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Tip of the day:

BTW discovered by accident that PB Blaster will remove 5200 like a breeze. Works way better than any product I have purchased for said purpose.

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Ahoy, me hearties... been out of the loop a bit. Living on Wind-Rose now and getting ready to point south. Just a heads up, it may have already been mentioned.... anywho.... great article in this months Cruising World about a guy who sails his Triton from Mystic to Portugal. All for now, fairwinds. ...

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Great link!!!!! Thank you. Happy New Year!

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First off Happy New Year. I am planning to head south after hurricane season and stay out for awhile. I know some of you have documented your boats, how do I start the process, how much does it cost, how long will it take, does it make the customs process easier when clearing in?

Thanks,
Ang

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Thanks all very informative discussion.

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Tim how far back was the cut out for the forestay on your anchor platform, looks like about a foot from the aft end in the photos but I didn't see any demensions. Thanks for the excellent documentation of the rebuild it is coming in very handy. I am using two SS plates down either side instead of on...

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Going to be going out by myself and need to rig some jackline. How have you guys set them up around the dodger/bimini frame. I am thinking two eyebolts on either side of the companionway and a line down each side so you could walk the windward side of either deck. Ideas?

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Fig, the sails look fantastic. Very nice.

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Like Allen says, Progressive $384/year for my 1963 Triton with a valuation of $15000. I had been turned away by Zurich and BoatUS before going to Progressive because of the boats age.

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I have the orginal water tank in #215. However, I cut out the orginal fill and put in a large clear deck plate right over the baffle. Now I can see down into the tank and I can easily get a brush in there and give it an occasional scrubbing on either side of the baffle.

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Way to go! It is sometimes a GOOD thing you don't know what is ahead of you. However, rehabbing one of these ol gals is like eating an elephant, you do it a bite at a time. Some of these guys work from the mantra of "what the boat wants the boat gets", however, don't worry you can make her...

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Welcome to the MADNESS! Check out Raka epoxy, I really like it because of the price and that it is a small business. I find I am less reactive to it than West System.

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Made them for my old Merriman winches out of heavy paper clips three + years ago, still going strong.

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I'm interested also, but I am more Mid Bay.... we are on the West River. The northern neck is two days for me, but that doesn't mean we are not interested we just need planning time.

Ang

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Where do you guys stow the dinghy oars, what does your lifting harness consist of to get the dinghy up on the foredeck without beating the boat all to heck.

Thanks,
Ang

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Looks good and what a great work space. WOW!

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That looks like fun. Taking a look at the chart, but it sounds very doable and like a great group of folks to meet.

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cutting out all of the rot, putting another piece of marine grade ply into the spot where you cut out the soft wood pulling it all back together with some heavy biaxial cloth and then covering the entire piece with another piece of marine grade ply as a backer. Most importantly, make sure the leak i...

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Ahoy Ric, looks like it is the two of us..... we are in.... GOB Regatta or a 3 day weekend. I can probably hustle up a few more old tubs. ;-)

Ang

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We were late enough our friends had started to get anxious and when we finally pulled up into South Creek they (6 folks from my neighborhood) were there to see us in, they were as proud of the old gal as I am---or at least close--- and happy to know we were here. It was all very SWEET! a grand day. ...

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Thanks Joe, you are very kind. The pleasure was mine. How exciting to have a 9 year old that tells about "his" boat project and reads Cruising World on the bus..... we are all green with envy. We had a great run up the Bay, we were having so much fun we ran on up another 10 miles or so and...

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Thanks Guys, the choke cable was out of adjustment from some corrosion right were the push rod goes thru the cockpit wall. I got all that sprayed down good with WD-40 last night and this morning took off the spark arrestor and adjusted the cable to that the choke valve was all the way closed when th...

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Couldn't get the engine to start.... lots of water in the tank, wound up draining a couple gallons of gas out. Got her started but the choke cable was corroded so I oiled that up really good and have her running but she is still just a tad rough at idle. What is the proper way for me to adjust the c...

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Once I get across LOng DoNg shoals, aka as Long Point Shoal .... things will be fine... my biggest concern is getting out to open water and then I just let her strectch her legs.... I already plan to fly the #3 as a head sail, it is 110.. and a nice balance. The last time we launched from there, two...

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Trash in the water jacket? Maybe somebody else put a new impeller in it and there is a peice of the old one lodged somewhere.... that would be my second stop after the acid wash. Leave the acid in 15 minutes or so, so it can really eat the crub out.... you are going to surprised at what comes out of...

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Fig, worked like a champ, took maybe 5 mintues-- clean up and all. Think I am ready, changed the point, plugs, condensor, rotor button, distributor cap, fuel filter, greased the water pump and cleaned the spark arrestor. We have a date with the travel lift in the A.M.---- let the good times roll. Go...

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Fig, thank you so much.... I got a big laugh from your reply and am feeling better about things. I have been over at the yard on my knees f&^%$#$ with it all day. I am not only bent but extremely frustrated and needed a laugh. The cartridge filter is about 15" upstream of the sediment bowl,...

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Hey Gang, Wind-Rose has the early model A4 with the manual fuel pump. I changed the cartridge fuel filter (an addition to the orginal system) and emptied and cleaned the sediment bowl. I turned the fuel cock back to the on position and started pumping to fill the system back up with gasoline. The fu...

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Hey Fig, what are you doing aboard my boat?

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Nathan and Rachel already made great suggestions, I see folks hauling them around all the time with an upright (like Rachel suggested) on the front of a boat trailer so the mast can overhang the top of the vehicle. Chesapeake Rigging, West River Rigging and Alpha Rigging all have trailers. Where are...

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I am reading the transducer will get interference if it is mounted too close to other electronics. I am wondering where the best place to mount the read out might be. What have you folks done?

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Got to share something with you that worked GREAT! I cleaned the old gaskets out of my opening portlights and had never gotten around to ordering the gasket material from Defender, but I had been saving the rubber gaskets out of drywall mud buckets because they are handy for all sorts of things (I d...

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Another dumb question..... I am putting a strainer on the thru hull for the raw water foot pump and deck wash. The strainer has fins on about 2/3 of it and is solid on a 1/3 of it, sort of bell shaped. It would seem to me the solid part would go forward to divert debris from the intake, however, the...

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Did you take it over Max? He is really good! If you can draw it or explain it, he can fabricate it.

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heading back from Annapolis a motorcycle cop had a fellow in a little Ford Fiesta pulled over because he had a big bimini frame he was HOLDING onto the top of his car.

I'm still laughing about it, so I had to share it. It obviously went on a power boat. HA!!!!

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Wow, the guru used something I came up with (my head swelleth). ;-) Seriously, I have found the color very pleasing and Kaholee is the fourth boat I know of that has now used the blend and I must say she looks fantastic. It is amazing how quickly things are coming together on her. Keep up the great ...

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Rachel, I am following your adventures with intrigue, looks like you really wanted a project boat all along.;-) Keep snapping those photos and good luck.

Ang

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We got it to.... not to the extent that you guys did, but we still woke up with ^%$#@!# snow on the ground. YUK!

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That's what I use on Windrose. I've been very pleased with it. I am mid bay on the West River just south of Annapolis.

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Bly, I use the Interlux Micron on Windrose. In our water barnacles seem to almost grow overnight. I have been very pleased with the IM. My only disappointment was I like the "shark tooth" or whatever it is they call the gray color and it takes on the look of patina around the water line. I...

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how ya doing? All good I hope, getting settled in? You never said if the dog was with you or not.... what's up? Maybe this is the last little snow storm and spring is actually around the corner.

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Bly, no problem... it will be an album invite from ofoto from randy.hoff

Ang

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My pal, is restoring a free one I found on Craig's List that was practically on her back door step. They are small and somewhat cramped but you can see why they have circumnavigated. It is one rugged little boat. I guess the true test will be if we are still friends after she finishes. I guess my bi...

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Bly, did you get the photos I sent last week? I wondered if you thought it was junk mail.

Ang

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Go to a beer joint, eat a greasy hamburger, smoke a pack of Malboro Reds and drink a couple of tall girls .... this will reduce the odor, you won't even notice it.;-)

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Windrose was badly crazed, I used 5 coats of the high build primer and it covered great for the first few years but now the crazing is showing thru again, not nearly as bad but noticeable. If I were going to do it over, I would have actually thinned some epoxy and coated the decks with that first .....

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"there's a hell'uva a lot of things they didn't tell me when I hired on this job"....... what can I say? You learn to love that sulfur smell at low tide.....

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Damn, that's a "hog daddy"!!! I suppose I am more inclined to a nice roller on a big ol hunk of mahogany with some threaded rod and epoxy holding it together pushed out front in front of what I hope is, the soon to be, roller furler. That way, the mooring lines can break it off in a big ol...

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Currently my ground tackle consist of a Danforth Fortress and another standard 20# Danforth, so I guess I would add a CQR/Bruce to compliment what ground tackle I already have and carry the new anchor on the roller and the Danforth off the pushpit as a back up. Primarily, the boat will be used in ar...

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I put in the "plastic junk" because my pockets aren't as deep as Tim's. ;-) and I doubt I will ever be taking the boat off shore. Mine is 11"x17" and I love the access it gives to the back of the A4 because that is where all the things are that need to be serviced / drained / tur...

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