[Public-list] A few rookie questions

[George Dinwiddie]

Ed,

I was talking about the metal piece in the cockpit of the newer boats. 
You can see it in the photos on 
http://alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/ArticulatedTiller/ but it's 
mostly covered with mainsheet.

Rebedding that isn't hard.  Take off the tiller head (loosen the clamp 
bolt and tap upwards with a piece of wood).  Unscrew the four screws in 
the corners.  Lift up.  Clean everything.  Mask around it with tape. 
Bed it with lots of caulk.  Put everything back.

  - George

edward schroeder wrote:
> George; just read your answer, including mention of rudder post
> leaking. I just noticed Emotional Rescue is leaking there also. What
> do you recommend? Ed. Schroeder
> 
> George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> wrote:  Lloyd Pulley wrote:
>> Recently heavy rains overcame my bilge I suspect and then overcame the
>> batteries and flooded the cabin up to an inch. I had it pumped all out and
>> then tried to use the manual bilge but could not seem to get it to work...
>> Is the re a valve, a prime needed of sorts to get that thing to work?
>>
>> Is there anything else I need to worry about since it flooded so high?
> 
> 1. You need to make sure that your manual bilge pump works, or fix it if 
> it does not. This is a major safety issue. Most likely you've got a 
> Whale Gusher 10. If so, you can get a rebuild kit for it with all of 
> the rubber parts. You might want to take it apart, first, to make sure 
> the aluminum casting is OK. I nursed one along for years, but finally 
> replaced it. It's probably not worth keeping one as long as I did.
> 
> 2. You need to figure out where the water came in. This is a 
> maintenance issue. Check the chainplates. If water is coming in there, 
> you need to recaulk them right away before the knees rot out and you 
> lose the rig. Check the deck fittings, particularly in the cockpit. At 
> one time I was taking on a lot of water via the rudderpost fitting.
> 
>> Apparently the batteries now are shot and the cables fried.
> 
> Been there. Done that.
> 
> - George
> 
> 


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