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One Way David

Being a trailer sailor sometimes, I'm always interested in getting the mast up alone. I've stared at your drawing for about 30 min and like it. One question is what is the mast going to use as a fulcrum? Down by the goose neck and the deck. will the base of the mast be attached to the mast step? I g...

One Way David

Well I got the scraping done and started to sand. I have a wood shop all fixed up with compressed air, so I opted for an air driven sander instead of the P/C job. Man it is the best sander I've ever worked with. Until the backing pad disintegrated 1/3 of the way thru the job. Cheap Chinese junk tool...

One Way David

My brother gave me the Ryobi (drill, sawzall, circular, and light and enough batteries that I can work all day and charge all night and never sleep) tool pack and I love it. The mini circular saw is light weight and powerful. Ryobi has promised to not change the battery so that the tools will be use...

One Way David

I did a lot of searching on the gin pole idea. Then I found a better idea (to me). Use an extension ladder. I use a 32' ladder, tie off with about 1-11/2feel forward tilt to cleats on the stern. You could anchor the ladder feet to the chain plates if your worried about slip. It has rubber clad feet ...

One Way David

Sounds exciting. Interesting name. I live about 6 miles from White Cloud, Ks, named after Chief White Cloud who my grandfather knew (I've heard there were several Chief White Clouds over the years in the tribe as well as others in other parts of the country). Iowa/Sac/Fox reservation just next door....

One Way David

Yeah, the current too!

http://www.barging.co.uk/Towboat/towboat.htm

One has to respect the tug boat as one tough cookie. Tug boat captains/crew. Notice the man overboard in the previous post youtube video?

Dave

One Way David

Yeah, I am right there with you. I did punch cards in a college course way back when. Started on a Radio Shack TR something or other. But what amazed me was the content of this one thread. With chagrin, of course.

Dave.

One Way David

I'm sure Tim could correct me but in parusal of this site, I have stumbled across a couple of threads that rate comment, IMHO. Both are in the Forum>Classic Sailboats area and the first is "A Crazy Project I'm Very Seriously Considering...Swede 55" (posted 11/30/06 to 11/10/08). Wow, 12,84...

One Way David

Thats a good use of the bases. I wondered why the comment about life lines, so started to try to identify the boat. Figured out it wasn't a Pearson and then, duh, I say that the make was listed in your by-line. Googled and Found your post at Sail Net first. She looks sleek and sharp in the water. Cu...

One Way David

Thanks Dave. I just like to learn stuff. I don't know why I used abeamship in #2, I knew better.

Dave.

One Way David

That second pic got my attention also. Think of a wishbone gaff in addition to what's there!

http://plasticclassicforum.com/viewtopi ... =26&t=4217

Dave

One Way David

Yes that time of the year. Are those PVC uprights on the tarp frame supported at the base in stanchion bases?
Is that a single length of plastic covering the mast and if so, does it keep moisture out? Even on hot humid days?

One Way David

I an working on the wood shelving behind the seats, the seat support slatts and some sole support "beams" on my Pearson Ensign. Most boasts have the same architecture. What is the correct nomenclature for these items. 1. The area behind the seat to store stuff. Shelf? 2. The seat support s...

One Way David

Thanks Dave. I'm new to boats but have done a lot of similar type work ont he farm, in furniture building, making tools, etc. That was a good explanation on making bolt/rivit heads. The rudder wood, joints, and attachment are all very stable. I'm down to the last 2 feet of hull to scrape. And then t...

One Way David

Well, scraped a little today and got to the other side of the rudder. The joint line in question is amazing. One cannot see the joint line on the port side but it is clearly identifiable on the starboard. Definitely not a crack but a jointed board.

One Way David

I know this is an old thread, but I have some suggestions for future carb rebuilders. This is the same carg on my 1953 Ford NAA Jubilee tractor that I had to rebuild yearly forever. Simple but fickle. Soak them in a gallon can of carb cleaner from NAPA. Go to a music store and buy a violin "E&q...

One Way David

Never mind the lifting question, I found the thread on lifting the 4600 lb Shields. Thanks.

One Way David

Thanks for the suggestions and replies. The rudder seems solid, no mush or wiggle. So I will proceed. Both the thru-hulls have mushroom-like appearances on the outside. The starboard intake has a screen over it. I cannot see the inside of the intake. Your pics are very helpful in letting me know how...

One Way David

Yesterday I took advantage of some real nice weather and tortured myself. I forgot that I have a very strong dislike for scraping and sanding. Whine, whine, whine. But In less than half a day I got through 1/2 the bottom. It looks like the last anti fowling was put on whatever was there with little ...

One Way David

Some video Oscar, but hey my Ensign'll do that ;)

One Way David

I came across this rigging of a ketch called a mule sail or a wishbone gasf mule. I thought it was real neat. The guy talks it up real well also. And I found a new boat to drool over. I want a Formosa, don't care 49-68' would be fine.

http://www.force50.org/forum/showthread.php?t=239

One Way David

Thats a cool video. Not being a sailor, just getting into this, I figure you should get an educationl deduction from this years taxes on that one;)

One Way David

You mention that the width (height) of the boot strip varies. How? how much? Where does the variation start? How wide should it be to start? Or are these all esoteric questions and left to the eye of the beholder(s)? Dave.

One Way David

Oh yeah, it's an Ensign. But you already knew that.

One Way David

Thanks everyone. Sailing it will be.

One Way David

Ok I don't live in the great north east, I can still feel the pain. See, I live in cold aft Kansas;) http://lh4.ggpht.com/_jqUsX6GAK-g/SanmyAM-qwI/AAAAAAAAAB4/YjZ6ScoFzvQ/s800/coldaftks.jpg And, yes that is a Border Collie that works for a living in the lower left. Can anybody name that boat? Actual...

One Way David

I think the simplest way would be to use veneer wood. Choose your colors by spieces of wood. Draw out the design contrasting the woods in the design. Veneer woods could be cut easily with exacto knives. Mark the table top with an outside perimeter line and rout inside the line to a depth the same as...

One Way David

I'm sure you've googled Piper One Design. I quickly read the rules on rigging and the running rigging seems pretty loose except for the wenches. There are lots of pics of Association boats under sail at their site.

http://www.piper-od.com/

One Way David

Don't have a reply to any of your questions, but I frequent Bryan/CS as my brother lives there. I sail Ensign 1387 up in Kansas. Your projects sound interesting. I'm needing to clean up the deck of my Ensign and modernize the hardware. Gotta wait out this -2' weather though.

One Way David

I'm a year late on answering this, but... The Military use a great knee pad made of a hard plate, maybe fiberglass or kevlar, but I think that it would be impractical for boat work. I love them on hard gravel etc. I've uses ones made of closed cell form, like the back packers sleeping pad, really ju...

One Way David

I watched a program on The Science Channel today about How It's Made (I know its a disease). This was a factory making fiberglass glider airplanes. I remember they used fiberclass and kevlar cloth and polyester and epoxy resins. In gluing the two halves of the wing together, they used cotton fibers ...

One Way David

Thanks for the advice. I think I've settled on using a harness and gin pole. I trust it mo9re than the main halyard which will be replaced also.

One Way David

I have to get to the furler top to thread new line for the genoa halyard. The line came broken on my new to me Ensign. Another member, much more experienced a sailor than me suggested using the main halyard to roll the boat (it's in the water) until the mast tip can be reached from a side dock. The ...

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