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Ric in Richmond

baby stroller net with some weight added would work . and a baby stroller net is about $5.00.

We use ours on our hatch and the elastic holds it fine.

Any baby store should have some over near the strollers.

Ric in Richmond

I've never tried it with caulk....but you would be amazed at what simply boiling a piece will do to paint.

We threw OLD door knobs in a pot and boiled them for an hour or so. Paint just fell off.

Can't hurt the fastener....maybe worth a try..

Ric in Richmond

Sorry to hijack the thread...

The spreaders have a metal piece attached to the heel of the wood spreader.
The metal piece then inserts into a piece that is attached to the mast. My perception is the slop is in the metal to metal piece.

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Ric in Richmond

George...I wondered where you have been!!! Back in March! Good. I check your yacht every time I go down. She is BURIED in the yard right now for the winter. Rachel, Congrats on the A30..she is a beaut! You will have to sail up and visit us at Yankee point on the corrotoman river. The whole area is a...

Ric in Richmond

Question on spreaders. When you grab the shrouds and pull fore and aft should there be NO movement of the spreaders or some minor tolerable amount? Mine wiggle a little bit, but it appears to be in the joint...not the wood to the metal, but the metal to metal joint. Haven't jumped on board and wiggl...

Ric in Richmond

Get a wood baseball bat.

Cut and drill handle as needed.

Ric in Richmond

http://www.ledtronics.com/DS/tbl3xx/default.asp

VERY interesting!!!

Ric in Richmond

You will never use an Alberg35 (or any CCA 35 footer) as a floating condo space wise...but it makes a great sailboat. My family (wife and three boys) all fit, but it isn't like we have separate staterooms. It is about as small as I could possibly go and get away with it and about as large as I'd wan...

Ric in Richmond

I love mine!!!

Great size, Great looks, Sails just like you'd expect. Happy above 10knots!

Decks are suspect on all Alberg 35's, but aren't all decks at this age?? And I can fix decks.

Ric in Richmond

Not sure why you would want to put a coating that doesn't expand and contact on a surface that is guaranteed to do so. Seems like a recipe for a big mess.

That wood rudder is going to be happiest all wet and swelled up.

Me..I'd just paint it.

Ric in Richmond

If you could build a spot to slide that engle cooler into where your original icebox was you would have it made!!

That is a neat idea...

Ric in Richmond

when asbestos abatement companies remove it in houses they keep it wet so that it doesn't become "friable".

I think as long as you keep it form being inhaled you are fine.

Ric in Richmond

Forgot you'd gone on to Lifeboats.

Just recognized the amazing woodwork and knew it had to be a spirit.

Truth be told...Lifeboats, as unglamorous as they may seem, are probably a far better choice for career path than mega yachts for the richie-riches of the world.

Ric in Richmond

MISHNISH!!

You met bond yet?

http://www.spirityachts.com/sy-news.htm

Ric in Richmond

What about spreading the trunk? Most EMT's (Hudson....a little help here?) would know about them. Like a pillow that is inflated. The pressurized air can lift cars off limbs or trapped people. Might give you a bit of room or break the grip of that rust. Something like this!! http://matjack.com/hipre...

Ric in Richmond

Those marvin heaters are great!! 110V and will roast you out. (clarification added...they will roast you out if you are in their beam....they will not appreciably raise the temp in he room for a long time!!) Mine is mounted on an arm like you see at the dentist so it moves side to side and I can aim...

Ric in Richmond

Catastrophic backstay failure would worry me in these set ups. I mean a piece of wire from head to stern seems pretty fool proof. All those blocks and lines and pins and shackles. One goes and do you lose the rig?? At least with a split backstay or a hydraulic you are metal to metal all the way. A s...

Ric in Richmond

rshowarth wrote: The Mustard Seed

The color of my gel coat hull is called Harvest Gold.

ALCHEMY

being gold and all.....

Ric in Richmond

In Annapolis, for example, some of the racing boat names I've found funny: "Hooked on Tonics" "Eurotrash Girl" "Air Mail" (with red white and blue stripes around the toe rail like the envelope) "Blister in the Sun" "Goldfish" (an orange boat with a ...

Ric in Richmond

I was glad that the name on my boat was a decent name since she had been named that for 42 years since new. Even though there is NO italian heritage in my family...a little italian never hurt... Andiamo...basically "let's go" is the translation. (per my first generation italian buddy) She ...

Ric in Richmond

WOW...does harken know their blocks have been cloned???

Ric in Richmond

What is MIR?

Ric in Richmond

Can someone translate for me???

Ric in Richmond

I am going to just end for end the line and keep the chain.

Lots of stuff on this boat is in the overkill category, but she is a heavy old barge so might as well go up a size where you can.

I think the chain was sized just to fit the winch gypsy.

thanks for the info!

Ric

Ric in Richmond

Hello all. Wondering when to replace my anchor chain. I pulled out my anchor gear so I could end for end the rode and noticed I have a few links that look like the rust has gotten to them. They aren't eroded much, but for some reason those few links are affect more than the rest of the chain. IF the...

Ric in Richmond

I'd liked to have seen the bay from the bridge!!! I am sure the top part ofthe span is above the "clouds"!! I can only think of a few times we got fogged in on the bay. Once was while racing. You could hear the other boats, bells, horns, whistles, all ears and eyes straining...very light a...

Ric in Richmond

If you get a raymarine tiller pilot and it starts acting wacky.....the VERY first thing to check is the little tiny connecetions on the back of the head unit.

Mine gets funky when those aren't just right.

Other than that I LOVE mine.

Ric in Richmond

Nothing comes back to the cockpit on Andiamo. Every thing is at the front end of the boom and on the mast, except the topping lift and I need to change that. On the drifting subject of tiller pilots.... I have a tiller pilot on Andiamo and LOVE it. Hooks up to my Garmin GPS. Steers a course and keep...

Ric in Richmond

as far as I can tell the cabin sides are wood. Not 100% sure.

Ric in Richmond

Saugeen Witch is a very attractive metal boat and seems to be in pretty great shape.

Nice looking boat...especially when it is all just flat sheet twisted up and welded together...

Ric in Richmond

Pictures are up: http://www2.snapfish.com/shareethumbnailshare/AlbumID=55541700/albumcount=1/p=63061160142032740/l=212611931/g=75149146/cobrandOid=1000131/pns/share/p=63061160142032740/l=212611931/g=75149146/cobrandOid=1000131 Reach me over the weekend at ric@bergstrom-insurance.com If you are comin...

Ric in Richmond

Hudson won't brag...he is not that kind of guy. But I will. He is my neighbor (literally 300 ft away) and a great guy. We brought her from Hampton to her new home. 54 miles in 10 hours last Saturday under Genny most of the time. Yup average 5.4 kts in a boat that hull speed must be near 6. Saw 9.2 o...

Ric in Richmond

I'll get some pics later this week.

It isn't terrible...but it isn't pretty either...

Ric in Richmond

Hey guys and gals. I have a boat that needs saving. Friend of mine owns it and is done with it. Has spent $30000+ on new motor (literally less than 10 hours), standing rigging etc. etc. Boat needs lots of varnish, deck work, Has very nice wood spars. This boat is not pristine, but it is not a lost c...

Ric in Richmond

Don't you feel like you are 8-10 feet in the air with any moderate heel on these super wide beam-aft boats?

Ric in Richmond

I think this one predates tims.

It is listed as a 1995.

I ike tims better.

For that price I'll go buy a bermuda 40.....or two.

Ric in Richmond

I know these pics are both in this thread...but I had to do this....

BEFORE

AFTER

WOW!!!!

Ric in Richmond

Harbor Freight.

1" 36 for $9.99

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... umber=4181

2" 36 for $8.99

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... umber=4182

Ric in Richmond

What is that projection??

Ric in Richmond

Good! I think we won't make it far from Yankee point. I am thinking we should meet at one of the parties or Friday night after the skippers meeting...something along those lines. I know I'd recognize you since you are the glen allen WM I feel like I am almost a regular. This should be fun! Anyone ev...

Ric in Richmond

I am going to this. I wanted to make sure the other Plastic Classics knew about it. If anyone else is coming we should set at time to meet and get together! For the Classic Plastic folks on the southern bay this could be a great rendevous. They even have a great thing for non crew to enjoy the racin...

Ric in Richmond

These are fiberglass tubes that are about 1.5 inches in diameter that are glass to the boat and stand vertically. They reach above the waterline and then have rubber tube attached to bridge between the sink or cockpit/deck scupper. They seem very substantial....but I've never tried to see what it wo...

Ric in Richmond

Yeah..what about those fiberglass tubes? I have 2 for the sinks and 4 for the cockpit and deck drains. All seem very solid...but I am terrified of something in a locker breaking one off and Andiamo sinking like a stone. I suppose it doesn't happen or we would read about it more. I wonder if they are...

Ric in Richmond

LIFE IS GOOD!!!

Ric in Richmond

Funky fin on that boat too!!!

No inboard and no attempt to close up the prop opening.

Very pretty boat though. Always liked Tripp designs.

Ric in Richmond

Jason, You must have real strong core!!! My balsa easily renders itself up to an allen wrench in a drill (fancy bent nail). As long as you go back to a clean margin that you fill completely with epoxy ...so that when you drill thru all you see a pale white threads of epoxy spiralling up out of the h...

Ric in Richmond

The boat looks FABULOUS!!!!!!! I do admit I am partial to Alberg Designs owning one myself. Those bolts run through tangs in single shear don't look good to me.... I wouldn't leave them that way for too long. Better to have two thinner pieces of stock that sandwich the original tang....or build new ...

Ric in Richmond

Mine too...live with it..

Ric in Richmond

I bought one of the rope. pvc tube ladders west marine sells. Set it up so you could throw it over a winch and hang it over board. Figured if anyone ever fell over board it would be easier/quicker to deploy than digging out the aluminum one from the boattom of the starboard cockpit locker, then unfo...

Ric in Richmond

Sounds like I am on the right track then. Going to cruise her this summer/fall and see what we have to store, then plan on a interior insulation job and a 12 v refer eventually.

We have 4 6 volts in series/parallel so lots of power.

Thanks again for all the great advice!!!

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