What did you do to your sailing boat today ?

Busy time but all good! If you were over here Id love to help.

I met a guy working in the yard on the boat next to me. He's spent 30 years on the ocean, sailed them all, but no boat anymore. He's looking for delivery jobs from anywhere to anywhere. Pulled out of the 98 Hobart in time luckily but still had waves as high as hay sheds coming down on him, so I can't wait to take him out and looking forward to learning a lot from him.

Very Very nice Paul, she's looking really good!!!!! So what did you do the other 3 days on the stand?

Pissed off went to the boat ,was going to fit a couple of ventiators beside the forward cabin hatch
Marked it out went to cut the hole out with a the saw only to find out my drill chuck was to small for the hole saw arbour
Welcome to forward backwards land

www.air-onlyventilators.com/air-only-low-profile/

Bought a couple of these from malta via e bay Donk
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/air-onlyventilators/m.html?item=191275698390&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
Thought about some nice polished ones in a nice teak box . but thought it would be just my luck when I didn't need it to happen a jib sheet or some dam rope would get tangled when I absolutely don,t want any thing to happen while sailing

But Ill probably trip over these and fall of the boat instead

Cut two holes for the ventilators
Marked the inner tube of the ventilator and bought it home to shorten it should be around 1 or 2 mm proud of the deck hole


As I did not have a 95 mm hole saw and I was not paying any one $59 dolars just to cut two hole buying one so I used a 89 mm hole saw and sanded the rest out so its a nice snug fit placed it position and marked 2 mm above the deck height and went home . I quickly cut the inner tubes with a 5 inch cut off wheel.
Left my phone on board so I have no photos. Ill go back down now and pick it up
Tomorrow night Ill trial fit the unit and then silicon and screw it to the deck and its done

dslp1 dslp2 ds3 ds2 ds1 ds4 ds5 ds6 ds7 o-rings
made of silicone 3,5 x 16 – 19 units ds screw pack
made of S/St A2 2,9 x 16 – 3 units ds7 screw pack
made of S/St A2 4,2 x 16 – 6 units
M5 x 12 – 6 units
M5 – 6 units dsd screw pack
made of S/St A4 ?hoose a suitable place for your ventilator ensuring that there are no obstructions above or below the deck.Using DS7 as a template mark and cut hole through deck / roof / hatch.
DS7 requires cutting to length prior to assembly. Place DS7 in the hole and measure and mark so that 1 or 2 mm extends below roof.Trial fit DS1 and DS7 first, then DSLP2 and screw into position. Ensure that they fit correctly before proceeding.Remove DS1 and DSLP2 and refit using a suitable marine sealant, wait until the sealant hardens.
Ensure that the floating balls and the housings for the free floating balls are clear of debris and excess sealant.Fit O-rings.Complete assembly by fitting DS2, DS3 and DSLP1.Do not forget to place DS4 into position and screw to DS5 before fitting DS3. Templates for fitting









<div class="sidebar">How does it work?
<div class="textwidget">Air-Only ventilator, which is a core device for all models, let air in and keep water out via the use of spherical floats.
Operating principle: soft PVC balls float within the vent as soon as there is water on deck, along vertical guides, and form a watertight seal. As soon as the water subsides, the balls descend, letting air in again. Illustrated on pictures below.
You can also add what they call a breezy either wood or plastic
as below


These two units have a computer fan inside and can be reversed air flow depending what your needs are
Feel like a sales man here

Hi HG

I haven't had a chance to have a good look at it yet

It is moored at Franklin (about 7 mins drive up the river from here) and i pass it each day on the way to work

It is not far off the river bank but i have only had a ipad to take a photo on and it is not that good at taking photo's of objects at a distance

The boat itself looks to be in really good condition and has a windvane self steering gear on the transom

Each time i have passed it this week there doesn't appear to be anyone on it so it may have been bought by one of the locals here

I will take a camera tomorrow and see of i can get some decent photo's of it and see if i can see a name on it

Regards Don

I got my Yanmar 2 QM 15 engine going again around 5 pm today after about 3 weeks working on it and I am not happy.

It still goes "putt, putt" and not "brrrrmmmmm".

I had one of these engines in another boat and it started up on the first compression stroke and went "brrrrmmmmm" straight up after not having been run for 5 years.

On this engine, besides a lot of other stuff like painting it, major servicing etc, I have in particular adjusted the valve clearances and had the injectors reconditioned. One of them needed a new tip/nozzle ($125) and after doing the above one would expect to have a smooth running engine, but alas, no.

The next step is to remove the fuel injection pump and take it to the Doctor for phasing and calibrating.

Phasing the fuel injection pump is where it is adjusted to exactly the right point where each element of the pump is causing fuel injection at a precise point/angle of crank shaft rotation. It is the same as ignition timing in a petrol/spark ignition engine as opposed to a diesel/compression ignition engine.

Calibrating a fuel injection pump is where it is adjusted to the point where each element of the pump is injecting precisely the same amount of fuel into it's cylinder as the others.

Should this not make the engine go "brrrrmmmmm", I will commit jihad on it and take it's head off.

I know what you are talking about HG but I don't think that would happen with my engine's configuration. I will have a hard look at it though.

I will give this engine every chance to go "brrrmmmmm" before I jihad it.

It would be nice to be able to afford to fit a new 3 cylinder engine. Apart from the expence it is a hell of a job to do anyway.

Could be something as simple as a paint chip under an injector.

Finished fitting the port side ventilator and as I didn't post whats inside here it is
Any water coming in makes the green balls float and seal off the top. This is exactly the same in there other ventilators just the exterior changes.
I not sure if the low profile was a great choice time will tell and I can change the exterior to a full dollard later .
After fitting the ventilator I started tappering up around the port lights on the inside ready to sand back a tapper on the inside so it can be glassed . I did this and sanded all four port lights cut out back . Ever thing went according to plan till the last sesion of sanding and sheet of plastic I was using to keep the dust in a small area fell down and I didnt realize it had so Ive a very dusty interior now . So Ill spend the next few hours cleaning up and probably tomorrow as well dam it . I edges of the cut out are razor sharp I cut my finger on one of them making sure they were right
The guide I am following plus a little more below
goodoldboat.com/fitting-bronze-portlights/

Ill just seal the old port light holes up with plastic this week and start filling in the old port light cut outs next weekend if the weather is ok