Chrysler Sailors Forum

WOW!, exactly the info I need and I too am surprised it is not int he manual or not ont he other site anywher.. I just paid inthe hundreds to have my mast stepped at the marina and now everyone is saying.."hey your mast looks crooked a.." al I can say is no..it is the boat that is listing ...

hmmmm.. might use this product
http://www.flexiteek.no/category.php?categoryID=14

or a similar one

http://plasteak.com/osc/product_info.ph ... cts_id=350

might be easier

I think you are absolutely right.....I will double check this lock, you may have saved my reversing problems... I will investigate this weekend. I also am looking for hte relaes so that I can "turn" the motor in an emergency if my crappy OEM rudder brakes off.

do you mean a all rope halyard will run right through the mast head w/o stop and a wire to rope ( I will most likely stay with the OEM set-up) won't? I guess any "stop" should just be a disc of some kind right above the shackle,,,

funny,,,wonder if trey still ahs the boat...


you are right the sheeves at the mast head are purpose made for wire, shallow and narrow.

looks like wire-to-rope halyards for me!


http://www.usrigging.com/halyard.html

I think it was not locked down enough , I think I will be sure and get a fresh OB bracket ( I have a solid transom...not oem)

hmmmm... the manual as showm onthe other site states teh following: IN THE RIGGING BOX: 2 halyard assemblies 343/28' 10" not sure what this means but then it also has ... SMALL PARTS BAG #2 2 halyard rope tails / 29' 6" So it is odd since the mast is 29' 6" so the halyard total should...

OK, I have beenusing the new suzuki 4 stroke 9.9...it is damn heavy, very heavy... I will need a new OB bracket thsi fall for sure. Also, they tell me it is the long shaft and the cavitation plate does sit about 2-3 inches under water 9 I would prefer deeper -- anyone know how deep below the water i...

called Foss ..they told me they have not made a Chrysler 26 rudder blade in 18 years and won't be doing it...they will make me a custom blade with the post 9 no more external cheeks) for about a grand, might be a good deal as it would be better performance and all new materials etc. But if I could j...

thanks... I may have to dust off that really old chrysler 15 OB...my brand new suzuki 4 stroke 9.9 HP is so damn heavy (weighs more than a 40HP 2 stroke!!!) that I now see that the wood onteh OB bracket is actually flexing...not good...I wired teh OB tothe stanchion for safety and hope the whole bus...

Now that I know the boat floats...I am getting the luxury or worrying about actually sailing her and her standing rigging.... I will do a search and go through al lthe chainplate reinforcement threads and figure out the best practice and I think EE is right...there will be a need to tackle this comp...

well, the "oil canning" in my cabin sole has gotten real bad in two places...at teh bottom of the ladder above the bilge and in the area of the "lstep/landing" in front of the head ont eh way to the v berth. I plan on ripping up the OEM carpet and dealing with this...has anyone g...

thanks..I should have looked better...I am not that ffamiliar with the c-22...it seems the 26 doesn't have that or it is served by the head bulkhead...thanks. My OEM depth meter has long since given up the ghost...I plan on installing the through hull transducer ( hopefully it will work right) and t...

I was thinking of wood vernerr or thin slats for a more yachty less plastic feel/look

thanks..that will get me started and save me some sweat...

I also have looked at this and there is no way the OEM sheeves were meant to handle rope....so...I need the specs of the OEM rope/wire halyard so Ihave the right lenght wire/rope combo so as not to have rope foul in the masthead..

I have to replace my running rigging....rope to wire halyards with OEM masthead sheeves. I would like to purchase these and run them myself. what are the accurate OEM sizes and what is the best method for running these with the mast up... NOTE that the new halyards would have a wire loop with the sh...

bumping this thread... the OEM fabric and foam padding all over my interrior is fallin off the sides and cieling...what is the best removal method and what hve people replaced the foam /fabric walls with ..paint.....I don't want carpeting and I am thinking of something nice like wood slats or so...b...

For all you David Letterman fans, I had my own , play at home version of his famous segment "will it float?' If any of you had any doubts about these boats and how rugged they are, here is my story.... boat has been sitting outside for almost 8 years inits shipping cradle in the northeast, was ...

Very impressive... after power washing my boat...amazing result...it still looks "dingy" compared to the other new ones in the marina..so... fresh paint seems in the works but I felt it could only be done professionally but you have given me encouragement. I also am switching to a in hull ...

DRAFT: I wish I would have measured the keel. I have been going by 4.4 feet that I found in a brochure on -line somewhere. The boat yard measured it from what they thought would be the waterline and they came up with. I think 4 feet. In the fall when I haul I would measure it. Right now I got three ...

Oh you don't know how right you are...I did not even talk about the "electronics" surcharge of 1.50 per foot of mast...to do what you ask...to plug in the anchor light whenthey step the mast....it is just unreal...I am trying to calculate how quickly I could pay off a trailer by savig thes...

OK, got the boat hauled --ON ITS CRADLE! for all the belly aching of the haulers and the yard and marina owners/workers the set-up moved about 80 miles -- rock solid not even a sway. Well when she got to her new home and was in the sling being unloaded, and unloaded her cradle..the cradle was solid....

well my boat is aobut to go in the water soon and I will be hard pressed to get the last bit of this season out of the OEM rudder. I will need th full work-up including the new rudder blade..so I will defer this to the fall and hope I don't hit anything in the water... So...I still need a source for...

nice site, when I moved my boat out of the old marina (FINALLY!) they dug out the original OEM supplied chrysler outboard...it is a 15HP but is so small and light and compact I am very skeptical...it was such a art deco design and had a big 15 on it.... got me wondering if I should service it and us...

THANKS SO MUCH....

the boatyard is charging me a $170 mast surcharge ( this is over and above the mast raisng / lowering fee ) since they say themast is 30' or over.... unreal guys , unreal...I so badly need a trailer but I have the fixed keel 26 and those trailers are rare and pricey here

I am curious about the foam and the c-26...please keep us aprised of what and where your would put the foam..I was thinking of this myself and wonder how much we would need to bother keeping her upright...I figure the anchor locker in teh forepeak...put that is pretty small..I would give up all that...

real nice turn of events....glad to hear the c-22 took it well and you had a thrill... the outboard must have given you some real stress, if you were in a powerboat...my guess is they'd be searching for you right now... keep the chrysler sailboat sailing stories going...I can't wait to get mine inth...

Nice site...

also check out .... tide info and charts.

wxtide32.com

there where incredible storms on Sunday..all day out at the east end...