Sea Trial and Survey Friday

[kimelmore]

We have an appointment Friday morning for the Sea Trial and Survey on the Catalina 380. We are exploring what the new name should be. So far nothing pops. Financing is in place along with insurance when we close the deal. Anything could happen but we are confident so far. It's a big step up and we are finding it harder to find a 40 foot slip in our area. I'm prepared to be asking lots of questions here and hope I won't drive everyone crazy. Thanks in advance. So here goes: first question - Any reason why a Dutchman flaking system uses nylon fishing line instead of something more substantial that will last a bit longer than a year or two? Just askin....

 

[duality]

well, not sure why they use nylon (i think too thick for fishing line)
it use to be that the dutchman company would give you free replacement lines at their booth at the boat shows, but of course the year that i needed it they stopped the practice.
i purchased weed wacker line at home depot and its easy to replace, and it lasts a lot longer than 2 years.

some days i wish i had in mast furling, but i sure enjoy the light wind performance of the full batten main
mike

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

nylon line will 'break' before it rips up an expensive sail. Which would you rather sacrifice?

 

[kimelmore]

ah hah...I knew there had to be a reason. Thanks for the quick reply. I would have felt stupid if I did something that ruined the sail.

 

[quadrille38]

My former boat a Catalina 34 came with a Dutchman system and the original installation had coated stainless steel cable similar to what is in lifelines. When we replaced the sail and the topping lift the sail maker provided Dutchman line that is more like weed wacker line. It will last for years. Fishing line would never heavy enough.

 

[duality]

well??????????
is it a winner!!!!

 

[kimelmore]

I posted this already in a different string but wanted to keep everyone up to date:
We started the survey Friday. After a 2 1/2 hr car ride we found our way to the boat. the Surveyor was already working. After a mechanical down below and above deck it was time for the trip to the yard for haul-out. Started the iron jenny and backed out of the slip. Started out towards the channel that led out to the harbor for the short trip to the yard. Less than 5 minutes into the trip the high temp alarm sounds. Temp climbed past 220. Shut the engine down and go to roll out the jib. Oppps.. The upper swivel is frozen. Furler is jammed. Hmmm. Up goes the main. Damn it's hard to hoist. The track must be dirty and dry. Sailed a bit on the main until the engine cooled down enough to get back into the slip. Engine needs $1500 worth of parts and who knows what the labor will cost. It needs a new heat exchanger and Exhaust manifold plus a cooling system flush. Made offer contingent on having the work done by the seller and acceptable to us. We are waiting to hear from the broker what the seller is going to do. It's a beautiful boat that hasn't been used nearly enough. We still will have to get it into the yard to survey the bottom and have the engine work checked out. It's a bit of a disappointment but we really think this is the boat for us. Will keep you all up to date.