Chrysler Sailors Forum

I did a search and only found a thread on the 22 so I am starting one on the 26. I am planning a purchase of the 9.9 longshaft Suzuki 4 stroke with electric start, I am in a windy Bay but I still don't think that I need a 15 hp. Also, I heard that the 9.9 outboards can be upgraded to a 15 with a new...

beautiful boat, bimini too! sweet, congrats and welcome

a few years ago a boat broker in CT had a c-26 with a inboard that I think was factory. I was always meaning to get over there to take some measurements but never had teh time and I was told to abandon the effort to convert to inboard as it would be too expensive, complicated , and uneconomical for ...

thaks everyone....this really helped prevent disaster...as they are not very freindly as it is to me and my "old" heap of a boat at the marina as it is....thank god I will be leaving there soon...

thanks to all this site and everyone is a godsend..

well GC..wish you were on LI!!! anyway... I will either climb up using the jib halyard or bring the mast down.. mast comes down forward over the bow corect? I am thinking I can do this myself ona NONwindy day....sort of a controlled fall ! any tips for doing this single handed.... my boat is in its ...

thanks... right now my strategy is to try and get my current set-up working , if not then find new transducers that willl fit and if not then do all new thru hulls...might get a cheap hawk eye or pwc depth sounder with a in hull transducer in the mean time so I won't delay my launch

mine is likely OEM and it is mounted on the inner side of the starboard lazerette.. it is midway about and it is nicely simple...control cables go inside teh lazerette strait back out the transom and to the OB. my control is a simple Chrylser throttle lever ( I can use my feet!) and a push/pull knob...

great ideas guys.. I have to move the boat anyway ...soooo.. .if it goes by land the mast comes down....if it goes by sea... looks liek I go up ( the mast) I am planning on hoisting a "soft" ladder upp the mast tracks hoisted by the jib halyard and hope that can getme high enough up the ma...

thanks ee, very nice useful site

thanks ron, thank EE, I might take you up on that if it is a st-60 since I think I can get a transducer + plug + thruhull for the st-60 on ebay. But first I will check everything out next week and see if I got the signet equip as per EE and maybe just leave the old stuff alone and go w/an in hulltra...

I need to move my fixed keel C26 (and shipping cradle) all of 90 miles just one time. My boat is sitting in its factory shipping cradle. someone said that it might be possible to simply mount the cradle onto a flat bed type trailer and then drop the boat into the cradle and your'e off... seems too e...

I am looking for a trailer for the c26 fixed keel to buy, borrow or rent to move my boat all of 90 miles up island on long island , NY.

Ok, this is a pretty pedestrian sailing problem. my main halyard is now dangling about 6 inches from teh mast head. my mast is mounted in the raised position and I would hate to lower it for this. can I go aloft just on the jib halyard? will that be safe w/o a 2nd halyard? will that get me high enou...

Ron,

Thanks for the info...I am certain I have the screws, since mine is pretty much comptetely OEM stock.

I would love the pics as they were certainly help me out alot.

THANKS! great info, I guess I just reamout the old plastic trhu hull and then put in the new one with lots of 5200 for bedding and maybe some epoxy sealer around the hole in the core for strength. I have a portapotti so no thru hulls for the head. but I am MOST concerned about ; 1) the rudder post n...

OK, After half a decade on the hard ( boat was great when it was in the water last) it looks liek the fixed keel C-26 is going in the water this season ( slip came avail. suddenly) so in a rush, what to look out for or take care of before she goes in... I fugure the thru hulls with new hoses and cla...

gus,

your link does not work...

anyone have a few pics or description on what to look oout for on the chainplates...?

I have mine all original...not a seacock in sight! I was planning on doing a seacock onthe sink but it looks like I am going into the water this season and may not have time...unles somone can point me to a ez step-by-step how-to on this...anyway, I will check all hoses and replace all clamps...

WOW, thanks...I have been emailing them, Joe and also the contact form on the web site... I will call them and check your how to on the rudder bearings...I got them from IdaSailor --they are like plastic mushrooms... I am thinking I might just replace the whole assembly with stainless while I have t...

thanks so much

THanks for the help ASKME...bust as per my response on the PM to you I amstill looking for the rudder blade, not the cheeks...I hope to still use my OEM cheeks but I AM going to replace teh rudder post upper and lower bearings...( al ot of slop developed there over the years) anyone got a "how ...

Hi,

I still have the OEM rudder blade and I fear it is weak and think it is fine time to replace it...anyone got a sturdy replacemnt for a fixed keel/ fixed rudder blade for a C - 26?

I amlooking for something that will fit in place of teh original units and I don't have to cut a new thru-hull for the transducer...is anyone using thruhull transducers..do they work...

also, anyone replace the galley sink waste thru-hull with a proper seacok..it is above waterline...but still...

mine is eactly wher steves's is, but I am thinkg of putting it and a gps and a few other electronis mounted to a board ona a articulating arm ( think of the brackets that hold LCD tv's and that can move in many direction ) so that the electronics could pivot inot the cockpit throught the companionwa...

Hi guys, IdaSailor just doesn't respond at all to my inquires, where else do we turn...( group buy from a fabricator??) anyway I have a teh OEM fixed rudder on my crhysler 26 and really worry that it it hits anythng or catches on a line it will just shear off, so I would like to fit a replacement th...

it is a mess.. thinking of cleanign it off and laminating a nice wood veneer to al lthe surfaces with glue but did this in the head and it is a ot of labor...

I am looking for same info but for C-26 with fixed keel.. should be no diff 'cept for the height of the bunks.

Hi, I am in LI sound in Port Jeff area for over 10 years but marina changed hands and is giving me a hard time so I am looking to move my boat..it si now still ont he hard in its shipping cradle...need to buy or build a trailer ( I have the C-26 with fixed keel and rudder. boat is mostly original an...

good ideas, anyone actually go up the mast on a bosuns chair or these other devices that are ladders that go up the mast track? I wonder if the deck step mast is strong enough...I think I will try the above ideas first though..thanks

somehow this happended thois winter..mast is still stepped and don't want to unstepp c-26 and on thte hard in the oem shipping cradle..ideas please