a beautiful boat should sail forever.
End View of Windlass Motor
If you saw earlier pictures of my anchor windlass it was obvious I needed a new casing. I emailed Ideal Windless over a week ago asking for a price. I even talked to the secretary, but no response on a price. Got frustrated today and went to see a friend at the pipe shop. It appears that schedule 80 has exactly the same Inside diameter, so I had it cut to length and may rebuild myself. All it requires is a few screw holes, and a small amount of end turning on a lathe. Will post if I do it.
However, later in the day a starter/alternator friend came by a said it was basically a Prestolite, starter, and if I would come by in the morning he might have the casing!! So anyway, stay tuned. Maybe it is a quite a simple fix and CHEAP if one knows what to look for.
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THE ROSTER
Muf, our Keeper of the Roster, has updated it. But he still needs information on boats out there that he doesn't have, like new owners, old owners, where any of the boats are. We don't post the roster on the web site, it is only sent to owners. Please send him anything you might have, or call him at:
909 561 4245
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Captain Clyde's Newporter sites:
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The Ning site has been given a reprieve. I have transferred my Ning site to the blogspot site and will leave it there. I am keeping my Ning site open as a home for my photos and drawings.
Many of my photos there do not relate to Newporters, but a search through my collection may prove useful for your studies.
My drawings are not accurate in many respects as a result of the PAINT program used to draw them, There is no accurate scale and at best they are only useful to indicate some specific detail. Some are inaccurate because of my poor memory. Use them to help you think, not as a detailed presentation of the subject matter.
If any of you want to start a web site I suggest you remember what has happened to both my Ning site and this site (which is a Ning site) and remember that my Blogspot site is free and Blogspot's owner (Google) has promised to keep it that way.
Clyde's email:
Put 'Newporter' on Subject Line. Email is the best way to contact me. I do not regularly look at this site or its messaging system. Email will get to me post-haste.
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