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Rig Tuning
21K PDF File |
 Thanks to Bill Shea for this document.
It's a retyping of the Clark Performance Manual. It's in PDF form,
so you'll need the pdf
Reader -- free from Adobe.
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| Holding
Tank Odor |
The stuff is called P&P Marine Solution by
P&P Rattle Co. -- Works outstanding, and quickly!
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| Keep
those extra lines out of the way |
I never thought it was a grand idea, but on a
recent cruise, someone saw it and said "Great idea!" so I
thought I'd share.
On the port side locker, raise the lid, look in -- what's there --
lines on top, junk and stuff on the bottom.
If you need any of that "junk" you take the lines out, then get
at your stuff, put everything back.
What I did was epoxy some hooks that "close" on the TOP of that
underside of the lid. (so when it's open, the hooks are on the top)
My extra lines, dock lines, etc go on these hooks. when I open the hatch,
the lines hang nicely there, and I can instantly get at my other junk.
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| Storage
/ Garbage Can area |
We always battle "garbage" storage
when on trips. We usually end up with a box lined with a plastic bag and
just keep moving it around. On short trips; we use the
sink.
On a recent trip; I came up with an idea.
Cut out the area behind the stove, and build a hinged lid and wooden box
that you can then put a plastic bag in -- leave the lid up to allow you to
"toss those cans" from the cockpit in, close it for cooking
time. This will take a bit of space away from that shelf beneath the
galley, but who really uses that anyway? (josh) -- Btw: Bill did this
exact mod -- hopefully we can get a picture of how it came out.
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Port
Lights
(aka Windows) |
 | Check out Bill's
Repair |
| Mike and others have pointed me to:
If you go to www.catalinadirect.com
and on the "new items" list there is both
the glazing channel and the gray trim channel insert. It doesn't give
the dimensions but it looks like the stuff
you are looking for. |
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| Traveler |
| Some SJ's I've seen used a cam cleat for the
traveler on the cabin side -- ditch this, you can't get the line securly
in it; go with a GOOD QUALITY clam cleat. Use one length of rope
(not two, with one for each side) that way; you can uncleat the leeward
cleat while on the windward side. (Josh A) |
| Bill S. did a traveler
conversion to a Harken System. |
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| Small Leaks |
I never thought it could be true; but after using Capt.
Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure (web site
down?) a lot of my small leaks have gone
away. I used one bottle to "seal" my windows, and my
entire toe rail -- all my mystery leaks (when it rained or had the toe
rail stuffed) have gone away. I love this stuff and keep an extra
bottle on the boat. (Josh A) (You can get this from West Marine, or online
@ online
marine -- Look for "Maintenance") |
| Dirty Lines |
Try using a bucket with a diluted solution with ivory soap.
(Harry K) |
| Stiff Lines |
After 3 yrs on hard (I was overseas), I removed the halyards.
I used Oxi
Clean and or a BIZ Bio product (non-chlorine).
I soaked the halyards for
30 mins or more and then run thru washer with same stuff. I did that 3
times for each halyard.
The colors came back, most of the stains were
removed, and they were much softer. I suspect due to the removal of all
the accumulated dirt.
Oxi Clean contains Sodium percarbonate and sodium carbonate. The BIZ Bio
(can't remember the exact name) had hydrogen peroxide and something else.
I got it at K-Mart and I used quite a bit.
Now for winter storage, I attach a smaller line to the halyards, run them
to the top of the mast (out of weather), and store the coiled rope under cover.
Another Martha Stewart tip is to use dental floss for whipping to have
minty fresh lines...
(Joe F)
My
lines that "don't come off" were dirty & stiff (ala
halyards, etc) I used some SimpleGreen (it's what I had on the boat)
in a bucket of water -- let me lines soak overnight, in the morning, they
were cleaner and not as stiff.... amazed me. (josh) (Althought
rinsing them proved a pain)
Try using Fabric Softener (Steve H)
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