What are its dimensions? (P, E) Did you use a standard mast from some smaller boat? Have you tried using the mizzen as an auto-pilot, with sheet to tiller?...
Ahoy, The mast is a carbon windsurfer mast 4.7m long. Sail luff is about 3.8m and the foot is about 1.7m. Area is approximately 32 sq feet. It was a cut down...
Recently received as a gift and read Mighty Merry Too by Mary McCollum, which may be of interest to the group. It covers her cruises in her 1998 Dana (Mighty...
Hi Tim and Janet, Paulina and I are departing Southern Cal. in an hour or so. We anticipate arriving in Bellinham Friday if all goes smoothly. Hope to see...
Hi Bill/All, Quick update on the black smoke issue. As Bill thought (thanks) the prop was very fouled after just a few months. Had a diver take a look and...
Bill is one knowledgeable guy and we are lucky to have him in the group. What a diagnosis ... from how many miles away! Keep up the good work. Ben C. Ben C....
Hello to my fellow BC boaters from Graceful Exit. I am leaving tomorrow for two months in BC waters. I will be based out of Ganges on Salt Spring Island....
Our mainsheet blocks have given up the ghost, or more precisely, their ball bearings, and so are in need of replacement. I've long thought the 4:1 purchase on...
I wouldn't give up the 4:1 ... it might come in handy for other things as well. Ben C. Ben C. Alexander s/v Puffin Dana 24 #127 Hailing: Bellingham, WA Home:...
It's not clear from your post whether you are on the hard and trying to remove the plug for maintenance, or in the water and needing to close the seacock. If...
To all, In a comparison, what do you feel are the strengths and weaknesses of the Dana 24 and the NorSea 27? If you were going to buy one of these sailboats...
You're probably asking the wrong group. Both are seaworthy boats. The Nor'Sea has an 8 ft beam and is very cramped inside. The Dana, on the other hand, has...
Wondering if any on the list can reach theoritical hull speed (about 6.1kts) under power and if so, at what RPM? Bob Buckley s/v Resolve #317 Wondering if...
Calm seas, I routinely get 6.2 to 6.3 kts at just under 3000 RPM. If I push the engine up to max rated RPM of 3400, I push over 6.4 kts and she is riding up...
I owned a NorSea 27 aft cabin about 30 years ago. Well built, overpriced, narrow, slow and she tracked like a Chesapeake crab. In a nice breeze in the Gulf of...
...and....at 2200 I run at 5.5 kts and 0.33/hr. While that is under the recommended "max minus 10%" of 3060, I run it up to higher RPM regularly and change...
Bill - 2 or 3 blade? I can't get anywhere near what you and Hank get at similar rpm. My 3 blade max prop must be under pitched.  Going to kick up the...
Bob...mine is a max prop three-blade (15") set to 8.4" pitch.  This seems to be the best combination of economy and ability to punch through a head sea when...
... PS may have used different seacocks at different times, but in our boat, the seacocks didn't come with grease fittings (zercs). Each seacock has two drain...
Ahoy to all of you with the YM engine, More bad news I'm afraid. Yanmar have been cutting corners with these engines and the latest problem to come to light is...
Does anyone know how the wiring is run down the inside of the mast? Is it in a PVC tube? or did PSC use some other method? Recently while in a rolly anchorage...
Ahoy Bud, I'm afraid the problem has nothing to do with the pvc conduit. What no one told me when I bought my Dana was that the VHF coax does not go down the...
Has anyone had a cover made to protect the bow sprit and teak pulpit stand from sun damage? If so, can you share the name/contact info of the canvas maker who...
Thanks Benjy, This is a "must" fix. Your info has saved me a lot of fumbling around. My plan "B" was to fill the mast with expandable foam through several of...
Bob, Have the 7-15 foot Forespar store on chocks attached to the stanchions to starboard. I have erred in that I have left it there over the winter and the ...
A while ago (ca. July 11) someone posted a query regarding mainsheets. Two things: (1) Please sign your posts (2) I want to reiterate that I would NOT reduce...
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