Hoyt'n back; Cal 40 Swell, Clark, & Amelia in the news
Maties,
Me XO found the article in today's UK Telegraph via the Drudge Report, but going to UK Telegraph I can't find it. Easyst to find out about Liz Clark, Swell, and her new first mate by googling key words.
With regards to me spine, my neck bones are pinching my spinal cord and the VA insists that they need to fix that before they operate on my back.
Late Oct. I had a Epidural injection in my L4 and L5 and got 90% relief immediately. I was good until March, when things got worse than ever. This time the Epidural which they say was done just as before, didn't do much of anything.
They discus putting a cage where the disk is in my neck, screwing it into the cervical bones using titanium screws, and filling it with bone and other good stuff, so the gap is maintained. As far as the back goes, the disks are ruptured and the pooches of gelatinous material are pressing against the nerves. So they plan on de-pooching the disk, freeing up the nerves, and what else, I'm not sure. Time to Google and find out more. One of my Clients is an Orthopedic surgeon who is semi retired and spends his time critiquing botch or no totally successful procedures. His advice is to put off the surgery until I'm not functional. He said my back looks bad but I'm still going up and down ladders and working (solar), so, that's the bottom line. I got that advice a few months ago, and that's all the time it took for my condition to go south. Must have been like Wiley Coyote when he runs off the cliff and is temporarily suspended in mid-air, looks around long enough to have a moment to ponder his fate, but then nose dives and augers in like a Zero or Me 109 shot down in flames. Or, like some fool I know that did the same thing with a hang glider 35 years ago. (Oh, who could that be?)
Cheerz,
Jerry 'n Shpritz
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On Tue, 4/26/16, saylorran sa… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Diesel Engine Issues; Swell, Clark, & Amelia in todays UK Telegraph
To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "david dobbs" <tm… [at] yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 7:23 PM
I had the surgery, I fought it till I crawled into
the hospital. The disc popped. My doctor told me to live and
do everything but run. What the doctor didn't say at the
time was, since the disc popped, it would die and eventually
dissolve. Now I have nothing left and the numbness is in
both legs.
Sailing
is the only thing that loosens me up for a few
days.
Randy
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From: "david dobbs tm… [at] yahoo.com
[Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>
Date: 04/26/2016 6:41 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Gerald Sobel
<so… [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Re:
[Cal_Boats] Diesel Engine Issues; Swell, Clark, Amelia in
todays UK Telegraph
Jerry,I,
like you, have the last 4 lumbar disks in various states of
damage. The othro surgeons say they can fix that, but I
think I will avoid that until I can no longer function or
deal with pain. My physical therapists gave me an exercise
program that works to keep me pain free. I just have to
avoid things that stress my spine. Sailing isn't one
of them.
David
Dobbs CAL29 411
On Tuesday, April 26,
2016 6:51 PM, "Gerald Sobel so… [at] yahoo.com
[Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
Couldn't
find the UK article on Swell, Liz Clark's Cal 40 +
cat
but...here's
abetter one!
http://patagonia.someoddpilot.com/2015/02/amelia-the-tropicat-a-swell-companion/
On Tuesday, April 26,
2016 1:30 PM, "Gerald Sobel so… [at] yahoo.com
[Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
I was just thinking if a warn cam could be the
issue, but, that would prevent it from opening the valve and
allowing the air-fuel mixture to intake the cylinder.
Don't some diesels inject the fuel directly into the
cylinder? You can see I don't know much. My GMC V-8 has
a two stage injector in place of a carb on the inlet to the
cylinders. Gee. If those old Merlins has something like
that, they wouldn't have stalled out when the Spitfire
pilots tried to pull negative G's. But as they say, if
you change anything in history, then maybe none of us would
have been born?
Anyone see today's article on our friends aboard their
intrepid Cal 40 Swell in today's UK Telegraph?
Liz must have recovered from breaking her neck surfing in
San Diego. Yeah, read about Liz's new crewmate!!
My back is crumbling, but I'm going to be trying to race
Shpritz this afternoon. Anyone besides me have crumbing
lumbar issues at the ripe old age of 69? Somehow I
didn't figure in a crumbing back at this stage of my
life, but that's how it goes when make a few bad
landings in your life. I comes back and bites you big
time.
Jerry, Shpritz.
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On Tue, 4/26/16, Chris ch… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats]
<Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Owning and selling a boat
To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com"
<Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 12:53 PM
I'd pull the injector and take it to a diesel
mechanic.
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from Yahoo Mail on Android
Hello Newman!
: ) Thanks all,
especially Joe Demers.Here’s what I have
done recently.I removed the intake
side to look at that piece..is it flowing? The air
‘filter’ is a bit gunked up but it does flow and I
can
feel the intake on my hand.And to see the valve
and watch it actuate to see if it’s actually
moving…and
so satisfy my mechanical curiosity.A follow up
conversation with Joe D suggests almost categorically
that
it isn’t seating because on the compression stroke, I
see
a spray coming back into the intake side. Since you
asked:
Yanmar YSM8. Single cyl, 8 bhp, no
–pre-ignitor.Fuel tank - Racor
filter – Lift pump – engine filter – injector pump
–
Injector and a return line.4 bleed points:
Racor, engine filter, injector pump, injector.Yes, I did
bleed the
racor, the engine filter, the injector pump and the
injector.It all squirts
fuel.In doing so, the
bleed port on the engine filter stripped so I replaced
that
entire assembly. I also bypassed it
all and drew from a small quart bottle of fresh diesel
straight into the injector pump.I am considering
pulling the head and sending it out for a
re-work.My day job keeps me
off the dock all day and recently, it’s been crazy
windy
here in Monterey so I have not gone down to see her in
the
last few days.And I’m moving
also so my time is stretched thin.I agree that it
*SHOULD* go and I see areas that can be
improved/repaired. I’m not giving up on the engine
yet,
much to the chagrin of the local ‘mechanics that want
to
re-power.Actually, my next
step is to set the engine timing..position the flywheel
to
TDC and pull the head.Unless ‘you’
think otherwise.Thanks. ..tom From:
Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 8:37 AM
To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com;
TomDressler
Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats]
Owning and selling a boat I am of the belief that
old
engines can be made to run just about forever if well
maintained.As a
hobby I restore old Caterpillar dozers. I currently own
one
1949 and one 1955 D2 model machines. At one time I had
four
fully functional D2's, but thinned out the herd the
past
couple of years. They are old four cylinder slow turn
diesels with two cylinder gas pony motor starters. These
old
machines start and run great after all these
years.
In
repairing anything it is divide and conquer. Methodically
go
through all the systems, making sure things are
correct.
I am not
totally familiar with your engine, so will just speak in
general terms or about my Yanmar. We have a Yanmar 3GM30F
in
our 1986 Cal 33-2. The original engine and it runs
fantastic. But I went through some heartache getting it
to
that point. But mine was all fuel issues. Final problem as
a
small crack in the fuel separator bowl allowing air to
get
into the fuel system. The engine would just quit at the
worst possible times. In repairing this problem I also
replaced all my rubber fuel line to and from the tank
(in
case it was collapsing internally), put a check valve at
the
fuel tank and bought a new fuel separator and fuel pump).
I
can cruise for hours no issues. But definitely I found a
small crack in the separator bowl that was letting in air.
I
just wanted to kind of shotgun the fuel system since it
was
all original and showing its age. If your engine has not
been
torn apart, then hopefully all the timing is correct. So
then you are dealing with air and fuel. The engine fires
from heat of compression, so no spark to worry
with.
Eliminate
things. Install a fuel line from the fuel pump directly
into
a container of diesel. Rule out the fuel separator and
tank.
I think you said you bypassed the fuel
system.
Bleed
everything. On my engine there is a bleed on the final
fuel
filter and a bleed just before the injectors. I usually
bleed at each injector as well until fuel is coming out
the
line leading to the injector. When bleeding have the
compression lever flipped so no compression. Be aware not
to
let water get into your cylinder, so have the salt water
inlet closed. Once you have fuel spitting out each
injector
line and you feel that all the air is out, tighten those
lines and flip the compression back on and see if you
can
get it to pop. Does it pop at all? These old diesels will
run
just about forever. I had an old Caterpillar D7 (1957
model
year) that I bought from a farmer. The machine had sit in
a
field for about 10 years, never started. He said
"It
was running when I parked it!". I wanted it to
clear
some land, then resell. The pony engine had a stuck
piston
and also ended up having a stuck valve. I freed that
stuff
up and the darn pony fired up. Then I found two stuck
injector pumps on the diesel. The old Cat has a
mechanical
cam mechanism that works all the injector pumps and two
of
the pump plungers were stuck up. Once I got those free
and
cleaned the fuel system, changed the fluids, this old
machine sitting in a field for ten years rumbled to life.
It
was amazing. I talked to an old
Caterpillar mechanic once who said that even when the
old
engine had lost most of its compression and was belching
oil, if you could spin it long enough for the cylinders
to
get hot it would start and run. And having a pony engine
you
can spin the engine as long as needed to get them to
fire.
So, to
condemn your old Yanmar I would think it would need to
have
lots wrong with it. Broken rings, bad piston or some
major
problem, but even then that stuff can be
fixed. On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:51
PM, 'TomDressler' tb… [at] verizon.net [Cal_Boats]
<Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com>
wrote: Hello
all,Continuing this
mindset..I’m asking the group for some physical as well
as
moral support.I have a Cal 2-25
with a Yanmar YSM8 single. I purchased it last October,
knowing little about sailing except that I wanted to
learn
how.I named her
Resa..Italian for surrender, and I have but she’s been
challenging me lately.I’ve been working
on the phone and e-mail with Joe Demers from Sound
Marine
Diesel; LLC SoundMarineDiesel.com (860)
666-2184 AWESOME guy! The
problem is that he’s in Connecticut and I’m in
Monterey,
CA.Jeez, I even weighed
the cost of flying you out here Joe! I’ve replaced
filters, bled the fuel system many times and tried other
things. It seems like it should go unless..rings, valves
or
worse.Is there anyone on
this list that lives in the Monterey area that is
familiar
with the engine could help me at least ‘look’ at it
or
help diagnose?I’ve been told by
two ‘mechanics’, without a lot of them debugging
except
charging me to bleed the fuel lines, that I simply
should
repower, because it’s old.(one of them told me
I need a new glow plug. All diesels have ‘em, he
argued,
after I said..this single does not. He said..yes it
does)“Well, it’s got
No compression”“how do you
know?” I asked.“you can tell by
the sound”, he replied.I followed with”
But when I open the compression release and close it,
that’s affecting compression. Sounds the same as it
did
last month when it quit. Should or can we measure
it?” Fine, I’ll
consider a repower if it’s proven to me that I need
that. But it seems that
the cost of that will equal/exceed the initial purchase
cost
and certainly not be a return. ()I know, that should
not be a factor, but I can’t see putting $5,000 into a
$4500 boat. I'm not expecting a $-$ return, but I
don’t want to do what isn’t necessary Helen, your
guy,
Kevin won’t come down until I “pay the yard to
polish
the fuel, remove and clean the fuel tank”I bypassed the
fuel
supply with a remote supply.I’m paying
so-called mechanics to give me little feedback, except
“we
can re-power for you” Joe, I know you read
this list. This is not about your INCREDIBLE
support.I need someone local
that has experience, before I “add to cart” a fresh
engine.: ) Thanks..tom.. From:
Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 8:03
AM
To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Cal_Boats] Owning and selling
a boat
Hi, all,
I typed up this response to
the thread on selling a 2-27, with all the
comments about selling at a loss and poor
market for used boats. I
posted it but then
it bounced back with an error message so I'll try
again.
We all need to take
a deep breath and realize that if we're boat owners
to make a profit, we're in the wrong line
of work. First of all, the
problem
isn't so much that sailing is dying, but that the
boats
aren't.
Fiberglass sailboats are pretty
durable, despite the known
vulnerabilities
(core rot, blisters, stainless corrosion, old engines).
There are lots of choices out there, more very
year. Way back in 1968,
when we acquired my
other boat, there were very few choices locally.
Fiberglass was still relatively new and there
wasn't a huge inventory of
used boats.
Now there is.
So why do we
own these money sinks? Easy, it's to go sailing.
Sailing
is like drinking coffee or beer--it's
an acquired taste. But once you've
acquired the taste, it's like my morning
cup--I need it. Sailing is an
opportunity
to develop and use skills. The learning can go on and
on.
It's a challenge, an opportunity to
face and surmount dangers. Water is
not our
natural element, and we have an imperfect ability to
foresee
weather or what's under the water.
Usually the risks are small ones,
like
getting off the mooring cleanly, getting the sails up
and
avoiding
collisions with other boats.
Sometimes the challenges raise the heart
rate a lot more. Sometimes we get wet and cold.
Then there are the
warm sunny days with the
wind just right, and a good set of friends
aboard. And always there the simple challenge
of making the boat operate
efficiently in
whatever conditions we face.
When we go sailing, we join a very old human
activity. Our species has
traveled under
wind power on the water for generations. We enlist in a
tradition when we become sailors. It's a
tradition of self-reliance,
applied skills,
adaptability, and a bit of courage. Those are things we
generally admire.
For me, it's important that my boats look
like somebody gives a damn.
We should give
a damn about a craft that's going to take us into
the
hostile environment that the water is. When
I was just starting sailing
a local guy had
a Mercer 44, a stunningly lovely boat from Bill Tripp,
with a dark blue hull. He was not inclined
toward maintenance so in
short order the
boat looked shabby. I figured that anybody who could
let such a gorgeous boat look crummy must have
some significant moral
deficiency. My
annual ritual of maintenance has started on the other
boat, a 1961 Bill Tripp design that isn't
as breathtaking as that Mercer
44, but
still catches the eye. She's got spruce spars and
lots
of
mahogany--toe rails, coamings,
hatches--and it's all maintained in a way
that says "somebody cares." At 55
years old, it takes a lot of work,
but once
she's launched the compliments begin. "Hey,
pretty
boat!" My
little Cal 20 attracts
compliments, too. She's polished up each year,
and the mahogany rudder and tiller are
varnished. I've started on that
already. She's a happy boat that gets
sailed a lot.
None of that
work would be reimbursed adequately if I were to sell
either one. I have no illusions about that. But
both boats reimburse
me each summer in the
joy of making the boat go. One of the great
privileges of living in the USA in the 21st
century is being able to
afford simple
luxuries like our boats. As a young person I found much
to be unhappy about. As an old person I have
come to appreciate my
extraordinary fortune
to have been born in this age and location and to
have encountered people who helped me become a
sailor (among other good
things). In short,
I have become my father and I wish he were around
now so I could say "Hey, Dad, you were
right. Let's go sailing."
Chris Campbell
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