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Forum: Gear & Maintenance 04-15-2013
Replies: 2
Views: 168
Posted By Yofy
Re: teleflex model 50 uniflow valve

Thanks rugosa. It doesn't look like what I was searching for.

I was doing a repair on a hydraulic steering system and couldn't source exactly where the leak was coming from. I took the valve to a...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 04-11-2013
Replies: 2
Views: 168
Posted By Yofy
Question teleflex model 50 uniflow valve

This is a long shot but here goes. I am looking for a mechanical drawing/ breakdown of the uniflow valve from a teleflex model 50 hydraulic steering system.
I don't need a breakdown of the whole...
Forum: Provisioning 03-18-2013
Replies: 39
Views: 1,517
Posted By Yofy
Re: The lonely Avacodo...

For Denise: a confession
The first time I was introduced to avacado I thought it was awful. It was an avacado and shrimp salad (but I must admidt that it was new year's eve and I was twenty...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 01-24-2013
Replies: 10
Views: 413
Posted By Yofy
Re: Dry powdered good storage options

Some time ago I wrote a blog on where and how we store provisions. Provisioning and the Healthy Sailor part 2 (http://www.sailblogs.com/member/yofy/?xjMsgID=137317)We live on a small boat so we don't...
Forum: Provisioning 01-19-2013
Replies: 39
Views: 1,517
Posted By Yofy
Re: The lonely Avacodo...

Are you kidding???? Avacados are a staple on Yofy. We eat them on toast:
toast a slice of bread, rub it with garlic, spread it with mashed ripe avacado, sprinkle it with salt and pepper and dig in....
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-30-2012
Replies: 264
Views: 13,338
Posted By Yofy
Re: Halloween Hurricane

Our thoughts are with all of you riding out the hurricane. We hope that southbound sailors were able to find good shelter. It doesn't sound like much fun from over here.

Manny and Robyn
Forum: Cruising and Sailing with Children 09-19-2012
Replies: 35
Views: 1,919
Posted By Yofy
Re: My son's first 'car'...

Wow. That brings back memories.
I remember my first boat with an outboard. FREEDOM! It was on a lake in northern Ontario, Canada and I learned so much about good boating skills and outboard...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 08-09-2012
Replies: 120
Views: 8,411
Posted By Yofy
Re: Couples living aboard how goes the relationship

Well I just spent the better part of an hour wading through all the pages on this thread and what I can say is that now I know for sure that size IS an issue for you guys :laugher

On a more...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 06-21-2012
Replies: 33
Views: 3,869
Posted By Yofy
Re: How do you conserve water aboard?

Nice idea!

A lot of really good ideas have been posted already.

We currently sail the Red Sea and water is a real issue here... especially GOOD water. We have 300 liters in 3 different tanks...
Forum: Sailboat Design and Construction 04-30-2012
Replies: 70
Views: 7,264
Posted By Yofy
Re: Fortune 30

We're not exactly sure what year Yofy was built. WE THINK about 1978. It makes a difference beacuse the molds changed hands and moved yards. Different builders did different things to the interior...
Forum: Sailboat Design and Construction 04-29-2012
Replies: 70
Views: 7,264
Posted By Yofy
Re: Fortune 30

Well this is really frustrating. I spent a good couple of hours trying to upload a reply yesterday and now I see it didn't go through. :( Too many Iphones clogging up our cyberspace over here. Maybe...
Forum: Sailboat Design and Construction 04-19-2012
Replies: 70
Views: 7,264
Posted By Yofy
Re: Fortune 30

That is the layout that Yofy has. It does work well. Manny added a shower hose with a trigger type nozel to our sink in the head and we can use it as a shower. It works well but we don't use it on a...
Forum: Sailboat Design and Construction 02-19-2012
Replies: 70
Views: 7,264
Posted By Yofy
When we bought Yofy her registration listed her...

When we bought Yofy her registration listed her as 4 tons (!) but she was also listed as being built in Holland. These things get construed when a boat travells away and passes many owners. Over the...
Forum: Sailboat Design and Construction 02-11-2012
Replies: 70
Views: 7,264
Posted By Yofy
The above quote is from our blog...

The above quote is from our blog (http://http://www.sailblogs.com/member/yofy/). We bought our Fortune 30 in 2001 and have been living aboard and cruising her ever since. Funny we missed this...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 01-17-2012
Replies: 0
Views: 566
Posted By Yofy
Zodiac PROJET 350 REPAIR

This may be a long shot but.... Anybody have any experience with this?

I am trying to repair a water leak from around the sterntube on a zodiac projet 350. (Don't ask... a crew member ran over a...
Forum: Living Aboard 12-26-2011
Replies: 88
Views: 11,140
Posted By Yofy
Congratulations on buying your first boat and...

Congratulations on buying your first boat and making the steps towards living aboard. We began livingaboard a catalina 27 back in the 80's. We lived on her for 9 years including 8 cold Canadian...
Forum: Electrical Systems 10-30-2011
Replies: 5
Views: 1,423
Posted By Yofy
I wired it according to the manufacture's diagram...

I wired it according to the manufacture's diagram to separate batteries through apropraite breakers using the recommended wire guage.

Manny
Forum: Electrical Systems 10-28-2011
Replies: 5
Views: 1,423
Posted By Yofy
Nobody else has run into this? No ideas? I'm...

Nobody else has run into this? No ideas?
I'm completely stumped.
Forum: Electrical Systems 10-18-2011
Replies: 5
Views: 1,423
Posted By Yofy
Sterling Procharge Ultra battery charger

We bought a new Sterling Procharge Ultra battery charger, installed it and set it according to the instructions. For the first few months it seemed to charge okay and then it stopped. The charger was...
Forum: Living Aboard 10-11-2011
Replies: 26
Views: 3,171
Posted By Yofy
We have been living aboard for over twenty years...

We have been living aboard for over twenty years in a variety of boats and in different countries. We started out living aboard a 27 foot sailboat in Canada and believe me there is no way you can...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 04-25-2011
Replies: 17
Views: 2,023
Posted By Yofy
In the Med, lots of people sail this way. Last...

In the Med, lots of people sail this way. Last summer while in Turkey, we met several sailing couples from the UK who sail several months during the season and then haul their boats out on the hard...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 04-17-2011
Replies: 6
Views: 731
Posted By Yofy
We've tried researching the web, emailing...

We've tried researching the web, emailing Benateau and even a broker or two without any answers so we're going to assume that the windows are lexan. No we wouldn't use acetone on lexan. That lexan...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 04-13-2011
Replies: 6
Views: 731
Posted By Yofy
Cleaning LARGE windows

We have been maintaining a Lagoon 50 cat for the past few months. She has two large sliding glass doors leading out of the main salon. Some previous crew member taped two big X's and wrote the boats...
Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum 02-24-2011
Replies: 11
Views: 1,876
Posted By Yofy
In our experience: Check in: You will want...

In our experience:

Check in: You will want to have on hand all the revelant Pilot Books for the countries you will be visiting. These books will explain the clearance proceedures for that...
Forum: Provisioning 01-20-2011
Replies: 20
Views: 3,259
Posted By Yofy
weasels.. who wrote that? :laugher weevils to be...

weasels.. who wrote that? :laugher weevils to be sure..... isn't it amazing how fast the guys jumped in on that? ;)
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