Winter Project

[DaveB]

Sorry I missed your reply.
Any portable gas tank enclosed needs a fully enclosed locker with air vents and lower drain vent outboard to prevent gasses to cabin and keeping the inclosed gas locker air vented and lower gas vapor or spillage to drain overboard.
I would ck your consealed gas locker for air tightness to cabin and drain if there were to be a leak, also good air intake .
Even in the MacX open to air, there is possiable air leak between the seams of the Gas tank weld and needs a 5200 seal .
Factory didn't use acitone to take off the wax and used 5200 that just didn't seal it over the wax.
Out of the Mold with full Wax on gelcoat and seal with 5200 over that wax.

Dave

I Strongly agree, The S has a built in locker were the fuel tank is air locked from main cabin and any fuel lines should be in that contained area.

Not really air locked. You can stick your fingers through from the aft berth into the lazarette. In summer particularly, I have a strong petrol smell from the tank in the cabin .

[grady]

Grady-DO you have to put any valves in with the bilge pumps where they go thru the hull? Why run the starboard to the port and vice/versa?

So when the boat broaches the bilage exit that is in the water I know the other side is probably 5 ft above the water with no chance of taking any significant amount of water. The installation of these are just a safety precaution. The boat has not had any water in billage for at least 5 years. It is sealed up well usually do not sail in the rain and the boat is stored inside. The routing does have a uphill to it so I will check out how it performes.

[grady]

Ok so it is suppose to be 77 deg and 15 to 20 kts of wind on Saturday. Looks like a good day to finally get out and test out all the new modifications. It will be nice to finally get this boat back in the water after about a year and a half. I will try to get some good pictures and let everyone know how it goes.

[dlandersson]

Thank you - since it going to be 32 degrees up here in the great north tomorrow. We'uns gotta live vicariously.

Ok so it is suppose to be 77 deg and 15 to 20 kts of wind on Saturday. Looks like a good day to finally get out and test out all the new modifications. It will be nice to finally get this boat back in the water after about a year and a half. I will try to get some good pictures and let everyone know how it goes.

[taime1]

I feel your pain dlanderson - they are calling for scattered flurries and about 14 F tomorrow morning and warming up to a balmy 30 F later in the day.
Vicarious in deed!

[yukonbob]

It was -19F this morning. Still planning on putting the boat back in, in three weeks

[reastmure]

That must be Skagway you're talking about Bob? I think I'm 2 1/2 months away from launching in the Yukon lakes.( and they are called the 'Southern' lakes haha) I think we must be the last to launch our Macs in North America. Kind of a dubious distinction. Oh well, we love every minute on the water all the more!

[vizwhiz]

Grady, great looking projects... I have a later model S also, with the sink over on the side like yours. Do you actually use the sink for anything over there, or is it just a collection location? How do you use it? I've tried to figure out how you would actually be able to reach it easily with the seat there, and all I can think of is sitting on one leg, or half-kneeling to get close enough to the side of the boat to reach the sink...how do you do it?
Also, is your faucet hooked up?

[grady]

Grady, great looking projects... I have a later model S also, with the sink over on the side like yours. Do you actually use the sink for anything over there, or is it just a collection location? How do you use it? I've tried to figure out how you would actually be able to reach it easily with the seat there, and all I can think of is sitting on one leg, or half-kneeling to get close enough to the side of the boat to reach the sink...how do you do it?
Also, is your faucet hooked up?

Faucet is hooked up to a 2 gal or so soft colapsable tank. the onything I use the sink for is rinsing cups and brushing teeth. I just sit next to it to use it.

Aso postponed sailing turned out to be 22 gust to 33. Not the best conditions to test out new sails. Tomorrow is supose to be a lot better 10 to 15. Have a full crew lined up and a race. Did spend the first half of the day finishing up splicing most of my new lines and installing the boom kicker, cuningham and Dyneema life lines.

[grady]

Sunday was a good day for testing. most everything worked just need to adjust somme things a little.

Found out main sheet block lines are a touch too long, need to shorten extension line by 4".
Spinnaker line Dynema splice about 12 foot too long.
Outhaul not powerful enough need to get to 4 to 1 at least not 2 to 1.
Main halyard shackle and splice binds in block prior to main being raised enough, cut shackle and splice off.
Motor nettle is leaking motor floods out at idle, had to be the float by unplugging the fuel line intermittently.

On the plus new to me 150 genny fit perfectly and worked great.
New spinnaker fit perfectly and worked great.
New batteries worked great including solar cell. Ran radio all day and battery voltage was 13.1 at the end of the day.
boat looks and feels a lot more balanced with batteries mounted up front.
Boat performed better than ever and it felt good to have her back on the water after over a year.

[yukonbob]

Came across this the other night, bored while waiting for spring.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Camping/ ... t104382180

Not that the product is right for the boat, but the idea of running a small heat exchanger over the cooking flame, but under the grill. Maybe a small pump or gravity/ thermal transfer? Maybe next winter

[macr]

Just finished my winter project that took 5 weekends to complete. Lexan, not Just for windows anymore

http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1819