"Hello Randy,
New to the group, going through the posts, I have come upon this thread. I was considering tinting my windows of my Beneteau 43 with a darker tint, but I really like your idea. So I will copy with…"
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- Barnegate Bay
- About Me:
- I am a single guy after 32 years of marriage. I enjoy sailing, skiing and hanging at the beach house. I sail with friends so that I know and others I just have not met as yet. Life is good!
- Current location:
- I live in Randolph, NJ
- Destinations visited:
- Down bay and the blue water. I have also bare boat chartered in the BVI, the gulf, the chessapeak, San Diago, Lake Texoma, Lake Ponchatrain and long beach, CA.
- Looking to:
- Find crew! I sail weekend day trips in the bay and I race two times a season. I am looking for a foredeck man that can set and strike a spinnaker and a genny when I do race in PHRF-MA events.
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A place to exchange thoughts, ideas and discussions about the Beneteau/Oceanis 40 and 43 models.
"Larry good luck. And remember to use the KISS Method when troubleshooting. Keep It Simple Stupid haha. It’s an old and basic concept that dictates you always do the easiest and obvious stuff first. Then if it doesn’t fix it get more…"
"Thanks Mike, good advice which I will follow."
"Sounds like you need to give that windlass some TLC. I used to clean and apply a light coating of grease to all the surfaces in and under the gypsy. It remained smooth over a 10 year period. Five of those years were spent cruising full time on the…"
B43 Windlass Drainage
Doing some maintenance on my B43 Quick Antares windlass this year. After removing the windlass, I knew instantly that I should have been doing this at least ever other year. The windlass was preforming weak and slow with a noise which made me think the motor brushes or a bearing was going out, thus the reason for removing it.What I found upon removal was a tremendous amount of salt and sand on the top part of the gearbox, literally packed in. Upon cleaning everything up, luckily all bearings…See More
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Happy to hear its working properly."
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Got your message. Working tonite and heading down to Tom's River tomorrow afternoon.
Carole
Use this site to see if you can get crew but do not use it to continue to complain about the way the Sailing Club does business. You knew coming in that it did not fit what you wanted.
Larry