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Paul, make me an offer and then we can figure out how to get the stuff to you, The manifold will include a brand new knuckle for exhaust/seawater connection and black pipe nipple that connects. Makes it a heavy item, maybe 35 or 40 pounds. I'm pretty sure I have gaskets for the manifold, but no promises there. Meanwhile I made a note with your email, and your likes. RandyI used the kiwi grip oral the non skid surfaces; so far so good. Super easy to use and stands up well.RandyVaruna 158
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#158 Varuna
1981 Ketch rig
Cruz Bay, VI
Date of purchase March 2014
Current location, Erie, PA.
Randall Howarth1 user thanked author for this post.
Ewan, thanks for that conciliatory note. Truth be told, my initial
reaction to Tor’s post was similar to that of Topaz, but I decided to
chill a bit and chalk it up to a surplus of exuberance. Although I
can’t speak for anyone other than myself, I think to some extent the
decision to contribute is keyed to a degree of connected-ness
individual skippers have to the group that can only develop with a
pattern of interaction. Using words like lurker etc., tends to
emphasize insider-outsider status that is not condusive to that
interaction. So I agree with Ewan, let’s all work on enhancing the
community he is working hard to facilitate.In that spirit, here is my intro: I am doing an extensive re-fit on
1981 ketch I bought wo years ago-this boat is everything I have always
dreamed of–and i am open to share some hard won experience. Some of
you may be interested in (or horrified by) some of my decisions
(example-taking heat exchanger and oil cooler off the back of the
W-Beast and moving all radiator hoses to port bulkhead and putting
remote oil change pump and dual remote oil filters on star bulkhead
with lines run back to the oil cooler (old oil filter is closed off
now). I am having an aluminum multi-purpose arch constructed that
will have retracteable dinghy davit extensions, mounts for wind,
removeable solar and radar insert posts to facilitate canal travel in
Europe. That’s still in the print phase, but once I have the
prototype, I will throw up a pic to see if anyone wants one. In the
two year I have been working on the boat, much has happened, new paint
on hull, all LEDS, new whale plumbing,replace sink with deep single,
new electric panels with separate AC and DC, lots more. I have gained
alot of storage by cutting holes. Behind shower, center-aft corners
of water tanks, behind stove (from top). Cut three more hatches into
cabin sole. This summer will feature a bit of cabinet work LOL. I
expect to splash the finished boat, hopefully with a couple of new
sails, in 2017 and head back out to the Atlantic (I’m on the hard in
Erie PA now).I look forward to any advice (except don’t do it) on a propane on
demand hot water system fed from locker(s) set on transom top. I’m
thinking Bosch and wonder if it might make sense to broom the propane
locker to create more efficient use of lazarette storage and feed
galley stove from transom as well. I also need advice on designing the
ideal VHF antennae system. Does anybody have experience with the new
doodads that allow NMEA 183 to hear input from NMEA 2000? I have some
elements of both and upgrading radar, for example, to NMEA 2000 is not
in the budget.
Randy
Varuna 158No magic bullet on this; you might have to use a short wrench and find
some way to put extra torque on it. I went through this my first
season when I fetched the boat home 2 years ago. I was in the Erie
canal when my dampener plate tanked. With no experience, I managed to
remove the tranny with a cobbled together tool set. I had a plate
fed-exed to the next lock, and I was on my way. And because you have
to get under a lot of stuff to get there, it is a confidence builder
job for sure. not to mention a great opportunity to clean underneath.
LOLRandy
Varuna #159
