cisco said..

HG02 said..
Had a couple of cans of spinach and pulled the motor /gear box back out of the engine bay .

Strewth HG. You couldn't help your self could you??

Well now that you have it out you are going to put the DV 24 in aren't you????????????????

Yes Cisco the BW 6 fits so its on for the dv24
There's a Beta thread in here some where Cisco

cisco said..

Donk107 said..

madmission said..
Many thanks to cisco
Today i recovered my vintage VDO sumlog

Hi Madmission

Is it one of these driven by a cable from a little propeller

Regards Don

A cable driven VDO Sumlog??? That would be a museum piece!!

I had one of them in Spencer Adrian which was a 24 ft ply keeler, steel fin with a lead lump on the bottom. She was called Kahlua, was my second yacht and a classic to boot.

My first yacht was a Spencer Javelin, a machine that could frighten the pants off you or make you crap them.


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Hi Cisco

I was talking to the local chandler the other day and he sais the drive cables were still available but the little propellor that drives it isn't so hopefully it will keep on spinning

If anyone on the forum has a prop laying about when they have updated their instruments I wouldn't mind a spare

Regards Don

I went out to do some more restoration work on our Cole [getting close to launching] to find our bulkhead compass had leaked most of it's fluid. I found it has cracking at the base of the float chamber. I've removed it and will try repairing the cracking and re-filling it. I'm not sure what the existing fluid is, and I'm somewhat disturbed by the 'Compass Cannot Be Filled' message cast into the flange.....Might be easier to buy a new one to fit the existing hole if that's possible.

You make it sound so easy!

man you are going to have some fun on her !!!!

I think Walker Bay 8's are the most commonly stolen boats around here, closely followed by Avon Redcrests. Especially attractive if they have 2.5 hp Tohatsu's or Mariners!

started on this gear change lever very firm pivot




Ill add a nyloc nit tomorrow . The pivot now has no friction


I found my oil leak at some time in its past the dip stick tube has been vibrating and broke or fractured and had been repaired along with adding a steel bracket to support the dip stick tube at the gear box mounting bolts . I think originally they never had a extra bracket at the top of the dip stick tube.
Where it had been braise with a bronze welding rod is slightly porous and oil has been slowly weeping from the tube.
On the way around to western port Mangrove and I stopped so I could check the oil just as we entered western port . I had topped it up before we left and there was no need to add gear box oil on that run it takes a while to loose in the short term. The rear gear box seal is not leaking like I thought it had been the dip stick tube was the problem and the oil was running down to the back of the gear box.
Might see if the banjo fitting can be bronzed and A new tube bent up. Ill think on it




In a way Id like to fill the gear box with the correct amount of oil ( the filler is directly on top of the gear box) measure though the filler hole and make the level on the side of the gear box and find a safe spot to drill and tap a BSP tapered thread to add a level plug and do away with the dip stick altogether.
If it could be done on the opposite side of the gear linkage it would be easily seen in my boat and easily ready .
These gear boxes can easily give you a false oil level reading and can be over filled or under filled . Over filled they over heat under fill the same and worse

Well, finally after 14 months of not so patient waiting, today Fusion has kissed the water for the first time, albeit in another hemisphere. It is fitting with her heritage she has done so in Brittany.
I think I might just open a bottle, get quietly drunk and just gaze at the photo for the next couple of hours

Just Awesome

Thx guys!
Don, you're right, its heritage stems from the Open 40's, the mould is the same as the Pogo 40s2 which is Pogo's racer version, but the 12.50 gets a much higher freeboard and cabin height,and an interior!
The 40s is a fair bit different, with things like water ballast, no interior, carbon spreaders, fixed keel, lighter etc.
I think because I really wanted a single hander, in hindsight it's probably logical I ended up with an Open 40 design, I didn't think when I started looking around this is what I would end up with though. Fingers crossed it sails ok!

Regards the wheels, this was a really tough call. As a purist,I wanted a tiller, but in short:
-Co-owner hasnt done much sailing, and was more comfortable with a wheel.
- I want to use it for corporate work, ie: taking out clients, and they really get a kick out of holding onto a wheel, a tiller seems to scare the non seasoned yachties!
- For long haul type work, I am more comfortable with a wheel than sitting sideways. The 12.50 has a single loong tiller, so you didn't have much feel with the tiller.
I hope I've done the right thing,time will tell I suppose

Donk107 said..
Hi Shaggy

If you intend to sail her single handed there is a fair distance from the helm to the winches

When you tack while single handed do you intend to let the autohelm steer while you play with the winches

Regards Don

You are spot on Don,it's a massive cockpit. The only way to do it was make sure I got as good an autohelm as I could afford (ended up with NKE) , and this is one of the challenges I am looking forward to trying to master!

congrats Shaggy !!!! a thing of beauty !!

Good sailing Shaggy Baxter

Hi HG

Any chance of a photo of you shaft seal

Regards Don

Hi HG,
Excuse my ignorance, but what is a BSPT thread? I am thinking UNC and UNF , is this a thread dimension? Or am I way off track?