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Last Month, a major transformation occurred as the deck was primed . Over the course of this month, we've finally finished painting the deck! Yeah!!!! This included a second coat of primer, sanding that smooth, a couple coats of "skid" paint (with sanding and cleaning in between), then ta...

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bcooke wrote:
Brian wrote:sails always seem to be a topic that is swept under the rug in a boats being purchased or sold.
Strange but true.

My boat's not a Triton, but it did come with 16 sails, of which I've sold four and made back 1/4 of what I initially paid for the boat in the first place...

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Hey, while the file name in the URL says "yawls.php," the page title and the heading text at the top of the list both say "Concordia Yawls and Sloops"

Tim, you're off the hook.

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Say, how about using red-colored lines for things on the left side of the boat (like the Jib Halyard) and green-colored lines for things on the right side of the boat (like the Main Halyard)....

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I voted no, keep the tank.

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Just another thought: Why does anyone ever replace their rigging? Because the shrouds and stays are subject to corrosion and fatigue, right? Well aren't the turnbuckles also subject to the same forces? And aren't the chainplates also subject to the same forces? Other than cost, why would one NOT wan...

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Do bronze turnbuckles fatigue and require replacement regardless of condition or can they be reused as long as they look okay? Britton, I would say that if there is any doubt, replace them. FWIW, my Navtec turnbuckles are stainless steel, with (I think) bronze rigging screws, and here's what Navtec...

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The first coat of primer was rolled on with a standard 1/4" nap roller, and where the roller couldn't get I used a cheapo foam brush. For subsequent primer coats and for the top coats, I plan to use a fine 3/16" nap mohair roller and probably badger hair brush. I should probably point out ...

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GREYHAWK's Refit - Continued September 2007 Update The last real update I published was in early June . Fortunately, just because I haven't posted any updates over the summer, that doesn't mean that there's been no progress. Still, we spent a fair bit of time this summer sailing, on our San Juan 21...

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rshowarth wrote:When the charts gice depth readings, is it at low tide?

Usually, yes. It should say on the chart somewhere what vertical datum they are using.

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I have the non-map Garmin GPS 76 and it works fine. It has got most of the buoys and other navigational marks loaded, so you can see you position relative to them, but you need to have a real chart to cross-reference against, as there is no coastline on the GPS display. That said, there have been oc...

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Jason, I have a question -- how do you know that the engine is only pumping water intermittently?

On mine, water comes out the exhaust sporadically, but it keeps coming.

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#218 wrote:[
The hose looks good, but it has not been replaced. I have only replaced the hoses on the motor itself. What's the best hose to use? Does anybody know a good source for the hose? McMaster?

I like the hardwall exhaust hose I got from Jamestown Distributors.

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Have you checked your engine zincs? There's on on the front of the engine (hose from pump comes in, bypass hose to thermostat goes out), and there's one on the back of the engine, near to the temperature alarm sender. If the zincs are falling apart, maybe they are partially blocking flow through eit...

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Figment wrote:What else are you going to do? Sit at home and write out your Winter Worklist?

Laugh Out Loud!

Hey Mike, I'm still working on last winter's worklist!

Jason, I'm with Mike. Go for it! What the heck?

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Why not just get a socket rack (those metal strips that hold the sockets) and stick those in a canvas bag? Agreed... although I'd like to find a plastic holder instead of the metal strips. Those things rust faster than any tools I own! I got some adjustable plastic socket racks from Sears , and lik...

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I think the key thing to remember as you put this back together that it serves primarily in tension, counteracting the upward pull of the stay on the deck. An alternative might be some sort of tie rod (or stay) running from the underside of the deck fitting down to an eye (or other fitting) thru-bol...

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Finally got back to work on my boat project, after not touching it for the whole month of August....

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Thanks for the comments so far. One thing I should perhaps have clarified is the intended use of the boat. We probably won't be doing a lot of short-course buoy racing, but may be doing some longer distance racing, perhaps shorthanded. And we'll be doing more cruising and passage-making than racing,...

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I want to do as much hole drilling and filling as I can before painting the decks, so now I'm trying to decide where to stow my spinnaker pole. When I bought the boat, the working end of the pole was on a chock right behind the headstay, and the mast end on a chock mounted to the side of the cabin h...

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Nice work, Mike. I've got a similar project in the works for my boat. To date, though, all I've done is to cut each of these in half: http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyhawk/Year2/DeckStrip/Wells.jpg That gives me 4 panels that I can then cut up further as necessary to make into the sides, top and b...

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What are you guys talking about? Are there pics of Tim's truck and trailer somewhere on northernyacht.com that I can't seem to find?

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Thanks, I've got them. What you really need though is the Parts Manual - do you have one of those? (I think I've got two...).

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#218 wrote:Tim (Allen) - have you changed the reversing gear fluid in your 2QM15?

Not yet -- but thanks for doing the research for me! ;-)

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Tim wrote:REFERENCE: ABYC E-11

Tim, the pics are showing up as broken links for me...

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Second time she went up with ease. (thanks for all the tips everyone) I still can't get that nice round shape. I raised the pole as high as the track will allow. The spin was oscillating a little, my picture caught it when the luff was at it's tightest so it was a little rounder at times. I raised ...

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Any preference for mounts from Bushings Inc, Globe Rubber Works, PYI-R&D, or other?

This is for a Yanmar 2QM15G (14 hp, ~350 lbs)...

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Larger patch to smaller gives the most continuous contact between the fibers in your patch and the original material being patched. As suggested above, it does also prevent you from sanding through those continuous fibers when fairing the patch. My own approach is usually to go larger to smaller and...

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Tim wrote:Now, this is a lot of pots. (Sorry for the width; I left it full size to show detail.)

Sure, a lot of pots in the picture, but look at the scale of the view; the density of pots shown there does not seem all that unusual...

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Figment wrote:Damn, that is a LOT of pot bouys!
(A menace, I tell you!)

Where? I don't see all that many.

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How about the Island Institute's Poster of Satellite Imagery of the Maine Coast available from Hamilton Marine (they have a couple of others, too).

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Jesse Martin is the youngest person to have completed a non-stop solo circumnavigation -- his boat was an S&S 34. His book is "Lionheart : A Journey of the Human Spirit" Here are a couple of photos from his gallery http://www.jessemartin.net/images/solo/images/aerial_shot(HWT)_jpg.jpg...

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I use a Bosch 3107 Random Orbit sander coupled to a Fein 9-55-13 turbo vac with the auto start feature. I used some duct tape to hold the vac's mutli-adapter piece into the dust port on the sander, and then just plug the hose into that. It works pretty well.

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What Brock describes more or less is what the SeaBuilt Access Port is, and is basically what I made myself for my diesel tank. But the question is whether or not any such access port is acceptable/permissable on a gasoline tank, with the unconfirmed suggestion being that it is not.

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So, my question (yes, I'm getting to it - drumroll!) is about whether the above-mentioned "fill it with a colloidial silica/epoxy mix and then redrill in the center at the new size" technique would work to convert a 1-1/4" hole to a 3/4" one. Is 1/4" gap all-around too much...

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For my diesel tank, I built something along the lines of the SeaBuilt Access plates that Tim mentioned, because I thought they were too expensive. In the end, if you count my time machining the thing, etc.., it might have been a wash. Regarding the compatability with gasoline, I suspect that there m...

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Here are some books to consider: Precision Cruising by Arthur F. Chace -- not your normal how-to book nor cruising narrative, but a collection of very instructional stories involving The Old Man and his crew. Cathedral of the World: Sailing Notes for a Blue Planet by Myron Arms -- very philosophical...

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How about A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast ? Oh, has that been posted already? Hehe (At least my link is different :-) If you are interested in a wider geographic range, say all of New England from New York City to New Brunswick, Canada, consider: The Cruising Guide to the New England Coast . I h...

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Almost every fall I show up at Nubble Light, Cape Neddick, with some geology students to look at the rocks there, and there always seems to be a big group of SCUBA divers going in the water there that same weekend. I think maybe it's a class of people getting their open water certification?

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Maybe cut a slot in the butt of the mast just long enough (e.g. 2") so that the cable will clear the mast step (which you said was ~1.5"), then you don't have to push the connector through a hole, just bring the cable down to the slot, through and out. Make sure the end of the slot cut is ...

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GREYHAWK's Refit May 2007 Update A month ago, I had hoped to have the decks all painted and be starting on hardware installation at this time, but those hopes were just TOO optimistic. There really are a lot of details to be attended to in preparing for paint! Here's an update on some of those deta...

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Chesapeake Rigging in Annapolis, Maryland, has special mast trailers that they use to transport masts over the road. In Massachusetts, I was told that if you have anything that overhangs your trailer by more than 10 feet, you must have an escort car. Thus I left my 52' mast in the storage shed in Ma...

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My dad mounted his instruments (Loran, GPS) to an extra companionway hatch board, which you can see in the pic below. Makes for an extra step to get in and out of the cabin, but also makes it possible to stow the instruments below when not in use. http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Newfoundland2003/Wars...

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The areas outboard of of the companionway hatch (both sides) are cored with plywood for supporting lots of winches and other hardware for halyards and control lines, etc..). The area between the companionway rails and forward was cored with end-grain balsa. At the transition between the two types o...

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Late April/Early May Update, part 2 Deck Recoring Overview Then: http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyhawk/Year2/DeckStrip/After.jpg Covered in Dust: http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyhawk/2007-04/CoveredInDust.jpg Recoring Done: http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyhawk/2007-04/DeckRecored.jpg Now (S...

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Jason, In my experience so far, the 2QM15 has been a pretty reliable engine (I have one), but since they haven't been made in over 25 years, parts availability, at least for some parts, may become an issue. The exhaust manifold, in particular, is no longer available -- and being raw-water cooled, th...

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#218 wrote: Yanmar 2GM:

Are you sure? It looks a lot like a raw-water cooled 2QM15 to me...

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Woo, that's a hefty snowfall you got down there.. have you found your boat yet? ;-) That's alot of snow! The boat is buried, and only the pulpit is still showing! Yeah, and if I took that picture now, you guys would be talking about how tall my grass has grown and that I need to get the weed wacker...

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Are the thruhulls bronze or plastic? There's no shame in shaving a bit off the proud surface of the thru-hull. (not that a schmear of fairing compound is the end of the world) Bronze, and yeah I'll probably grind a little off of them in the fairing process. It was a bit tricky because the place whe...

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I still haven't gotten around to "repairing" the leaks along the ridgeline. They're really not all that bad, and besides -- it only leaks when it's raining! Here are a couple more pics, from another thread, posted here for completeness: http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyhawk/2007-04/TimAt...

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