Hi Andy Check your tires for age cracks. Tires dry out from not being used and sun exposure. Most trailer tires and trailers are rated at 45-55 MPH....
Oh, when I first saw this e~mail I had thought that the site 'Com-Pac yacht owners association' had been cut off and left to die. Now that I hit the reply I...
Tom, Many thanks for the advice. I'll spend some time on the web site you referred to. No turn off due to the fact that it is a fishing site as all my...
Many thanks to all that responded to my questions. One common theme that runs through each response is that I should not plan on pulling the boat at 70mph and...
Hi Andy, ... ***Wind whipping the shrouds and stays over a long, fast trip can damage the aluminum mast. ... *** Yes, for a long road trip. I do not remove, ...
... Should I just run ... Hi Andy, Okay it's raining here in the Florida Panhandle and I cannot go out and play. You should always run all of the gas out of...
In message <euocfe+jjrb@eGroups.com> ... Andy, The larger motors have a separate tank so just leave the tank on the boat. If you remove the gas line while...
Curtis Villamizar
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Apr 1, 2007 2:17 pm
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Well I don't quite know how I happen to see this post in my un-used, un-visited e~mail site. However it sounds as if everything traveled well, and pulled well...
Why not join up 'Com-Pac Yacht Owners Association' site? CPYOA. For a C-P 19 a 5 hp ought to be good enough. As for towing at speed remember that resistance...
Andy, I didn't read all the others sugestions so I may repeat a few. Toung weight should be about 150 lbs,take outboard off and store in boat or suv if it is...
In message <282779.81097.qm@...> ... I think this advice may be dated. There is bound to be strong opinion on this both ways. Older...
Curtis Villamizar
curtis@...
Apr 2, 2007 12:44 am
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Curtis, I am one of those that buy something put it in the garage than forget about it.This has happened to my 9 yr old coleman 1850 watt generator and when...
I have towed to Florida from NC sveral times and regularly trailer sail my boat locally. I would not personally got to teh trouble of derigging my mast. I...
Andy, Sorry I don't have time to read all of the replies, so if you have heard any of this before I am sorry. I have towed my CP-23 from St. Louis to SC, SC to...
I'm in the planning phase of adding a few simple 120v AC circuits to my CP-23 for battery voltage maintenance and the occasional need to use 120v appliances or...
I lash my mast to the anchor ring on the tip of the bowsprit, so it has three contact points... the one at the front, the (padded) tabernacle, and the wood...
In message <eur4lu+hq97@eGroups.com> ... Spreader do serve a purpose. When you have a set of spreaders with both uppers and lowers, the the load on the stays...
Curtis Villamizar
curtis@...
Apr 3, 2007 11:36 pm
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I heard ComPac is selling brass rudder bearings to remove the slop and to lessen the friction. Exactly what are they selling? Is it really pair of bearing...
Jeff, They are brass bushings. Last year I installed both top and bottom (4) bushings on the rudder assembly of my CP16/2. Replacing them was one of the best...
Bruce/Jeff, Brass would be the wrong thing to use with aluminum. If I remember the galvanic scale correctly these 2 will react badly if exposed to salt water....
Jeff, I found ComPac's replacement instructions difficult to do. I was successful with one, but not the other three. The bushings are a standard size, so I got...
Rich I use my boat exclusivley in fresh water. The boat was in the water for four months and didn't show any signs of corrosion. You might be right about...
I took the unusual step of adding jump stays to my Horizon Cat to reduce mast flex. Overcanvassed and overtrimmed I would see flex - I should have just reefed...
In message <ev0j4h+m2sf@eGroups.com> ... Stainless steel bolt, brass bushing, pressed into aluminum... seems like a bad combination or metals if this were...
Just wanted to complete this post. I replaced my pump with the new Oberdorfer. The new pump was exactly the same, so it was an easy swap. The Oberdorfer...
I have a Compac 16; it motors nicely with a 40 lb thrust trolling motor. By that I mean it gets me in and out of our harbor with no issues. I do not use it...
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