Hey Guys,
My friend got back to me, and the CNC shop he used for my mast base is out of business. Since much of the expense is in set up, my only suggestion is that the three of you get together and split the price. Sorry I couldn't hook you up.
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Hey Guys,
My friend got back to me, and the CNC shop he used for my mast base is out of business. Since much of the expense is in set up, my only suggestion is that the three of you get together and split the price. Sorry I couldn't hook you up.
Hi Kyle,
Thanks for your efforts. I'll probably use my old one, which isn't in bad shape. Just needs a little sealing and paint.
Fritz
Hey Folks! At launch on Thursday, I had a leaking 2" thru hull that was an old speedo / transducer. Hauled it back out and weighing my options. I can just patch that hole, or I was thinking that if in the future I wanted to put in a chartplotter with depth, that that might require a similar transducer... Am I correct in that assumption? I wouldn't be looking for a fishfinder down the road, but I don't know how a chartplotter system works to get depth and water temp.
In chatting online with the WM advisor, apparently transducers are proprietary, so if I went that direction, I'd need to pick a brand in advance!
SO, basic question is filling vs putting new transducer for future use in same hole. Thoughts?
interior of transducer set up in bilge, and hole in hull just above keel with transducer removed.
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Kyle, just chatting here. Don't have an answer. Just questions.
Seems to me a better location for chart plotters would be higher
up in a more horizontal location. And that would be more likely
for other electronics thru-hulls.
Scares me a hole that deep and inaccessible, Maybe it should be
permanently closed off, removed and fiberglassed.
If manufacturers have each proprietary thru-hulls then you should
it seems install the recommended system, rather than jerry an
old hole. Gook luck!
(Also assume that's a metal fitting. You don't know what kind of
bronze or brass it is. Could be weakened, anything. Gives you
an opportunity to put in the kind of thru-hull you trust.)
Thanks Ebb. I think it housed an old speedo, so it would make sense in that spot. I have a depth meter transducer somewhere, but I have no clue where - maybe at the rudder shoe? that thru hull is a plastic fitting - I always thought it was metal, but nope. And thanks, below the waterline, you're probably correct that glassing it over is the better course of action.
Plastic connector thru-hull isn't really right for any underwater hole.
Maralon would be OK.
Years ago, the first big purchase for littlegull was a 'forward looking' sounder.
Dug a hole in the stem for the rather large transducer, that entered the hull
right where the curved front of the cabin is on deck. The Interphase must be
obsolete by now, so don't know what I'm to do with that hole. Hope I remember
at splash.
All patched up. Glassed a 3 layer sandwich of glass inside the bilge. Cut a <2" round plug from some solid 1/2" fiberglass that Torresen's had laying around and plugged the hole with that plus thickened epoxy. 3 layer glass sandwich over that plug. (pictured) and then epoxy with light fairing beads to make an nice smooth surface on the keel (picture 2) 4 coats of Interlux barrier coat to come tomorrow - a pain to get it up to 10 mils (can says that is 4 coats) because it's 3 hours between coats and each batch has to sit after mixing for 20 minutes before application. Lots of 40 minute round trips to the boat tomorrow. If I can slap some VC17 on it first thing Monday AM, I may be able to relaunch Monday lunchtime. Fingers crossed.
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Nicely done. Be sure you coat the 410 with some of that grey 2000.
And She's back!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
S/V KidShip, er, Lucky Dawg is back at it. A fun and splashy 16-18kts on Monday for first 2017 sail. Kids were great sports with the occasional blast of cold water over the bow. Easier to swallow given that Captain KW took a couple fat soakings in the process.
When you're motoring out of your slip, push the tiller to stbd and hear a big "kerthunk"
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(Tiller head is fine, bolt was just loose)
Been a busy summer with great sailing in Michigan and Maine. Big crew today with 6 kids, dog, plus me. (Mine are at R and L, back row) NOT big wind though, so we spent some time at the State Park (43°14'11.58"N 86°19'33.31"W) swimming and climbing dunes. Anchored in 5' of water (all sandy bottom here) I washed the topsides and scrubbed the bootstripe clean-ish. Last Monday 20+ and fun waves for the crew on the Big Lake. Never know what yer gonna get....
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New Dawg in the Williams fleet. (Successful Opti classes all summer)
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Caught on the NOAA / GLERL web cam: Lucky Dawg returning from Lake Michigan yesterday. Flat with 6-8kts. Just a few weeks left till Halloween haul-out - need a BIG day to cap the season
(Lucky Dawg approaching the inner light)
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So, while I have this thread high-jacked... A pic of the old girl from this summer. I think I'm going to pull the coamings off at haulout and refinish. I didn't use any InterStain on them when I finished them several years ago and they don't match the rest of the brightwork - and that color, I prefer. In a perfect world, New Found Metals would have made a portlight that matched the original cut-out, but the upgrade has been worth it for super-dry interior. Someday, she'll get new sails, but it isn't atop the priority list right now. Baggy as they are, the blow her along at hull speed just fine. She'll do...
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(Edit: oops, it looks like I already posted that picture. Well, there she is again)
and last, Lucas from this summer. L'il Dawg - who we purchased in late August - got wet for just a couple racing weekends. It was SO cool watching him handle his own boat and go out on the water with his buddies and enjoy some independence. Spring Lake Yacht Club is super active and a terrific teaching organization that has pumped out some collegiate sailors. A couple Opti pix:
In the first pic, impromptu sail with friends - just goofing around in their own boats. Then pix of first and last races at the end of summer. (Sail numbers came with the boat - we'll install over the winter)
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Pretty sure this isn't good. I do know that the mahogany swells once in water, but I don't think this kind of play has been in the mix before. Thoughts??
there is a 10 second video here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/124380...dateposted-ff/
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New addition to the Williams' Livery. 1959 Lyman. Originally a runabout - per pic below. PO converted to a launch. Nice bones. Not sure what end result will be. The original midship helm is removed and she steers from the stern. May outfit with a 59'-ish era outboard. Seating is currently parallel to the rails. Might put perpendicular seating back in. TBD. Fun to play with.
p.s. We named "her" Norman. We spend time every year on Squam Lake in N.H. where On Golden Pond was filmed. She looks like a Squam Lake boat. Squam => On Golden Pond => Norman Thayer => "Norman"
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Quarentine Project! I'm chagrined by the state of my brightwork! Last varnished these bits in 2011, and it sure shows. I refinished the companionway just a couple years ago. Leaving that in place. I'm consoling myself with the knowledge that this mess will look like fine furniture in a couple weeks.
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Kyle, s/v Lucky Dawg is lucky to have you for an owner. :)
PS. Man, those Commander coamings are looooooooong!
Hey Mike! Long time! Hope you and yours are staying healthy. Good to hear from you!
I don't know how lucky she has felt. Stem to stern DIY home renovation over the past two years commanded a lot of my free time and that put some Lucky Dawg upkeep on the back burner. Quarantine is providing necessary refinishing time. I have all the little pieces and all but about 6 feet of those long coamings stripped already. Heat gun + lots of patience and podcasts. I'll update.
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We are all well, thanks. I've been thinking about taking the cover off mine and thought I'd check in on my old friends. :) I hope all is well with you and yours too! Stay safe.
A bit of progress. Removed old varnish with heat gun and followed up to remove any residue with Jabsco stripper. Bleached with oxylic acid from Ace Hdwr. Sanded with 40/60/80. Last pic is Interlux InterStain - brown mahogany. Will follow that in a couple days with Interlux InterPrime Clear Sealer and then Epifanes Clear gloss varnish. Tedious work, but looking forward to outcome.
Bleached. Left is sanded to 80. 40 grit to get some of the black streaks out.
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Cool pic! In the bottom right corner, you can see the diagonal seam repair I made 10 years ago with epoxy thickened with mahagany sanding dust. Still holding up and still dark brown - didn't know if it would bleach out somehow.
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All bleached and sanded
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InterStain. 80grit recommended final pass so that the product has adequate tooth to hold on to. "Thick housepaint" consistency that is rubbed across the grain and as much rubbed off in that way as will lift for final appearance. Process of rubbing/removal is pretty quickly underway after application. If you let it flash/dry, it is really difficult to rub down adequately. I used the same process/staining on my companionway brightwork a couple years ago and it looks great.
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I needed to bow the 3/8" mahogany plank that goes beneath my traveler. The bow above the lazarette bulkhead is pretty minimal, but I didn't successfully bow it when I created it and the athwartship ends of the piece lifted up a bit off the deck.
So, I successfully used this method - https://youtu.be/--iPQIwSEJM*- making a steam bag out of tarp material and duct tape coupled to a home/laundry steamer.
Because of COVID, the storage shed at my boat yard is closed, so I couldn't get the exact radius off of the top of the bulkhead. By my guess-timation, the radius on the trim piece above our fireplace seemed about right.
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Made a box out of 3/8" plywood and 2x4 scrap to match that radius.
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Steamed it for about an hour clamped to my form. Let it cool in place. It got plenty hot with the laundry steamer.
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Finished product!
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This is a good video on building an actual steam box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMvc2tuVGcQ* Just didn't seem worth the trouble for potentially the only time I will find myself steam-bending wood.
Splashed a couple weeks ago. A couple pix of rehabbed brightwork, etc. New sail and tiller covers
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KYLE, Lucky Dawg, Your Commander is absolutely Magnificent !!
And GLORY BE: your cockpit sole is an amazing treat to behold as well!
Just Gorgeous.
Thanks Ebb! Labor of love. We were gone for two weeks in New Hampshire/Squam Lake and then Nantucket. Back now and we sailed yesterday in dead-steady NW 13kts. Old girl was flying and looking good in the process.
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Been a while. We're still sailing. Crew is growing - kids growing up and added a dog.
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Couple underway.
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reverse order these pix... from springtime - bottom paint, polishing and fixing a couple dings in the topsides. Shiny!
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Hoisted the spinnaker for the first time in 17 years of ownership! Spring Lake Yacht Club sailing team friends of my son Lucas (on the tiller) put it up there! Cool. Goosebumps :) (Lucas has changed a bit since this post - http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...7076#post17076 )
Also a couple pix of Lucky Dawg underway on Saturday. Just me and the dogs - steady 12-14 with gusts to 23!
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Hey Kyle, looking good!
I was just up the street from you in Pentwater last week sailing in the Ensign Nationals. Beautiful country out there.
Mike
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Hey Mike!
Hope you're well. I miss interacting with folks on this site!
Michigan in August is unbeatable. We have some sucky months, but August is so nice.
A ride on an Ensign out of Northport, NY was the impetus for becoming enamored with the Commander and owning Lucky Dawg! Same beautiful Alberg lines. Just a bit more space. Such beautiful boats.
KW