[Public-List] Seeking tribal wisdom

[Bob Bounds via Public-List]

John,

The outhaul you describe sounds like the Nicro Remote Outhaul NM350 not seen 
for many years.  I have a picture showing the cross section of a boom with 
the outhaul installed that I can send you if you like.

Bob
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From: "John Johnston via Public-List" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
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> Ahoy Mates! - I am the owner of Hull 69, Rocinante, and am in the process 
> of bringing her back to her full capability ( and beauty). She is unusual 
> in several respects and I suspect she may have been a custom order or 
> extensively revamped. She has wheel steering, ( not necessarily factory 
> installed), and she has all bronze portholes, four large, four small. They 
> all open and the four large ones have lovely bronze screens, attached with 
> thumbscrews,  one of the four small ones has a screen.
> So my question (s) is this - the outhaul for my boom is a cable that runs 
> from aft forward inside the boom and is operated by a fold-up crank on the 
> underside of the boom and forward near the reefing station. Is this 
> typical for this period Alberg? And if so, any advice to get it 
> functioning? I can crank it with great effort but it seems to not take up 
> the slack. The cable does not seem to be broken - I can move it back and 
> forth from the aft end, but not much. I have been spraying the mechanism 
> with PB Blaster and working it, working it, in hopes of unfreezing it, but 
> not much progress on that.
> If anyone has dealt with this I would very much like to read of your 
> experience.
> Second question - my vessel had plumbing of some degree at one point, but 
> not for a long time. I have a tank, some nasty old hoses, and, it seems, 
> the memory of a working head. Some threaded fixtures to accommodate 
> something. The discharge thru-hull has been removed and plugged, and there 
> is no holding tank. I also find no evidence of any pumpout access. I am 
> currently in the water and would prefer to not haul out at least until 
> Fall, but would like to install a proper head with both holding tank and 
> discharge capabilities. Any reason I could not do that from within ( not 
> the discharge thru-hull), and have  working head fed from my water tank 
> and temporarily limited to a holding tank, the rest of the system to be 
> installed when I next haul out?
> And is there a consensus of any kind as to what the best system for the 
> Alberg would be?
> I apologize for the length of this inquiry. I have more, but I fear I am 
> pushing the limit already.
> Thanks, and I welcome your response.
> Fair winds to all!
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