Does anyone have experience with Ronstan ballslide batten cars on a Charleston mast? Strongly considering getting a set for the full length battens as the batten compression makes the mainsail somewhat difficult to > hoist and requires a trip on deck to pull it down when dropping. Appears to be a great product, not requiring a track, thus much less money than Harken and others. Also allows for addressing the batten slides only vs. replacing all slugs, as would be required with a special track.
Leon
Akula-San Francisco
C380#144
Leon,
I installed the Ronstan Battslide Cars 2 years ago, when I bought new sails.You will need more than just the batten cars, there are cars in between the battens as well. It works well for me. I too didn’t like much having to go forward to pull down the sail.
In practice it depends on how quickly and accurately
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My question is that in the North East, is it really necessary to paint the prop and shaft with the special anti-fouling paint?
Right now, I have prop and shaft all polished and cleaned.
Thanks
Jack
C380 #68
JaxSan
I used PropSpeed paint on my prop. It is very expensive but a year latter i did bottom cleaning and all I had to do i wipe it with a piece of carpet. Prop is the only exposed metal in water aside for 25mm of prop shaft. I changed zinc even though there was more than 75% left because it was covered by barnacles.
I would use PropSpeed again
Regards,
Mario Vrdoljak
I second the Petit product. I have used it for a number of years and had no barnacle attachment. A friend in a neighboring marina had so many barnacles on his after only 6 weeks in the water
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Galvanic corrosion (also called ‘ dissimilar metal corrosion’ or wrongly ‘electrolysis’) refers to corrosion damage induced when two dissimilar materials are coupled in a corrosive electrolyte.
When a galvanic couple forms, one of the metals in the couple becomes the anode and corrodes faster than it would all by itself, while the other becomes the cathode and corrodes slower than it would alone. For galvanic corrosion to occur, three conditions must be present:
Electrochemically dissimilar metals must be present
These metals must be in electrical contact, and
The metals must be exposed to an electrolyte
Hi all,
I would appreciate input on the underwater zincs used on my C380. With the installed Yanmar, I’m aware that it lacks engine and heat exchanger zincs.
Since I’ve only needed to replace our zincs once, during her initial survey in 2007, I’ve forgotten many details. Before rushing to judgment, about only replacing
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2. Drain coolant from heat exchanger (drain under aft end of heat exchanger.
3. Loosen / remove hoses that will interfere with heat exchanger removal.
4. Remove bolts securing alternator & alternator brackets. Secure alternator forward and out of the way (should not need to remove wires). Be careful not to lose spacer holding alternator to engine block.
5. Remove bolts from caps securing heat exchanger core. Tap caps with rubber mallet to loosen and remove.
6. Score end of heat exchanger core to align same with heat exchanger body. Slide forward and remove.
7. Clean / service heat exchanger core (Rod out tubes, soak in radiator flush for 24 hours. Clean with brass wire brush. Be careful not to lose straight horizontal rubber/plastic gasket mounted on aft end of heat exchange core. [Editor note: Yanmar recommends replacement of the O-Rings and end
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It’s interesting that you have the Yanmar engine with C380 hull #184. I have C380 hull #185 and have a Westerbeke engine. I had thought that there were several Westerbekes after my hull #. Looks like I got one of the last Westerbekes or did the Previous Owner of your boat decide to wait for a Yanmar engine?
Paul McManus
Sea Sea Rider C380 #185
Port Orchard, WA
When we were looking to buy our C380, I called both Warren Pandy, and the Westerbeake representative that handled both warranty issues. I recall Warren explaining that there really wasn’t a specific hull number that could be sited as when the transition occurred. As I recall he mentioned that they tested the Yanmars on a boat or two prior to making the final decision to transition. He further indicated that even when the decision was final, the transition really didn’t occur
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I am planning on refinishing the floor down below this spring. I recall others have used regular floor polyurethane. What specific brand has been best, and what finish (gloss, semi-gloss, satin)? Any hints?
thanks,
Steve Klegman C380 # 113, Folie A’ Deux
Steve–
Yep–we used std floor poly—-from Home Depot or Lowes…maybe Minwax.
Semi-gloss per admiral Jeanne.
Has lasted 11 or 12 years & still looks good except in one small area under table which is most-used spot. Will probably try to spot refinish.
Yor’re probably aware that with poly extra care is needed to make area dust free.
When I did flooring, I took all the pieces home, so much easier to work/sand/apply & keep dust free: vacuum/wipe.
We do use a strip-type carpet in main walkway.
Warren warrenell@msn.com
C 380 #44, My Bride II
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In a sidebar conversation, Warren came up with a really simple way to add the raw water alarm to our boats. The sensor that straps to the exhaust hose can be wired into the existing circuit for the engine overtemp alarm. This way, if either the engine overheats, or the exhaust hose gets too hot from lack of raw water, the alarm will sound. The sensor alone is just $54.
The steps would be:
1. Strap the sensor to the exhaust hose just below the water injection elbow.
2. route both wires to the terminal strip in the engine compartment.
3. connect the black wire from the sensor to the same terminal with the black ground wire.
4. connect the purple wire to the same terminal as the engine overtemp alarm. This wire could be identified by finding the sender on the engine or looking at the back of
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I’m planning to get a new padded leather wheel cover. The two venders that I’ve narrowed it down to are Edson Marine, and Boatleather.com. They are both in the same price range. Does anyone have any comparative info about the products of these two companies?
Tom Soko
Juniper C400 #307
Noank, CT
I had my wheel covered four years ago by Color Wheelz WWW.COLORWHEELZ.COM . It is an excellent product and reasonable.
Chris Vasilas
KATERINA C380 #291
Greenport, NY
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I made the wheel cover out of 1/8” low stretch braided line. The first wheel cover I did this way is still in service on my previous boat after 25 years and this one is in excellent shape after 5 years. How it is done is to tie continuous clove hitches and pull the knots very tight. The results is a spiral ridge around the wheel.
To mark when the wheel is mid ship I also wrapped the top spoke and put a Turks head on the top of the wheel. Those two marks also serve as tactile feedback so you can feel how far the wheel is turned.
Similar to a leather wheel the line covered wheel is much warmer and more comfortable on the hand. We rarely need gloves when on the helm.
I don’t remember the length of material needed, but think it was about 300’. I
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Thought I’d share a scary experience. I was jarred awake just prior to 5 AM by our aft carbon monoxide detector alarming. There was an odd pungent smell, and even odder sound. The sound was kind of like a cross between crackling and chattering high pitch. I quickly vented the boat, and started looking for the source of the smell and sound. I eliminated an oil filled electric heater, and eventually isolated the sound to my battery compartment. I found the starboard MK Deka 8A4D AGM battery quite hot, gassing, with visible rapid bubbling in the caps. I immediately shut off the charger, vacated the boat and gave the batteries a couple hours to cool down before removing any cables fearing a spark.
It was very fortunate that I was on the boat, and able to interrupt a thermal run-away of the AGM battery. While AGM battery manufacturers
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