That is a beautiful area up there. I used to deerhunt outside of Florence Wisconsin along the Pine river and traveled home one summer I was up there north through the U.P. And then across the Mackinaw bridge down through Michigan to get home. all the salmon smokehouses along the top of the lake were cool and I saw the Canada border crossing station. Closest I've ever been to Canada.
Commander 5
Hey Paul,
Do you mean the template for the chain locker cover or the portlights? Pretty sure I still have the template for the the locker in cardboard and 1/8 luan. PM your address and I'll look into sending it to you. The portlight template is rented from Newfound Metals. Info on the portlights is here - http://www.newfoundmetals.com/portli...nless-standard
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
You can send it COD If you like to:Originally Posted by Lucky Dawg
Paul Sproesser
205 Locust street
Frederick MD. 21703
Commander 5
Oh boy, that's her alright! Four bunks in the back, settee and dinette folded to doubles totaling accommodations for eight.
Geez, we put some miles on that old girl. No better family time than driving across the country in a Travco.
Haul-out this morning. Alas...
Had a great final sail of the season on Saturday. We were the last girl on the dance floor - Torresen's: "When do you plan to haul your boat??" Saturday was forecast to be sunny and windy, so I stole one more sail. Winds building from 12 to 20+ kts over the afternoon. My crew weathered the build-up pretty well. When it got good 'n' gusty/wet 'n' wild, they tagged out.
Haul-out is never fun, but she looks good on her refabbed trailer. Off to indoor storage. No snow on her new decks this year.
p.s. I have to revisit my welder. We estimated where that V support on the tongue would go - scooted as far aft as it would go (not scooted yet in the picture) it's about a 1/2" short. Will get Dave to extend the mount by a couple inches. Doh!
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
A trailer AND indoor storage! I am sooooo jealous! Way to stretch that season Kyle!
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
Someone snapped this picture last Monday and we were in the Muskegon Chronicle yesterday 11/14
...and Mike - I got a really good storage deal. It was just $200 more to store inside - with access to do "clean" work anytime over the winter. Seemed like two Benjamins well spent. I'm very grateful!
Last edited by Lucky Dawg; 11-18-2011 at 07:07 PM.
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
This high tech approach to bowing a 4' piece of 3/8" mahogany about a half an inch isn't working. (It will cover my traveller install error.) 3 weeks or so on the rack, so to speak, achieved barely perceptible results. There is probably a better way. Maybe bowing it isn't even necessary. I just don't want it to curl up when only a portion of it is held down by the traveller base.
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
Kyle, The pros use steam to bend planks then attach them hot and wet . I tried this for some
thing else and if you use more weight and thouroughly soak the board before it will work or if you like I may be able to post some pics and dimensions of the factory piece the traveller mounts too because the center is about 3inches tall and each end is about 4 1/2 and you can just fill your goof holes
Commander 5
It's gonna look nice! Took my traveler substrate by Lucky Dawg to verify fit and to make sure that my 2" #8-32 machine screw hardware order was correct. Going to be a nice new piece of aft-cockpit bling. The mahogany is mostly rectangular - has a slight flare at each end following the lines of the laz hatch, but it is subtle and I think it looks really nice. 4 or 5 more coats of Epifanes and we're good to go.
I got 20 yards of mulch spread, the house paint touch-ups done, the garden planted, and a couple rounds of weed and feed down on the lawn. Maybe it is time to sail now!!
I ordered the butyl tape for my leaky portlights from the (friendly, by the way) source that Mike recommended http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...4563#post24563. That should arrive by the weekend. Then I can splash anytime. Yippee!! Late May beats the pants off of a September launch (`a la 2011)
Last edited by Lucky Dawg; 05-10-2012 at 10:15 AM.
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
http://www.sailinganarchy.com/fringe/2012/work.JPG
Looks like the Dawg might have a little Competition at old Torresen Marina.
Last edited by Commander227; 05-17-2012 at 04:39 AM.
yeah... to the extent that these two are in competition...
I guess that a P51 comparison for Lucky Dawg is a bit of a stretch. Talisman is an impressive looking boat under sail.
and thanks Paul. I just went ahead and varnished it flat. The bend in the deck is only about 1/2" as you know, so I'm hoping that it'll sit flush once the traveler is attached. It may need a fastener at the forward edge... will play it by ear.
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
Talisman... I'm not sure I know that many people to go sailing with me, and I don't think single-handing her is an option.
This is off the shore of Traverse City MI.
Last edited by Lucky Dawg; 05-18-2012 at 07:22 PM.
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
It's been ass bitin' cold in MI. You can't quite walk to Wisconsin, but pretty close. The ice is over a foot thick at the end of the Grand Haven pier and it hasn't been this way for a long time. Apparently 12" of ice can hold a truck, so we felt pretty safe out there. A man and his dog were walking near us on the Grand River side (apparently you are never supposed to walk on a moving river even if significantly iced over) and they fell through - guy up to his waist. Cold 1/2 mile walk to shore!
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
Ice coverage as of today (from NOAA http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/...m&type=N&hr=00)
Kyle
C-65 Lucky Dawg
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