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Ian Mott

Hello

I just purchased a 40' Cruise a Home from up the Columbia River. It has a new home here on Saltspring Island BC. I would like to build a cuddy cabin forward and am trying to find another boat with the factory cabin that I can pattern mine from. I can't seem to find access to a forum on your Cruise a Home website and was wondering if you still have one active. My boat was originally named "Linda Lou" then changed to "Chiefs Mess" The new name will be "Halimede". She is a 1976 40' Corsair with the wide 10' cabin.

Thank you

ian.mott4 at gmail.com

250 537 6320

Hi Carl Thanks so much for your response. The photos are very helpful. We are in Ganges Harbour at a small marina next to the fuel dock marina but closer to the village. There is another 40' Corsair next to us, the "Bittersweet" She is also going through a full refit and is interested in the cuddy cabin. My Corsair has another variation I haven't seen in any of the other 40's. The bathroom has a shower instead of a bathtub. The extra space is used for the refrigerator. This leaves room for a 10' counter on the Starboard side, with the stove at the aft end of the counter. I'll send some photos to you. Ian

Hi Carl

There were a few "older" (non-cuddy) 40-footers built with the wide cabin. Warren built a new one for himself every few years. They were all called "Hale Maku", and he'd sell them off when he had a new one made. We knew a fellow who had a '74 that was (he said) Warren's second wide body. Warren also made one for his good friend Jack Dodge, named "Lumber Jack". I think that one got sold to Buse, the guy with the lumber mill just north of Everett, who kept the name, as it applied to him as well.

He made a 40 for a couple of twin brothers down in Oregon who were 6'8'' tall. That one had a 4" ring around the top that raised the interior ceiling. It had two trim strips up there to leak! We later saw that boat down in Olympia with a home-made cuddy. Not a very good job.

I don't think the wide cabin would make any difference in adding a cuddy. The hull was not any different. Gordy might have some drawings available of the factory cuddy set-up.

Curt Martin built a really nice cuddy on his '77 (non-wide body). Done by somebody jn Anacortes. Unfortunately, that boat burned and sank off Port Angeles after he had sold it. Curt's gone, and Bev is getting kinda old, but she might remember who did the job or have some drawings??? I have her e-mail address as: cbmartin at whidby.com, but I think that's an old one.

Dean

Hi Carl

Yup! The 40's had that same compartment. I kept anchors and crab traps there. It had a flat floor, and under that floor was an hollow area that Warren called his "crash compartment". He said he didn't want any owner access to it 'cuz he wanted it to remain empty and provide floatation in case of flooding, and a crushable area that could be holed in an accident but not allow water to move elsewhere in the hull.

In 1993, I tested the compartment by hitting a 25' hemlock log that had escaped a log-tow and was floating about a foot under the surface. (We know the approximate size because it rolled up behind us for a few seconds; then sank down again. We got a picture.) It bruised the heck out of the fiberglass, and leaked a bit of water into that compartment, but none made it any further aft, and I could have continued on my way, except that after the bow pushed it down, it came back up just in time to catch the starboard prop, break all four motor mounts, and pull the starboard motor aft by four inches.

Gordy may have told me that the 42 foot Corsairs had a similar compartment, but that it was filled with foam. I know that some manufacturers did that.

The pre-cuddy 40's also had their propane tank in one of the compartments below the pilot's windows. When they built the cuddy, they moved the tank to a small "box" below a flat door in the walkway on the port side. Bad location --- water ran in there, and the drain hole was pretty small. It would fill with water (sometimes salt water) and the tanks floated and/or rusted. I don't know where Gordy put the propane in the 42's.

I seem to remember that picture of the 31 foot Hale Maku --- I guess his first one was a 31.

Dean

Hi Carl Most twin drives have opposite rotation drives. The starboard drive goes clockwise and the port goes counterclockwise looking forward. Same with outboards (lower end) Hope this helps

Ian

Hi Carl

I just spoke with you regarding the website. It appears that it won't work on any of our mobile devices ie smart phones or tablets. I have attached a screen shot showing the error message.

I'll get some photos off to you soon showing my friends boat "Bitter Sweet" he has done some amazing work on her. Also of my extra wide cabin "Corsair" (Was "Linda Lou") then renamed in Oregon "Chiefs Mess" now renamed again to "Halimede"

Thanks so much for your website, it's a precious resource for all of us.

Ian Mott

Saltspring Island Canada Screenshot_2017-02-24-12-38-50-1.png Hi Carl

The website works great now on all my devices (smart phone, tablet and windows laptop) Thanks so much for doing that. I've been trying to steer someone to the website for reference to that 31Crusader for sale here in Vancouver. I'll be back in touch soon with those photos.

Ian From: CARL TENNING Date: 02/24/2017 8:54 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "ian.mott4" Subject: Re: Cruise a home website

Hello again,

I think I may have corrected the problem. By logging into my host server account, I have redirected "cruiseahome.com" to "cruiseahome.nwcruising.net"

Try "cruiseahome.com" again and see if it will display without the error message. Let me know if you will.

Thanks,