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Rust is going to be difficult to get out completely
Good to see the boat sailing again
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http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...read.php?t=495
Rust is going to be difficult to get out completely
Good to see the boat sailing again
Thanks for the advice on cleaning the sails. I'm going sailing this weekend. I'm looking at sailing up the river and anchor down for the night. Looks like the high will be 60 - 65 degrees and wind 5 - 10 mph. It was cold earlier this week, we even got alittle snow.
I have a Genoa Jib that was damaged in a storm. I need to get this sail repaired. Does anyone have any suggestions? I may try to repair it myself. Another option is just buy a used one if I can find one. Any advice would be nice. Thanks Mike
Here's some pics from this weekend. I'm in the orange shirt.
Also notice the sea swing retrofitted with a MSR pocket rocket.
Mike
Cool mod on the sea swing stove. That was on the short list for my boat's galley improvements this year. can you add some details on the bracket that now holds the new burner??
cheers,
bill@ariel231
Darn, Mike - coulda sworn I replied to this... So here it is:Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeroth
Sail repair/cleaning - try sailcare.com , but with a caveat: this is their *busiest* time of year, if you send sails in now, you'll wait literally for months to get them back. Come summer, it's different - a matter of weeks. Everyone I know who's sent them sails has been happy, with one exception: a fellow who sent his sails in back in January, without asking for a time frame. He'll be getting them back in April, he says. :)
As far as buying used, go to Google and search "used sails for sale" - there will be lots of results. Atlantic Sail Traders is one outfit I've heard good things about.
Good luck! Love the pictures!
Mike
Congrats and good on you for 'rubbing our noses' in your sailing. Gawd I wish I was in your shoes!
Tell us about that pocket rocket. My searching found much good about it with a common drawback of having issues with temperature control. being I burn everything I toss in a pan I'll rely on your experience.
The MSR pocket rocket is a stove I have used often when I go backpacking. I can't remember having any problems controlling the temperature. The burner is small so it could produce a hot spot on the bottom of the pan or pot when cooking. It does burn hot so it doesnt take long to boil water, but it can also be turned down to simmer food.
I made a semi "z" shaped stainless bracket to mount it to the bottom of the Sea Swing. The pocket rocket can easily be taken apart between the chrome part and the bottom aluminum part. Then you will remove the pot rest assembly and mount the stove to the "z" shaped bracket.
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I took my head out of the boat this week for a rework. It's an old Wilcox Crittenden headmate. I stripped the paint and polished the bronze and brass, and then sprayed a clear coat on it. It was alot of work but I think it was worth keeping it rather than buying a new one. Now I just need to find a pretty wood seat to finsih it off.
That's the prettiest toilet I've ever seen. It's very shippy! :)
Me on Mike's boat:
"Use *THAT* pretty thing? No way! That's ART!!! Um... You have a bucket around here?"
:D
We must herewith recall that Marcel Duchamp changed the course of art when he displayed a urinal at an art exposition some 91 years ago in Paris.
It is a fact that fifteen years ago a performance artist urinated into the famous urinal and got himself arrested. The same guy two years ago tried to smash it with a hammer saying the Dadaists would approve.
Can you imagine the concern and great care noodnik restorers had to take when invisibly gluing the old head back together? And the flick of the rag with the last stroke of a perfect repair?
Probably not in French but porcelain basins have been intimately linked to art with a famous 'F' word in the States. Who is to say that inspiration and creation are not inexplicably linked with form and function.
mikeroth's headmate renovation has taken marine art to a new level.
Try not to get arrested.:D
Here's some pics from this weekend. One pic is of my genoa, I did the sail repair myself. The white part was repaired back to the trailing edge of the sail and then I sewed on the navy sunbrella. Also here's a pic of spinnaker being sailed for the first time.
Did you get to go out this weekend? We went out Saturday in that heavy wind... ( I know 20 to 25 knots is not heavy for you west coast guys but in the lakes of Alabama it was great!)
We wet the rail most of the day... and even swamped the cockpit once....! The starboard winch was under water ! what a great day.... what a great boat! I'll post pics of this weekend later....
mike
We went out Last Saturday as well. I went out on a friends 34 foot ericson. The wind was against the currernt producing some big waves. We had the rail in the water as well. I got a few things to do on my boat before I take it out in those kind of winds. I need to get my reefing on the main working and I also need to run a block and tackle arrangement on my jib haylard so I can get enough force to get the front roller furling jib tight.