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ilnadi
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 : 18:16:22

Without a doubt the two main items related to smells:
changing the head and all hoses connected to it
having the diesel fuel lines and filter replaced professionally

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sweetlou
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 : 18:31:56

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by OLarryR
 ....but they seem rather expensive for my mostly just putting up and taking down the main.
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Have you considered a Tiller Tamer for that application?

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 : 21:32:45

My [url="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4536671289105007193#"]autopilot in action.[/url]

[url="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4536671289105007193#docid=-4057230084458630944"]Autopilot[/url]

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 : 23:00:48

Don...tell me about that chair! I want one.....

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 : 10:08:27

Upgrades I wish I had not done...
#1 roller furling: If you want to loose the ability to sail in high wind at the highest level just add a wad of cloth on your luff. I never enjoyed sailing my boat in high wind again after adding the furler.

#2 bimini:I watch tell tales Constantly, the windex is everything, mobility on a boat with narrow side decks is already compromised and a bimini hurts that mobility a lot.

As a lake sailor who sails to "sail well" I never enjoyed my boat after it became a cruiser with the furler and bimini.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 : 10:17:02

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by kentwm
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Davy J
I specifically installed a CDI furler because I need to frequently lower the mast. The CDI foil is plastic and can take the abuse better. If you want to be able to change out headsails the other brands are easier to do so. But, I am very happy with CDI. Get the optional bearings.
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thanks for that information. I like to race my boat in our club races and we do sometime change headsails while underway so being able to do that is important.
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If you are going to race then the Harken is the right furler. You cannot change a headsail at a rounding with a CDI. Of course the foil section of the Harken is much better aerodynamically. If you can afford it get the Harken with swivels at the top and bottom, they furl the middle of the sail first and reduce the pocket depth making a furled sail as flat as possible.

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Davy J
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 : 10:19:52

These comments really prove "where and how you sail" will determine what is important to you. We spent ten days aboard last trip. Most days sailing/motorsailing 8-10 hours each day. The second day I only touched the tiller, to avoid crab traps, 5-6 times all day. In my opinion, the bimini and autopilot were must haves.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 : 16:50:51

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Joe Diver
 Don...tell me about that chair! I want one.....
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I bought four of these chairs eight or so years ago. They get plenty of use and still look good. They ratchet like a beach chair and can lay flat. I think the original brand was [url="http://www.sportaseat.com/"]Sport-a-Seat[/url] until West Marine started branding their own. Although they no longer sell the chairs I have, [url="http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SiteSearchView?Ne=2000000&Ns=Most Popular|0&beginIndex=0&langId=-1&storeId=11151&page=CategoryDisplayLevel1&N=377+710+2010118&catalogId=10001"]West Marine[/url] has a few chairs, like this one that looks like La-Z-Boy.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 : 17:25:24

I bought a chair at WM a couple of years ago that looks exactly like the one in Don's video.

I couldn't live without my Bimini! Makes a day on the water bearable in the summertime.

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sweetlou
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 : 19:04:21

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dlucier
 My [url="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4536671289105007193#"]autopilot in action.[/url]
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Don that video may have convinced me to buy an autopilot. As a oft time singlehander it looks like a game changer.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 : 19:12:21

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Davy J
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">So where did you install the larger gas tank?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Tohatsu came with a 3 gallon tank. I got a 6 gallon tank to fit in the port fuel locker.
<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Can you post a picture of how you did the V-brith drawers?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
We use this full size air mattress to sleep in the cabin:

This is a photo of the Engel and it's little brother a Dometic on our last trip:

The Engel has battery straps to keep it place.

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Looks just like my boat last night!

Where did you get the Engel?

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 : 20:39:21

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by sweetlou
 Don that video may have convinced me to buy an autopilot. As a oft time singlehander it looks like a game changer.
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It was for me.

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Davy J
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Response Posted - 05/29/2011 : 04:09:50

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Where did you get the Engel?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I purchased the Engel from these guys, they are the only place that had one in stock:
http://svhotwire.com/info/?p=307

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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 05/29/2011 : 07:27:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by pastmember
 Upgrades I wish I had not done...
#1 roller furling: If you want to loose the ability to sail in high wind at the highest level just add a wad of cloth on your luff. I neverenjoyed sailing my boat in high wind again after adding the furler.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Frank, what I did on our C25 with hank on headsails and now with our C34 with our ProFurl furler is to have two different headsails. Works for us here 'cuz we have two different seasons: heavy summer winds and then the rest of the year! Smaller 85-90% for summer, "big" (for us) 110% for the rest of the year. Most likely wouldn't work for those of you used to major daily wind speed differences and heavy gusts with larger headsails.

Like APs, so much depends on where and how you sail.

Your boat, your choice.

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 05/29/2011 : 08:04:28

As we purchased JD New in 2005, it came with Bimini, Speed, Depth & Wind instruments.

Sailing Mods:
Sailrite riding sail
Modified Keel haul system.
VHF with masthead antenna
Garmin 192c GPS Chartplotter

Cruising Mods:
Air Conditioning
Sunbrella boom tent
Relocate Bimini to cat bird seats.
15" Color TV
Full sized table (with swing up legs so that it lowers to extend the V-berth.
Flexible 2nd water tank under V-berth
Wash down pump under galley cabinet floor.
LED Galley light, Cabin Light, Head Light.
Marine stereo
12v outlet by Electrical Panel & on front side of Galley (for computer)
2nd 12v battery in the trunk
off/1/both/2 battery switch inside stbd cockpit locker.
Raising the companionway panel up from the floor to provide storage on the port side of the cabin ladder.
5 Gallon Porta Potti.

Teaching the Admiral how to navigate the boat in and out of the slip.

Failed Mods:
Seat as an extension of the cabin ladder. (bad design, fell off it several times.)
Built in cooler inside Starboard cabin locker (made from 2" foiled insulation, easily damaged.)
Fold-down galley extension (on aft end of galley counter) insufficient room above it on a c250wb.

Paul

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 05/30/2011 : 10:43:22

These are a few of my favorite things, err, mods: Reefing (2) lines to cockpit, rigid boom vang, auto pilot, roller furling,remote vhf mike to cockpit.

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