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LazyGuy

That is cool and while it may minimize spinnaker wraps, there is no such thing as wrap prevention. It would simply make wraps much less frequent but much more interesting.

LazyGuy

Many of us have a stainless shaft with a bronze screw. Doesn't seem to be an issue there.

LazyGuy

I prefer the system three over West simply because it is 2:1. Much easier to measure relatively accurately than 5:1 without getting pumps for every size container you have.

Same is true with MAAS, 2:1.

Cheers
Dennis

LazyGuy

Friends and I have discovered Interlux Bilge Coat. While you will still need to do a proper prep, The stuff is easy to apply, easy to clean, and seems to last. I find that the gray is too dark and the white is.... well, just white so for the inside of my dingy (see post in this section on boat graph...

LazyGuy

No, this could be a long guessing game because I don't see any picture. (smile)

LazyGuy

Here is a completely different take: Fin keel boats are typically lighter than full keel boats and they can almost turn in their own length. In order to fully appreciate the advantage of a sailboat going to weather, you need to include tacks. Here, I am defining a tack differently than the rules of ...

LazyGuy

Maybe you need to provide a picture..... (grin) Would be a great way to keep a handlebar mustache. A couple of years ago I got polysulfide in my hair. I had to cut it out. Ended up with a buzz cut. Ok, Maybe it was more than a few years ago. I DID have a reasonable amount of hair back then. At least...

LazyGuy

Here is the finished boat, well, almost finished. I still need to put on the rub rail as well as the bow and stern lines.

As you can see, it all worked out.

LazyGuy

Evidently, we are limited to three pictures per post so the first post is the dingy in the original condition. This is a "free" dingy, an old Dyer 7'11" that was in someone's back yard for at least 15 years. They didn't paint the inside so the light would pass through the boat to limi...

LazyGuy

Tim and Rachel, Point taken. There are advantages to tabbed bulkheads including increased flexibility for redoing interiors. A FYI about the Sea Sprite interiors is that the liner/old tabbed plywood interior were simply for furniture and while furniture can be used to increase rigidity I do not thin...

LazyGuy

Case,

You are correct about the hull liner. It does nothing for the boat except make the inside look nicer. Before hull liners. the bulkheads were "tabbed" to the hull. The tabs have been the Achilles heel of pre-liner boats.

LazyGuy

Case, Since your boat has a liner, I assume you have a C.E.Ryder Sea Sprite. They are not known for deck problems but one thing to check could be deflection of the mast step. The older sprites, particularly the day sailors were notorious for deck problems. So while there is not a big chance that the...

LazyGuy

Sorry Fig,

You can paint EVERYTHING on a Westsail 32 orange and we are still talking sl.......o.........o........o.........o........w.. But very comfortable.

If you painted her orange, you would have to rename her Moxie.

Dennis

LazyGuy

In my own defense, I am an engineer and having sailed two different boats with wind vane steering, I agree it is beauty in its simplicity and the marvel of how it works. It is also nice to sit there for hours and not have to touch a thing. I just think that aesthetically it hurts the boat. This is n...

LazyGuy

That is sweet. I would love one except I can't bear having something so hideous looking hanging off the transom of the boat. I know, how shallow to let aesthetics prevent me from having something so handy but that is why I own a 40 year old boat rather than a 10 or 20 year old boat. Enjoy, it makes ...

LazyGuy

Curmudgeon,

I feel compelled to correct your final statement. The breaker is to protect the wire, the wire is sized to the load. If you have an 10 amp (max) load, Use AWG 12 that is good up to 15 amps and protect the cable with a 15 Amp breaker.

LazyGuy

Fig,

I have been using a $30 Wagner. It is "barely adequate" when I use it, a line from a trash bag advertisement keeps running through my head. The line is "Wimpy-wimpy-wimpy." Tim's Milwaukee looks at least 10 times better.

LazyGuy

Luders 33 = 1 gallon.

LazyGuy

What Rachel says is true plus, since Yanmar has switched from the GM line to the YM line, many mechanics that were in love with the Yanmar GM line are calling the new YM line a POS. They remark that the quality is no longer there, that they have left their "Everything is easily accessible from ...

LazyGuy

I don't think Yanmar is using Kubota diesels....yet. I believe that Yanmar still makes their own engines. I checked Yanmar site and it is silent on the manufacturer.

LazyGuy

Congratulations! Sabre 28 is a great boat. This is my opinion of what you should check: A little depends on how long it was on the hard. If it was only one year, not too much to worry about. If more, have the fuel checked. Diesel does go bad over time. Check all the through hulls. Make sure they wor...

LazyGuy

Don't forget the fourth option... Phasor out of Florida. Kubota block, marinized in the US and one year ago the 28Hp was about $1000 cheaper than the Beta. See my old post on Luders 33 repower. I have had nothing but great luck with it. http://www.phasormarine.com/index.htm B.T.W. I am in no way att...

LazyGuy

dmaris

Which one(s) are you looking at?

LazyGuy

Just came back. The show was great, as usual, but a few things were different. Robinhood marine was missing, Ellis only had one boat and upstairs, east end of the building (where I think Mobile Marine Canvas is located) There are a couple of empty booths.

Cheers
Dennis

LazyGuy

I prefer using window weights. That way you can adjust how much holding power you have by calculating what you need and adding or subtracting weights. EDIT: It has been bothering be all day. While 99.9% of the people that read this forum understand just how much of a joke this is.... to eliminate an...

LazyGuy

Try Bristol Bronze

www.bristolbronze.com/

Caution: he doesn't give it away.

LazyGuy

IMHO the real answer is in the confidence. If you have lost confidence in the A4 and no amount of money will restore it. You have your answer. Once I lost confidence in my Westerbeke, I was sort of relieved at finding 4 quarts of oil in the bilge. For multiple reasons there was no way for me to rest...

LazyGuy

Beautiful boat. Never saw a boat with wood spars and glass coamings (I assume those are the later models). The hull is beautiful and appears to sail flawlessly like all the other S&S designs but I don't like it because that companionway hatch is big enough for my mother in law to get through.

LazyGuy

While I prefer my prop "al fresco" a good friend, that docks in brackish water swears by treating the prop with Ospho and then painting with CSC micron along with the rest of the bottom. Yes, I do paint the through hulls and reach up with a small brush to get inside the bore to keep the ba...

LazyGuy

Are you 100% sold on Yanmar? If you want fresh water cooled you can go with Beta 10. It is a Kubota diesel so the nearest tractor dealer will have your spare parts (Versus a marine $upplier) http://www.betamarinenc.com/beta10.htm There is also the Phasor which is also a Kubota block but the smallest...

LazyGuy

eye roll

LazyGuy

When I repowered, I tried getting the old valves off. After loosing most of the skin on my knuckles and not getting the first one off I broke out the grinder and ground the heads off the through hulls. It was much, much easier. I highly recommend it. If you want to re-use the valve, you can use heat...

LazyGuy

I am thinking of adding a few paw prints on the inside of the boat. They look great on the logo and they would not be too tough to free hand.

LazyGuy

Rachel,

Thank you. I am going to pull the thread on a couple of local leads but Rik is near the top of my list. Does he have a website or is it just an email?

LazyGuy

While I am a traditionalist liking lettering outlined - maybe shadowed - but no silly graphics, my sister was not and she is who the dingy will be named for. Yes, my sister was a little dingy. She lost her battle with cancer earlier this winter and this dingy has been my therapy. With both of us bei...

LazyGuy

I went to Amazon to read the reviews. They are not so hot. First off it is only for wood. Second common thread is that the head heats up to the point were they were questioning the longevity of the tool and third, the blades, which are not cheap, dull quickly. I am still going to go with the Fein. T...

LazyGuy

What do you expect for $1 to 2 mil plus. I wonder if you get bedding compound on those through hulls.

I used to travel to the Stuart area all the time. Always tried to get to Crawdaddy's.

LazyGuy

The galley shown on yacht world looks a little bit different than the one that Tom shows. Yikes, That is one beautiful boat but it appears to need half a gale to get to hull speed. As for the Formica, I have applied Formica that I purchased at Home Cheapo and sure enough, after about two months you ...

LazyGuy

Oh, now you guys have done it. You got me going. There are only a few boat shows I will attend anymore and when I do....nobody is looking at the aesthetics of the overall boat; keel, sheer, free board, cabin height above the deck and the teak to fiberglass ratio. Once the boat passes that test I hea...

LazyGuy

Dave, Have you looked into Virtual Skipper? I have version 3 and they are now up to VS 5. The animation is beyond belief and the response of the different boats is appropriate. The Melges 24 is twitchie while the AC boats are merely very responsive. The shortcomings of the animation is that you can ...

LazyGuy

the purpose of the kneeskinner occurred to me. A pole chock, yes. Did the boat come with a cruising spinnaker? I'm guessing that if you pin the mast-end of the pole into that chock with the business end tucked beside the furler drum, it makes a fair approximation of a bowsprit. That makes sense. Al...

LazyGuy

Sweet! T 34C was definitely one of the 'top 3' when I was looking. I agree with all the comments so far. Beautiful, lots of room, appears to be in great shape, I love the cockpit with all the teak. I also am not wild about the wood grain Formica or the lexan thingy beside it. I agree with Figment - ...

LazyGuy

Great thread going here. Looking for opinions and as usual, the regulars here don't disappoint. This is not the first boat I have seen with ports that are unevenly spaced. If you look, the larger space between the second and third port coincides with the mast step so there is a decent chance that th...

LazyGuy

Looking at Fig's latest "motor sailor" it appears to be a split level raised ranch. Based on the cockpit cover, step up to the house or down to the salon and vee birth? How much headroom do you think there is in the salon? I am sure we share a general consensus but that thing is not slappe...

LazyGuy

I had a similar problem on my Sea Sprite 23. I had a new RF jib made that per my request had a foot that was "as low as practicable" The result was that I needed to move the lead about 1 foot forward. The sail maker offered to change the lead of the sail but I told him to leave it alone. I...

LazyGuy

C, For these older boats, there is no such thing as a "drop in replacement" engine. Your best bet is to look at Beta Marine but while they claim you can get a "drop in replacement" for an A4, as well as many other engines, I have yet to hear about one that has worked successfully...

LazyGuy

Seems there is a clear lack of consensus. And as usual, no lack of opinions. That is what I like about this place. My OPINION, is that I like System 3. After using West for years, I found the 5:1 with all the pumps and the burping of the pumps etc... that the 2:1 was much easier. I could do it by ey...

LazyGuy

You did a beautiful job. No one would ever know you were "as mechanically inclined as a fish."

Enjoy the boat!

LazyGuy

On top of that, my 1966 Luders was about $30K when new. Guess what I paid for it 5 years ago. From what I am seeing, it is happening fairly often. If it holds true and the economy comes back, I will be selling it in 10 years for exactly what I paid.

Dennis

LazyGuy

Pat,

If you can't get marine ply, try MDO (Medium Density Overlay) it is the stuff they used to make highway signs before metal. Then make sure you seal the entire thing in epoxy, particularly the edges. It is great for paint as there is no wood grain that shows through the paper.

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