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The 2016 winners were TANGO, owned by Pierre Savard in 1st Place, HAMMERTIME II owned by Pasquale Leon in 2nd ...
20 boats raced in what became one of the fastest races on record. Strong south winds helped most boats finish ...
The 85th running of the Stratford Shoals Race featured seven First 36.7's from the NE fleet on the start line.
The fleetâs next event is the 300 nautical mile Lake Ontario 300 race starting on July 16th.
September 2016
Rye, NY
American Yacht Club
Hello to everybody. I'm trying again to obtain pictures and ideas about Eberspacher and Webasto heather installations. I've my Eby D4 still in the box.... There is now the good season, here in Cote d'Azur Cannes, to work in the boat not so hot, not yet cold.. I'm sorry for you that are preparing winterization, but here we sail all along the year and winter is a very good season without mechanic swell... Please send here all the pictures about heather. Thanks.
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I was curious what everyone's experience has been shipping a 36.7? We are testing the waters as potential buyers from Portland Oregon. I am interested in preparation (outside normal removing the spar, Distance and cost, and other lessons learned. Do you have your own trailer and rig? PM me with cost if you do not feel comfortable posting publicly. Thanks everybody!
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I shipped a boat from Canada to North Carolina. Crossing borders is a bit more complex but not too bad. I found a truck that was dropping off a boat at the Toronto Boat Show, so my costs was probably a bit lower than normal at around $2,000. All stanchions, pushpit and pulpit need to come off as well as the wheel.
Boat ships fairly easily and most owners don't own a trailer. Compared to the 40.7 it's a lot easier to ship a 36.7 (you don't have to remove the keel).
With a low-boy trailer only the bow pulpit and wheel need to come off. Then the next highest spot is the cabintop winches. Only saw one disaster where the winches got sheared off due to a low bridge. good news is that's a pretty easy fix.
Great. Any more info on prices and distances? Are you using U-Ship or similar online shipping 'broker'? Thanks
I would stay away from a shipping broker. There are plenty of proper marine transport folks around. It's been a long time since I lived in PDX so I'd recommend contacting McCuddy's or Schooner Creek to see if they have any people they like to use.
A couple of other things i found when i shipped a boat (Pearson 30) - Newport to VA), my dad shipped our boat (Pearson 10M from LI to Ohio), and sailing on a 36.7 where the owner shipped it from Annapolis to Newport 1. Tie something to the inside of your hatches, I had one vibrate open and the it flipped up and stressed the hinges. Remember it may move at 55 mph. (my Pearson 30) 2. I beleive the bow pulpit is lower than the pod, but you may lose the lens on your bow light (B36.7). 3. Chafe, chafe, chafe, if it is gonna move, it is gonna leave a mark, best to empty the boat out as much as possible. 4. Pull speedo to simplify slings/pads so it does not get crushed 5. Get some rolls of saran wrap and wrap keel, anything on the mast, and rudder, it will keep it cleaner. 6. Check about fuel and LNG tanks, they may have to be empty/removed 7. It will not be allowed to move thru metropolitean areas (NYC 5 borough) on Friday/Sat/Sun cause it will be an overheight/over width load (long story pm me for it). 8. Mast is very long! 9. Chose your departing and arrival yards carefully! The boat arrived at NEBs on a Sat (after racing started) and we had the boat launched, mast stepped and underway in 3 hours - mast was tuned enroute to the dock in downtown newport. You may need work/help assembling and taking apart so pay for experts. (NEB is awesome!) 10. Recommend a waxing prior to moving just to keep the road grime/tar off the hull (see saran wrap on keel/rudder) 11. I believe it was 800 in 1982 for a 10M, 1500 for my 30 in 1987 and 4.25 a mile (driven) for the 36.7 in 2005. A lot of guys trucked up their boats to the NAC - i am sure there are some good recommendations.
Last year we bought First 36.7 (2008) in Montenegro. The boat was left unattended for 3 years, so many equipment didn't work, were broken or absent. We had few trips from Ukraine to Montenegro to fix everything, which we almost did :) But some thing appear faster than others are fixed :) Especially when you are 2500 km away from the boat. One of our goals was cruising in the Mediterranean. So we wanted to increase our energy independence. We didnt want to turn the engine on to charge the batteries and we didnt want to build a bimini with fixed batteries. So we installed 2 * 50W solar panels on the pulpit. They can be easily detached within 5 minutes. Also we have added Victron 100/15 MPPT solar charge controller and Victron BMV 700 battery monitor. The monitor was fitted instead of voltmeter on the electric panel (both of them are 52 mm in diameter). We bought BMV 700, but the better option is BMV 702, which allows monitoring of service and starter batteries. Last week we had a first trial week of sailing. We spend every night on anchorages, used cockpit shower, couple of times shower in the heads, the fridge was turned on all the time (power 5-7 out of 7), LED cabin lights were on during evenings, mooring, deck lights and chartplotter were on during night. Engine was started when the windlass was used (1000 W windlass consumed about 800W). VHF, chartplotter, instruments, fridge were on during sailing. Devices (phones, tablets, cameras, etc) were charged every day when the batteries were 100% full. Panels gave us from 450 to 750 Watts a day according to statistics of MPPT controller (which equals to 2-4 hours of motoring every day). Batteries were fully charged by the lunch time (from about 11.00 till 13.00). Power consumption during evening and night (from 8 pm to 8 am) was from 12 to 45 Ah (average 20 Ah). Panels can be rotated 360 degrees and tilted about 70 degrees. Rotation of the panels dramatically increases there efficiency (like 3-6 times). So we turned them to the sun when we were on anchorages and from time to time when sailing. Hope it helps somebody. Attached are couple of photos of installed panels and the fitting of battery monitor.
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I used to race my boat, but got a Viper for racing and only use the 36.7 for cruising. I have a bimini and dodger and mounted 2 100W panels on the Bimini. I haven't plugged my boat into shore power for almost two years now.
Eddy Parker: I am thinking of getting a bimini and dodger put on my 36.7, and would love to see some pictures of what you ahd done, and also anything you would have done differently.
The connector piece is a bit of a pain because of the mainsheet. I am thinking of putting a ginormous snap shackle on the main so I can disconnect it and move the whole bit to the side. This dodger is a bit tall as I am vertically challenged. It makes it hard to see over it. For the solar panels I just drilled some holes through the bimini frame and bolted the panels on top.
Nice job ! i use a 80 w solar panel during summer. I've put it to the roof, just fixed with belts to the handles. Wire is connected just with a polarity plug in the starboard corner to the door under the piece of the roof. MPPt too 50 W efficient only but it enought for fridge. I remove all during winter for daily sailing.
Snapped a pic of the panels this weekend. I installed the entire system for $350. 2x 100w Renogy panels off eBay and a $30 MPPT controller off Amazon.
Someone mot racing One design that have considered moving the chainplates in to allow a smaller sheeting angle with Genua?
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I used to race my boat, but got a Viper for racing and only use the 36.7 for cruising. I have a bimini and dodger and mounted 2 100W panels on the Bimini. I haven't plugged my boat into shore power for almost two years now.
Eddy Parker: I am thinking of getting a bimini and dodger put on my 36.7, and would love to see some pictures of what you ahd done, and also anything you would have done differently.
The connector piece is a bit of a pain because of the mainsheet. I am thinking of putting a ginormous snap shackle on the main so I can disconnect it and move the whole bit to the side. This dodger is a bit tall as I am vertically challenged. It makes it hard to see over it. For the solar panels I just drilled some holes through the bimini frame and bolted the panels on top.
Nice job ! i use a 80 w solar panel during summer. I've put it to the roof, just fixed with belts to the handles. Wire is connected just with a polarity plug in the starboard corner to the door under the piece of the roof. MPPt too 50 W efficient only but it enought for fridge. I remove all during winter for daily sailing.
Snapped a pic of the panels this weekend. I installed the entire system for $350. 2x 100w Renogy panels off eBay and a $30 MPPT controller off Amazon.
For those of us that are unfortunate to live in countries that freeze in the winter, a word of caution about some of our thru hulls. I found a nasty surprise in the spring with a cracked knotmeter housing. I noticed a small trickle of water coming from the thru hull area. I couldn't see where it was coming from, because the crack was facing the bulk head where you can't see it directly. Can't be 100% sure buy my closest guess is that water got trapped when I replaced the knotmeter with the plug, and eventually the ice expanded and cracked the thru hull. A more detailed explanation from another raymarine thru hull owner at: http://forums.sailboatowners.com/index.php?threads/caution-leaking-knotmenter-fittings-for-st60-series.140420/ The solution seems to be to temporarily remove the plug, to allow any water to drain once the boat is out of the water. If you have small amounts of water coming in, definitely worth a proactive check.
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The evidence
Thanks for the warning! Will check this on our boat.
What is the size of the shackle for the main tack? Anyone know? I need a replacement.
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It's a wide bow shackle, Sparcraft 46001151008
I just noticed that my binnacle compass light was on after shutting everything down. DC power was on, but all breakers off (including nav lights). I needed to turn off the house batteries to get it to turn off. What controls the light on the binnacle compass (Plastimo Olympic 135)?
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Mine was originally connected direct to the battery power. I re-routed it through the instrument switch. It is just a small LED light and only draws a few mA but nice to be able to switch it off.
Mine is connected to nav light switch
We have a masthead nav light on a separate circuit (per OSR Cat 3) so instrument switch made more sense.
Navigation (Running lights) light switch is my preference as I only want my compass light on when it's dark out. 😎. Rob Bartholomew. Do you have running or masthead nav lights?
Looks like I need to put it on a switch. I just can't figure out how I didn't see this before. Perhaps the wire below was loose; I had to 4200 my compass and may have cleaned up the wire in the process (gybe snapped it off). The trick is going to be finding the wire on the other end...
Looking to buy a spin pole if anyone has an extra that they're willing to part with. Thanks!
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I have one for the Oceanis 361-would that fir the 36.7?
Where do you live? Shipping can be a pain.
Dave Tanay
http://m.ebay.com/itm/162047431616. South Wharf Yacht Yard, MA. Not sure if its still available. Call 'em.
Still searching! Thanks!
Alistair Duke thanks for the lead! We ended up calling them and striking up a deal.
I'm coming up to my first winterization. Any tips from the group on things that must or should be done?
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1. Move to a place where winterization is not necessary.
Grizzly Dominates the 14th Annual Beneteau First 36.7 North American Championships…Again Detroit boat Grizzly completed a dominating performance Sunday to win the 14th Annual Beneteau First 36.7 North American Championships at Chicago Yacht Club’s Belmont Station. This is their second first place finish in the NAC’s, winning two out of the last three years. Posting a 1-1, Grizzly, skippered by Chuck Bayer, consistently outsailed the fleet and won by an impressive 23 points. Local boat, Maggie Mae, skippered by Peter Wright, placed second and Toronto’s Zingara, skippered by Richard Reid, finished third, overcoming a DNS on the first day. Chicago boats, Tequila Mockingbird, owned by Chris Duhon, and FOG, owned by Charlie Wurtzebach and Mike Bird rounded out the top five for podium finishes. Additionally, Arwen, the Finnish boat, won the Corinthian division. Olof Andersson, the regatta PRO, said “Today’s conditions were excellent, sunny with a steady 8 knot wind out of the Southeast. There was a steady shift to the left but it did not affect the racing and we did not make any course changes. We decided to do two races today, with the second one being a longer mile and a half. The 2-5 positions going into that race were very tight and we wanted to give them the chance to fight it out, which they did.” Jarrett Altmin, fleet captain and 2016 NAC chair, commented “Chuck sailed a near-flawless regatta and is more than deserving of the championship. We saw all possible conditions that Chicago has to offer and finished with perfect sailing. Most importantly, everyone had a great time and the comradery shown by the fleet was incredible. In fact, there were no protests filed during the entire regatta.” Grizzly’s Chuck Bayer, who incidentally was thrown into the lake by his crew, said “CYC is one of the best clubs in the country and the race committee is outstanding. The competition here is at the pinnacle with excellent sailors representing multiple countries. Chicago seems to be a lucky club for us even though our entire crew are members of Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit. In all seriousness, the crew is the reason we do so well. They are exceptional and proved that again in this regatta.”
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Grizzly rocks!
Congratulations, Chuck Bayer!
Jerry Twomey / 9-20-2016 8:50 PM
je ne comprehends pas... Christophe not sure what the question is here. Bruno can you help with the translation?
Geir Kristensen / 9-21-2016 6:06 PM
We got Webasto if you need photo of the installation
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