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Duncan

I can't believe it - "reality TV" hits "good old boat restoration". Growing power of The Dark Side, I sense.

Duncan

A bit off topic, but can anyone tell me what wood/finish was used in the interior shot of the Dana 24 on the first page of this thread. I love the "dull" finish and the lighter color of the wood used and I'd like to do something similar on my boat. It's oiled teak. A friend of mine has a ...

Duncan

A generator can also serve as a "dynastarter", Yes. Generators and DC motors are basically the same thing. If you turn one you create an electric current. If you push an electric current through one it turns. I think each is 'tuned' by design to match its intended function but a basic gen...

Duncan

I was fortunate to beat the rush and have already received my personalized fan photo from Britton's people. I treasure it dearly, but nonetheless I have decided to share it with you all, to ease the pain of waiting for your own. I kind of thought he'd have better handwriting, but I guess many famou...

Duncan

A generator can also serve as a "dynastarter", i.e. a combined starter motor/generator. That's about all I know about it, but I shall probably learn more when I try to get the Volvo MD1 set up later this summer.

Duncan

Out of curiousity, what would happen if you polished it with wet 1000 grit?

Duncan

I need to bond additions to this with epoxy resin but I'm hestitant untill I know more with what I'm dealing with. So long as it's only additions, that would limit the issue to certain areas? Even if you were a bit agressive with acetone/scrubbing/grinding in those areas, you could build back up wi...

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So the only way to properly build a "spirit of tradition" boat that truly meets the requirements inherent in that description would be to build them on a semi-custom or custom basis, rather than a true production boat. Tim, you have probably have heard of these, which one of my students j...

Duncan

Excellent 'food for thought' here all around, thanks everyone! I do like to anchor out (and I don't like sleeping nervously), so getting this done right is important to how I use the boat. As I think about it, and see the comments/advice, I am coming to several 'tentative conclusions'. * the 50' of ...

Duncan

I didn't connect that you were talking about a chain/nylon combination rode. I think that attempts to use a chain pipe like this for a nylon rode could be an exercise in frustration. Unless you switch to all chain (a very heavy proposition that could pose problems for small boats), I'm not sure the...

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I have a feeling that trying to get nylon up and down the pipe all the time might end up being frustrating. I've only ever seen these done with an all-chain rode, with which the weight of the chain falling into the locker is sufficient to draw the length through the horizontal run of the pipe. For ...

Duncan

Thanks, guys, those are some very helpful points/pointers. Charlie, that's good, you go first, and I'll learn! If you find that reference, that would be great. I had been hoping the answer would be PVC, since it's so available and easy to work with. Larger definitely sounds better, and this will hel...

Duncan

I am planning to add chain lockers, fore and aft. I'd thought of piping the chain down and inboard (to keep the weight out of the ends, and contribute to stability). I'm not sure how much difference this could make, but it seems like getting the chain below the waterline and and back inside the boat...

Duncan

Tim wrote:That paint is Alexseal Stars & Stripes Blue, H5161.

Thanks, Tim. I remember seeing a discussion about that colour, now that you mention it, and it really does seem special.

Duncan

It is a beautiful-looking colour in the photos in the shelter. I'm watching closely, since I have a paint job in my future. I've hunted around and didn't manage to find where you might have said what the paint and colour is? p.s. Are the runs amenable to wet sanding with very fine paper? I have been...

Duncan

Well, it looks like the rudderpost would have an awfully hard time actually reaching the rudder. That's it, the tiller is drawn a bit too high/too far back to connect properly to the rudderpost. Should there be a skeg in front of the rudder True enough - the skeg and rudder are drawn as one piece h...

Duncan

That was fun to look up the Columbia Challenger, and I can see what you mean. Some real similarities (one of which was a fix for cabintop sag, that was quite helpful!). Some major differences, too - it's amazing how boats so similar in some ways can be so different in others. I was looking at drawin...

Duncan

Here's the ole whale-belly, pumpkinseed, Ted Hood hull of the Westwind. Sort of a Fat Albert, with 8' of beam on an 18' waterline. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/dbcamreon/April19010.jpg From this perspective, that outboard looks awful, must cause a lot of drag. If I wasn't selling her, I th...

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By the way, I saw a pilothouse on an Alberg 30 two summers ago. It used up the whole cockpit, but it really did look right, as well as being very salty and practical in appearance. I couldn't help thinking that I'd prefer some fresh air and openness in the summer, but he was living aboard the boat a...

Duncan

13# Danforths are great for kedging, or lunch hooks. If one wants to have a chance of sleeping, well... It's miserable hand-hauling a 35# CQR and 30 feet of 5/16" chain if the water depth is 20 feet or more, but I sure like knowing it's down there when the wind blows! I have 2 Danforths on boa...

Duncan

Well here's for a start, anyway. Patrice wasn't around, so I didn't go aboard or get to ask any questions about the mast raising system. If I remember right, the mast starts off pointed aft, and the hoop acts as a combination gin pole and stabilizer as it goes up. It's basically a big hoop that runs...

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(might help keep the smells from blowing back in)... everything that might smell... Someone was asking about holding tank vents elsewhere and I googled this up on the weekend: http://boatbuilding.com/article.php/MarineSanitationFactvsFolklore I haven't studied your plan here in detail, but it looks...

Duncan

Here's another solution a friend of mine (who had an extra portlight) came up with. It's more "utilitarian", but very solid, practical, and low-maintenance? You could use a bronze one if you wanted to up the aesthetics a bit, I guess. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/chapin11/Enginepan...

Duncan

I've been tempted ever since to install a twin on the other side, though I don't really need it there. Well, I'm not saying that would be nerdy, but some might...I'll bet you could think of a reason to do it. (I think it might balance the boat better ;) ) I used to own a Peugeot 504, which had two ...

Duncan

The Celtic Wind part sounds good, but that afterthought puts me in mind of another kind of wind (the kind that passes).
Is that an Islander, by the way?

Duncan

dasein668 wrote:Careful sir, or I may just move your posts to the Boat Nerdery section! ;-P

No, no, not that! I think I'm just in need of a bit of bottom sanding to restore my equilibrium.

Duncan

I am an Economics major after all. -Britton Me too, haha. I guess we are maximizing utility through externalities, as the return on capital, being continuously and increasingly negative, is obviously an artifact of underspecification in the model. I haven't spoken gobbledegook for a while, that was...

Duncan

In your second shot it looks like there's a fairly distinctive marking/fitting at the leading end of the cove stripe.
I can't quite make it out at that angle, but if you look at Good Old Boat's cove stripe guide, Columbia might be a good possibility?

Duncan

I'd pay particular attention to the forward posts, as these will play the most critical role in a panic-stop. Thanks, that's a very good point. Perhaps a center post angled back to the bow. Is this thing meant to be roadworthy, or just to act as a yard dolly? In regards to taking her down the Inter...

Duncan

I had a dual-axle flatbed highway trailer which came with my Westwind. The home-built wooden cradle didn't look like much, but apparently it used to do the job: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/BMYC/Picture002.jpg Anyway, when I brought the Eastwind up to Lake Champlain (from Buzzards Bay), they...

Duncan

He has a nice mast-raising system (sorry, no picture), which is based on a stainless "hoop" about ten or twelve feet high. Does he have a hinged mast step? I'd love to hear more details on his mast lowering/raising rig. I have to take mine down this summer to re-wire the nav lights and VH...

Duncan

This is an issue I've been thinking about since I bought my 1966 Paceship Eastwind last summer. The attachments for the fore and aft shroud chainplates are completely encapsulated in glass, so I have no idea what condition things are in. I don't think it would be smart to just hope for the best. Thi...

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Here's a buddy's Vega going into the water last spring. He's very enthusiastic about it, and spent a whole summer cruising the Gulf of St. Lawrence. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/dbcamreon/hpim0391a.jpg He has a nice mast-raising system (sorry, no picture), which is based on a stainless &qu...

Duncan

How do you decide which one to take out - or do they work shifts, on and off the hard? I would think it depends on which way the wind is blowing... ;-) That's about it. I left the Eastwind at the top of Lake Champlain, about an hour south of Montreal, and keep the Westwind up here. I am half-hearte...

Duncan

Well, no good deed goes unpunished. Here's my Paceship Eastwind 25. I was getting her set up to sail back from Mattapoisett, MA to Lake Champlain. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/BMYC/Eastwind%20Trip/HPIM0532.jpg She was an engineless orphan that I took a friend down to see. He's a smart guy, t...

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Apparently, Tanzer sold a "rebadged" version of the Paceship 26 as the Tanzer 27. I found that out after a bit of research. I don't know if they bought the molds from AMF (builder of the Paceship 26), or what, but it does appear that Tanzer sold a version of the boat as a "Tanzer 27&...

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