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Joe,
Look in the phone book for a industrial or bearing supplier in your are. They will have it in small bottles.
Boaters should never leave home with out blue Loctite and Boeshield T-9 lubrication.
Al
Joe,
Excellent tip from Al. I recently got a small bottle of Blue Loctite at Ace Hardware. All 4 back cover bolts on the Balmar secondary alternator had backed out and I used the Loctite when I replaced them. Good stuff. (Also an excellent selection of bolts at Ace.) I would just use a very small drop and let the key set for several minutes.
Barry
Thanks Barry. We have a good local Ace Hardware will try them. Did you see in News Letter where Dick is offering a special prize to the Dickerson that sails the longest distance to the Rendezvous in June. Is that enough of an incentive Al to get a group of New England Dickersons to meet up with the Southern Hampton VA group.
Should be fun.
Joe
Thanks Barry for the heads up on ACE. Our ACE also sells T-9.
As you might remember Joe, I plan to sail back down again in June. Can’t speek for others in NE but it’s not easy to get a crew to be available when you need them. I have a list of friends who are wanting to do the trip. Getting a return crew later in the summer is just as difficult. In Jan. I will post a request for Dickerson crew to see if any are ready for a off shore sail (Block Island to Cape May, 200nm).
I sure like the idea of “rendezvousing” for the Rendezvous. Spent last week in Colorado with our regular crew, the Stephenson’s from Florida (if you can follow that). We are already talking about June.
A bit of a cruise extension for Al to come all the way around Cape Charles and sail north with us–but of course the NE fleet is more than welcome to join us (but you have to lose the “caaaar is paaaarked in the yaaaaard” talk). And ice tea comes with the sugar already in it!
Bob,
Several posts ago, you outlined what tasks you accomplish to winterize and then go on the hard and commission in the Spring. While on the hard, you “service all seacocks”. Please tell me what you do. One of mine (vanity sink drain I think) is VERY stiff and I’m afraid to open it all the way–it closes fine.
Thanks
BarryBarry,
Some seacocks can be taken apart, cleaned and greased. I don’t have any like that. I remove hoses and wrap a dowel with a rag soaked in grease. I hold this against the internal parts from both the inside and the outside and work them back and forth to get a good coating. Also during the season I operate all valves frequently help keep growth cleaned off. If for any reason you have to replace one I have an article that shows a great way to install a replacement.Good luck
Bob S.Barry,
Wanderlust has a plug in the side of the seacocks. I install a grease fitting and grease them with waterproof grease. I think it wants to be done with the valve in the open position.
Al
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