May 3, 2000 10:52 pm
Hi, Sandy, What you are seeing in the speed "jumps" is deliberate navigation distortion by the GPS satellites. A system called SA for "Selective Availability" ...
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keith.w.johnson@...
May 4, 2000 1:39 am
For those of you who are following this GPS stuff, here's the official White House announcement about GPS SA being turned off. ...
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Ron Sallee
ron.sallee@...
May 4, 2000 3:08 am
And for those of you who want to see the effect at the moment SA was turned off: http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace/gps_support/ Ron & Marilyn Sallee...
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bobknott@...
May 4, 2000 5:36 am
I run my 34 120 Lehman @ 2000 all the time and together with the 5.5 Westerbeke genset [which uses about a quart / hr. and I put about 180 hours/ yr. on it]...
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Clark, Andrew R
andrew.clark2@...
May 4, 2000 1:27 pm
Re Poulsbo- dock reservations for T/Fest may be restricted to those who register and pay the $. Last year there was space available for casual visitors, but no...
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jsevidon
jsevidon@...
May 5, 2000 2:03 am
Dear Friends, Effective may 28, we will be out of the country rediscovering Spain and Portugal, plus a week driving around the French and Spanish Pyrenees. We...
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Ron Sallee
ron.sallee@...
May 5, 2000 4:15 am
Ahoy Shipmates, we are almost to 130 membership wise and it is impossible for me to change your subscriptions for you (well not exactly impossible...I just...
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Mike / Elaine Thould
mjtelt@...
May 5, 2000 6:49 pm
Hi CHBers, I have posted photos of the April 28-30 PNW cruise to Bell Harbor Marina in Seattle, WA on the onelist photo album. Perhaps this is only of...
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Clark, Andrew R
andrew.clark2@...
May 8, 2000 1:16 pm
Thanks, Elaine. Great pics! Too bad you didn't get any of the rough trip down to Bell Harbor. I'm sure the folks elsewhere in the country would have liked to...
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DICKOBOAT@...
May 8, 2000 4:25 pm
I have an '84 CHB 34 and have been fighting leaks in the aft cabin windows for years. Each time I think it's fixed a while later another leak pops up. I now...
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rpmcoUSA@...
May 8, 2000 5:19 pm
Mike & Elaine Great Photo work on the Bell Town Cruise. I'm sure sorry I wasn't able to make it. Sign me up for next year. Talk about a collection of pristine...
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Charles C Culotta,Jr.
cculotta@...
May 8, 2000 7:42 pm
... If anyone of you have gone through this, I'd appreciate a recount ... I am doing a window now. I will post the procedure as soon as I finish the project. I...
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Dave Cooper
captdave@...
May 8, 2000 10:00 pm
... windows If anyone of you have gone through this, I'd appreciate a recount ... Dick, I too am faced with the window leaks. We have 4 fixed in the pilot ...
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Sandy Floe
steamer@...
May 9, 2000 5:04 pm
... One source of decay I discovered, which is easily fixed if you get to it in time, are the metal vents. There is no caulking of the vents nor are the screw ...
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Bill Baker
bill_baker@...
May 9, 2000 5:13 pm
I finished the repair of the sidelights and they work! As you recall I found the Transparent Glass Paint for re-coloring the glass "domes" that fit inside the...
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Len Zuvela
lenz@...
May 9, 2000 7:48 pm
I decided to replace the drain hose on my galley sink last weekend. When I removed it I found a bunch of white caulking on both ends of the hose connection...
