Posted by artquade (aquade@…>)
I have realy only have had a few hours to sit and daydream about what I
would like to do to make my new 21 “mine”, but a few things have
screamed at me while sitting in the cockpit.
Looking for suggestions on the best placement for batteries and
associated equip.
Looking for suggestions on how to “plumb” the fuel line for the
external gas tank to the outboard.
All ideas, experiences are greatly appreciated.
Art
Posted by Sean Mulligan (quadmulligan@…>)
Greetings Art & #48!
Traditional location for batteries is below stbd settee aft of sink. Some put two batteries there. I have a second battery opposite on port (not wired into panel - I run my laptop/GPS off it). What “associated equip.” are you thinking of? Original boat had little more than running lights. Other owners have gone to town adding all kinds of equipment and electronics, perhaps none more so than Blue Raven in Puget Sound: http://www.seanmulligan.com/Stories/BlueRaven/index.html
Gas tank / lines depend on setup. Most F21’s seem to mount engine on port side with tank in the port cockpit locker (the stbd locker is open to the inside of the boat - not a good place for fuel). there are molded-in places for fuel line to run from tank to engine. Locker is large enough for our 6 gal. tank + a 2 gal. (spare) + oil, funnel, rags, etc. Photo: http://www.seanmulligan.com/Stories/Emmylou-Summer06/target4.html
Where will you be sailing? Amboys/New York Harbor or inland? I started sailing out of the Navesink River a bit south of you (lived in Leonardo).
Yours, Sean (#307)
-----Original Message-----From: freedom21@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of artquadeSent: Monday, December 11, 2006 8:50 PMTo: freedom21@yahoogroups.comSubject: [freedom21] Few questions
I have realy only have had a few hours to sit and daydream about what I would like to do to make my new 21 “mine”, but a few things have screamed at me while sitting in the cockpit.1. Looking for suggestions on the best placement for batteries and associated equip.2. Looking for suggestions on how to “plumb” the fuel line for the external gas tank to the outboard.All ideas, experiences are greatly appreciated.Art
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Posted by Art Quade (aquade@…>)
Hi Sean,
Thank-you for you input. I kind of
thought the batteries would work well there, but I wanted to see what others
may have done. The associated equipment would be a small distribution
panel.
And the gas tank placement made sense to
me as well, however, there is no bulkhead fitting through the stern to run the
fuel line through. There is the screw closure inside the locker, but
nothing through to the exterior where the motor mount is.
The boat is completely unmolested.
The only modification done to it was converting the mast into a tabernacle
hinged mast, which looks to have been done very well. There are no holes
drilled here or there, she is basically a blank canvas.
I’ll be sailing her inland for
now. I traumatized my kids on the Lightning I sail, so I figure I’d
start off with the F21 where we left off, Spruce Run in Clinton. My intensions are to mover her
over to Raritan Bay. Morgan Creek
or points just south.
Where are you out of now?
Many thanks,
Art
From:
freedom21@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sean Mulligan
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
10:37 AM
To: freedom21@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [freedom21] Few
questions
Greetings Art & #48!
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Traditional location for batteries is below
stbd settee aft of sink. Some put two batteries there. I have a second battery
opposite on port (not wired into panel - I run my laptop/GPS off it). What
“associated equip.” are you thinking of? Original boat had little
more than running lights. Other owners have gone to town adding all kinds of
equipment and electronics, perhaps none more so than Blue Raven in Puget Sound: http://www.seanmulligan.com/Stories/BlueRaven/index.html
\
Gas tank / lines depend on setup. Most
F21’s seem to mount engine on port side with tank in the port cockpit locker
(the stbd locker is open to the inside of the boat - not a good place for
fuel). there are molded-in places for fuel line to run from tank to engine.
Locker is large enough for our 6 gal. tank + a 2 gal. (spare) + oil, funnel,
rags, etc. Photo: http://www.seanmulligan.com/Stories/Emmylou-Summer06/target4.html
\
Where will you be sailing? Amboys/New York Harbor or inland? I started sailing out
of the Navesink River a bit south of you (lived in
Leonardo).
\
Yours, Sean (#307)
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From: freedom21@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of artquade
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006
8:50 PM
To: freedom21@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedom21] Few questions
I have realy only have had a few hours to sit and
daydream about what I
would like to do to make my new 21 “mine”, but a few things have
screamed at me while sitting in the cockpit.
Looking for suggestions on the best placement for batteries and
associated equip.
Looking for suggestions on how to “plumb” the fuel line for the
external gas tank to the outboard.
All ideas, experiences are greatly appreciated.
Art
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Posted by Bob Broder (RABroder@…>)
Hi, All:
On my F21 - Daiquiri, the weight of the batteries in the starboard
settee aft of the sink helps offset the weight of the outboard. I
had noticed that since I swing to a mooring, I was getting some
barnacle encrustation above the waterline on the port quarter—So
the balancing effect of two batteries is great!
As to trying to "hard wire the fuel line from the Port compartment:
I gave it some thought, but found it much simpler to simply lead it
out of the hatch, and up to the engine, exposed. I also tie the
alternator leads to the fuel line for tidiness, and plug it (using
waterproof trailer plug) into a cable running under the cockpit sole
to the batteries. I suspect corrosion is a far greater problem here
in the salty New England environment than on the Lakes!
Welcome to the group!
Bob
In freedom21@yahoogroups.com, “Art Quade” <aquade@…> wrote:
Hi Sean,
Thank-you for you input. I kind of thought the batteries would
work well
there, but I wanted to see what others may have done. The
associated
equipment would be a small distribution panel.And the gas tank placement made sense to me as well, however, there
is no
bulkhead fitting through the stern to run the fuel line through.
There is
the screw closure inside the locker, but nothing through to the
exterior
where the motor mount is.The boat is completely unmolested. The only modification done to
it was
converting the mast into a tabernacle hinged mast, which looks to
have been
done very well. There are no holes drilled here or there, she is
basically
a blank canvas.I’ll be sailing her inland for now. I traumatized my kids on the
Lightning
I sail, so I figure I’d start off with the F21 where we left off,
Spruce Run
in Clinton. My intensions are to mover her over to Raritan Bay.
Morgan
Creek or points just south.Where are you out of now?
Many thanks,
Art
From: freedom21@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf
Of Sean Mulligan
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:37 AM
To: freedom21@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [freedom21] Few questionsGreetings Art & #48!
Traditional location for batteries is below stbd settee aft of
sink. Some
put two batteries there. I have a second battery opposite on port
(not wired
into panel - I run my laptop/GPS off it). What “associated equip.”
are you
thinking of? Original boat had little more than running lights.
Other owners
have gone to town adding all kinds of equipment and electronics,
perhaps
none more so than Blue Raven in Puget Sound: http://www.seanmull
http://www.seanmulligan.com/Stories/BlueRaven/index.html
igan.com/Stories/BlueRaven/index.htmlGas tank / lines depend on setup. Most F21’s seem to mount engine
on port
side with tank in the port cockpit locker (the stbd locker is open
to the
inside of the boat - not a good place for fuel). there are molded-
in places
for fuel line to run from tank to engine. Locker is large enough
for our 6
gal. tank + a 2 gal. (spare) + oil, funnel, rags, etc. Photo:
http://www.seanmull
http://www.seanmulligan.com/Stories/Emmylou-Summer06/target4.html
igan.com/Stories/Emmylou-Summer06/target4.htmlWhere will you be sailing? Amboys/New York Harbor or inland? I
started
sailing out of the Navesink River a bit south of you (lived in
Leonardo).Yours, Sean (#307)
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Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 8:50 PM
To: freedom21@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedom21] Few questionsI have realy only have had a few hours to sit and daydream about
what I
would like to do to make my new 21 “mine”, but a few things have
screamed at me while sitting in the cockpit.
Looking for suggestions on the best placement for batteries and
associated equip.Looking for suggestions on how to “plumb” the fuel line for the
external gas tank to the outboard.All ideas, experiences are greatly appreciated.
Art
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Posted by Sean Mulligan (quadmulligan@…>)
Emmylou is based out of Halloween Yacht Club in Stamford CT.
We sail Long Island Sound and beyond.
Maybe Max Lent could post a Google map on the site of where we all are!
Sean
-----Original Message-----From: freedom21@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Art QuadeSent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:24 AMTo: freedom21@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [freedom21] Few questions
Hi Sean,
Thank-you for you input. I kind of thought the batteries would work well there, but I wanted to see what others may have done. The associated equipment would be a small distribution panel.
And the gas tank placement made sense to me as well, however, there is no bulkhead fitting through the stern to run the fuel line through. There is the screw closure inside the locker, but nothing through to the exterior where the motor mount is.
The boat is completely unmolested. The only modification done to it was converting the mast into a tabernacle hinged mast, which looks to have been done very well. There are no holes drilled here or there, she is basically a blank canvas.
I’ll be sailing her inland for now. I traumatized my kids on the Lightning I sail, so I figure I’d start off with the F21 where we left off, Spruce Run in Clinton. My intensions are to mover her over to Raritan Bay. Morgan Creek or points just south.
Where are you out of now?
Many thanks,
Art
From: freedom21@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sean MulliganSent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:37 AMTo: freedom21@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [freedom21] Few questions
Greetings Art & #48!
Traditional location for batteries is below stbd settee aft of sink. Some put two batteries there. I have a second battery opposite on port (not wired into panel - I run my laptop/GPS off it). What “associated equip.” are you thinking of? Original boat had little more than running lights. Other owners have gone to town adding all kinds of equipment and electronics, perhaps none more so than Blue Raven in Puget Sound: http://www.seanmulligan.com/Stories/BlueRaven/index.html
Gas tank / lines depend on setup. Most F21’s seem to mount engine on port side with tank in the port cockpit locker (the stbd locker is open to the inside of the boat - not a good place for fuel). there are molded-in places for fuel line to run from tank to engine. Locker is large enough for our 6 gal. tank + a 2 gal. (spare) + oil, funnel, rags, etc. Photo: http://www.seanmulligan.com/Stories/Emmylou-Summer06/target4.html
Where will you be sailing? Amboys/New York Harbor or inland? I started sailing out of the Navesink River a bit south of you (lived in Leonardo).
Yours, Sean (#307)
-----Original Message-----From: freedom21@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of artquadeSent: Monday, December 11, 2006 8:50 PMTo: freedom21@yahoogroups.comSubject: [freedom21] Few questions
I have realy only have had a few hours to sit and daydream about what I would like to do to make my new 21 “mine”, but a few things have screamed at me while sitting in the cockpit.1. Looking for suggestions on the best placement for batteries and associated equip.2. Looking for suggestions on how to “plumb” the fuel line for the external gas tank to the outboard.All ideas, experiences are greatly appreciated.Art
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