Re: [Cal_Boats] Fuel Pump Question

Call Vosbury Marine and talk to Dick Vosbury. He is not local (in Annapolis) but should be able to send you the washers or answer your question. Paul John <st… [at] embarqmail.com> wrote: >Hello All, >I have a CAV fuel pump on my '79 Cal 31 w/ Volvo Penta MD7A engine. After >some minor repairs, I can not stop a very small but persistent leak at one >of the high pressure outlets to the injectors. Bret Pesak wrote to "replace >the copper washers on the banjo fittings" as they are meant to be one time >use. Now the hard part: I can not find replacements anywhere online and, of >course, they are an odd size that nobody locally can replace. My question >is: would it be possible to use some other material, like hard plastic >washers, since there is no heat involved? I tried various gasket materials >(solid and liquid) to no avail. Any assistance greatly appreciated! > >John Stacklyn >Cal 31 #33 "Sol Survivor" >Shell Point, FL > > >

try transatlantic diesel white marsh, va they are on the internet as tad they have a lot of perkins, volvo, cummins stuff very knowledgeable staff gene From: Paul <pw… [at] aol.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 8:42:47 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Fuel Pump Question Call Vosbury Marine and talk to Dick Vosbury. He is not local (in Annapolis) but should be able to send you the washers or answer your question. Paul John <st… [at] embarqmail.com> wrote: >Hello All, >I have a CAV fuel pump on my '79 Cal 31 w/ Volvo Penta MD7A engine. After >some minor repairs, I can not stop a very small but persistent leak at one >of the high pressure outlets to the injectors. Bret Pesak wrote to "replace >the copper washers on the banjo fittings" as they are meant to be one time >use. Now the hard part: I can not find replacements anywhere online and, of >course, they are an odd size that nobody locally can replace. My question >is: would it be possible to use some other material, like hard plastic >washers, since there is no heat involved? I tried various gasket materials >(solid and liquid) to no avail. Any assistance greatly appreciated! > >John Stacklyn >Cal 31 #33 "Sol Survivor" >Shell Point, FL > > >

Paul, I lost track of Vosbury when he left Whitehall Yacht Yard, when John White leased to Hinckley. (A sad time.) Now I see he is on the old Naval Station grounds across from the Academy. Did not know they have commercial operations there. Live and learn. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:43 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Fuel Pump Question Call Vosbury Marine and talk to Dick Vosbury. He is not local (in Annapolis) but should be able to send you the washers or answer your question. Paul John <st… [at] embarqmail.com> wrote: >Hello All, >I have a CAV fuel pump on my '79 Cal 31 w/ Volvo Penta MD7A engine. >After some minor repairs, I can not stop a very small but persistent >leak at one of the high pressure outlets to the injectors. Bret Pesak >wrote to "replace the copper washers on the banjo fittings" as they are >meant to be one time use. Now the hard part: I can not find >replacements anywhere online and, of course, they are an odd size that >nobody locally can replace. My question >is: would it be possible to use some other material, like hard plastic >washers, since there is no heat involved? I tried various gasket >materials (solid and liquid) to no avail. Any assistance greatly appreciated! > >John Stacklyn >Cal 31 #33 "Sol Survivor" >Shell Point, FL > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links

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That was great - thanks, dEmO. - Nick From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ti… [at] ch2m.com Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:42 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] 2010 Oregon Offshore If you need a sailing Fix, you can locate California Girl's 2010 Oregon Offshore race video on YouTube http://tinyurl. <http://tinyurl.com/2blgmck> com/2blgmck cheers, dEmO

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Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Allen On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:41 AM, <ti… [at] ch2m.com> wrote: > > > If you need a sailing Fix, you can locate California Girl’s 2010 Oregon > Offshore race video on YouTube > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2blgmck > > > > cheers, > > > > dEmO > > >

He did two new sheaves for my Cal 29 last year and they were, and still are, perfect!!!! Work beautifully. Shelley Richards Cal 29 #154 Wilson NY From: Michael D <md… [at] yahoo.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 9:08 am Subject: [Cal_Boats] Zephyrwerks/Ed Louchard - Change of address FYI, http://www.zephyrwerks.com/ - the sheave factory. ed… [at] gmail.com new email address, effective immediately. BTW, he does good work with a fast turnaround. --Michael--

Well Sunday (yesterday) was an interesting & exciting day on the water. It was our last race day for the spring series races. Winds were ~15 kts NE; seas were ~2 ft. Our club keeps two lighted buoys set; one inshore in ~20 feet of water and one offshore in about 160 feet of water. The buoys are roughly due East/West of each other. We generally have southbound current inshore and stronger northbound current offshore. A third mark is set depending on the wind direction. Races start between race committee on the beach and the inshore buoy. Yesterday's racing consisted of three races. The race course was L shaped. From the start buoy (inshore) we headed in a southerly direction passing the leeward mark on port, out to the offshore buoy with a port rounding, back to the leeward mark passing it to starboard, then north to the start/finish buoy. We flew the asymmetrical spinnaker on the first leg to the leeward mark, beat out to the offshore buoy under our 135 genoa, flew the symmetrical spinnaker on the downwind leg to the leeward mark, and then beat back upwind to the start/finish. Including us, there were five boats in the ARC fleet. We race against a Tripp 40, a Sweden 37, a Hobie 33, and a Corsair 24 trimaran. A JAM fleet also raced consisting of six boats: ranging from the mid 30's to 42 ft. Magic (Cal 2-27) was the smallest boat. We nailed the start on the first race. The competition must have forgotten to set their starting watches and they all were at least 30 seconds behind us. Fortune didn't last long. As we hoisted the asymmetrical, the halyard shackle came open, and up it went to the bail. Fortunately we have a second spinnaker halyard, and we were able to get the spinnaker up. The bad part is that we lost our huge advantage. As we rounded the leeward mark, we unrolled the genoa and doused the asymmetrical. The backup halyard wasn't secured, and we had to recover it by heading up and snagging it with a boat hook. Around the offshore buoy, we hoisted the symmetrical with pole on a starboard tack. Things settled down, and we sailed fast to the leeward mark. On our beat back to the start/finish line, the boom end fitting let go when the outhaul was retensioned. We ended up taking a third place. Just as we finished the first race, we heard announcement for the second race. The crew quickly jury-rigged an outhaul for the mainsail, re-tensioned it and we headed for the start. On this race the entire ARC fleet was on a port tack, and we we were the leeward boat. We had a good angle to the start pin, and we were taking the entire fleet at the start buoy when all hell broke loose. All of a sudden, the Hobie 33 started coming down on us. The boat above him was coming down on him. I have no idea about the other two ARC boats. Unbeknown to us, two JAM boats were finishing race one on, and they both were on a starboard tack! The Hobie 33 ended up hitting us as much as I tried to avoid the collision. We gybed around to a beam reach on a starboard tack, and then the Hobie crash gybed as well. We ended up in a T-bone collision course. I again turned up, the Hobie eased their mainsail a moment too late, and we again collided. Neither collision caused any damage nor was anyone injured. We finally made it around, called for a protest, and continued racing. We ended up in 5th/last place, since the rest of the fleet was way too fast, and we were way too late getting up speed. Everyone was on the line at the start of the third race. We were going for the pin just like everyone else, but here came the Hobie 33. Magic can't match their speed, and he took us up above the pin right at the gun. We tack/gybed a 360 and ended up being the last boat across the starting line. Again, we ended up 5th/last. The weather was beautiful, the beer was cold, and we all had fun. --Michael--