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- Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:45 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Depth/Speed transducer location questions.
- Replies: 6
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Re: Depth/Speed transducer location questions.
Our speed paddlewheel is under the port settee, just about center of the keel and fairly tight up against the bench face. https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5563/15075575270_cb20d83be5_o.jpg The depth transducer, less affected by turbulence, went thru on the stbd side, under the galley sink. I'm planning...
- Fri Dec 23, 2016 11:16 pm
- Forum: Hull and Deck
- Topic: Mast step truss, inevitably:(
- Replies: 154
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Re: Mast step truss, inevitably:(
Hi all - I've been reading up on this mast step / truss issue. It was something I was concerned with and a little suspect of when buying the boat recently (1973, #64 I believe). But she was a great deal and I really love the boat :) All signs point to this needing to be done this winter. There was ...
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:19 pm
- Forum: Hull and Deck
- Topic: Hatch cover fix or replacement
- Replies: 10
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Re: Hatch cover fix or replacement
Hi Krystin. That translucent hatch style was fashionable in the 70s. It's basically just standard chopper gun polyester layup with the gel coat left off the central part. Hence the nicotine yellow color, and also a certain amount of crispiness due to UV getting at the resins. Ours was painted over a...
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:39 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the Ballad Exchange
- Topic: Ballad price new?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 33312
Re: Ballad price new?
Hi Tom. To confirm, Yachting Monthly 's review puts the Ballad's UK 'standard price' at £6570 (afloat Harwich), with a YM 'Index price' of £7203. That was in 1973, so that would represent +/- £61000 in today's money according to: http://www.moneysorter.co.uk/calculator_inflation2.html#calculator Che...
- Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:48 pm
- Forum: Cruising
- Topic: Out for a Sail
- Replies: 3
- Views: 28345
Re: Out for a Sail
Do you fly your nylon drifter on its own luff? I'm trying to decide if a 2:1 halyard is needed; might forego all that extra hardware & line aloft & use a 2:1 or 3:1 tack strop instead? I just love how small & light a nylon light air sail packs down, & how well it stands up in a swell...
- Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:09 pm
- Forum: Cruising
- Topic: Out for a Sail
- Replies: 3
- Views: 28345
Re: Out for a Sail
How was tacking & gybing the big sail? Is your working genoa a 135% or so? That's where we are leaning, a 135% to 138% on a furler (reefable to 100%). Then a nylon (?) 'drifter' or Code Zero of about 145% tacked to the anchor platform, probably on a removable furler. That's for winds up to 9-10k...
- Sun Jul 10, 2016 6:38 pm
- Forum: Hull and Deck
- Topic: Better Fuel Tank?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 53450
Re: Better Fuel Tank?
Yay! Sounds like you had one of those intermittent vacuum leaks that only shows up when the system is pulling hard negative pressure. Always a tough problem to track down, with any vehicle.
- Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:37 pm
- Forum: Hull and Deck
- Topic: Better Fuel Tank?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 53450
Re: Better Fuel Tank?
Understand those realities. We spent yesterday pulling 7 - 8000lbs of batteries out of the basement & lowering 3000# pounds down into it. A blow to both the time & discretionary budgets.
- Thu Jun 02, 2016 3:57 am
- Forum: Hull and Deck
- Topic: Better Fuel Tank?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 53450
Re: Better Fuel Tank?
Did moving the fuel pump work for you, Peter?
- Tue May 31, 2016 8:55 pm
- Forum: Accomodation
- Topic: Port side pilot berth
- Replies: 4
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Re: Port side pilot berth
The "missing" length on your boat matches where my closed locker sits between the aft lower chainplate bulkhead and the main bulkhead. I wonder what the aft lower chainplate would be attached to if this mini bulkhead was missing? Hmm. On our Ballad, the distance between the main bulkhead ...