Hi Roger, I found your comments very interesting. We have just upgraded our ground tackle and entire bow area along the lines you are considering. Our...
Does anyone know where I can get a length of the plastic/rubber toerail insert? We have a Saga 35 and added a 700 lb shoe this year. Melted down my old fishing...
The following was submitted to the group Sep 10/08 by Rex Maugans. Also as per the attachment the rubrail insert for the 35 is the same as the 43. Glad to hear...
I own a Saga 43 and want to trade up to a larger boat as I prepare for retirement. Can anyone give me some advise on which brokerage to list the boat with to...
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Dan Douenias
judan@...
Apr 4, 2009 5:51 pm
Hi Mark, I have the original Sprint 1000 which I rebuilt with a stainless steel Fleming replacing the plastic part. The motor burned out due to a jam up at the...
Dan, What kind of rope chain splice do you have- a crown splice where the rope passes only through the last link or where the line weaves through multiple...
I would also like to get more information on the shoe attachment. Improving performance sailing into 25+ knots would be a big bonus for the 35. I have looked...
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Dan Douenias
judan@...
Apr 5, 2009 3:57 pm
Hi Bill, I have a crown splice which passes through one link only. Originally the Rigging Shop at West Marine supplied a 10mm rope spliced onto the chain....
Stephen, Comment regarding the head and the concern that I have with the rim of the head being below the water line. I have noted that on not just Discovery...
Good day Stephen Have not installed the new rubrail insert yet, so far a little to cold whenever I may have an opportunity. Just managed to get the winter...
Dan, thank you for the reply. Is your current rope jamming because of the crown splice or the larger diameter rode? The capstan can be used to retrieve a...
I talked to Mr. Perry last year about the boat's weather helm. He suggested that I get a furling boom and have it cut down a few feet, a 15 thousand dollar...
Good call on the $15000 solution Michael. I agree that is too rich for the frequency with which 25 knots on-the-nose comes around. On Lake Ontario it ...
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Dan Douenias
judan@...
Apr 5, 2009 10:58 pm
Bill, I believe that the problem is caused by the larger diameter rope (1/2") which results in a larger diameter splice. The following arm can't push the line...
While I realize this is not a place for commercials, in response I have to recommend Tom Pilkington at Prestige Yachts in Stamford, CT. We used Tom as our...
Hi Geoff - let me second the motion on Tom - his phone number is 203-353-0373. On another note - just ran into Keith and Rose on Camelot in the Bahamas. ...
Dan, I haven’t had a problem with the V2 although I don’t get to the rope (9/16) often with 150 feet of chain. The V2 is much smother and I think you’ll ...
Hi Carl, I haven’t had any problem with the valve leaking on this boat but it did on our previous boat (also a Jabsco head). We have learned to be very...
Hi I also talked to Robert Perry about the boat being a bit cracky on a reach over 20 knots and it being tender. So we added the shoe, it was very easy, made...
Stephen, I will simply replace the hose that supplies water to the head from the sea cock with a hose long enough to include a loop next to the head and then ...
Hi gang, I may have inserted my new rub rail insert a little sooner than most as Hurricane Ike chewed up part of my old one last September. I notice several ...
Rex, Thanks for the detailed description. Re: Hurricane damage -- another solution is to move to So Cal. The last hurricane here was in 1939. My dockmates...
HI posted a picture of the shoe for the rudder since it cannot go any deeper I was thinking of adding an inch on the trailing edge to start with have to do a...
When I purchased our 2001 Saga 43 in 2005 thru Saga Yachts, they re-torqued our keel bolts as it's recommended to do periodically (annually I believe according...
Peter, I have thought about this as well. Not sure how necessary it is in the real world but the engineering principle is sound. I have a meachanical...
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Terrence Gillespie
Terry@...
Apr 10, 2009 4:53 pm
Peter, 190 ft/lb for small (3/4") and 300 ft/lb for large (1"). Take one nut at a time and add a small backup plate, apply 5200 and torque. Tighten the big...
RE: Keel nut torque. I like the 300 foot pounds as that is similar to what construction engineers recommend (or higher) when they use stainless steel bolts to...
Greetings all, I spent a rolly night at anchor this weekend along the So Cal coast. Nice weather but little wind and a confused swell that kept throwing me...
