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Re: Coach sides core material.
开云体育If I recall correctly it was some kind of light weight polyester filler. Could have been a polyurethane foam. The only purpose was to help bond the headliner to the cabin and provide something sold for the ports to bed against. Without the filler the cabin house and the headliner would flex when the ports were mounted.If I was going to repair this, I might use a rigid spray foam like Great Stuff and then trim it back flush. A flexible foam, like the kind used for doors and windows might not work well.? Dave Second Star S362 #113 Fair Haven, NY/Lake Ontario
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Potable Water Filter
开云体育My boat came with a Shurflo Waterguard filter under the galley sink.? In looking for a replacement cartridge, it appears they no longer make a cartridge that will fit in the housing.? They all look to be 10” long and narrow vs. the 5” x 3” that is installed.? Am not certain a 10” filter housing will fit under the galley sink and still have sufficient room to drop the housing to replace cartridges in the future.? ? What type of filter do people have, if any?? Last year [our first with the boat] we brought water for drinking / cooking and only used the water in the tanks for washing.? Would be “nice” to have the option to drink the water from the tanks as well. ?Cleaned the tanks last year and would need to do again.? ? Thanks, Brian Escapade? S426 CT / LIS |
Re: Coach sides core material.
In 2019 I replaced my opening ports on our ‘88 S36. Those voids were filled with 3M’s premium marine filler. It’s a polyester filler. I can’t say if that’s what they were using in 1980, but here are some images for you to compare.
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https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40067468/
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to answer your other question; yes, I would fill it completely. That way you are screwing into a solid substrate when mounting.?
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Good luck with your project.?
I have an album with all of my photos if you want some inspiration.? Jordan
S402-047
formerly S36-087
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Lake Michigan
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Re: Coach sides core material.
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Dave Short SV One Timer 1997 S362 Mt Desert, ME |
Coach sides core material.
Can anyone tell me what material is used in a 1980 S30 # 28 to fill the void in the side where the port lights are installed?
I am replacing the ports and the material between the inner and outer "skins" is a loose and chunky mess. Should this void be filled entirely?
I know it has to completely filled around the port light but should it be filled all along the side?
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I am thinking thickened epoxy used in conjunction with a wooden clamp of sorts (plywood with a slot cut and fitted over both layers of FG) to maintain the required gap for the port lights.
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Jim Lake 1980 Sabre 30 Halifax NS |
Re: Is this typical for crazing?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Eric Vos via groups.io <ericalexandervos@...>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2025 10:33:22 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SabreSailboat] Is this typical for crazing? ?
Also the 38 MK II can have lots of crazing.? The 38 MK II can look lovely but when you get after 1989 it can be dodgy.? Depending on the weather during application, setting, and later use can have dramatic effects on the crazing issue.? I looked
at a 1993 38 MK II and it looked horrible.? This was a problem because the manufacturers were all buying from the same source.??
Bottom line, almost all of the crazing is aesthetic.? There are no issues with it allowing moisture to get past the glass and rotting your wood.? Some crazing can be so bad that it looks like the gelcoat is going to chip off.??
Bottom bottom line, many people hate it to the degree they will not buy a boat with substantial?crazing.? If resale isn't an issue, and you don't mind too much, the boat is still solid.? I looked at a 402 and decided against her for reasons other than
the crazing.? She remained on the market for close to two years.? I asked the broker why and he said "people hate the crazing." And the crazing was not horrible.? ??
Beware!? Some sellers use fancy washdowns, waxing, etc. to cover up the extent of the issue.? I looked at a 93 Sabre 38 MK II and it looked fantastic.? On the day of the survey it was raining.? I was astonished at how bad the crazing was and how I had
missed it on my initial visit to the boat.? During the survey the owner told me that he applies a washdown that hides the crazing but that the rain had taken the coverup off.? Needless to say, I didn't buy the boat.? Make sure if you are looking at a boat
that you have an honest discussion if there have been any efforts to add a little "makeup" to cover the condition of the decks.? In my case, the broker hadn't known the owner was doing this.??
-- Franz Alvarez S/V Tranquility - S38MKII |
Re: Is this typical for crazing?
Also the 38 MK II can have lots of crazing.? The 38 MK II can look lovely but when you get after 1989 it can be dodgy.? Depending on the weather during application, setting, and later use can have dramatic effects on the crazing issue.? I looked at a 1993 38 MK II and it looked horrible.? This was a problem because the manufacturers were all buying from the same source.?? Bottom line, almost all of the crazing is aesthetic.? There are no issues with it allowing moisture to get past the glass and rotting your wood.? Some crazing can be so bad that it looks like the gelcoat is going to chip off.?? Bottom bottom line, many people hate it to the degree they will not buy a boat with substantial?crazing.? If resale isn't an issue, and you don't mind too much, the boat is still solid.? I looked at a 402 and decided against her for reasons other than the crazing.? She remained on the market for close to two years.? I asked the broker why and he said "people hate the crazing." And the crazing was not horrible.? ?? Beware!? Some sellers use fancy washdowns, waxing, etc. to cover up the extent of the issue.? I looked at a 93 Sabre 38 MK II and it looked fantastic.? On the day of the survey it was raining.? I was astonished at how bad the crazing was and how I had missed it on my initial visit to the boat.? During the survey the owner told me that he applies a washdown that hides the crazing but that the rain had taken the coverup off.? Needless to say, I didn't buy the boat.? Make sure if you are looking at a boat that you have an honest discussion if there have been any efforts to add a little "makeup" to cover the condition of the decks.? In my case, the broker hadn't known the owner was doing this.?? |
Re: Is this typical for crazing?
You CAN find boats that are acceptable but few brokers will tell you the crazing is bad. I have seen some perfect 386's, and 38MK2 and older boat can be pristine. The very newest 402's can be good and some 402's have been repaired well. There was one in the Caribbean that was mist and extremely well set up. Good luck!
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Jim Gregory Sabre 402 #32 Milford CT |
Report on Newport-Bermuda race sinkings
The attached report on 2 boats sinking during rough conditions in the?2024?race is interesting reading and has useful safety lessons.? One takeaway is that rough conditions can stir up fuel tank sediment that clogs the?fuel line and shut down the engine just when it is desperately needed.? Another is to carefully inspect the upper and lower rudder bearings per the recommendations.? Both boats carried high volume dewatering pumps that were very helpful but also had issues.
-- Bill Graves
S362 #261 Souwester
Marblehead, MA
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Re: Is this typical for crazing?
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I would agree with Bill on this one; you're going to find varying degrees of this crazing. This was most predominant on the 362, 402, and 452's that were built from 1996 to 2003. By the time they launched the 386 and 426 they had transitioned to a new gelcoat and the crazing issue seemed to go away.
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My understanding of the story, and I'm sure someone in here can do a better job of articulating this...
Many manufacturers; Viking, Cabo, J-boats, Sabre, and others were sourcing their gelcoat from Cook Composites. In the early 90's the EPA issued new regulations which led to Cook Composites removing mercury from their gelcoat. Mercury was the ingredient that gave gelcoat its elasticity characteristics. Removing it meant that as the boat changed size and shape (microscopically) in different climates the gelcoat wouldn't match those changes and thus, would crack. The crazing issues started to present themselves in the early late 90's early 2000's and owners started to complain and file warranty claims. Many of those manufacturers went back to Cook Composites and wouldn't you know it, they went out of business by 2005. I know of one 402 that was totally re-decked by Sabre, and perhaps there are others. That boat was on the market a few years ago with a new awlgrip paintjob and new shiny decks, named 'Egret'.?
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As for my experience with the situation, my wife and I looked at 5 - 402's in our search, and since buying one have been on 3 more. One of them was awful, and needed to see a grinding wheel and paint booth, 3-4 of them were in rough shape, but if you squinted your eyes, two of them were not bad at all, and one was exemplary. Polish and wax helps hide it. By no means does it fix it, but it puts some make up on the pimples.??
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Long winded answer - but I hope this helps.?
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Have fun, even it's just window shopping. :)?
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Jordan
S402-047
formerly S36-087
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Lake Michigan |
Re: S362 engine mount replacement (and SIgmadrive flange)
In addition to replacing the engine mounts I used Scott Schucher's very nice puller to remove the prop shaft flange and install a new PSS Pro seal, and I replaced the fixed flange with a Sigmadrive coupling that uses CV joints to permit a few degree misalignment between the tranny flange and the prop shaft.? I did carefully align the new coupling, but all this work was done out of the water.? The alignment can change when launched and also due to rig tension, and likely due to sea state at times.? Between the new engine mounts and the Sigmadrive the engine vibration at rest and underway is significantly reduced. On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 9:42?AM Bill Graves <elfowl77@...> wrote:
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Bill Graves
S362 #261 Souwester
Marblehead, MA
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Re: Is this typical for crazing?
My 2001 S452 has mild/medium crazing in the cockpit and deck gelcoat (=all over). But not on the non-skid. A good, deep scrub and wash and then waxing makes it 'go away'. Well at least less visible. It is only cosmetic, and I have had no issues regarding leaks or structural.?
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Jorgen Naess
2001 Sabre 452, VENTO
Safe Harbor, Greenport, NY |
Re: S362 engine mount replacement
I'm following up on a couple of threads.? First regarding the engine mounts I followed Eric's path and bought the Bushings Inc DF-235-M3.? They custom built them in 2 days and charged $92 ea.? My W35D weighs 386 lbs which is lighter than these mounts are spec'd for.? However ALL mounts that I could find with 5" centers are for heavier engines.? It seems Sabre should have used 4" centers but didn't.? The reason I was replacing the old mounts was a suspected broken mount, which turned out not to be broken.? However all 4 old mounts were rock hard with no compliance at all - I assume the rubber became brittle with age.? The new mounts are much more flexible and initial running shows much reduced vibration in contrast to Eric's experience.? The symptom?that I had an engine mount problem was odd; last summer one of the?bolts that mounts the belt-driven fridge compressor to the engine sheared.? I replaced it figuring it sheared from 20 years of vibration, but the new one also sheared in a couple of weeks. I believe the rock hard mounts caused excessive vibration that led to this.? At idle the engine is now still to my eye.? I used the deflated basketball trick to raise the engine off each mount 1 at a time which worked great. On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 9:33?AM Bill Graves <elfowl77@...> wrote:
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Bill Graves
S362 #261 Souwester
Marblehead, MA
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Re: Is this typical for crazing?
When I was shopping for a 362 several years ago I saw a wide variety of crazing conditions (none of these 1997-2003 boats were free of it) and I eventually bought one with mild crazing.? As many have written it is usually primarily an esthetic issue with no apparent effect on water penetration. On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:57?AM Mitchell Sogin via <mitchellsogin=[email protected]> wrote:
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Bill Graves
S362 #261 Souwester
Marblehead, MA
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Re: S362 questions on water tanks and mast j-hook
Same here for my 2003 362 (38 gal port, 49 fwd).? From previous emails it sounds like all 362s have the same bow tanks but the later ones gained 10 gal bigger port water tanks. On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 8:45?AM Dave via <ringld=[email protected]> wrote:
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Bill Graves
S362 #261 Souwester
Marblehead, MA
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Re: Is this typical for crazing?
开云体育Jeff,I have only seen one Sabre 362 with this much crazing. ?My 362 does not have a lot of crazing. ?Glenn at Sabre told me that it should not cause water intrusion. ?I did use crack sealer on my crazing just to be sure. ?Sabre did do repairs on boats that had crazing at one time but not now. ? Regards, David Jaworski? S362 Windwalker Severna Park, MD On May 22, 2025, at 10:28?PM, Jeff Bartlett via groups.io <Jhbartlett@...> wrote:
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David JAworski
Sabre 362
Windwalker
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On May 23, 2025, at 6:45?AM, David Short, SV One Timer, 1997 362, Mt Desert, ME via groups.io <dhs.short@...> wrote:
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Re: Is this typical for crazing?
开云体育Whoa. That is way worse than my 1997 hull #189.?On May 22, 2025, at 10:27?PM, Jeff Bartlett via groups.io <Jhbartlett@...> wrote:
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