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- Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:04 am
- Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
- Topic: An urban workspace . . .
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5212
Re: An urban workspace . . .
I'm in need of a "see other people do cool things to boats in their shop space" fix, so I thought I'd see how you were doing with your Tartan 27 and the Seafarer. Don't forget the little Jet 14, Rachel . . . The camera's in the shop, which has been woefully neglected over the spring and s...
- Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:38 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Topside finishes . . .
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1210
Topside finishes . . .
I'm currently contemplating whether to roll & tip Interlux Perfection for a less-than-first-rate-but-acceptable finish on the Tartan; or take on the expense of HVLP & supplied air, and the attendant learning curve, to shoot it myself; or subcontract the actual spraying to a freelance shooter...
- Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:26 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: We launched!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2918
Re: We launched!
Beautiful Jeff - fair winds . . .
Greg
Greg
- Fri May 22, 2009 11:23 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bronze V.S. Stainless
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1381
Re: Bronze V.S. Stainless
Another question.... While I was looking for new seacock I saw that some of them are in bronze with a 316 S.S ball. I will doubt the ball is perfectly insulated from the valve body (even more when they are full of salt water!) . Then they should have the same dissimilar metal problem ? Are good qua...
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:17 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Deep Water film
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1328
Re: Deep Water film
Anyone who enjoyed Deep Water might be interested in reading Robert Stone's compelling novel, Outerbridge Reach, which was informed by the Crowhurst story.
Greg
Greg
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:46 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: From the Bad Design File
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12458
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:27 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: From the Bad Design File
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12458
More inspired charger design from the folks at Ryobi. The drills are OK for what they are, but what is the deal with their chargers? Well, for one the battery/charger package alone is too pricey by far, even if you can find them - which at my local Home Despot you can't. I generally like the lithiu...
- Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:40 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Tartan 27
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2593
Tom - **Edited to ask if this is the boat you're asking about? They're great boats - they'll go anywhere in any conditions and bring you home to exaggerate the tale. Most of the things to look for are pretty much characteristic of that era of plastic classics: 1) Balsa cored decks. Look for softness...
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:07 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: hard times
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1568
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:38 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Jamestown epoxy sale
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2229
- Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:45 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Not plastic, and not even *officially* a boat, but...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2119
- Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:37 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Christmas in the Carolinas (South Carolina that is)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 959
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:45 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Knee Pads
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2623
That's a neat idea. And one could probably sew similar pockets into a favorite pair of work pants, then put foam in (not that I want to discourage anyone from patronizing Duluth Trading). R. One might sew up a new set of sails, if one had the skills, machine and equipment . . . I can't sew on a but...
- Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:01 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: More LED Bulb Reviews !!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3126
- Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:11 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Small, affordable bluewater?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 7534
How do you find yours to sail, Greg? Well, there's almost no conditions in which I've felt insecure. A T27 is up to almost anything - including the freighter-killing deep, steep, rapid-frequency waves and big air Lake Erie can generate. And the centerboard makes it very conducive to gunkholing, whe...
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:02 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Small, affordable bluewater?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 7534
Got one more classic sailboat with partial headroom (doghouse only)... Tartan 27. I was a little surprised nobody mentioned it before, including myself. Shame on myself. - Case I hesitated to suggest it because, although it's definitely strong and comfortable, has almost sufficient headroom for me ...
- Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:14 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Cape Cod Marlin
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8927
The Herreshoff “Marlin” was designed in the late thirty’s by A. Sidney Herreshoff – Who had by this time taken over as head designer of the HMCo from his father Nat. It was essentially a Fish Class with a larger cuddy. This was the depression era and the age of “pocket cruisers” had begun. It was n...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:16 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Tartan 41
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2119
Strange how things work. Last week a stunning Rhodes 41 - wood - docked at the Club for two days, outbound from Toronto. Tonight, a T-44 was tied off at the guest dock. Strong-bilged and wide at the hip, there was some discussion among the old boat aficionados as to whether she was actually beautifu...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:48 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Removing Polycrylic
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1162
- Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:30 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: the FairMaster
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1536
- Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:36 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Interior Boat
- Replies: 4
- Views: 839
Marshall -
Here's a thread that discusses the options and - unusually for this forum - provides some fairly diverse opinions . . .
Greg
Here's a thread that discusses the options and - unusually for this forum - provides some fairly diverse opinions . . .
Greg
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:12 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: KAHOLEE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1709
- Thu May 15, 2008 6:27 am
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Interdeck - mixing custom colors . . .
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1127
- Wed May 14, 2008 5:07 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Interdeck - mixing custom colors . . .
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1127
Interdeck - mixing custom colors . . .
I'd like to blame the tricks of my memory on age; but the truth is that I've found myself walking into rooms and wondering why for some years now . . . In any case, I thought I recalled reading that Tim or someone had mixed Interdeck Biege - and maybe also Grey - with White, in order to lighten the ...
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:44 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Sanding rounded corners?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2185
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:50 am
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: US Composites
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1470
I hope they're okay; earlier this week I ordered a range of fillers, cloth and other stuff. For epoxy, I generally get MAS from Infinity Composites on e-bay. It drop ships from MAS in NJ at a reasonable price. It costs more than the generic resins, (a little less than West) and I have to pay Ohio sa...
- Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:05 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Keel Doctor - and fiberglass patch questions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1325
Speaking of garboard drains, I had an interesting experience with one of the Buck Algonquin drains we're fond of* when a co-worker was installing one the other day. Ha! Made me look, Rachel. I have a Perko 124 bronze, also with a brass plug. I was going to install it in the Seafarer next week. So w...
- Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:48 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Filling deck holes with epoxy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2674
Question: When you guys are filling these holes, does it take a second trip around after they cure? I poked around with a drill bit, and a lot of the ones I filled skinned on top, but had a nice air pocket inside. I'm mixed up to about ketchup consistency pondering where the air was going to go onc...
- Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:23 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Filling deck holes with epoxy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2674
I've always taped the bottom of the holes - slitting or puncturing the tape slightly to allow the air to escape, to ensure a solid plug - then filled flush from above with epoxy thickened with colloidal silica. If the area below requires a finished surface, it's easy enough to just knock off the res...
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:12 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Chain plate knees on the Bolero Project . . .
- Replies: 3
- Views: 436
Chain plate knees on the Bolero Project . . .
Tim - I've been anxiously following the chain plate knee project on Bolero, with an interest in what type of foam you'd use to isolate the knees from the hull and deck, thereby avoiding hard spots. My interest derives from being in the midst of the same project on the Tartan, and engaging in an inte...
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:41 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Covering the hatches
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2462
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:15 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Rub Rail Modifications
- Replies: 70
- Views: 11837
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:02 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Anyone used a Kutzall carving disk?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1298
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:10 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Nevermind (#450) - Rig Refit
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1092
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:27 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Before the laser level
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3542
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:11 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cutlass bearing
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1140
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:37 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Clean Bilge
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1563
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:59 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Cetol Natural Teak
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1431
I think my triton coamings(in the picture) are mahogany Jimmy Small Thanks, Jimmy. I thought they might have been. Having sanded the Cetol off the Seafarer's brightwork last year, I've been of the opinion that if I wanted it orange, I'd simply paint it that color. Yours looks great, and the Natural...
- Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:05 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Cetol Natural Teak
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1431
- Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:20 am
- Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
- Topic: An urban workspace . . .
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5212
Greg, I was wondering how your shop space is working out for you so far. Thanks for asking Tim. The shop space is great; it's work that's interfering with the more important things of life. I spent the first month or so getting the shop itself set up to work efficiently: building benches, a fabrica...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:36 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Documenting a boat.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1440
Some of you may find the above link is a dead end, like I did. Here's another one: http://homeport.uscg.mil/cgi-bin/st/portal/uscg_docs/MyCG/Editorial/20070514/Guide_Simp_1.pdf?id=a4cadb201cfe092fa6751d8995ece54d51cc0dac 10 pages; understandable, even by me. Sorry about the link. Apparently it's a ...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:58 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Documenting a boat.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1440
Actually, it's an estimate of cargo capacity. I don't have the formula handy, but length, breadth and depth play into it (which of course smells like volume). The depth of the Morgan 27 was measured to the hull-keel joint; boats with a less obvious place from which to measure depth can rate a highe...
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:38 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: January 2008 photo of the month..
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1193
- Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:21 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Mast up, cabin recore project and paint .. question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1209
Jasper - After reading your second post, I had a couple of questions. If you're doing extensive work on the cabin top with the mast stepped, are you at all concerned about structural integrity? I understand that the support beam is primarily responsible for bearing the load of the rig, but I'd think...
- Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:39 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Bruno Trouble and Wanaka...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2939
- Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:54 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: An Unusual Floating Dock
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2311
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:23 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Seafarer knowledge?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2073
- Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:57 am
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Tile Clad Epoxy Paint
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2103
Link: Something like this. http://www.lackeysailing.com/daysailor/images/suppliedair.jpg Thanks Tim. I knew about the necessary equipment, but I was curious about the intake. When I first looked at your picture I thought you might be advocating opening a window, but the link clarified things: Addit...
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:06 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Tile Clad Epoxy Paint
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2103
- Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:22 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Winter is for rudder fun
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1976