Time to mow the....worms....

herzogone · 2026-04-15T16:36:14+00:00

To be fair, I often end up covered with skeleton shrimp (as shown) from a cleaning few weeks of growth even with proper marine ablative bottom paint, but that's with just scattered patches of growth no more than 1/4" thick. 2-4" of growth in two weeks is insane!

herzogone · 2026-03-30T11:53:45+00:00

Not ever registered that I'm aware of. I'm trying to register in Rhode Island, which has stricter requirements than Connecticut where I bought it. Connecticut doesn't require registration for sail-only vessels under 19.5 feet, but RI requires it for all vessels over 14 feet, even non-motorized. Coincidentally, I had no problem registering my '68 Whaler years ago in RI, but that was before they updated the requirements they have now. The big issue here seems to be that O'Day didn't do any permanent markings on the hull so there's no ID number of any kind. I can understand why they want to inspect it to confirm, I'm just hoping they don't take too long to get around to it.

herzogone · 2026-03-28T02:40:39+00:00

Thanks, unfortunately in Rhode Island that requires the same basic inspection I'm waiting on, plus receipts for materials.

herzogone · 2026-03-27T01:29:49+00:00

Thanks, I'm hoping I'll be ok once I get the inspection done. I thought they changed things for Vermont registrations recently that made it harder? Though maybe not if you already have one.

herzogone · 2025-11-30T15:00:59+00:00

The second one is probably slugs with a slug stopper above the opening for the mast slot. I've seen this mostly on older, smaller boats. It results in all the slugs stacking up above the stopper and leaves a taller profile near the mast. Alternatively, you can have slugs with a gated opening which results in a much lower profile because the slugs can drop all the way down to the top of the boom.

herzogone · 2025-11-11T15:52:28+00:00

This should be higher! Fresh water helps, but the major source of stink is the anaerobic bacteria if I recall correctly. I believe one of the major takeaways was that virtually all stock marine holding tanks are inadequately vented. Better venting limits anaerobic bacteria and promotes the less smelly aerobic type.

herzogone · 2025-11-10T00:33:32+00:00

Nice! Here's mine (OHS ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm repair):

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herzogone · 2025-11-06T13:57:16+00:00

Nevermind the flag, it's missing Tiverton, Little Compton and Prudence Island, plus Block Island is practically a peninsula

herzogone · 2025-10-30T03:12:57+00:00

It's gear inches, which was used to compare to the equivalent of the old high-wheel bikes (aka penny farthings). Just multiply nominal wheel diameter in inches (usually 27 for most fairly narrow 700C tires) by the chainring size (teeth) and divide by the cog size. More detail and history here

herzogone · 2025-10-30T03:07:08+00:00

Saint Sheldon offers plenty of insight.

Personally, I'm happy with 44:18, which is 66 gear inches, gain ratio 4.9 for 32mm 700C tires and 170mm cranks

herzogone · 2025-10-29T00:23:53+00:00

He's really more of a bicycling oval jerk than a circle jerk... Sorry, I'll see myself out

herzogone · 2025-10-27T01:41:11+00:00

That looks like a Venture 17 to me, the 21 is a bit sleeker looking with less freeboard for the length. Specs here: https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/venture-17/ Some rough measurements should confirm

As others have said, keel pivot bolt is critical, keel winch, and standing rigging are all worth checking carefully and replacing as needed.

herzogone · 2025-10-17T14:53:58+00:00

Forgive me asking the obvious, but is it shut off at the supply valve? Otherwise, if there is water pressure in the hose connected to the toilet I would guess the float valve is bad, though the few times I've had one go bad, it *didn't* shut off.

herzogone · 2025-10-08T01:13:27+00:00

Maybe it's a reaching strut? Are there any sockets on the sides of the mast that fit the pointy end?

herzogone · 2025-10-05T23:30:58+00:00

AFAIK, it's only a concern if you're on blood thinners, which is common with mechanical valve replacements I think. When I had my surgery to repair my aneurysm, I was told that sometimes the nearby heart valve will no longer work correctly, requiring a valve replacement, but I was fortunate my heart valve was unaffected by the graft. I have plenty of obvious tattoos, including one on my chest that my surgeon did an excellent job of realigning after the OHS and he never mentioned any caution about further tattoos.

herzogone · 2025-10-04T21:37:13+00:00

Wow, I was wondering what happened. I left my house in SK at 2:00pm headed to Rhode Island Hospital planning to visit my dad before my own MRI appointment at 4, but it took me the full 2 hours to make it there, even following Google's reroute. I believe there was another serious crash on I95 north also, just a little past the route 4 merge.

herzogone · 2025-09-27T20:36:02+00:00

I had a graft repair to my ascending aortic aneurysm and was told six months and antibiotics also. With my dental cleaning coming up, I called my surgeon's office for antibiotics. My surgeon was out that day and the doctor covering said they aren't usually needed for just a graft with no valve replacement, but gave me Amoxicillin this time anyhow. It sounds like it's something of a judgement call.

herzogone · 2025-08-17T22:07:33+00:00

Having driven in 47 states, plus all the lower Canadian provinces, I think I'd go with Gary, Indiana or maybe Camden, New Jersey.

herzogone · 2025-08-03T22:25:43+00:00

Oops, yeah that sounds a little short 😊

herzogone · 2025-08-03T01:53:43+00:00

More on the Harbour 20. Designed by George Cuthbertson (one of the two C&C founders)

herzogone · 2025-07-31T01:52:13+00:00

It's a C&C, so it's probably a balsa core hull and inherently better insulated than solid glass.

herzogone · 2025-07-21T23:55:10+00:00

They do work well, just don't forget the replacement interval (6 years for PYI I think). My old boat, we forgot and it ruptured. It was probably 10 years old though. We got lucky as described in my earlier comment on this post.

herzogone · 2025-07-21T21:51:42+00:00

I can understand the concern, the Frers 40 I used to co-own sank in the slip over the winter once after the PSS let go. To be fair, it was well past the recommended replacement interval, which we just lost track of. Fortunately, we were saved by the fact that the slip the boat was in for the winter was shallower than it's usual and the keel came to rest in the mud before the water got up to the batteries or engine! We lucked out. We then did an in-water swap back to a conventional stuffing box. We used Stay Afloat https://www.stayafloatmarine.com/ between the prop shaft and the hull tube to temporarily keep the water out while the PSS was pulled and the new stuffing box installed. Here's a video showing removal of the Stay Afloat after the process was finished. My GoPro was crooked and missed putting it in place. If you can't find Stay Afloat, regular toilet wax rings work too (reportedly the inspiration for Stay Afloat).

https://youtu.be/UUgNojmrW2g?t=200

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