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triton318

It looks like all your exterior wood is painted brown. When I bought my Triton, all of the exterior wood was painted the same color. Good luck with your restoration. The owner of this forum restored a Triton and his site can be a great resource: http://www.triton381.com/.

triton318

Does anyone know which is stronger -- filament wound or pulltruded fiberglass tubing? (With everything else -- length, OD, ID, resin -- being equal.)

Thanks.

triton318

I would guess that the foam you speak of is an owner installed "option" and not from Bristol. I don't know if it was an owner installed option or not. All I know is that there was a LOT of it and all of the foam in the bilge was soaked, heavy, stinky, and nasty! I imagine the positive foa...

triton318

I'm trying to get one ready to sail to Bermuda in June. I bought mine for 300.00 in November. I completely gutted it and am in the process of building out a sea-going cockpit and a new interior. Unfortunately, I can't comment and how well a Corinthian sails, because I haven't sailed her yet. It's ba...

triton318

For aesthetics, there is nothing worse than hanging an outboard on the back end of a sailboat; particularly a classic sailboat such as a Triton. I guess it all depends on what your priorities are. If it's important to you to have a Triton that retains its original looks and lines and could be on th...

triton318

Bluenose wrote:On Bolero I just couldn't bring myself to deface Tim's gorgeous work with those cheap looking vinyl "sitick-ons".

Maybe you could document Bolero, then you won't need any vinyl stick-on numbers.

triton318

I don't reply to posts often (on any forum), because I rarely feel 1) qualified to repond or 2) passionate enough about the topic. Here's a rare occasion where #2 applies (and maybe a bit of #1 as well). When I bought my Triton nine years ago, it had the original A4. The boat was on the hard, so I w...

triton318

Thanks; I'll try heat this weekend.

triton318

Does anyone know of a product that helps remove old vinyl stick-on numbers and letters from a hull? Or a method for doing same?

Thanks.

triton318

I've decided to put on hold all of the projects I have planned for the Triton. Instead, I purchased a 1965 Corinthian (Bristol 19) for $350.00. I'll be bringing it home soon, and then I'm going to spend four or five months getting her ready to be a safe, comfortable, sea-worthy pocket cruiser. Then ...

triton318

As I must suffer from some kind of disease pertaining to plastic classics, I purchased a 1965 Bristol (Corinthian) 19 a couple of months ago. I have a trailer ready and am planning to bring it home in a couple of weeks. I have a pretty good estimate of the weight of the trailer; now I need a good es...

triton318

A Bristol 24 is quite capable of taking you from the Keys to the Dry Tortugas and the Marquesas. I'd rather go in that than in a Hunter or Catalina.

triton318

It didn't get any colder than 50 deg in the garage that night, and when I started, it was probably about 65. I was also using the fast hardener. I'm sure I wasn't getting the correct amount from the hardener pump. I suppose I'll sand off what's on the wood and start over (after getting new pumps). O...

triton318

So Friday evening I decided to continue work on the sea hood I had started about six months ago. I laid on two layers of fiberglass cloth over the wood, using West System epoxy. Afterwards, while cleaning up, I began to suspect something was wrong. The next morning, my suspicions were confirmed -- t...

triton318

Thanks for the replies.

triton318

When I bought my Triton 7 1/2 years ago, I didn't remove all of the existing bottom paint. I sanded the bottom and got it to the point where the paint that was on was on good. Then I put two coats of an ablative bottom paint on. About 3 1/2 years ago, I had the boat hauled and did the same thing. Is...

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I don't remember what the original Triton rudder looked like on my boat. Is the trailing edge tapered? If so, how important is it that it be tapered? When I built my new rudder 7 1/2 years ago, I didn't taper the trailing edge. The boat sails fine, but I have nothing to compare it to; I've never sai...

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I also didn't like the flexing cockpit sole; I thought it was a little too thin. My solution didn't result in a perfect, finished look, but it was relatively easy and not too time consuming. I just epoxied a sheet of plywood to the top of the cockpit sole (I can't remember the thickness--probably 3/...

triton318

If the zinc isn't on the metal itself, or electrically connected thereunto, it won't provide any protection. I guess I've misunderstood this all these years. I always thought that by being immersed in saltwater (the electrolyte), the two dissimilar metals were electrically connected. But you're say...

triton318

Crevice corrosion is formed in oxygen deprived stagnant seawater. Right--as in the area of the threads of a bolt where the nut is. That's where the corrosion was pretty bad. I'm wondering if I could use bronze bolts/washers/nuts on the stainless straps. Bronze and stainless are very close together ...

triton318

The bigger question is, why is this important? Well...when I was redoing my Triton seven or so years ago, I removed the A-4. I also built a new rudder because the original one was in really bad shape. Because I was going to use an outboard, I built the rudder without the propeller aperture. I had a...

triton318

Does anyone know if silicon bronze is as susceptible to crevice corrosion as stainless steel?

triton318

Thanks!

triton318

I'm embarrassed to ask...I suppose it serves me right for not doing a little research to find the answer. When you have a seacock with a mounting flange, I know you should first glass in a back plate on the inside of the hull. And I understand the thru-hull threads into the bottom of the seacock. Bu...

triton318

Just out of curiosity--what's the main difference between a panel like the one linked to here with breakers and a panel with fuses? Other than being able to reset the breaker, whereas with the other one, you have to replace the fuse. Is there anything else? Just curious.

Thanks!

triton318

I was reading about potable water tanks, and I read the following: "The pipe for drawing off the liquid should enter through the top of the tank and not quite reach the bottom." The only reason I can think of for doing this would be that if area where the draw hose connects to the tank spr...

triton318

I know there's information somewhere on this, but I searched here and on the tritonclass.org website and couldn't find it. When you're having a Triton hauled out with a travel lift, where is the best location for the aft strap? You want to avoid having it under the false keel, right? I've only had t...

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Allen,

I see you're in (or were recently in) St. Michaels. Are you working your way down the Bay? If you are, and think you'll be in Mobjack Bay or the York River, let me know!

triton318

If you get an Aladdin lamp, it is designed to run on kerosene. It also throws off a little heat. Mark, I've looked at the Aladdin mantle lamps before. I think a clay pot over the stove, an Aladdin kerosene mantle lamp and another oil lamp probably would be enough. I just keep going back and forth t...

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Allen and Rachel, Thanks for your replies. I got the idea for the cockpit storage from James' Atom. I liked the idea of reducing the cockpit volume in case of taking a wave over the stern or a capsize. (I don't plan on doing much entertaining in the cockpit!) I originally thought of doing it just as...

triton318

I'm going to be permanently reducing the volume of my Triton's cockpit by constructing a storage area that will extend from the bridge deck aft to the front edge of the cockpit lockers. In the process, I'm going to plug the existing cockpit scuppers and add two new ones where the cockpit sole and th...

triton318

I've read where people have filled in the prop aperture (having removed their inboard engine) with foam and then glassed over it. Is there a special kind of foam to use? I'm guessing you need something that won't be dissolved by the resin when you glass over the foam.

Thanks.

triton318

Some background: I purchased Dove (formerly Aeolus ) in November 1999 for $500.00. She was on the hard at Herrington Harbor North, near Deale, Maryland. At the time I had a Cal 25 (a great boat), but I was on the lookout for something in which I could realize my life-long dream of sailing around the...

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Thanks for replies Britton. I've been looking at some weather data for regions where I plan to cruise eventually, and you're right about probably not needing a heater for those areas I mentioned. I don't have a diesel engine. Cooking will be done using a single-burner, gimbaled kerosene stove. I'm t...

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Has anyone ever calculated the interior volume of the main salon of the Triton? I'm trying to figure out how large of a solid fuel heater to install. I was looking at the Sardine (http://www.marinestove.com/sardineinfo.htm), but I think it might be too much (7,500 to 18,000 BTU). The Dickinson Newpo...

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Yes, but my 'argument' is exactly that an A4 is simpler than an outboard. When I bought my Triton in 1999, I had two choices: get the A-4 working properly or remove it and put an outboard on the transom. Re-powering was not an option--I had three kids, a mortgage, and very little disposable income....

triton318

I was just curious how often and in what ways people on this forum use their beloved plastic classics. I might be a bit of an odd duck--I don't really care to sail just for the sake of sailing. I raced just part of one season as a teenager aboard my parents' Hunter 25 in Florida, but quickly discove...

triton318

Thanks Britton. That's actually where I got the idea from, and I've exchanged a few emails with him on the subject.

triton318

I successfully converted that original water tank to a holding tank about five years ago. It turned out fine and worked great for five years. Incidently, I just pulled it out last week. Let me know if you want any details about how I did it. It wasn't too difficult, but did offer some challenges.

triton318

I would absolutely agree that for extended cruising, the Triton is a 1 or 2 person boat. However, for weekend trips and an occasional week-long cruise, it'll do a family of four or five perfectly fine. (It did for us.) But now, as I'm preparing it to take me around the world in four years, I'm makin...

triton318

Thanks for the replies! I should have indicated in my post the reason for asking about the weight. I'm planning on building an integral water tank in the space formally occupied by the A-4. That was pulled seven years ago. In its place, I put a 28 gallon plywood/epoxy water tank that I built. The ta...

triton318

I know that when a battery is charged, it produces some gas that is flammable (hydrogen, I think). Does that mean you wouldn't want a battery in a small airtight/watertight compartment?

triton318

Does anyone know the approximate weight of the Atomic 4 that came with the Triton? And the weight of the transmission? And...if you have an idea of the weight of the propeller and propeller shaft, that would be great too! Also, does anyone know the capacity in gallons of the water tank that came wit...

triton318

I'm putting away a bunch of things for a couple of years while I do some work on my boat. 1. I have an oil lamp that still has some oil in it. Does anyone know if you should empty the oil before storing one for that long? Would there be any reason NOT to empty it? 2. I have an old bellows that came ...

triton318

You will have electric navigation lights, yes? Yes, I'll definitely be using electric navigation lights. One nice thing about this is that I don't have to make any decisions in a hurry -- I plan on taking several years to complete everything. That could also be advantageous in that in a couple of y...

triton318

I'm not sure if this was the best forum for this post, but it didn't seem to fit anywhere else. In three or four years I plan to take off on some extended cruising aboard my Triton. Between now and then, I'm going to be doing some modifications and work to Dove. I plan to go very simple (Pardey-like...

triton318

A couple of weeks ago, on a whim, I went to the Boat Trader website and did a search for sailboats using the following criteria: 1960-1980, 30'-36', $0-25,000. I found a couple of interesting boats--a couple of Vanguards, a few Alberg 35s, and an Alberg 37. I perused the photographs for several of t...

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I came across a plastic welding tool about a year ago when I was doing some research into water tanks. Apparently, with this tool (which wasn't too expensive), you can weld poly panels. I don't believe this material is very expensive, so I guess you could buy poly panels, the welding tool, and const...

triton318

Thanks for the replies--I appreciate the input.

triton318

I'm making a sea hood for my Triton. The sides and front are 1" thick red oak and the top is 1/2" birch plywood. I filleted all of the inside corners with thickened epoxy and used 3" inch wide fiberglass cloth and then 6" wide fiberglass cloth over the fillets. For a little extra...

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Re: Introductions

Fiberglass Tubing: Filament Wound vs. Pulltruded

Re: Product for Removing Vinyl Stick-on Letters/Numbers

Product for Removing Vinyl Stick-on Letters/Numbers

On hold...

Weight of a Stripped Down Bristol 19?

Uncured Epoxy Resin--What to do?

Thanks!

Stripping Bottom to Gelcoat -- Necessary?

Original Triton Rudder -- trailing edge tapered?

Crevice Corrosion

Seacock with Mounting Flange

Location of Water Tank Supply Line

Strap Location for Haul Out

Could Cockpit Drains Discharge Above Waterline?

First Question: Foam for Filling Prop Aperture

Dove, #318: Major Projects in the Works

Approximate volume of main salon

How often/in what ways do you use your plastic classic?

Battery Charging

Weight of Atomic 4

Storing Oil Lamp / Bellows

Single Fuel for Simplicity

My Third and Last Boat

Welding Poly

Thank You

Weight of Cloth for Sea Hood Sheathing