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by TonyB
Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: Rigging and Sails
Topic: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar
Replies: 10
Views: 4771

Re: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar

Thanks Bad. I did ask for a quote on Uship and the quotes I got were very expensive. Will keep looking for options.

Thanks
Tony
by TonyB
Sun Sep 06, 2020 11:51 pm
Forum: Rigging and Sails
Topic: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar
Replies: 10
Views: 4771

Re: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar

Did you have to crate it? Trying to figure out if maybe I put it in a PVC tube that would work.
by TonyB
Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:14 pm
Forum: Rigging and Sails
Topic: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar
Replies: 10
Views: 4771

Re: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar

OK now I have come accross a new stumbling block in this project. Shipping a 12 foot camberspar accross country seems to be problematic? Has any one done this before? Any thoughts? Already tried UPS/Fedex. They want a crate built around it. I can't really make that happen from the opposite coast.
by TonyB
Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: Rigging and Sails
Topic: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar
Replies: 10
Views: 4771

Re: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar

Thanks Newt2u... actually looking more for a template for a sail for a 40/40 designed with the camber spar. :)
by TonyB
Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:21 pm
Forum: Rigging and Sails
Topic: Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar
Replies: 10
Views: 4771

Changing from Roller Furler to Camber Spar

Hey folks, it looks like I am starting down the path of moving away from the roller furler that my boat came with and installing a camber spar set up. I am in the process of purchasing the actual spar (thanks to Al Jacobs). So now I need a sail. Anyone have a camber spar sail for a F40/40 that is in...
by TonyB
Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:50 pm
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
Topic: Battery Switch
Replies: 4
Views: 3592

Re: Battery Switch

It is common in the industry for House Bank to be Bank 1 and Engine Bank to be Bank 2. But I have had boats wired the other way and it makes no difference electrically. As I said above, it depends on how you have your banks set up. If both your banks are identical it doesn't matter at all which is w...
by TonyB
Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:34 pm
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
Topic: Battery Switch
Replies: 4
Views: 3592

Re: Battery Switch

Well it can depend on how many batteries are in each bank (and what kind they are). I have one flooded lead acid in my engine start bank (#2 on my boat) and 2 AGMs in my house bank (#1 on my boat). But yours may be different.
by TonyB
Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:55 pm
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
Topic: AutoPilot for 40/40
Replies: 7
Views: 5400

Re: AutoPilot for 40/40

Nice. I will look for it.
by TonyB
Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:53 pm
Forum: Manuals and Documentation
Topic: Corrosion, zincs and bonding
Replies: 1
Views: 5041

Re: Corrosion, zincs and bonding

Very interesting document. I know you had a lightening strike. I would be very interested in knowing the full extent of the damage as well as what protection you built in afterwards. I will search for subjects on the site to see if you already wrote all that up somewhere. Thanks Geoff
by TonyB
Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:21 pm
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
Topic: AutoPilot for 40/40
Replies: 7
Views: 5400

Re: AutoPilot for 40/40

Great schematic. Did you draw that in Visio?