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jackbrennan
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Initially Posted - 01/10/2006 : 20:51:54

I own(ed) a C&C 25 that was wrecked by Hurricane Wilma in Fort Lauderdale in October. I have a pile of gear that was not on the boat at the time of the storm. All of it is good to go for a Catalina 25, which has virtually the same measurements, although I think the sails are a little big for the 250.

Here is what I have:

Sinrad TP10 autopilot. Less than a year old and still under warranty. It had a problem and was being refurbished by Simrad while the hurricane hit. It is still in the Simrad box and like brand new. $175.

Nylon drifter. 29.5 by 17.5. Dark blue/light blue/white. A great light-air sail in very good condition. No patches. It hanks on. $250.

150 genoa new in 2003 by North Sails. 29.5 by 17.5. White. Hanks. Excellent condition. $300.

110 jib new in 2003 by North Sails. 27.2 by 12.8. White. Excellent condition. Hanks. $225.

Storm jib. White. Old but in great shape. No patches. $50.

Full-battened mainsail. 25 by 9.5 feet. White. Good condition. No patches. $125.

Spinnaker pole. 11 feet long. 9-inch circumference. Good condition. $150.

1990 Evinrude 8 hp with alternator. The best outboard I ever owned. A two-pull start. It never failed me and in fact bailed my butt out of any number of difficult situations. $350.

Got questions? You can e-mail me at jackbrennan@bellsouth.net. If you're lucky enough to live in South Florida and still have a boat after all of the hurricanes, you can arrange to stop by and see the gear in person.

All prices are plus shipping. The outboard can't be shipped, so it's limited to people who can pick it up. The spinnaker pole probably can be shipped -- I'm told DHL would do it -- but it's larger than postal and UPS regs allow.

Thanks in advance. All proceeds will go into a mutual fund to buy a bigger sailboat, once the hurricanes stop battering us.

Jack Brennan

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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 01/10/2006 : 22:32:29

I would like to buy the drifter, I have sent you email.

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dbehling
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Response Posted - 01/11/2006 : 02:04:52

We may be interested in the autopilot, you said it had problems, have those been resolved? Does it come with everything needed or do we need to find parts? Thank you.

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jackbrennan
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Response Posted - 01/11/2006 : 05:42:35

I should have been more specific. The Simrad has been repaired and tested by the Simrad factory. I have the paperwork detailing what was done. Obviously, in the unlikely event there was a problem, the buyer could ship it back to me and I would refund the money.

With the Simrad, you need to install the following:

1) a QUALITY cigarette lighter plug and housing in the cockpit. (Cheap stuff corrodes quickly.)

2) A bracket on your tiller to connect the autopilot. You can buy them in various configurations for $30 to $50, or fashion your own with $4 worth of aluminum stock from Home Depot and a stainless steel nut and bolt.

3) A mount for the autopilot, usually on the cockpit seat or the coaming. You can buy a pack of the appropriate bronze fittings from Simrad for $13. Or you can use bronze/copper tubing to make your own. Basically, you overdrill the hole, then fill it with epoxy and redrill a smaller hole to protect the balsa core of your cockpit from water intrusion. Put a teak backing block under the hole. (I used Home Depot's Gorilla Glue, which sets quickly.) Drill a hole into the teak to acommodate the fitting or tube.

This takes about two hours and can be done with a minimum of boat-working skills.

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Turk
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Response Posted - 01/11/2006 : 12:44:19

I will buy your auto pilot.

I've e-mailed you off line.

Thanks

Turk

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 01/11/2006 : 17:42:51

See Jack, I told you that stuff would go fast, specially the auto pilot.

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Andiamo
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Response Posted - 01/14/2006 : 10:38:52

Is the drifter still available?

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jackbrennan
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Response Posted - 01/16/2006 : 14:41:28

Everything is sold. Thanks to the folks who inquired and/or bought. Hope the gear works long and well for you!

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 01/18/2006 : 00:13:58

Bummer about the boat Jack. I'm still amazed at how Wilma came ashore over here on the west coast yet did so much more damage on your side than here.

Steve

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jackbrennan
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Response Posted - 01/19/2006 : 20:53:18

The best theory I've seen, from a Hurricane Center forecaster, is that we had many tornado-like "vortexes." That's the only way to explain pockets of severe damage in what was otherwise not a very strong storm. The first part of Wilma was relatively mild, no stronger than Katrina when it rolled through a few weeks before. Then the back side of the hurricane hit after the eye passed -- that was when all of the damage happened. My fence was knocked down, the shed exploded, the screen room would have blown away except that a tree fell on it, lots of roof tiles got shattered. I was working on the ninth floor of a high-rise (I'm a newspaper editor) and the building was swaying so much that the water was sloshing back and forth in the toilets. We had blown-out windows, satellite dishes tossed around like toys, boats breaking loose on the river below us. At the marina where my boat was moored, the entire eastern section of the mooring field was swept clean, while western boats sheltered by an island suffered no damage. So it goes.

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Turk
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Response Posted - 01/19/2006 : 21:57:23

Jack

Thanks for shipping the auto pilot so quick. I've hooked it up to a battery and all seems to be functioning just fine. I need to buy the tiller pin and cup kit but have not found it available anywhere. Anyone know where parts for a simrad auto pilot are available on the net?

Thanks again Jack

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