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Thanks, Jeff and Van,
What a bloody saga I have had as I saw another ENO advertised in the Gumtree net. I picked it up and had a conversation with Andrea regarding her boat.Andrea charged me $20 for a nice non compliant newer model ENO with missing burners as mine is a Museum piece of the 60’s with no parts available.
Andrea said that she had an Endurance and I commented that I had previously owned one and restored her, then sailed from Malaysia to Darwin and I further commented that the Endurance is a fantastic single handed sea going cruiser.
On the Following weekend I had a call from Andrea and she said lets have a coffee at the marina nearby to the one that I am moored at. So I went over and after a chat with her and her Husband
at the Cafe. When Andrea said come and look at our boat, I replied that I would love to see their boat.
Ha! Her Boat! what a shock it was, my old boat that had thousands of hours spent on it to bring it back to being a seaworthy vessel from a hulk with osmosis and a hogged deck.
Yes it was now Andrea’s boat and I had bought the stove from it. Heres the catch it wasn’t the original stove and I couldn’t believe that the stove was left to fall into such disrepair by the previous owner over a short period 15 years?
The Moral is, clean your stove daily. There were also rusted zinc plated MILD STEEL gas feeder pipes so one must be wary of the Eno. I now an restoring a Force 10 but they do not sell a replacement burner for the oven (the old obsolescence trick)
The Force 10 was on a boat with a gas compliance certificate but here is the punch line: The Queensland Gas Association says the Force 10 is not Compliant !
I am thinking of a Nelson 2 burner at $1600 or just having cold cuts and cold drinks and forget the stove an put a seat there for Granny !
Incidentally, the Nelson has good reports in the UK.Hi Ron, I have a Nic 42 in Scarborough QLD. .
I sailed her here in 2004 from Turkey I have to sadly replace the non compliant Eno stove and though a chat might help me decide .You might have encountered this situation at some point in time ?
Cheers Barry
PS I saw Ron Bramely on Skype perhaps that is you ?Hi Trevor,
Thanks for the feedback. I am rather disappointed that I am paying 600 Euros in Mallorca to get a splint welded and riveted into the boom and yes of course closing the oversize opening that was cut out. I will put a much smaller fairlead stainless plate about 500mm further aft to allow for the same concept as yours which is to put an external purchase. The moving of the fairlead opening for the main outhaul to a more aft position will allow for better purchase than before. The other issue is the two reef lines as I have had to install two SS stirrup/hat brackets on the round boom as the previous owner had only tapped in 3 bolts without enough support so that was the last accident that also cost sail battens when a reefing cheek block detached.
There was a sheeve in the boom when it was accidently opened in two pieces, Ha. How this sheeve and the internal purchase was meant to be accessed I cannot fathom except by dismounting the boom.
The issue here is in the long run these furling booms are perhaps more trouble than they are worth and in the case that the sail has been already modified for standard reefing, I think the boom should be changed. Could you please advise on the boom manufacturer that you have made the enquiry with and can, as has been suggested they match the gold anodized finish? Perhaps I could get the boom fitted in Gibraltar as using this patched up boom (with other smaller areas of corrosion) could be folly in respect of my planning to cross the pond next month. What is your solution for the reefing in the case you have a battened sail as I was planning to share the genoa halyard winch by installing a lever rope clutch?
cheers Baz, S/Y Zayda Nic 42.Hi, I have basically the same boom on my nic 42 ( 4.025 long 115 Dia.)which broke two days ago. A previous owner had cut out a large window for the outhaul rope and a flush fitted jamb cleat.
Well with the addition of some corrosion and a stress crack in the aforementioned area, the boom was doomed to fail and luckily it did so in moderate winds.
As soon as I can find a nice replacement (Selden perhaps. anyone have any ideas?) The reefing system has been upgraded to a slab system so so the rotational gear is now unnecessary.
Meanwhile the addition of an inner sleeve, some welding and rivets must suffice for the present, however the parts would be available once a new or good condition replacement boom is found. Baz
