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Brian Gleissner

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Initially Posted - 12/30/2012 : 21:29:40

Dear Members -

Now that the gift-giving season has just passed, I'm thinking about putting together an article for the Summer issue of Mainsheet that features useful add-on's that the readers have installed (anything that was not originally available on your sailboat when new). If anyone is interested in contributing, please reply to this post or e-mail me at mainsheet@catalina-capri-25s.org

Thanks,

Brian Gleissner

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Response Posted - 12/31/2012 : 10:51:35

1. Tiller clutch by Wavefrontmarine.com. Super easy to install and a quality piece of gear.

2. Single burner stainless steel butane stove by Seaward.

3. Small drawer under dinette table.

4. Force 10 bulkhead mounted heater.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 01/01/2013 : 17:56:24

I've added a few niceties:
1. Replaced the incandescent fixtures with two Dr LED Dome Lights: one under the port side by the dinette, and the other under the starboard side by the settee mounted to the deck-to-hull areas inside the cabin. See [URL="http://doctorled.com/p24.htm"]Dome Lights[/URL]

2. Sony Marine Stereo FM Radio with a line-in and USB input for MP3 music loaded on a memory stick. I use WMA from my laptop on the memory stick. The radio comes with an IR remote control and drives two pairs of stereo speakers (front and back, left and right). The front speakers are permanently mounted inside the cabin, and the rears can be plugged into a 4 wire connector and placed inside the cockpit. My radio is similar to [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Sony-CDXM30-Marine-Receiver-Player/dp/B0016010CA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1357085548&sr=8-2&keywords=sony+marine+stereo"]Sony CDMX-30[/URL]

3. Hawkeye depth finder from Norcross Marine. See this [URL="http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_11151_10001_434229_-1?ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=434229&cid=sc_googlepla&gclid=CMr8qPe4yLQCFUKd4AoddH0AIg"]catalog entry[/URL]. With a 2" diameter, I was able to replace the guts of my original depth meter with this unit. Using the original housing saved me from having to fill the hole in the cockpit bulkhead and allowed me to seal the Hawkeye from the weather.
The transducer is adequate (not ideal) in a through-hull mounting using "wax ring" mounting technique. Soft bottoms read "---" on the display which is not too bad. Thankfully, a hard bottom provides a very accurate reading.

I've got some photos here someplace....

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Brian Gleissner

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Response Posted - 01/01/2013 : 20:34:06

Great input, keep it coming.

Thanks,

Brian Gleissner

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sethp001
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Response Posted - 01/03/2013 : 20:04:42

Consider a bow canon

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Brian Gleissner

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Response Posted - 01/06/2013 : 20:50:33

Seth, are things that bad in the waters you sail in? Where do you hail from?

Brian Gleissner

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sethp001
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Response Posted - 01/07/2013 : 15:35:56

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mainsheet Editor
 Seth, are things that bad in the waters you sail in? Where do you hail from?

Brian Gleaner
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Hi Brian, it's not that exciting. I sail on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. So a small ceremonial type canon would be fun.

Maybe if I ever fulfill the dream of sailing my little C25 swinger around the Bahamas and Caribbean, I'd take a little firepower with me. I am not well-versed in gun laws in any Caribbean country's territorial waters, but I think I would like to have a little firepower on board to discourage opportunists if cruising around desolate waters far from the eyes of men and the arm of the law since I'm not likely to outrun anything. I expect the firepower would never be needed since we don't hear of problems in those waters (and if we did, I'd want to sail somewhere else), but it would be better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

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Brian Gleissner

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Response Posted - 01/07/2013 : 21:02:02

Point taken and I agree. The most I ever encounter is the Hell's Angels on PWC's and the occasional Bass fishermen that need to get to their "spot" at 60 MPH

Brian Gleissner

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 01/08/2013 : 18:55:17

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by sethp001
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mainsheet Editor
 Seth, are things that bad in the waters you sail in? Where do you hail from?

Brian Gleaner
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Hi Brian, it's not that exciting. I sail on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. So a small ceremonial type canon would be fun.

Maybe if I ever fulfill the dream of sailing my little C25 swinger around the Bahamas and Caribbean, I'd take a little firepower with me. I am not well-versed in gun laws in any Caribbean country's territorial waters, but I think I would like to have a little firepower on board to discourage opportunists if cruising around desolate waters far from the eyes of men and the arm of the law since I'm not likely to outrun anything. I expect the firepower would never be needed since we don't hear of problems in those waters (and if we did, I'd want to sail somewhere else), but it would be better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
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It's a lot quicker and easier using some firepower to get dinner than a using a fishing pole.

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 02/05/2013 : 21:25:03

The most useful add-ons and conversions to Quiet Time:
1. Garmin 165 GPS/Sounder. This gadget saved me once from running the boat onto a wash rock in the San Juans, at 5 knots in the middle of the night. The GPS and VHF radio are on a swing mount, so I can use them from inside the cabin or the cockpit.
2. Simrad model 22 tiller pilot. I am usually single-handed, and the tiller pilot is essential equipment for me.
3. Self-tailing winches. Quiet Time came to me with with the basic winches. I replaced these with self-tailers over the winter of 2003-2004 and they have been worth every penny spent.
4. Converted the standard "traditional" clip-on dinette table to a folding table, hinged at the bottom of a 4" deep x 24" wide cabinet that is mounted to the bulkhead. This cabinet holds all the dishes, cups, and some other small items, and the hinged folding table is SO much easier to handle than that heavy particle board/melamine table that came with the boat.
5. Replaced exterior teak handrails with StarBoard. Catalina Direct item Z-2718. Less maintenance than teak and stronger. I don't worry about cracking them if I should step down hard on one.
6. Lazyjacks. It's nice to be able to drop the main and not have it in a pile all over the deck.
7. CDI #4 Flex furler. Another must-have for single-handed cruising. Also lets me run a 135 genny full-time, knowing I can just partially furl it down to 90% if the wind kicks up.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/06/2013 : 04:53:26

New switch panel
Fans
Storage compartment under the V Berth
Removable Davis telltails From the stays
New dock lines...or replacing the ratty decrepit ones on adjacent boat
EVA-Dry E-500 Renewable Wireless Mini Dehumidifier ($23.99 Amazon)Hang fenders off cables on dock, One less thing to deal with undocking
Tilley hat

Edited by - OLarryR on 02/06/2013 04:59:19

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Response Posted - 02/06/2013 : 07:47:30

1. Dodger-invaluable in the Pacific Northwest
2. Dual 12 volt power receptacles adjacent to the switch panel

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