Plastic Classic Forum

JonnyBoats

Tim, in your posting for 26-OCT-2007 you have: Raw water intake and raw water strainer (including bronze tee for raw water supply to the galley and saltwater washdown) Are you teeing off the seacock supplying engine cooling water? If so, don't most engine manufacturers want a dedicated seacock for e...

JonnyBoats

If there is a true "drop in" replacement for an A4, I have not seen it. I am in the process of installing a Beta Marine 28 HP diesel in my LeComte 38, so I will share some of my findings with you. 1) An A4 is setup with a single fuel supply line and no return line. Most diesels require a r...

JonnyBoats

Boy Tim, you are really cranking along, what with the engne in and the electrical fired up. You work fast, I wish I could get my projects done as quickly. (It wouldn't be half bad if they looked a tenth as good as your stuff at the same time.) Anyway I am wondering what the two small panels to the r...

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Did you catch the SailNet email today (23-OCT-2007) with alead off of:

A Good Old Boat Magazine Featured Article
Mr. Renovation
Marine surveyor Tim Lackey...

JonnyBoats

I think Lin and Larry Pardey have a boat equipped with those.

Yes, Mate states that Hess's fittings were used on the Pardey's boat Seraffyn.

JonnyBoats

If you get a copy of the book The Finely Fitted Yacht, Volume 2" by Ferenc Mate he has a section on "Add-on bulwarks". He shows specially designed cast bronze stanchion bases designed by naval architect LyLe Hess. Mate states that the castings can be purchased from the builder in Vanc...

JonnyBoats

Has anyone used foam PVC plastic panels? I found where one gentleman used them as headliner on a C&C 40 http://www.wbryant.com/StellaBoat/Projects/headlinr/headlinr.htm and was quite pleased. Here is a source for the panels http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=342& along with a de...

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I wonder how "storm proof" the glass needs to be Bill Seifert goes on to say: If safety glass is used, the design of storm shutters should allow them to be bedded as replacement windows in the event the window glass is fractured. As to thickness, he also recommends 1/2 inch for Lexan as w...

JonnyBoats

automotive safety class for their deadlights

Bill Seifert in his book recommends

monolithic tempered safety glass, minimum 1/2 inch thick

as a longer lasting alternative to Lexan.

Is automotive safety glass available 1/2 inch thick?

JonnyBoats

There's a photo of the front of the panel in the log from September 8, 2007. Thanks. Also thank you for posting a better photo on Oct. 18, 2007. It looks like a BlueSea panel with 16 positions (number 8377?), all filled. By historical standards, that seems like a big panel for a boat of this size, ...

JonnyBoats

Is there a photo of the front of the electrical panel? Also can you tell us a little bit more about how you designed and selected the electrical system?

Thanks.

JonnyBoats

Last week I had a chance to visit the Hinkley yard in Southwest Harbor, ME. Since they no longer make most of the new boats there, it has lots of maintaince work. One of the boats they had just finished working on was a Bermuda 40 yawl that has spent the last year there before its planed return to i...

JonnyBoats

Today at Mystic Seaport I saw a BB Swan sailboat, the "Carl F. Bettle" (named after the designer and builder). It is a fiberglass sailboat 12.5 feet long. It was built in 1946.

Surely this must be one of the earliest examples of "classic plastic"?

JonnyBoats

Today I was out on the water for the Shipyard Cup sailboat races in Boothbay. Unfortunately today's race was called off for lack of wind, but boy were there some beautiful boats there! If you have never attended this event I can highly recommend it. In addition to the mega sailboats entered in the r...

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I need to replace the through hull for my engine exhaust with a 2in fitting. I would like to find one that protrudes for an inch or so beyond the hull like http://store.hamiltonmarine.com/browse.cfm/4,2314.htm but which would screw into a seacock instead of having a hose barb on the inside of the hu...

JonnyBoats

For filling gouges on the side of the hull (fiberglass) what sort of fairiing compound or filler should I use?

Is epoxy fairing compound basically epoxy with fillers added to make it more viscous?

Does anyone used Interlux Watertite filler or Interfill epoxy filler?

JonnyBoats

You might try Metalmast marine, there is a good chance they would have an original drawing.

JonnyBoats

This may have been answered before, but does Starboard make good backing blocks?

JonnyBoats

What about using 3M? Auto Glass Urethane Windshield Adhesives?

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/e ... R6DCKBSPgl

JonnyBoats

In my LeComte Northeast 38 on each side of the cabin I have two rather large portlights made of safety glass. You can see a sistership at: http://www.lecomteowners.com Anyway they leak, and I need to rebed them. A friend suggested using the same adheasive they use to install windshields in cars. Has...

JonnyBoats

Seriously, though: don't worry about it. Yes, I do tend to go overboard with the minutia, don't I? :-) Anyway I took a look at a brand new Yanmar diesel today and it had hose on it that was labeled "ISO 7840 A1" plus the date etc. there was no "USCG" however. For an example of t...

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ABYC H-33 "requires" the use of USCG Type A-1 or A-2 fuel hose. Then per ? 183.540 Hoses: Standards and markings. : (e) Each ??USCG Type A1,?? ??USCG Type A2,?? ??USCG Type B1,?? and ??USCG Type B2?? hose must be identified by the manufacturer by a marking on the hose. (f) Each marking mu...

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Where'd you put your bottle and how did you make the container? Propane was already in the boat when I bought it. The propane is stored in the lazarette locker. There is a box with an open top under the lazarette hatch, sealed on the top against the underside of the fiberglass deck. At the bottom o...

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As a follow on, I found the following document http://www.uscg.mil/sectorsanjuan/root/InspectionsDocs/InspectionLinks/Preinspection%20Guide.pdf which describes the requirements for inspected vessels. (Pleasure craft do not need to be inspected). It does however provide some excellent guidance applic...

JonnyBoats

If one wants to cut a hole in a fiberglass cabinside for something like a port, what would be a better tool, a rotozip or a jig saw?

JonnyBoats

Are all the rubber lines which carry diesel fuel required by law to be marked (A1, A2 etc.)? Specificly the short pieces of rubber hose on the engine itself? For example, from the lift pump to the injector pump or from the engine mounted filter to the lift pump etc.

JonnyBoats

When the vent line for the bottom of the propane locker exists the hull near the exhaust outlet, is there a safety concern? Are there any safety standards or recommended best practices for seperation distances?

JonnyBoats

A simple panel to accomodate your needs is all you really need.

Any recommendations?

JonnyBoats

I called Pettit and asked their advice. The "technician" suggested I scuff-up" the old paint with 80 grit paper. He also suggested I wet sand it to keep the dust down. I ended up getting some of the 3M sponges that are covered with 80 grit on four sides (not sure what they are called ...

JonnyBoats

As part of repowering my Northeast 38 I am totally re-doing the electrical wiring. The original electrical panel has AC and DC combined in the same panel, which I understand is no longer considered "best practice". Since I have a mooring, I have no desire to have many AC appliances like mi...

JonnyBoats

This is probably a really dumb question, but should these be installed with the plug opening to the inside or outside of the hull?

JonnyBoats

I have my LeComte Northeast 38 hauled out to replace the engine and want to apply some Pettit Ultima ablative antifouling paint. Yesterday the boat was hauled. Currently the boat has Pettit Trinidad bottom paint that was applied last June. We power washed the bottom, popped off all the barnicales wi...

JonnyBoats

The dual fuel filter allows me to switch filters in the event one becomes plugged up at the throw of a switch. When you consider the total investment in the boat it is cheap insurance.

Makes sense. Which spicific filter did you get?

JonnyBoats

I went and visited Tim last weekend and we did some shopping at Hamilton Marine. Got the auto pilot, heater, storm anchor, interior lights, instruments, fuel filters and some smaller stuff. Would you be willing to share why you selected the dual fuel filter? It would seem like overkill for a small ...

JonnyBoats

Panbo has a short article on the efficacy of radar reflectors at http://www.panbo.com/yae/archives/001600.html This is a summary of the data contained in an official British report found at http://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/2007/ouzo.cfm The bottom line is that passive reflec...

JonnyBoats

I used polysulfide in my mechanical terminals.

I'm sorry Tim, I am still having a hard time keeping all these chemicals straight. What is the trade name (or brand) of the polysulfide you use?

JonnyBoats

Very sweet!

I wonder what the spars are like?

JonnyBoats

800 dollars or so for all new ballast is still a lot of money.

Perhaps you could find a derilict boat on eBay with lead ballast for less?

JonnyBoats

I was speaking with a rigger who told me to use 3M 5200 to fill the cavity of Norseman compression fittings on my rigging. I had not heard of doing this before, and wonder what others use? The Rigging only website has: Use red thread lock for pre assembly lubricant and a bit more on final screw down...

JonnyBoats

A week from Monday my 38 ft Sloop is being hauled so I can put in my new engine. The yard where I am hauling does not have a power washer, but they will let me do my own work, so I plan on renting one. I have heard that some are so powerful that they can put a hole through a clabboard! How powerful ...

JonnyBoats

I did not even see this post. Which means I can't think about it, or even wonder if this is one of the boats built in Holland. If boats from Holland improve your eyesight, how ahout a LeComte? http://www.lecomteowners.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=42&func=view&id=363&c...

JonnyBoats

I would think that the plastic pad might cause you problems I must confess that when I bought it I never even thought about the UV resistance part. Since it is from a junk yard, I do not know exactly what type of plastic it is. On the other hand I have already made it, and if it does not hold up I ...

JonnyBoats

I have now created mounting pads on the underside of the foredeck for the backing plates. I mixed up West System epoxy with 404 high density filler and put it on the waxed backing plates to form the pads. The foam core was cut back around all the overdrilled holes and the holes have now been filled ...

JonnyBoats

Some of you may have been following my project to mount a windlass on the foredeck of my LeComte Northeast 38 (see photos in projects section). Like most people, when it comes to working on the boat, it is not my primary occupation so I am faced with doing tasks I have never done before and learning...

JonnyBoats

You do have another option _if_ you can take the shaft out of the boat with the prop still on it. If so, take the shaft with the prop on it to a shop with a hydraulic press and they will press the prop off without any damage.

JonnyBoats

Our NE 38 was built with roller reefing on the boom, the gooseneck slides on its own track, there's a downhaul and cleat, there are two heavy hooks on the gooseneck, the sail has luff grommets fitted with dacron tapes and rings, the boat is now rigged for slab reefing. Whould you have a photo of th...

JonnyBoats

As you know, bonding is a big can of worms with opinions ranging all over the map!

One big factor to consider is if you keep your boat in a marina with dock power where there may be lots of stray currents in the water, even if your boat is not connected to shore power.

JonnyBoats

If I may chime in with a contrarian point of view? If you can use these seacocks, would be happy with them, and you can save a bunch of money (lots of ifs), why not go with them? To my way of thinking, it really doesn't matter if they are NPS or NPT. The threads in question are on the inboard side o...

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For our LeComte Northeast 38 I found a Sampson-Lawerence Seatiger manual windlass. In this photo the mounting base is missing (see below). A nice touch is that it came with nylon bushings for the mounting bolts so that the stainless bolts do not come into direct contact with the aluminum housing of ...

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Another thing to try is to give the end of the prop shaft a solid whack with a sledge hammer. The vibration this causes can often cause the prop to pop loose from the shaft. Before you do this put a sacrificial nut on the end of the shaft (or something) so it is the nut and not the shaft you actuall...

Plastic Classic Forum

Search found 372 matches

Mr. Renovation

Foam PVC plastic panels

Cost of restoring classic plastic

BB Swan

Shipyard Cup races in Boothbay Harbor, ME

Looking for a what-ya-may-call-it thingie

Epoxy fairing compound / filler

Gluing fixed portlights

Rotozip tool for cutting fiberglass?

Diesel fuel lines - legal requirements?

Safe seperation distance between propane vent and exhaust

Simple AC shorepower system

Prepping for bottom paint

Radar reflectors

Assembling Norseman Mechanical Wire Terminals

Power wash

Big Thanks to Tim and the forum

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