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LazyGuy

The boat looks a whole lot nicer than the picture I had in my mind's eye. The topsides look pretty fair. PO put a whole lot of work into that bump and it would be a whole lot of work to return it to original shape. It certainly looks like a "seal it, paint it and put her in" at least for t...

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Dick,

It is like watching someone coming out of the rest room with a 5' streamer of toilet paper stuck to their shoe.

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Dave,

There are way too many pretty boats out there to ever need to own an ugly one. Plus, there are too many people out there that appear to love ugly boats.

Cheers
Dennis

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David, I should have looked it up before I posted. http://www.amazon.com/SUNNYSIDE-CORPORATION-70932-1-Quart-Rinsable/dp/B000BZZ5A4 It is not waterless it is water rinsable. Water Rinsable Brush Cleaner - Sunnyside is the brand name and it is most likely available at the local true value or cash hom...

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I tend to agree with CharleyJ. Brightsides is too glossy to use for the interior. Stick with a mat finish I redid my interior with two coats of Bin 1,2,3 and two coats of Pittsburgh Interior, pearl finish, "Cream Puff" is the color. You can get oil base if you ask for the commercial grade....

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Waterless brush cleaner. I would not use it often but it will clean the fender so that you can give a good waxing with something like "fender cleaner and polish" or some sort of plastic protector. Or you could do what I do... cover them with one of those fleece fender covers.

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It is probably fixable but it is, after all 18 years old and I have not babied it. So if it is the bearings, next will be the brushes etc... It owes me nothing.

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Ok, For the few people that are still here, my 18 year old 8 gallon Craftsman shop vac is beginning to make a little extra noise. This means that I do not need to replace it today but..... the time is coming. Possible candidate for the post Christmas - Pre-January inventory, inventory reduction sale...

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It is true, Battery temperature makes a difference. When the battery is hot, chances are the electrolyte is hotter, expanded and less dense. For heat, it is more of a density compensation in determining specific gravity which, as you probably already know, is the most accurate method of determining ...

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Crazer, I understand not liking the wheel and now that you have tried it and made a decision, you will never second guess removing the wheel. I took a look at some google images for the Wanderer, particularly the rudder and I really think it is Bill Shaw's worst rudder design. Bill designed some rea...

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Crazer, I only have experience on one Wanderer with a tiller and can tell you that it was the heaviest helm I have ever sailed. Even under power. I have never taken a close enough look at the rudder while thinking about the heavy helm to figure out why. My point is that maybe you should keep the whe...

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John, Your hull sounds like my Luders 33. Ten to 12 layers of biax is a bit of overkill, sort of like a 7/16" solid glass hull. So for my 9/16" hull I ground out a bevel to about 10 on the outside and 8" on the inside. Used 3 layers of biax (sufficient for almost any hull) on the outs...

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I would replace the standard cleat with a jam cleat (one side has a tighter "V" under the horn so that you can just do a 360 around the cleat and pull it tight. For release, it is just the opposite. My Sea Sprite had Schaefer Bronze jam cleats on the cockpit coaming about 1 1/2 to 2' aft o...

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Tossing it is a sure fire way to figure out why you needed it. My guess is that it is/was some sort of wind direction indicator.

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Fuses are to protect the cable. Not the source or the load. So the fuse should match the ampacity of the cable. The ampacity is based on size of the cable and the jacket/insulation. The most conservative number I could find for 2/0 cable in the engine compartment for insulation rated at 60 Degrees C...

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Marine cable is difficult to work with because it is pre-tinned. I do not recommend using non-marine cable. Battery connections are probably the second most frequent source of fires on a boat after the stove. To use a cable not designed for the environment is asking for trouble. In fact, if you are ...

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@ Mike,

Is that a Sea Sprite 23 with the butterfly skylight? I think I have seen it on the Sea Sprite forum. And I assume that is Sea Glass in the background?

Cheers
Dennis

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I also use Shell Rotella which was recommended by the mechanic that helped me install the engine 3 years ago. I buy the box of 3, 1 gallon jugs at BJs. My engine is 5 qt but I can only get 1 gallon out so it works perfect. I keep a quart handy as a spare but have never had to use it. With the hand p...

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I agree with Early Light. Skip the 5200 and go with epoxy. Set it in thickened epoxy then tab it in with biaxial and epoxy.

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I cannot imagine the pins and needles you felt as the keel hit that water. Then that moment when you saw the trailer get lower in the water and the boat did not. You have a whole lot to be proud of. Congratulations, fair winds, following seas and everything else that is good for one sailor to wish t...

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Send me your email address as a personal message and I will send you a few pictures of my Luders 33 that I finished painting last summer. It is Matterhorn white with Platinum Gray non-skid. I used the interlux poly non-skid paint additive. I have not figured out this img thing. Cheers Dennis Doherty

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Simichrome

http://simichrome.factoryoutletstore.co ... 4Aodnm_Yew

Works great on Aluminum. You can get it at most places that sell car care products.

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I would definitely consider this mod. You can get the fiberglass tubing (FRP) from McMaster Carr in 5' lengths. You may also want to get some fiberglass sheet stock made of the same FRP to make a few braces. 12" X 12" X 1/4" would be more than enough. I had to add about 4" to my ...

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Gilman Corporation http://www.gilmancorp.com/Mooring_.html Makes a great sturdy styrofoam float that will not mar the boat's topsides. There is also a little recess in the top to coil your pennant. They ain't cheap but they also work as winter sticks so it saves a painful procedure of the change out...

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Fig, It is not the flying of the chute. I agree it is light air but getting it up and getting it down are what I can't wrap my head around. Of course he is not doing it at a mark rounding with 856 other boats crying for room screaming overlap from 6 boat lengths back either. Love to watch him do a j...

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Dude, that is like AWESOME. The boat also appears to be in great shape. Wonder if it is Lud's. No idea who will be handling that. I will take a look on CL. Don't suppose we will be seeing you for OS. Nope, it is not Lud's it is located in the midwest. Also, I have to hand it to him, flying a chute s...

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Double post. See below

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Buy a couple of kerosene lamps, switch to LED lighting for anchor and incandescent and you should be OK. Also remember, a 90 ah battery is only good for 45 amps for regular discharges. Otherwise, you will start damaging the battery.

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Hank, Check this out. Near the bottom of the page. Rigrite is a good outfit. Chuck is an upstanding guy, give him a call. It might be more reasonable than you think. http://www.rigrite.com/spars/kenyon_spars/Kenyon_One_Design/K_Pearson_Flyer.html The elongation of the holes MAY be a problem because ...

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Just an opinion: 9" rollers are good for flat walls. The 7" roller is much better for the curved hull. Jamestown distributors sells yellow foam rollers that work well for oil based paints and epoxies. I use a standard metal tray with plastic liner to get the thin coat you want for topsides...

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Bill, Since it is internal, it is tough to get pictures but go to the Harken Website in the tech corner under outhaul (There is a lot of outstanding info in their Tech Corner.) http://www.harken.com/rigtips/Outhaul.php I did a 4:1 by following the 5:1 description. Since I only had 12" of cable ...

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Aluminum is difficult to paint. You need to get the primer on minutes after you finish cleaning it. AwlGrip used to have a 4 page process on how to Awlgrip a mast. All I could find is a condensed version. I painted the aluminum ports on my Luders. The rings around the outside did not take the paint ...

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Must be the child of a urologist.

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Hails from Essex but I would have sworn he was from New F'n York.

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I had almost the identical setup and found that the 1-1 for the outhaul didn't work so hot so I cut the cable about 1 foot from the goose neck fitting and clamped it on to a fiddle. I figured out how much cable I needed on the aft end to ensure I could fully extend and contract the outhaul and conne...

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Bob, I have been thinking about this, it is not the fill that gives everyone the problems, it is the vent. Yes, there is the occasional drip or two of diesel from the nozzle but typically, the overfill comes out the vent. If you do get fuel out the fill, there is a real good chance that your vent is...

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Strictly as an opinion..... I like where the fill is right now. In the side of the coaming. Complaints related to spillage issues seems to be with the fill mounted in the deck at the edge of the boat where you cannot tip the nozzle up quickly without employing centrifugal force to fling those last f...

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A big factor in the formula is current. Voltage drop is due to current and the resistance of the wire. Bigger wire means less resistance. Voltage drop = Current X (times) Cable Resistance. Once a cable is installed, cable resistance is constant. Therefore as current goes up, voltage drop goes up so ...

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I have never used this method exactly. What I have done is strengthened screw mounted hardware with the assistance of thickened epoxy. In the case of my traveler, I drilled the holes one size too big so the 4 to 4.5" screws did not have the amount of "Bite" that I wanted. So I coated ...

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For years, based on feedback from riggingonly.com, I have been using pipe dope. The one with Teflon. Three years after rebuilding the mast on my Sea Sprite, the fasteners came out with no problem and none of them came out on their own.

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The other boat is either a Luders 24 or 27 (water line length) 38 or 40' boat. I initially thought it was a Luders 16 but it is too long so I did a search. The Luders 33 is 33' LOA glass boat (classic plastic) with moderate overhangs and sleeps six. There are a couple of 24s for sale on yacht world.

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I must find the Insanity Islands. It is where I belong (along with half the regulars here)

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Brodie, Great shots and a beautiful boat. It looks like you had a great summer. Narragansett bay is a great area to sail. American Eagle, the red 12 meter that you took a picture of is another of Bill Luders great works of art. Also, that little yellow boat across the dock in one of those pictures d...

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Not meaning to thread hijack but that is a beautiful 30. In many ways, the 30 is the prettiest of the line. (not counting the 23 of course) There were fewer 30s built than any other and I never understood why. While the 28 is nice, the cabin is just a spot too tall and she is a spot too wide for the...

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It is not a SS 30, The 28 had 3 opening ports, the 30 had 4 and the 34 had either 2 or 3 opening ports and two fixed. Otherwise, I do not have a clue to what it is.

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If the bottom is good, the bottom is good. Assuming you know what color bottom paint you will be using, I would start with one or two coats of a compatible hard bottom paint of a contrasting color. Us it as an indicator coat. When you start thinking that you have too much paint building up, just pai...

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I think Glen has the right idea, rather than letting gravity fight you as you work from the keel up, tape the dry cloth at/above the waterline, wet it out and as you squeegee out the excess, work it down toward the keel. Along the same lines as a roller tray, look in the wall paper area of Home Desp...

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My guess would be that you may have added too much hardener. That will cause it to heat up and the head would result in the brittleness. That is just a guess. If the right amount of hardener was used, it may be that it was not fully cured. If you had some left over, take a look at it, see if it show...

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Rachel,

You are right, I take back the sea kindliness comment. That would be more of a hull form and weight placement issue.

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Personally, if you do not have access to the whole length of the boat, I think you might be doing more harm than good. Not only as pointed out earlier that you are merely increasing panel strength, you are now going to concentrate what little twist the boat will have to the area under the mast. The...

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