In one of the old newsletters (1989) an owner says that the discs at the bottom of the mast tubes are teflon. Assuming this is the case then the next question...
There was a Beachcomber25 Newsletter ??????? My Beachcomber came with a typed list of about 40 1980's Beachcomber25 owners. I take it at one time there may...
This morning I attempted to turn over the Yanmar 1GM10 engine in my Beachcomber25 for the first time in about 4 or 5 years. I first hand turned the engine a...
There was an owner's newsletter consisting of letters from owners. Some were handwritten and some were typed and were apparently copied and forwarded to other...
Hi Richard, Ron Payne Steve gave you all th options, but I say battery. If it were starter motor, the other lights wouldn't have gone out. Sometimes...
Beachcomber25s. Well, it must be the batteries. However they were fully charged. One was 4 years old, but had a green (75-100%) charge indicator. The other...
I've finally broken down and bought a voltage regulator for my solar panel. I've ruined a couple of sealed batteries by boiling the water out of them. To prove...
Yes, there was an original Beachcomber Owners Association started by Elliott Royce. I have copies of most of the newsletters. I have wanted to scan them and...
... I have just joined the club. I have Beachcomber #62 which I bought in 1983 (20 years). I am surprised at the trouble that others are having with their mast...
Hello Don. I am a newbie to the group, just having acquired a Beachcomber for our Sea Scout group a couple months back. I am surprised to see that there are...
Beachcombers, I just steped the mastes 2 weeks ago and did not know there were bearings that needed lubed in the mast wells. Where are new bearing found ? ...
Great to have long-term owners in the club! Where is your boat? Ted Johnson Beachcomber in Apollo Beach, FL ... Ted Johnson 303-445-8823 ... From: "Steve and...
Richard, if they didn't come out of the mast tubes, they are probably just down there, it seems to me. An original disc I found stuck to the bottom of the...
I am sure that when Don Smith talks about "bearings" he means the teflon discs at the bottom of the tubes and the mast tubes where they go through the deck...
When I hauled the boat for the first time since buying it a year ago, I found extensive deterioration of the aluminum cheek plates of the rudder. It appears...
Beachcomber25 Guys, The problem that is with my Beachcomber25 rudder is worm rot where the pesty borers ate away the wood. Anyone know what wood (teak ?) is...
Beachcomber25 persons. I drained out the 5 year plus old fuel and replaced the 1 and 20 micron fuel filters on my Yanmar 1GM10. I then filled each filter bowl...
Beachcomber25 Members My Yanmar 1GM10 has no compression. The local Commadore of the Yacht Club who has a Welsh Craber with a Yanmar 1GM10 believes that this...
Take a look at messages #62 thru #64 for reference. I used 1/4" (original is 3/16") copper-free (marine-grade) aluminum which was strong enough, I felt, to not...
Thanks for the reply, Steve. I am hoping to find an aluminum fabricator to replicate the rudder. Do you, or anyone in the group, have drawings of the rudder...
To Jim Parsons and Richard Lewis, this is Ron Payne. When I bought the boat in 2001, the rudder stock (as I call it) had pitted through below the water line....
Richard, by e-mail I wondered if you could unfreeze a stuck valve by using an oil changer to pump out the old and replace it with new 10 weight oil, then spin...
Jim, our boat, Dixie Lady, is located in Panama City, Massalina Bayou, east side of bayou. The previous owner replaced the old tilt-up rudder with a fixed...
Thanks for the info Larry. I might try to get to Panama City to see your boat, my daughter travels there frequently. What condition is the original rudder...
In answer to your question, I live on Old Hickory Lake, which is the dammed-up Cumberland River, near Nashville, TN. I keep my boat in the water at the end of...
It appears that we have input on mast lubrication from Steve Stuller, Don Smith, Larry Beck, Bill Sherman and me. To try to synthesize the information, it...
Late in the summer, I heard a cracking sound in the mizzen mast at the deck level. There had been a rubberized water preventer around the top of the mast tube...
The jumper cable zinc I built is worth a consideration by salt water sailors in this class. I sailed the boat from Lauderdale Yacht Club to Key Largo last...
Excellent synopsis, Ron, on the mast lube state of the art. That should serve well for a summary for the archives and new owners as they come along. Bravo. ...
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