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- Thu May 28, 2009 6:37 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Slack Leach on the Main
- Replies: 13
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Stiffer battens
My battens are nominally the same - 1/8" x 1 1/4", though the upper 2 are perceptibly thinner than the lower 2. They measure 2 pound and 3 pound stiffness, respectively (force to deflect a 40" sample 4"). I added a 1" x 11oz. carbon TOW to each side for the last 65% of each ...
- Tue May 26, 2009 4:56 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Emergency Tiller
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7717
Looks like this.
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f48 ... 26594.html
Can't seem to load large pictures to this one.
Can't seem to load large pictures to this one.
- Mon May 25, 2009 5:25 pm
- Forum: Gear / Equipment / Maintenance
- Topic: Heart Interface Voltage Low.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6323
Thanks Loki. That gives me some things to check.
I remember those items in the manual, but only glanced at it and it lives on the boat... where I am not. Sounds Like I need to watch it under load and then consider adjustments.
- Thu May 21, 2009 11:59 pm
- Forum: Gear / Equipment / Maintenance
- Topic: Heart Interface Voltage Low.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6323
Heart Interface Voltage Low.
110 volts output when on shore power. Plenty of power up to 20 amps out. New batteries, so the input 12v side is running 12.5-13v. All connections well cleaned. The output voltage, on inverter, even at very light load is 100V. My microwave does not like this, though other equipment does not seem to ...
- Thu May 21, 2009 10:46 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Sewn-on composite hull fittings
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9937
Clever Solutions!
I like both of those thoughts. In reality, I doubt I will go anywhere with the project until I sail her for a season to understand her better, and then lay her up on the hard and stare at her for a while up close... and perhaps with the $10 camera!
- Sat May 16, 2009 12:58 pm
- Forum: Outboard Engines
- Topic: Lubrication of Morse control cables
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5761
My choises are...
[*]Ask you you post with a more positive outlook.
[*]Substitute my own reality.
[*]Gripe.
[*]Wait until the boat comes out in the fall for paint. Procrastination is always a favorite.
Ask others?????
[*]Substitute my own reality.
[*]Gripe.
[*]Wait until the boat comes out in the fall for paint. Procrastination is always a favorite.
Ask others?????
- Fri May 15, 2009 10:18 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Larger Batteries
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5682
Interesting. Now that I think about it, the 32 has some...
unused spaces, particularly the port side of the cockpit locker. I put tools in the middle, I bet another battery would slide in there. I'll have to see how the 3 new 27s do - my voltage jumped up ~ 0.7 volts, both at full charge with a brief load period to knock off any superficial charge. They wer...
- Fri May 15, 2009 2:30 pm
- Forum: Outboard Engines
- Topic: Lubrication of Morse control cables
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5761
Lubrication of Morse control cables
Is there a simplyfied method of lubricating the cables, short of disassymbling the binicle? The factory manual simply says "clean and lubricate... but how? No the double controls, this looks involved. Yet, they are running fine and I would like to tend to them while that is still the case!
- Fri May 15, 2009 8:12 am
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Larger Batteries
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5682
Re: Larger Batteries
Group 27s fit fine. Nex time I'll measure for larger?
But I'm not going as far as Page 38; he's got a whole sub-station wedged in there! I wish my house had that much power.
But I'm not going as far as Page 38; he's got a whole sub-station wedged in there! I wish my house had that much power.
- Wed May 13, 2009 9:48 am
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Rigid Boom Vang
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13836
Agreed, but unless the mast is flexible...
oes it matter I sailed a fair bit, but don't consider myself an expert on sail trim. This said, a simple multi purchase vang that need not be rigid can control twist off the wind where I've observed my boom lift and the top of the sail open up too much for my liking. We sail hull 36068 with the trav...
- Tue May 12, 2009 8:20 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the PDQ Forum
- Topic: PDQ 34 Berth Modification
- Replies: 2
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- Mon May 11, 2009 7:31 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Rigid Boom Vang
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13836
Please explain.
PDQ-Dave wrote:I've wished for a vang on many occasions while sailing Pacifica.
- Sun May 10, 2009 6:42 pm
- Forum: PDQ General Forum
- Topic: Larger Batteries
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5682
Larger Batteries
I know I read that someone (Page 83?) went from group 24s to group 27s.
How did that go?
How did that go?
- Sun May 10, 2009 6:40 pm
- Forum: Outboard Engines
- Topic: No fuel?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18075
Thanks for all the tips!
Today I found myself trying to come back in in SOLID small craft advisory conditions, with wind in the 30s.... and 3 dead batteries. There are so many fun toys for the kids to turn on, and I need new batteries. But as a result of tips from the forum: * tip the engines up just a little * I made up a ...
- Sat May 09, 2009 4:09 pm
- Forum: PDQ Capella (PDQ 36) Forum
- Topic: Rigid Boom Vang
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13836
If you put a knot in the topping lift at the right point ...
it will keep the boom off the hard top and cells. The boom will still swing around a good bit. I've sailed cats of different sizes and types for many years, and I can't see a vang for twist control. Without a flexible mast, the traveler does the same thing. With a flexible mast, however, that is som...