Re: Mast wiring
Great story Scott - but I doubt that water pressure will work in this case.
There are at least two blockages. One about ten feet down from the top, another about six feet up from the base and who
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BC
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#10115
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Re: Mast wiring
This is probably goofy and unhelpful, but I'm reminded of the
frequently occuring problem of wetvac hose clogs, and the easiest way
to clear them... running water through. If you run out of other
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Scott Walters
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#10114
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Re: Standing Rigging
If it hasn't been in the water since 82, your rigging might be fine depending on how it was stored. That's 40 less years of outside exposure, shock-loading, and other problems that age the rigging and
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lm53187
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#10113
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Re: Mast wiring
I ran into this when trying to run the wires up the existing conduit in the mast. I was able to slowly push the obstructions further up the mast with some pressure on the snake. However, it eventually
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lm53187
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#10112
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Re: Mast wiring
The blocks might be styrofoam or something to keep the internal wires from
slapping around making noise. Sharpen a pole and try to break through
perhaps.
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Rick Gengarelly
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#10111
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Mast wiring
We unstepped the mast last fall and just now are getting around to upgrading the lights and wiring on the mast.
To my surprise it seems that a snake cannot be run down the inside of the mast.
There
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BC
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#10110
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Re: Standing Rigging
There is a SS "strap" that lays across the mast head fitting. It takes the the head stay and back stay. And is secured by the three bolts in the top of the cap. The bail on the front of the cap
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Carl Damm
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#10109
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Re: Standing Rigging
Thank You for all the info! definitely helps piecing these boxes and boxes
of stuff together.
My tangs for the shrouds are ~1ft below the top of the mast and are bolted
thru 2 sheaves.
I think when
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Sol Rebel
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#10108
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Re: Standing Rigging
Hey Jeff,
I recently finished re-rigging #663. It's a bit pricey, but was worth the effort while I had the mast down. To the best of my knowledge, the standing rigging was original (over 40 years
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lm53187
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#10107
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Re: Standing Rigging
#1 Anti chaf rubber belongs at spreader
#2 Life lines
#4 Shroud tang to connect shroud
#5 316 stainless strap belongs over this mast head piece for fore and aft
stays to
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Rick Gengarelly
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#10106
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Re: Standing Rigging
Jeff,
There is a file in the "files" section of the groups.io page.? It contains an item called "information.htm" which I copied from an older T27 website.?
What is good about it is that it has all
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Caleb Davison
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#10105
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Standing Rigging
Hi All,
I'm trying to make sense of the rigging that came with my boat and was
hoping someone could shed light on it. This boat came with lots of extra
parts that aren't necessarily from
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Sol Rebel
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#10104
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Re: Centerboard Cable thru hull question.
The boat is on the hard in Cambridge, I'm in Royal Oak, hope to moor on Edge Creek off off Broad Creek.
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Keating # 618
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#10103
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Re: Centerboard Cable thru hull question.
KeatingWhere on the Chesapeake?? I am on Frog Mortar Creek off of Middle River.Patrick#079 (I think)Sent from my Galaxy
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Patrick McGough
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#10102
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Re: Centerboard Cable thru hull question.
Carl, I just purchased 1975 Hull #618, she was a Great Lakes boat most of her life. She will be sailing the Chesapeake. Do you have any advise you can share on thru hulls ? I have read that it is
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Keating # 618
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#10101
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Re: Centerboard Cable thru hull question.
On my 1965 and 1975 the original thru hulls where pipe nipples threaded into the glass. A proper thru hull will have a skin fitting and a valve with a flange that is bolted to the hull. The thru hull
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Carl Damm
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#10100
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T27 for sale in CT
I have listed my beloved T27 for sale on craigslist and may post it
elsewhere. (Advice welcomed!)
Here is the link:
https://newlondon.craigslist.org/boa/d/mystic-tartan-27/7493270901.html
She was
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Alan Schaeffer
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#10099
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Re: Selling our T27 in CT.
Hi Kevin,
I do not have very many pix right now as the boat is still under cover.? I have two attached, the engine when it was just installed, and one last fall.? The rest of the boat is stock with
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JAMES DOBBS
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#10098
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Re: Selling our T27 in CT.
Do you have pictures posted somewhere?
[email protected]> wrote:
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Krmorrissey@...
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#10097
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Selling our T27 in CT.
Hi All,It's time...."you have to know when to hold'em and when to fold'em'...and it is the time for us to sell our boat of 42 years sailed on Western Long Island Sound.? It is a type one '64 hull
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JAMES DOBBS
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#10096
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