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keelbolts

Thankyou. She is a fine boat, but I'm afraid it's about time to pass her along. Knowing, as you do, that nothing works on an old (plastic) boat but its owner, imagine the work on a 50 year old wood boat. Talk about a work in progress... I actually shifted from architecture to teaching in order to ge...

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Man! I think that windlass falls under the heading of boat porn...

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She looks so good already. A folkboat with stand up headroom must be the about the best 25' boat you can get. Assuming the FF has the same hull shape, ballast ratio, etc. as the original Folkboat, you could take her pretty much anywhere you have the nerve to go. Countless Folkoats have crossed ocean...

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You know, tradition holds, it's bad luck to change the name of a boat. I think if you buy a "Wet Dream" or some other such little nugget that requires that the name change, you can appease the sea gods with a priest's blessing. I've only owned two named boats: a Folkboat named Niva and my ...

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Very nice. I've always heard good things about Cape Dory's, in terms of workmanship, and with Alberg as the designer... Stand up head room? I may have to put the CD 25D on my list of possible next boats.

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Never underestimate the importance of keeping the Admiral happy.

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Yes. WM does offer a "new boat owner discount." I don't know how much it is.

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Here's a couple more from the last haulout. They're a bit larger so they may take longer coming up.

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I have used epoxy under varnish. West makes a special hardener for epoxy that is to be clear coated. Removing the epoxy is MUCH easier than removing poly varnish. I strip with a heat gun & a ProPrep scraper. When you hit epoxy with a heat gun, it simply crystalizes and blows off. My Grandfather ...

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Here are a couple of photos of Favona.

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Their sail reconditioning looks interesting.

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GM IV was, according to Chichester, a real POC. He actually modified it a bit when he stopped in Australia, which improved her performance, but still left it wanting. For GM V, he returned to Robert Clark, designer of GM III. GM III, the boat he won the first single-handed Trans-Atlantic race with, ...

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Thanks.

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#218, Let us know if you find it. Thanks Years ago, when we & our boats were younger, my buddy & I made it a point to go out when small craft advisories were up. I remember people on the pier asking us if we knew of the advisory and we'd say, " Yes, thank you. That's why we're going.&qu...

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Well, not directly, but I think you can see where he stands. He had left GM III to herself & gone below to cook up some dinner when " the wind piped up so I decided I must reef. With several Guinnesses on board this was a slippery job and I made a mental note that I must rig up a life-line ...

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Falcon, A FG Folkboat w/ a doghouse...[sigh]. My first boat was a 1955 Danish lapstrake Folkboat in larch. A great boat, but w/ very limited head room. That was way before I developed my appreciation for doghouses. Assuming it has the same rig and ballast ratio as the original or even International ...

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She looks like a transom sterned H28. Nice. Years ago, the gentleman who started the Turkey shoot regatta came down to my boat to try to get me involved. I can't recall his name. He was cruising around looking for classic boats for his race. Unfortunately, the race was held over the Thanksgiving wee...

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Falcon,
Is your Frisco Flyer wood or plastic? I knew a guy who had one that was all teak. Very sweet, but, one of the many plastic boats I'm thinking about is a FG Folkboat.

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Oooooooh...

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Yeah, I don't think many of us ever wear out a storm jib. I've only had mine on once on the Chesapeake Bay. I was down to the 3rd reef and the storm jib with the toe rail in the water. I agree that a "cutter rig" would be hard to beat. As for the inner stay getting in the way, I've sailed ...

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That sounds like an excellent way to go. One of the problems with using a roller furling foresail in heavy winds is that, though rolling it up reduces the sail area, it also moves that sail's center of effort up & out - the complete opposite of what you want. Setting your storm jib in as you're ...

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At the risk of getting kicked out of the forum, isn't the inner forestay setup an admission that roller furling ain't all it's cracked up to be. I've just never found hanking on my sail to be all that hard. If you don't like putting your sail away, you can get a bag to drop it into and leave it on t...

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I have jumped over the side for a bath when off soundings and, while I know I could drown in any depth of water over my head, I find jumping into deep water to have a terribly high pucker factor. Robert The Gray, Your "narrative" reminded me of one of my favorite nights sailing. It was a f...

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I would advise that women who make the best ballast are best NOT scantley clad. However, in the interest of full disclosure, it is also best that I not be scantley clad for the same reason.

...and congratulations on your launch.

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Robert The Gray, Favona has double, parallel forestays. As a racer in the 50's, it was imperative the the leading edge on the foresail be straight so some boats, like mine, had Highfield slacking levers on the forestays. You would run the wire-luff jib up and then slack the forestay, thereby throwin...

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Thank you for allowing us to think aloud about our feelings. By the way, Pirsig's book Lila, while not as good I think as Zen... is still worth a read and has a boat in place of the motorcycle.

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Firstly, let me say that I do not dislike internal combustion engines in all situations. I have a ?63 Studebaker Avanti and I shower care and paint and chrome cleaner and time and "rocket fuel" on its engine. To me, it is inseparable from the rest of the car ? it just belongs there. It has...

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In fact, most of our boats are well capable of acting as pure sailboats. If you're sailing a boat that won't cut it as a sailboat, trade it in on one that will - you'll love it. My boat is 32' and the plans show it with a 3 hp engine - optional 6 hp. She is a sailboat that they fit an engine into to...

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Yes, it was a test drive of sorts. All I've ever owned was wooden boats. I've owned Favona for 15 years and, in all those years, I've never sailed a boat that I would trade her for. She's fast, comfortable, weatherly, and beautiful. I once took a 70 knot squall, straight on the beam, with a full mai...

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I agree that an outboard motor is not a beautiful thing, but I appreciate the purity of a sailboat without a motor. It might be 'cause I come from a wooden boat angle and the purity of wood, bronze, & canvas minus modern contrivances such as an internal combustion engine seems clearer to me. Als...

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I'd scrub it up good and paint it. As long as the existing paint isn't obviously peeling off, your coat of Bilgekote should do fine if you'll just clean it up before recoating. Remember, this is just a locker and, while a nice cleanup & a coat of paint will spiff her up a bit, I'd save my energy...

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Treat her with love & respect and she won't even look at another owner - though many will look at her. I, also, look forward to hearing more about your work on her. She doesn't look like she needs much. No matter what you hear, there's nothing wrong with an outboard. You simplify your boat/life ...

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I had my first sail on a P.C. today. Went out for about 3 hours on a Pearson Ariel. Pleasant, cool day with winds 10-15, backing around from from east to west. She sailed very much like the boats I'm used to. Obviously, in 3 hours I didn't get to put her thru her paces and test her in differing weat...

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It must be a bit like marrying a centerfold model. Apparently, a number of us, me included, lusted after your boat. Good luck.

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Most of my planes are Stanleys, but I am a big fan of Millers Falls stuff & have 2 or 3 of their planes. I have a MF #7 which I hope to restore this winter. I was once on the Air Force base on Matagorda Island. I was Coast Guard, flying out of Corpus. I wasn't a sailor then, but as I remember it...

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Try eBay for tools. Most planes you get need to be tuned prior to use. You can get a WWII era Stanley No5 plane for as little as $15. Make sure the base isn't cracked. You can restore it for little more than your time and a can of black spray paint. If you really want to go all out, you get get a he...

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I usually find dodgers or biminis to be a wart on a beautiful boat. I must say, however, if you are cruiser, something to hide under or behind can really be appreciated. Sitting for hours in a cold rain stinks. I find them ugly on a daysailer, but businesslike on a cruiser. As for leading your lines...

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Cockpit drain thru-hulls below the waterline are OK as long as there are seacocks on them. It would be nice if we had boats big enough to drain above the waterline as we could leave the seacocks open when we leave the boat. Maybe when I win the lottery... Everybody I sail with has them below the wat...

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That Mercer 44 is a beauty, but I'd have to jerk the nasty roller reefing main out. I went to Bermuda on a boat with one of those. It was a hard trip. Bad weather going over & hurricane Bertha coming back. It takes three men and a boy to take in sail, with a roller-reefing main, and there's the ...

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Very nice.

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Is it just me or does $249, 000 seem a tad high. I could get a Bermuda 40 for that, couldn't I?

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bcooke states: My Triton is the most important thing in my life. I have sacrificed my life savings, any hopes of a successful career, any chance of a fulfilling romance, all for the love of my boat. I can relate. In addition, I have spent countless hundreds of hours on my knees slapping varnish on m...

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Listen guys, I'd really appreciate it if you would refrain from buying up all the Tritons before I get around to selling my wooden boat.

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Ceasar Choppy,
Sounds like you're going to have a busy winter. I had to check your location. I figured, with a list like yours, you must live in Maine or somewhere else with a long winter, but Maryland... You better get started... Good luck.

keelbolts

I ran a Volvo MD7A thru a Vetus unit and it was pretty quiet. I can't comment on the Moyer.

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Something like a dory or a sharpie would be fairly easy to build. There's a book titled The Sharpie Book. It gives plans and instructions to build a number of boats from about 14' to 36' for $20. It even has plans to do an Egret in plywood. My boat draws 6' and, on the Chesapeake Bay, that's a lot. ...

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Rolling & tipping by yourself is a good deal like the proverbial one armed paper hanger. I apply 2 coats of Z-Spar 99 each year. I would say that the paint is thicker, and you're getting better coverage, where it overlaps & that's why it looks darker, but over that gray primer I wouldn't thi...

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2x12s on 55 gallon drums. Been using 'em for years. I don't know how one goes about securing 55 gal drums, though, as the yard where I haul out has 'em laying around. I use them because I paint my topsides each year &, when rolling & tipping, you must have continuous scaffolding.

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Yeah, that's been std ops with wooden boats since they were to only ones around. I don't predrill the bungs. I just run a screw in &, if all goes well, the bung backs out. The bungs often split, but so what. Jamestown Distributors has the best selection of bungs I've seen.

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Ric,
Sounds like they are strong enough.

Radicalsy,
What kind of fitting failed. I worked with a fellow whose head back-siphoned & sank his boat.

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