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Tim What harbors are you considering? I used to keep my boat at Spruce Head. I go every summer to Friendship Long Island. Are you looking for a full service type place? Just looked on the map to see where Whitefield was. Didn't realize it was so close to my old haunts. I really like Muscongus bay. l...

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this was pvc 3/4 inch saw it on alot of commercial work. A little in low end residential
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I don't believe that is true. I think it is illegal to use for potable water in some places MA for one. I think this is due to the possibility of confusion with seewage lines. In CT the plumbers often used it for water lines. I assume it was ok because it always passed inspection.

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Went to look at the boat today. It never ceases to amaze me how people can describe a nearly derelict boat in glowing terms. This boat is rough rough rough. I would say the whole deck the cockpit floor and a good portion of the cabin top need replacement. At least half the deck beams have signifigan...

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Anyone have any experience good or bad with older wooden boats that have been cold molded? Good idea ? Bad idea? What should you look for as far as quality of the job in such a boat? I'm going to look at a 36 foot alden yawl tomorrow that is so cheap it's unbelieveable. Maybe I'll believe it when I ...

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Tim Please don't interpret my previous post as a request for more action on these new "Members". I noticed one of the addresses and I just couldn't get the image of a porn star engaged in a deck recore out of my mind. The thought of it made me chuckle, as well as a little itchy:). We all r...

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Tim It seems you have managed to make Plastic Classic boats attractive to an amazingly wide audience. I noticed the last few members all seem to be porn stars. Not suprising really. I suppose one starlet picks up a classic and after helping her with the project and a few sails her starlet friends pr...

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Can you use this product over varnish?
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I second Rachel's Zip Loc reccomendation. The first thing we do when we get our food is take everything out of its store packaging and put it into a Zip-loc bag. It is amazing how much space it frees up. you also get to leave a ton of trash at the dock or at home. I reccomend Lynn and Larry pardey's...

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I agree with you Rachel. I can't figure why they made the bridge deck higher than the seats. I think if I were buying this boat I would think about modifying the bridge deck to give more cockpit space. Compared to the tritons almost too roomy cockpit this one felt itsy bitsy.

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Thanks for the info Rachel. It looks like the traveler has been moved forward on this boat and the cockpit shortened. I think the boom may have shrunk as well. After seeing this boat my complaint with this design is that the rudder post and thus the tiller is to far forward. The tiller seems crammed...

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Tim congratulations she looks great. I think you got her balanced a little better than the triton. Look where he's holding the tiller and with one hand no less. I don't have a problem with you cutting up a triton to make a beautiful boat But removing the weather helm! That crosses the line. Seriousl...

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I looked at this boat a couple of days ago. Nice boat needs some cosmetics and an engine but overall looks decent. It had the smallest cockpit and the greatest bend in a tiller that I have ever seen in a cruising boat of 30 feet. Does anyone know if this tiny cockpit is standard? It looked as though...

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We used west epoxy before we varnished on Good Goose. It was a time driven thing more than anything. I don't think the quality is quite as good but the moisture issues don't seem much different then varnish to me. If we get moisture problems we sand the spot to raw wood and varnish. Our combings wer...

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Tim
If you liked that tool you should try their impact driver. It's around 60 bucks. It gives way more controll then a drill for driving fasteners and more power to boot. The dewalt is way better but it is over 200.00. I use mine almost daily and it has held up well.

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I agree with Britton. I prime and paint with awlgrip right over jamestown microballoons. It usually takes two or three applications to get it fair but I just sand and paint.

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Nathan another cheapskate mooring method is to cast your own out of ready mix. 6 bucks for an 80# bag of sacrete and bend a piece of rebar for an eye use a five gallon bucket for a mold and your in business. If you have a hammer drill you can drill two holes in a piece of granite and run rebar throu...

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You could see if triad would sell you a plan. They have plans for alot of boats. there are alot of places that sell axles with wheels also fenders. Look around for trailers and try to find one about the right size and copy it. If a power boat trailer is rated to handle a boat of your boats weight I ...

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Tim and Duncan

Thanks for the info. Duncan thanks for the offer of assistance. If we make the trip maybe we can link up in Montreal for a cold one. Likewise if your headed down Champlain give a shout were in Malletts bay We'd be happy to help you out any way we could.

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We are thinking of cruising to Canada this year. Anyone know what is involved in crossing the border. Do we need a Q flag and a Canadian flag? Our boat is Documented what paperwork do we need? We would go up the Richelieu and to Quebec city and then work our way north. anyone sailed this route and h...

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Mine are also simmilar to Tim's. Check Garhauer they should have some nice ones at a reasonable price.

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Brian I tune my rig with a pretty heavy prebend maybe not 4 inches but close. It was the only way I got a tight headstay. I followed the reccomendations in the nta going fast section. I noticed a difference from prior years when I did not have the pre bend. I also think it reduced weather helm by al...

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I don't believe I have heard of anyone doing that. I guess it might help spread the load if things were a bit uneven and I don't think there would be any harm in doing it. The covering escutcheon definately needs to be bedded though. it should be rebedded fairly frequently as well as these areas are...

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I always wanted to cruise gardiners bay. We just never made it out there. Seems like that would be an ideal long weekend cruise. I don't know where you are on long Island but City Island is a day from most places. Leave early spend a day in new york city and sail home. A mooring at the yacht club wa...

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Maybe I am confusing the reccomendations for painting aluminum. I know they reccomend not using cloth rags for that. I don't remember if those applied to fiberglass or not. Its been almost 6 years since I did my paint so my memory is alittle dim on the subject. Its all in the Awlgrip manual I'm sure...

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Ken the awlgrip manual lists a procedure for determining if their product is compatible with a previous coating. It involves scoring the coating and putting a pad soaked in one of there products(I cant remember which one) on it overnight. Definately do this test. the last thing you want is your beau...

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Dave I used sheet metal screws on my track and wasn't all that happy with them. you can tap aluminum really fast. chuck the tap in your drill at low speed and after the correct size pilot hole is drilled it is really fast. talk with your manufacturer and see if machine screws would work as well. I c...

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Britton I don't have a picture of my life line set up but it is very basic. the line goes forward from the bow pulpit, through the two stanchions and terminates at a pad eye on the deck near the winches. I always thought I would change it. some one gave me a stern pulpit so I installed that and with...

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Britton On my triton I mostly use the traveler when close hauled. In this situation the mainsheet would be far enough inboard that it wouldn't interfere with the life line. I just realized after rereading your post that my life lines don't go aft to my stern pulpit. Probably explains why it hasn't b...

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If the lead of the mainsheet is important to you I would spend my money on moving the traveler to the cabin top. I think everyone would miss the nicely led mainsheet on your system because they would be too busy trying to figure out why the life lines were so screwy. I don't know if a dodger will wo...

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Brock, does this mean you are in the market for a new project boat? -Britton Not really in the market just dreaming. If I didn't like the triton so well I might make the jump to something bigger. If anyone else is interested its listed on boattrader.com I searched Allied and it came up. Its listed ...

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Anyone have any experience withan allied luders 33? Saw one in CT for sale and it looked really sharp. Found a cheap one in florida. 10 grand obviously a fixer upper. Any thoughts?

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I would try a razor knife or a sharp chisel. you can use a heat gun to soften the 5200. I don't know of any solvent.

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Britton The disadvantage of a Drifter for a boat with a furled headsail is that the ones I have seen are attached to the head stay. Mine had four hanks for a 30 foot luff. Maybe thay can build one with a built in stay so you could just attach it to the deck fitting and the spinnaker halyard. Drifter...

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Britton you asked if I meant an asymmetrical when I said I wanted an easily single handed light air sail. I'm not sure if I would take that sail over a drifter. A boat that races with us flys one and they seem like more trouble than a drifter. If like you I had roller furling I think Asymetrical wou...

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Britton My spinnaker is 28' by 15'8" at the foot. I think the one that is 30 feet is the one for your boat. The other one is probably from another boat. My genoa is 17'7" at the foot and 28'6" at the luff. I wrote down 150 genoa but I think this is my 170. My feeling is that this sail...

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Ted A neat way to do this is to bed the strips in thickend epoxy and use sheetrock screws with a washer on them inbetween the joints to space and hold the boards down. after the epoxy sets take out the screws and tape and caulk the joints. It will look like a teak deck. I would be leery of butting e...

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joe I Don't believe that the bulkhead is structural. That being said I was planning on connecting it to the other bulkhead and leaving the section of plywood bulkhead between the seatback and the hull intact. I think if you tied the two bulkheads together with the plywood back and bottom for the foo...

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joe you said you are looking for ideas to increase the galley size. I had planned to cut a foot well into the hanging locker on my triton. The consensus seemed to be that the bulkhead wasn't structural so removing a portion of it would be ok. I am 6'4" so i just wanted a longer berth but it wou...

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Rachel My lines are led very similarly to Jasons. I had a tabernacle made and had a angle iron piece welded to it to support my blocks . they go from there to doubled double organizers and then to two 4 gang rope clutches. I have main, jib , spinnaker halyards and topping lift on one side. on the ot...

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Rachel My lines are led very similarly to Jasons. I had a tabernacle made and had a angle iron piece welded to it to support my blocks . they go from there to doubled double organizers and then to two 4 gang rope clutches. I have main, jib , spinnaker halyards and topping lift on one side. on the ot...

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Jason

Now if you ever sell the boat you can advertise; Engine completely rebuilt. :) Nothing like the engine rebuild kit in a can.

Seriously it looks great and it is a big improvement. you must be pleased.

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Nathan Wrote "That's either one expensive traveller, or one cheap chartplotter! hehe" I use the small black and white Garmin. I think it was about 350 from defender. I think you can get a handheld black and white for under 300. They aren't as flashy or as easy to read as the color but they...

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Charlie I use my traveler primarily when I race. It is especially nice on calm days or when it is blowing hard. It is more of a fine tuning thing. When I knock around Or single hand I usually just leave it in the center. One less thing I have to set my beer down to adjust. You could sail the world a...

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I am either going to rebuild or replace my mainsheet traveler. Anyone used a windward sheeting traveler car? They look really nice. Does anyone make them besides Harken? How about the Garhauer units. Do they travel easily under heavy loading. What's the best unit for a Triton? Thanks in advance Brock

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I was told that on airplane paint jobs they mask The areas to be striped before the main paint color is applied and then the main paint color is masked before the stripes are painted to eliminate this ridge. Alot of extra work on a boat where it doesn't really show or matter.

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I lead my halyards aft and I like it. I find it handy in that I can drop the main when I come into the mooring. I like to sail on and off the mooring and this helps when I am single handing. I also drop the jib from the cockpit and it usually lands in a heap on the fordeck and I don't have a downhau...

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I agree with tim about the stayset it is what I use for my halyards and I race casually and it warks fine for me. I replaced my wire main with it and have no problem. I also replaced my shieve. the rigger told me I could fix my old one by holding a dowell wrapped in sandpaper in the groove while I s...

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"you guys make racing seem like fun" I think the things that make racing fun are having a fun crew and a low key skipper. My Idea is that on a rainy thursday night the last thing I would do is go sailing. When I race I do go out and I almost always have fun. I think when it starts getting ...

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this is the competition :4 Discards:1 To count:3 Ratings:PHRFTOT Entries:5 Rank Fleet Boat Name Boat Type Sail No Helm Rating FMW1 FMW2 FMW3 FMW4 Nett 9/1 09/08 9/15 9/22 1 D Good Goose Pearson Triton 522 Richardson 250 1 2 1 3 4 2 D Impulsive Able Poitin 24 20512 Ray 195 2 1 3 2 5 3 D Swan Song Pea...

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