For Sale by Owner,S/V Kohola, '73 Cal 2-46, refit '89 with bowsprit. Price reduced to $52,500

[Ernie]

My wife and I have cruised Kohola for about 5 months a year for 20 years, and in that process have circumnavigated North America from Maine to West Coast of Mexico thru the Caribbean and into the Sea of Cortez.  I am no longer able to care for her to my satisfaction, she needs younger owners who can continue to enjoy the cruising lifestyle. Full details to interested responders.   I will consider all offers.

Kohola is presently on the hard at Marina Seca,  San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico with ready access to the Sea of Cortez cruising areas.   I travel down with our Tucson Sailing Club numerous times during the year and for our two Regattas.  The Guaymas/San Carlos, Sonora area is 41/2 hr from the Arizona border on Federal Hwy 15 and is a very safe area.

[Edwin]

Hi fellow cal 46 Ownwers 

My baby is a 1968 original cal cruising 46, powered by Perkins 4.236 with a V drive

Yesterday as the engine was running, I noticed a small stream leak from the bottom of a tall vertical stainless vertical column - exhaust /riser/mixer that connects the exhaust manifold to the mixer up above

And out the transom 

The leak is at the base of the pipe where it ends at a corner.

It’s a small stream like a pin prick. it’s where the round end plate end  meets the vertical pipe at 90

Degrees.  It is welded there

This is where the smaller J shape pipe which then connects this large pipe to the exhaust to the manifold 

It’s stainless steel. 

One of the head of the 4 bolts that hold the J pipe in place broke off as I was trying to loosen in two years ago

And so this will be a nightmare to remove this big pipe riser mixer exhaust system

My questions is two fold

1) is it possible to just solder this-pin prick hole that’s right at the corner?  If so what’s best solder to use?

I’ve read all sorts of solder on Internet: tin-lead , tin-silver

Or just silver which has 1150 melting point- this won’t work since I don’t want to use a propane or acetylene torch 

2) can this be replaced?  Do they still make these?

If so where 

Couple of weeks ago

I tried to descale the entire 

Raw-Water system since the water outflow seemed reduced 

I let sit inside the hoses , from the raw water (thru Hull) intake all the way to the exhaust, rydlyme solution for 24 hrs

In order to removed all marine growth which clog up the heat Exhanger and transmission and V drive cooling

You think this may have caused this leakage by etching or dissolving  the stainless 316?

The leak is pin prick size like a water streaking out of a water ballon, which I think can be covered or patched with a solder gun. But I want a  long lasting repair not a band aid fix 

Thanks in advance 

Edwin

S/V Lahlia

Cal Cruising 46

Marina del Rey CA

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On Oct 6, 2017, at 12:25 PM, Ernie <eb...@earthlink.net> wrote:

My wife and I have cruised Kohola for about 5 months a year for 20 years, and in that process have circumnavigated North America from Maine to West Coast of Mexico thru the Caribbean and into the Sea of Cortez.  I am no longer able to care for her to my satisfaction, she needs younger owners who can continue to enjoy the cruising lifestyle. Full details to interested responders.   I will consider all offers.

Kohola is presently on the hard at Marina Seca,  San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico with ready access to the Sea of Cortez cruising areas.   I travel down with our Tucson Sailing Club numerous times during the year and for our two Regattas.  The Guaymas/San Carlos, Sonora area is 41/2 hr from the Arizona border on Federal Hwy 15 and is a very safe area.

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