Recent content by Don Furber

36c plans Eric I really appreciate the info, very good pictures and all the measurements that are needed. This should tell the Alpha pilot salesman enough to plan the layout of a new model 3000. My friend is still at sea but within a couple hundred miles of Hilo, and has been forced to use the...

Hi Jim; I assume you can see the reply I received from Glyn Judson complete with photos. That's a very good place to start with trouble shooting. Let me know if you can't see that info and I'll get it to you somehow, or maybe Glyn would send it to you also. In any case, for now go look into the...

Measurements would be great as it would give us a head start on getting repair parts or a new system to HI. He's been having a pretty tough time lately and any good news would help. Thanks

Hi; I'm in need of a copy of original plan drawings for the steering quadrant and dimensions of the area inside the cutout in the transom. Or, has anyone installed an Alpha 3000 pilot on this boat? My friend at sea on his way to Hawaii is needing to replace the two failed systems he has now...

Does anyone with a cruising 36 have a Monitor wind vane installed and what is your experience with it? I know Monitor in general is well thought of, but wondering if there are any issues with it unique to this boat. I have already conferred with Scanmar/ Monitor and am aware that they have...

Good pictures, you must be on your boat right now. I think there must be even larger holes in the 36c as there is more to the hydraulic steering in that area. Unless he gets virtually becalmed I doubt my friend can do much about it at sea. And I didn't mention that he's solo either. I hope to...

Thanks Glyn...sounds like a reasonable possibility. I'd never inspected carefully when I had the boat hauled out so don't know about gaps in the glass work. But there must also be ports designed to accommodate the cables and/or hydraulic hoses which would let water in when going down swell if...

Hi Folks; Just recently sold my 1977 36c to an experienced sailor who is very happy with his new boat. But here's the situation: he is currently on his way to Hawaii from Mexico and has found that he is making water as a result of following seas climbing into the transom cutout that provides...