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  • 01 Oct 2011 04:43
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    Jeff McFadden wrote
    Do you know if they make side lights, stern light, and steaming (technically "masthead" although they do not reside at the top pf one's mast) lights?
    They make a tri-colour masthead and an all-round white light that we smaller vessels are permitted to use as a steaming and stern light combined.  As far as I know, they do not make side lights or a stern light.  The latter seems to be absurdly difficult to lay hands on at any reasonable price.  LED side lights are readily available and cheap as chips in NZ. 
  • 01 Oct 2011 00:52
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    Jeff, another place to look for led's is Bebi.  There is a link in the JRA link area.  I have them down below and also for running lights.  The web site has some great ideas for adapting them to various fixtures including good old pvc.  Delivery to the states from Fiji was very fast, shipping surprisingly cheap.  Give them a look.
  • 30 Sep 2011 12:26
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    Annie Hill wrote:For your nav lights, Jeff, I suggest you check out NASA's Supernova range of LED lights.  They are a lot cheaper than the opposition.

    (Oh dear, it looks like I might have to go up my mast and take the lights off!)

    Good luck with the engine.


    Do you know if they make side lights, stern light, and steaming (technically "masthead" although they do not reside at the top pf one's mast) lights?
  • 30 Sep 2011 02:46
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    For your nav lights, Jeff, I suggest you check out NASA's Supernova range of LED lights.  They are a lot cheaper than the opposition.

    (Oh dear, it looks like I might have to go up my mast and take the lights off!)

    Good luck with the engine.
  • 29 Sep 2011 04:18
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    Annie Hill wrote:Ah, yes, nav lights.  I replaced my bulbs with LED bulbs, contrary to the Oracle's excellent advice.  The fit wasn't good enough, particularly on an unstayed mast that makes things at the top wobble around.  I am $160 poorer and still have no nav lights.  I hope the Oracle misses this thread because I have been too cowardly to admit that he was right! My advice, for what it's worth, is be careful if you 'retrofit'.

    The Oracle misses nothing. However I'll prevail on him to bring his electricary gear with em when we come down for the TGO's visit. We'll see what we can do to salvage your $160.00.
    Last modified: 29 Sep 2011 08:21 | Anonymous member
  • 29 Sep 2011 03:19
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    Annie Hill wrote:Sounds like a busy winter ahead, Jeff :-).  Hope you get the boat up and running to your satisfaction for when the water goes liquid again (I assume it goes a bit solid in winter in your neck of the woods?)  There are several types of boaties (oh really!) but two distinct types are those that just want to get everything more or less working and then get on with other things aboard, like drinking wine and reading good books; and the other type who get everything more or less working and then take it all apart and do it again.  I am of the former persuasion, as I believe are you, so I hope that things do go as smoothly as is reasonably possible in a naughty world. 

    Ah, yes, nav lights.  I replaced my bulbs with LED bulbs, contrary to the Oracle's excellent advice.  The fit wasn't good enough, particularly on an unstayed mast that makes things at the top wobble around.  I am $160 poorer and still have no nav lights.  I hope the Oracle misses this thread because I have been too cowardly to admit that he was right! My advice, for what it's worth, is be careful if you 'retrofit'.

    Ah yes. Well, I'm "retrofitting" from a state known as No Lights Whatsoever. I'll buy LED lights right off the bat so poor fit shouldn't be an issue.
    You know you didn't slip that past The Oracle No days like that. ;-}
    On a perhaps brighter note: I fussed with the little Yanmar much of today, and my call is that it is in better shape than I was led to believe. It has compression for sure, fuel delivery at least part way (I still need to track that further) but won't run.
    After I finish chasing the fuel delivery all the way through (which I think the lads down at the shop did but if I'm following in their footsteps I might as well follow them all.)
    They (the lads down at the shop) said that after they did all they did that they sprayed ether in it and it still wouldn't run. I'm thinking injector and valve. I hope. A hundred and thirty bucks US, that's not too bad.
    There are little shims that go under the injector pump to control the timing of the injection. The PO said something about thinking its timing might be off. I'm seriously hoping he didn't fiddle with that.
    Last modified: 29 Sep 2011 03:22 | Deleted user
  • 29 Sep 2011 02:10
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    Sounds like a busy winter ahead, Jeff :-).  Hope you get the boat up and running to your satisfaction for when the water goes liquid again (I assume it goes a bit solid in winter in your neck of the woods?)  There are several types of boaties (oh really!) but two distinct types are those that just want to get everything more or less working and then get on with other things aboard, like drinking wine and reading good books; and the other type who get everything more or less working and then take it all apart and do it again.  I am of the former persuasion, as I believe are you, so I hope that things do go as smoothly as is reasonably possible in a naughty world. 

    Ah, yes, nav lights.  I replaced my bulbs with LED bulbs, contrary to the Oracle's excellent advice.  The fit wasn't good enough, particularly on an unstayed mast that makes things at the top wobble around.  I am $160 poorer and still have no nav lights.  I hope the Oracle misses this thread because I have been too cowardly to admit that he was right! My advice, for what it's worth, is be careful if you 'retrofit'.
  • 28 Sep 2011 18:24
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    Jeff McFadden wrote:Yesterday I towed Seablossom home, grudgingly giving up on sailing this year. 
    After much public agonizing over whether to install an electric system, and including advice from Annie to just put in a diesel and go sailing, I have decided to do exactly that, with a twist.
    There is no reason I shouldn't be able to fix a 1 cylinder diesel myself, probably in not all that many days.  I have been through much more complicated gasoline engines and when I was done they ran, often for years.  There's not much inside this box, and I have the manufacturer's original service manual to give me all the critical measurements and torque specs.  Parts are available.
    By the time I had the electric system in I would have as much in it as I spent buying the boat.  Let's see... ten grand for the boat... 7500 for the trailer... twenty grand for a truck to tow it...  five grand (!) for the round trip out to California to get it (required some truck service on the way)... Do I really want to stick in another 10 grand for an electric drive?  Naah.
    I knew I was crowding the season anyway; Seablossom lacks, among other things, navigation lights.  So I can wire her up, put on all the lights, fix the elderly Yanmar and stuff it back in the hole.  Given that she'll be on the hard in the yard I should be able to do some upgrade on the interior while I'm at it, which I'm seeing as an ongoing project to keep me busy as I continue on my journey to "old".
    The only real concern is my seriously elderly knees.  Oh well... they've been seriously elderly since I was 19 and wrecked a motorcycle.
    Those of you who are interested, there will be some serious questions regarding the rig coming up as the autumn progresses.
    To get sailing sooner, I think fixing up a small diesel auxiliary that is already in place is a wiser choice than spending so much more money and time on an electric drive. Perhaps $1000-2000  and time vs. $10,000 and up and time. After all ,we get sailboats to sail not to motor. I like electric drives , but just to get sailing. 
      The best of luck
    Last modified: 29 Sep 2011 13:33 | Anonymous member
  • 28 Sep 2011 13:45
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    Yesterday I towed Seablossom home, grudgingly giving up on sailing this year. 
    After much public agonizing over whether to install an electric system, and including advice from Annie to just put in a diesel and go sailing, I have decided to do exactly that, with a twist.
    There is no reason I shouldn't be able to fix a 1 cylinder diesel myself, probably in not all that many days.  I have been through much more complicated gasoline engines and when I was done they ran, often for years.  There's not much inside this box, and I have the manufacturer's original service manual to give me all the critical measurements and torque specs.  Parts are available.
    By the time I had the electric system in I would have as much in it as I spent buying the boat.  Let's see... ten grand for the boat... 7500 for the trailer... twenty grand for a truck to tow it...  five grand (!) for the round trip out to California to get it (required some truck service on the way)... Do I really want to stick in another 10 grand for an electric drive?  Naah.
    I knew I was crowding the season anyway; Seablossom lacks, among other things, navigation lights.  So I can wire her up, put on all the lights, fix the elderly Yanmar and stuff it back in the hole.  Given that she'll be on the hard in the yard I should be able to do some upgrade on the interior while I'm at it, which I'm seeing as an ongoing project to keep me busy as I continue on my journey to "old".
    The only real concern is my seriously elderly knees.  Oh well... they've been seriously elderly since I was 19 and wrecked a motorcycle.
    Those of you who are interested, there will be some serious questions regarding the rig coming up as the autumn progresses.
    Last modified: 28 Sep 2011 13:47 | Deleted user
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