Chrysler Sailors Forum

If you still have all the pieces from the sidestay, airplane wire is an easy find a most hardware stores, I imagine it's not impossible to make a replacement, and you can use the remaining sidestay as a guide. Or are you looking to try and buy one? Unless Chrysler added a vang in later models, the g...

Out for an evening sail with my daughter in calm waters on the Pirateer

End result. (waiting for silicone to set so I can test it out).

So this Pirateer has been frustrating/disappointing/challenging. Finding compatible parts No hiking strap No deck block Poor documentation So decided to take drastic measures. Template to mark holes: marking_holes.jpg Drilled holes in my boat!!! drilling_holes.jpg Small slit cut in hiking strap to f...

So, it may have been the least expensive, but it was still huge! Sadly, the boom block isn't removable, not without removing rivets, not something I wanted to do. So I took drastic measures and customized my pirateer.

Mainsheet My pirateer didn't come with a cam cleat on the boom block. This is what the rigging looks like: as_is_mainsheet.jpg Tie the mainsheet off at the becket of the aft boom block w/ becket, down through the traveller block, back up to the aft boom block then to the fore boom block, tie off the...

Worked beautifully! For all you pirateer fans that were riveted to this thread.

Final result: About to go test it out.

I worked it out. I have a Laser that I bought last year (super fun boat), but the aging tiller snapped while I was out on the lake. So made a new one with a hockey still (so Canadian, I know eh:?) hockeystick-tiller.jpg And my father-in-law gave me his old tiller, which is a beautiful stained wood t...

Any suggestions? Good alternatives?

I've ordered this one Barton Size 3 Fiddle Swivel w/ Becket & Plastic Cam - #N03731

I'll let you know how it works out

I happened to have a twist shackle so I used that instead of the block (which I'll save for some other use)
This is my solution: Here's an alternate view:

The outhaul When I got my Pirateer it was missing a few parts, so I've had to improvise. The documenation on rigging the outhaul is very difficult to understand and the pictures, at least in my copy of the manual or pretty much useless. It seems that they instruct us to use a D shackle to secure th...

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Post in this thread if you have information, instructions or solutions that apply to the Pirateer or additional info on other's tips

I've recently acquired a Pirateer (1976 I'm pretty sure) This seems to be the authoritative community, there's no Pirateer13.org or Facebook group, at least none that I can find. Finding any information about the Pirateer has been disappointing to say the least. The manual is abysmal, and questions ...