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Down here in Cape May we got about 3" - 5". Had been looking forward to being snowed in - some of the predictions were up to 12". Did the bread and milk thing - snow didn't start here until the middle of the night Saturday. I'll be out of the driveway without a problem tomorrow - back...

All in jest, . . . Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep." From Mary Shelly's Frankenstein . Doctor F. realises his mistake the morning after he creates the monste...

Thanks for the pics, Matt. it all looks very familiar :^(
. . . keep going!

I don't think I called the Daysailor project a restoration. I see it as more like a rebuilding/customization taken in a new direction, and I think it was done carefully and discreetly (as if he'd do it any other way). Robert The Gray's work on Whisper is, I think, careful and discreet customization....

. . . but what Tim did in the case of the Daysailor probably falls under the category addressed in the last paragraph of 'Rule 3' Customizing, rebuilding, or upgrading (whatever you want to call it) of any "classic" should be done carefully and discreetly in order to maintain the boat's ap...

How does such a thing happen?

Could be that a lot of you old hands have seen this article - I just read it this morning. Sorry if this is a really dumb 'new-guy-kind-of-thing' - ( . . . wow! have you guys heard about this great stuff called fiberglass?) anyway, here it is: http://www.pocketcruisers.com/art_restorerules.html This...

The boat is in New York at City Island - here's the link:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brx/boa/128224229.html

Vaitses' book has a lot of background information about fiberglass and resin. All the different mats, cloths, rovings, polyester, vinylester and epoxy resins . . . very thorough, but practical at the same time.
Excellent for a beginner like me.

Read - can't help with a lot of those questions - I'm in the early stages of a boat reno myself, and I've gotten a lot of good info from a book I got at the library:
The Fiberglass Boat Repair Manual by Allan H. Vaitses

Good luck.

I was following your progress, Bruce - things really went crazy there in the last few minutes! Better luck next time. Would you all still consider that boat a good deal at that price?

Except for the keel and flush deck, the numbers on your boat (at sailcalc) come out a lot like the numbers for my project boat. Yours looks great - and two seasons on her already. Have you taken any dogs out sailing? Pictures?

Neat rig, Rick. Nicely done.

Hi there - looks great. What can you tell us about her? LOA, BEAM, displacement, keel or CB?

Thanks for the tour, Robert - You've got a nice, freewheeling sort of approach to the work. I was also glad to see a .MAC webpage. I've been wanting to set one up and it is good to see a real one in use - gives me an idea of how to get started. Also interesting was your assesment of what your boat u...

Martin - have you tried asking around at a local marina for a good mover? I found a good mover here in my area by asking boat friends for recommendations. He had a hydraulic trailer and did a great job of tucking the boat into the corner of my yard. Charged $125 for about a three mile move.

Hey, Jason - we're all bozos on this bus ;>)
Actually, though, I was responding to some kind of self-referential meta-remark (or some such thing) by Tim. Listening to my inner bozo . . .
Thanks for the clarification/editing, Tim.

But I really hate it when some bozo removes it from the masthead after the mast is unstepped and then places it stupidly on the dock, where later on the same bozo kicks it overboard. (This is made even worse by the fact that the bozo even thought, while placing the Windex on the dock, that it was a...

Hello, Chris - welcome. I found this forum a couple of months ago, and it is the one I check in on daily. Good advice, interesting projects.
I'm down in Cape May, starting on a restoration that I hope will be in the water this next season.

Thanks, fellas - of course I was hoping you wouldn't see a problem, but I didn't want to assume that it'd be okay. Great answers, BTW, starting with Ken: some people have more weight than that bolted to the mast for the fun of it. and Tim, as always, thanks. Matt, I've heard about that SF Bay. The f...

The mast that came with my 'project' boat has a rather large crack in it, just about halfway up the length. I've been given a mast and boom. The mast that was on my boat is 30' long and approximately 3.5" x 5" with a sail slot for rope. The gift mast is 30' long, but about 4" x 6"...

I think you nailed it, Matt. ;-)

Looks like this one just went on yesterday evening. Ends 01/02/06.
link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1963-Pea ... dZViewItem

What sort of a boat is the Shark 24? Can you post a picture, or a link to a picture? No floor/sole left at all?

Yikes! Has anyone seen this boat on Ebay? I know it isn't plastic, but oh lordy. 12 hours left.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 4597351401

Hello, all - Here is an excerpt from my diary about a recent grounding at CMP State Park. I've got no cruising experience, but hope to go on short cruises when I complete the overhaul of my project boat. I'll also add a link to another local paper article about Sid and his boat. Wednesday, December ...

I think the decision to get the boat within arm's reach was a good one. I purchased a project boat in October and deliberated for a couple of weeks where I would put it. A friend with lots of boat restoration experience convinced me that I should get it as close to my home (and shop) as possible. Al...

That thing must have its own zipcode . . .

Thanks for that list, Tim. I'll start at the simple end :)

Thanks, Jason. I'll put in an order for that one. What do you like and not like about Don Casey's books. I am totally unfamiliar with him - let me give you a little bit of a picture - does every new sailboat guy or gal read Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World"? I'm reading it online. ...

Thanks, Tim. Actually, I don't know what sort of system the boat had. There were a couple of 12 volt batteries sitting in the boat, but not hooked up. I'd really like to see something that will tell me what gauge wire should be run from the battery location to the panel and what gauge from the panel...

Need a reference source for basic info on boat wiring. I have a project boat (1967 24' f'glass sloop built in Nova Scotia) that needs a little of everything and a lot of some things. My previous boat owning/sailing experience was with a wooden Thistle I owned 25 years ago. There's a panel with 6 swi...