Recent content by venntim

Hi and sorry to resurrect such an old thread. However, I'm currently considering a Baltic 37 that would need re-engining if not now, in a couple of years time. It looks to me that you need to cut through the cockpit sole in order to get the engine out. Is that it? Of course the old Penta could...

Hi BabaYaga, that sounds like the stuff I've been looking for. Tack!

Been wondering for a while if you could substitute glycol with windscreen wash as the antifreeze in the sea water system. Why? Because I believe that it's less harmful to the environment compared to glycol (it's hard to catch all the stuff from the exhaust). Is there any unwanted size effects...

Regarding nautical almanac, you don't really need one as there is no tides or current to speak of. Just keep water under keel, that's the only real issue when sailing our waters. You could also take a look at my blog (link below) as there is some cruising related stuff, for example...

Hi, I've been offered a set of NOS VDO wind instruments (see the pic) without the masthead unit. Is there a source for such a unit or can you modify some other manufacturers unit to communicate with VDO? Cheers! Timo

William H: You're right, pointing is not affected by rake, my bad... What I meant to say was that I've had substantially less rake than my sisterships and I haven't seen the stellar pointing that's usually assosiated with these boats. As my sails are pretty fresh, I suspect that the culprit is...

Ok, sorry about confusion. The mast foot is notched, see a pic at: http://balticsailing.blogspot.fi/2013/05/stainless-steel-mast-foot.html So far, there hasn't been any chocks on my mast, which I've noticed is not very satisfactory and lead to a broken turnbuckle at the mast collar, see...

I've just added a bit length to the forestay as my mast has been a bit too upright for good pointing. It's a single inline spreader 7/8 rig with runners. The mast step is positioned as far aft in the mast foot as it goes, but the mast is still lightly leaning on the mast collar. My question is...

True. I'm pretty ignorant (also) when it comes to fuel additives, so might give them a try as well.

Thank you, both of you. Especially Trevor's treatise is very useful. Have to put that polishing rig on my not-so-short to-do list!

I have just re-engined and now have also one of these water separator gadgets fitted. How should I read the contents of the separator? Haven't had a separator earlier so don't really know... There seems to be quite a lot of water and a layer of red stuff. Do I have the dreaded diesel bug? The...

That's one of my favourites as well. In fact, when the boat in the picture was for sale some years ago, I seriously considered it. These days I vote for my own Avance 36 --> http://balticsailing.blogspot.fi/2012/10/avance-36-have-you-ever-seen-prettier.html Oops, the thread was a bit old... sorry.

Now this is interesting. Is the DB Marine solution a DIY, bolt on kit? I'm wondering whether I should buy a second hand 120s for my repowering project (to save some hard earned cash of course). Chances are that the ones on the market have worn splines.

Perhaps they've been reading the forums and improved? Agree that failure after 13 months is not good form, but the spares are cheap. My LCD display packed in in 1,5 years... But replacing it was pretty affordable.

That's excellent stuff! I've always wondered about the wind instruments –*do you really need them? Speaking of NASA, replacing the inexpensive cups every other year wouldn't be a problem as I need to take the mast down every year anyway.