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That is, if you have ever repacked one. If your rudder setup is like mine,what I did will work for you. Remove the tillerhead, take a hand-full for grease and run your hand down the rudder shaft. A small amount will go down the gap between the shaft and the tube. Collect all the grease from the outs...

The self tapping screw leaves a sharp end sticking into your halyard/wiring space. Can't help anything.

Bill

Dave Brandzel at All Aboard Marine Transport. 732.270.4848. Has both hauled and splashed my Chris Craft 28' in NJ. Hauls local and long distance. Several trucks & trailers. Reliable, great communications, priced mid-market. Very careful with my boat, and full of great advice. Does sail, old wood...

I've bent both Schaeffer & Harken track to fit Ty's and similar Alberg boats, and it's easy to make the curve. Just start at the curvey end (forward) and bolt in the first two holes. Then use the long unattached end to pull the track into the curved shape and set one bolt at a time. Almost easie...

And of course, it isn't exactly your pump.
But you might find some useful tips.
http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/raw_ ... ump&page=1

This guy Maine Sail is very well grounded.

Bill

Does anyone have a recommendation of a good surveyor in the central New jersey area? I am on northern Barneget Bay.

TIA
Bill

http://www.lbifiberglass.com/

very reliable, good products

Bill

The Ensign fleets that tow nationwide and often have settled on dual axle trailers (mostly Triad) to haul a extremely similar boat. The axles are usually 3500# units with the same size and load rating tire your Triad featured. In addition to the extra load capacity of the additional tires, braking i...

Did you have a hard grounding recently? Your boat has a cavity molded in that the lead ballast was lowered into via the ballast lifting ring you see rusting away in your bilge. At some point in the boats history water infiltrated the space between the ballast and the cavity wall and froze, cracking ...

Even with refurbishment (higher bunks) the cost might be about the same as your expensive haulout. Afterwards, sell it to someone needing a CD 22/Ensign/Sea Sprite/similar trailer. Lots of sailboat deals go begging for lack of affordable transport. I'd be wary of stress cracks on the wide-spaced sli...

http://www.divendog.com/ladderplatform.aspx Might be easier to just haul yourself onto a submerged platform on the side of the boat to recover and have a place to stand while beginning your accent. No experience with this item; have been considering it for a winter refit as a swim ladder for the Chr...

At least mine was. When I cut a hole out of 696's bulkhead for a compass, I cut a spot that had half a foam-cored section and what looked to be a hollow half. It was a decade ago; I can't remember which half (top or bottom) was hollow. The compass hole was about 2/3rds of the way to the top from the...

The Solution Redemption And that smug feeling. Thank you, Groco. Some (maybe 8) years ago here I posted my solution to this problem, and was widely lambasted for it. My solution involved connecting a NPT to an NPS thread. The connector was in a low stress area (thru hull to 45 degree elbow) but many...

The outside, less so. My Ty's been gone for a while now, but I think most of us Ty owners have dealt with this design "feature". The first thing that you may need to know, Robert, is that the tube your rudder post sits in goes out the bottom of the boat underwater. Any water going into tha...

taped off any other air holes in the mast and fed in a lot of string at the hole where the wire exited. Set the vacuum at the mast base and the string appeared in seconds.
Be sure to put the side of the mast you want the wiring to be in downward.

Bill