Thought i'd post a couple just for fun. My daughter had a new baby this week.
Note the background. Old and factory waterline. There were several bootstripes between. Interesting sanding.
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Thought i'd post a couple just for fun. My daughter had a new baby this week.
Note the background. Old and factory waterline. There were several bootstripes between. Interesting sanding.
And here i am. Wondering how far to take down the bottom...
most likely when i give out. Good shoulder therapy. I never realized how many overhead horizontal surfaces there were. Do now.
Note sealed up engine well.Almost have the curves right. we're going engineless. Well, i will have some 11' carlisle oars, if i can ever get time to do a serious search for a good deal. I want to show off the world-class stern.:cool:
Willie,
How's this work-I buy a boat two years before you and you're already grinding for paint!!!
Well, you probably been sailin' yers! Hee hee... I'm not doing a complete, total rebuild. My hat is off to you, and the other's (Ebb, and Dave with his Triton... I'm sure there are others too, just haven't read EVERYTHING!! Maybe next winter!
Maybe i just got lucky and got a boat that's still in decent shape. For a few more years anyway. One of these yrs., i'm sure i'll be remodeling. Right now i just want to get her in the water agin, and go SAILING!!!
I got her in Dec., and decided that while she's high and dry on the trailer.....
At the rate i'm goin thru stik-it pads, i think 3m would be a good stock to buy. They sure don't hold an edge long. Maybe i should go for the spendy ones.
Pulled out all the thru-hulls today. Some were vintage '65. Had to grind off a flange or two. Now i got 4 nice holes to fill. Gotta get her streamlined to be a real sailboat.
We're going with Herreshoff's cedar bucket.:rolleyes:
". . . We're going with Herreshoff's cedar bucket." Sounds too expensive. West Marine's small portable head fits perfectly, has ss tie down straps and costs less than cedar these days. :rolleyes:
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of replacing the mast on my 30' boat. During the process needless to say a learned a bit. The gentleman that gave the advice and tec support was a rigger in the yard, had been a rigger for years. He suggested the I use a 20mm rubber insulating that is used for unsulating gas pipes that are under ground. Local hardware store has it. I used it to insulate the sail track from the mast, works great, and cheap.
On another thought the grease that smells like sheep is sheep grease. This rigger told me about it and he has been using it for 20+ years. Never had thing that he put it on seize. When I checked the shroud fitting when I had the mast down they were coated with that grease and had been that way for about 10 years. Came apart with easy, I regreased them and put it back on the new mast.
I thank you for the talk about the mast step. That is the first project for #75. She should be home next week. I am using a fellow sailors trailer.
michael
AS PER TONY G REQUEST, HERE'S THE MONSTER WINCH PADS. TOO COLD FOR EPOXY YET THIS MORNING.
Should have washed off the paint dust--oh well. She'll be beautiful before long.
a wide angle shot. I like the cleat set up, you can just jam the sheet 'tween it and the business end for a quick hold. fast and easy. Some friends on an Alberg 35 showed me that. Maybe everyone does it, what do i know. This is still new ground for me.
another shot. if you want something specific, let me know. have camera....:cool:
anhydrous lanoline. Local independant pharmacy can special order a one pound jar for $15/$20. Brion Toss probably has a whole page dedicated to its wonders.
While you were talking there about tape, I thought you'ld be mentioning that stretchy self amalgamating stuff I've only heard about. Haven't used yet. Think that would work? The rigging stuff has a smooth outer surface. If you wrap the insert, it would be cool if the mast just slid on without catching or pulling on the insulator. Which might be the problem with rubber.
Maybe if you made a single or double wrap around the mast at the bottom there after the mast is in place and the holes drilled for the screws, you could locate the holes and poke the screws in thereby isolating the screws from the mast. Might work because of the stretchy nature of the tape.
Just an idea.
That rubber tape sounds good, The only pipe wrap I've used is a vinyl wrap for underground black iron gas. Too wide, too thin.
Sounds too expensive. West Marine's small portable head fits perfectly, has ss tie down straps and costs less than cedar these days. :rolleyes: [/B][/QUOTE]
...Or there's those Orange Plastic 5-Gallon buckets from Home Depot for 3.99 (they charge an extra 79 cents for the lid!)...or a 5-gallon green plastic bucket formemrly holding pickles from out behind your favorite fast-food restaurant...or...
Some people get seriously grossed-out about a bucket, personally I get seriously grossed-out about a porta-potty. And the inevitable odor that erupts when one slides open the flapper to "flush"...and the requisite stick that has to be kept around to poke things along on their way thru the hole...and the thrill of dumping it out...
A buddy of mine lives aboard his Albin-Vega 27 and has a bucket setup, bucket installs and easily removes from a bulkhead structure that has hinged top and positively restrains bucket as well as sealing air/water tight.
The goal, naturally, is to do all of one's significant business in the port heads and avoid using the bucket dockside, but as we all know sometimes nature's call comes urgently or what-have-you.
He started out buying those Home Depot buckets, and tried keeping it ready to use with water and holding tank "blue water stuff" (which, incidentally, is foul stuff in its' own right and nothing a person wants to breathe too often). Of course, he'd feel a bit self-conscious about dumping the bucket down the port throne, and always wound up doing so in the middle of the night.
Finally he got smart and started going to the housepainters' for empty 5-gallon paint buckets, which he keeps around for a few days and then (if use has occured) snaps the lid on and pops in the dumpster up top.
Another guy I know set up a bucket that contains the clumping-type 'kitty-goes-and-now-I'll-scoop-it' cat litter, which he says works quite well. I dunno, I dislike cat boxes when it is just my cat!
Some use a fitted bucket like my buddy's and if major business is needed dockside line it with a black plastic bag for containment and later disposal.
One of the concessions I got out of Mary (who had used a bucket before anyhow) when I abandoned the switch from Triton to Lecompte Medalist...was to use a bucket in the Triton. Two fewer holes in the boat, less weight, lower cost...and a real human-sized seat.
Best,
Dave
Willie,
Thanks for the pics. Those puppies look like they're solid wood. Are they? We're hoping to gain a little more storage underway by having teeny little lockers under monster winch pads much like yours. Maybe drink holders or something...
:D Tony G
Ha! If you are talking about "the guy" I think you're talking about I'll point out that NO ONE dared to use the... ahem... "Kitty Box" during a 5 day stint!Quote:
Another guy I know set up a bucket that contains the clumping-type 'kitty-goes-and-now-I'll-scoop-it' cat litter, which he says works quite well. I dunno, I dislike cat boxes when it is just my cat!
The theory is good.... but we all preferred the "Eat lots of Cheese and Pray" technique instead.:D
probably deserves its own fiber.
Lanolin has been around forever as a water displacing preservative for metal and leather. It seems to have resurfaced as the best anti-fouling for props. It sticks to props but nothing sticks to it.
Riggers, as Capt. Michael says, have been using it to keep salt water out of threads and probably out of rigging connections. The grease can be used on anchors, winches, shackles, sail-hanks.
There is a New Zealand company that sells it in various forms including spray. You can coat your boat trailer with it, your inboard engine (just reach in and spray everything in and out of sight!), your whole outboard motor, in and out. Use it on your blocks, all your electrical connections, battery terminals and switches. Keep your galley stove from rusting. Spray it on your anchor chain to keep it from rusting and castle-ing in the locker.
Coat your onboard tools with it (heat your tools first!) Your sail needles won't rust. It's great for your hands. It's NOT A PETROLIUM PRODUCT. No Dupont, no Dow. Nobody and nothing died to bring it to us! Better to smell like a wet sheep than a gas station!
You know something: sounds like it is just the ticket to use on the mast/heel connection and the screws.:D:cool:
I ordered the Sketchbook from Barns and Noble, got it yesterday. Nice way to start thinking. Was wondering if any one has used the hinged mast base that in not hinged but has the bolt through it. If so, did they cut the mast to drop easily? I have seen a few of them but do not remember how the base of the mast was rounded to help lower of it.