Bilge outlet

[JD-MDR]

My side is really killing me. All this time in the lazerette with that bilge outlet digging into my side. Does anyone know of a reason I can't put it on the other side with all the other hoses? Also Its getting bent and worked too much from me crawling around there. It will break eventually. Notice I put a 90 degree fitting on the manual pump inlet. It's just a cheap compression fitting used for kitchen and bath drain pipes. I don't know if it will last but it was the right size. I gerry rigged control lines to the windvane temporarily to see how it works. I have a couple problems to work out. I don't get the bungee cord idea. When I disengage, the lines don't stay on the drum. I’ll put the drawing up again. Jim, This is where you say " I told you so" I'm gonna keep trying though..

If you are indicating that Morning Star has a working solution to the installation of a Cape Horn steering gear on a worm drive equipped boat my advice would be to go with the existing installation example.
If you are able to verify the installation actually worked, and was not merely one step in a process which was a failed attempt at a working installation solution, you are ahead of the game.
A below decks installation may just not be feasible in your particular circumstance.
The ability to immediately engage/disengage your steering gear from your rudder are non negotiable.
Having a couple control lines led through the cockpit are a small price to pay for the luxury of being fitted with a wind vane self steering gear.
For me, long distance singlehanding would not be possible without my Monitor at the helm.

Oh, Thanks all for the reading suggestions. Six Frigates was great, and Sextant was really good also. I also got both Sterling Hayden's but haven't started them yet. Last month when I was at Marina Del Rey My bicycle got stolen from the grocery store and Frigates was tied down on the stern. Luckily the library was right across the street and they had one on the shelf.

[Frenchy]

I think many of us (and especially myself) can feel your pain. It's no fun stuck in a claustrophobic space where
it's impossible to be comfortable and difficult to even see what you're doing. Just keep trucking. Some day
you'll be heeling to a beautiful Pacific breeze and this will be an almost forgotten memory, J.D. - Jean

[Sea Hunt Video]

JD:

A couple of thoughts from a rookie tadpole sailor.

First, assuming your photos are of your Cape Dory 30, while you may think it is cramped, it is a spatial suite compared to the access afforded on a Cape Dory 25D to at least four (4) hoses/sea cocks. Joe M. on S/V Creme Brulee will concur as will any other caretaker of a Cape Dory 25D. Mr. Alberg woke up on the wrong side of the rack the day he designed the positioning of cockpit drain hoses.

Second, you may want to add a hose clamp to each of the hoses depicted in your photos assuming they are below the waterline hoses and holes. You may also want to consider installing more robust hoses that are spec'd for below waterline use.

JMTC and probably not worth that.

[JD-MDR]

Yea I still got alot of things to do. I got most of the expensive stuff done. I still have to go thru the running rigging and remember these seacocks. I haven't replaced them yet. I may take a trip North around Pt conception .At least to Morro Bay. I know that's one of Robertos favorite places