Peter Rabbit CSY 44

Peter Rabbit Home

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Links:

Peter Rabbit Refit and Project Photo Library

Soggy Paws (Dave McCampbell)

CSY Owners Discussion Site (NEW) This is replacing the old Topica CSY discussion list

OLD CSY Discussion List

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History

Peter Rabbit is a 1979 CSY 44 Walkover.

She was built in Tampa Florida by the CSY Yacht Corporation, 5250 West Tyson Ave. Tampa Florida 33611 and launched on April 5, 1979. Her first owner Dr. Jorge Tapia of Las Rozas, Madrid Spain, titled the vessel in their Spanish based film company Easter Island LTD. Her original purchase price was $109,941.

The Tapia’s young daughter was a Peter Rabbit fan and as such they christened their new CSY "Peter Rabbit III"

Captain Raymond Perry was contracted to deliver Peter Rabbit to Banus Spain via Hamilton Bermuda/Horta Faial Azores/Gibralter Spain/Banus Spain. There she stayed for nine and a half years.

On September 23, 1987 she was sold in Madrid Spain to Gerald S. and Judy Jones . Gerald and Judy sailed the Med for several years before crossing the Atlantic to cruise throughout the Caribbean.

After five years of cruising Gerald and Judy sold Peter Rabbit on April 9, 1993 to Kathy Barron and Tom Wood of Vero Beach Florida. Kathy and Tom moved Peter Rabbit to St. Petersburg Municipal Marina. Kathy Barron and Tom Wood published in 1994 and 1995 a series of articles in Cruising World documenting several upgrades.

On December 23, 1996, after owning her for three and a half years Tom and Kathy sold Peter Rabbit to her current owners Paul and Rosemary Barbour of Clearwater, Florida.

Paul and Rosemary kept the name Peter Rabbit in tradition with all the other owners. “It felt right to continue with the name a little girl so many years ago gave her.” Paul and Rosemary truly love Peter Rabbit and have refit her installing extensive upgrades.

Trips

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Sailing:

Memorial Day Trip --- 2007

Tortuga as in Dry

Cuba

Boca Grand

Other:

Costa Rica

Grand Canyon

Daytona Stock Car Driving Experience

Homestead Indy Car Driving Experience

Lake Tahoe

Pirate Party

Peter Rabbit Projects

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Peter Rabbit Aft Ports (more pictures)

Installed New Found Metal Ports in the aft of Peter Rabbit replacing the original.

Here are some tips.

At first we purchased bronze ports because we wanted them to match the ports in the cabin sides. However after working with one of them and actually getting it installed we decided that SS was the better choice for us so we bought more in SS. The bronze in the NFM ports was not the same quality that was used in 1979.

Here is what you might consider if using NFM ports.

They have this “rain drain” built into them. If you look closely at the one bronze port we installed you will see what looks like, but is not, two spots / dips / discolorations in the trim rings (bottom side). A zoomed in picture would clearly show the drains.

These were a real pain as we tried to install the first set in bronze. It requires grinding, what I would say in my opinion, was a sizeable grove in the opening for these drains to slip through so the port can fit into the hole. However, due to the design of these drains, once the port is in the hole, the grove in the fiberglass is, for all intent of this discussion, empty – IE no metal from the port fills the grove. So you will have to fill it with caulk. I did not like that idea.

As an alternative, I contacted NFM and asked if they would make the ports for me without the drains. I found them to be very accommodating and they said yes. So I ordered 3 SS ports without the drains.

Installing was a simple matter of light trimming of the fiberglass hole, as the new ports are slightly bigger than the stock opening, however this was mainly the corner degree that was the issue. It is different on the NFM than stock so that has to be changed.

Yes you will need a teak or other backing as the hull is curved. I used the one that the old ports used so no big deal there.

Another issue I found using the NFM ports is you will notice at the bronze port that no bolts are visible from the outside holding the ports in. This is because NFM using a cast onto the trim ring boss that the bolt from the inside screws into. Makes for a nice finish. However, and there is all ways the however, because the outside of the hull is curved and the inside is straight because of shim / backing, the cast boss will not lay line in line with the bolt which causes all kinds of work-a-rounds. Can it we done, yes, it tried it and got a few done but in the end I did not like what was needed to make the fixed boss work with a bolt coming to it at a different angle.

So I cut off the boss on each of the SS trim rings and drilled a hole in its place. I used barrel nuts for the outside so the inside could still use the oval head style bolt so the finish install looked right.

Installing this is not as easy as I thought it would be but in the end it is so worth it!

These are test pictures

TEst

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