Plastic Classic Forum

I want remove chainplates for inspection. I have removed the mizzen chainplates with out issue but the main will not budge. The chainplates are glassed in the knees than thru bolted. Has any one been successful removing chainplates mounted as these without cutting them out of the knees?

I stand corrected in my statement above, the angle on cable around the sheave is less than 90 degrees. I was trying to say that because the cable angles down as it goes aft, there is more wap around the sheave.

I think the angel of the cable run on the Invicta is somewhat more than a 90 passing the first sheave to the second sheave. The second sheave is lower in the Invicta because of the depth of the engine and the need for the cable and conduit to travel under the engine to reach a point where it turns u...

Tim, You probably don?t remember, but you and I e-mailed a few times when I purchased the Bounty II. The story goes that in the sixties I was building Rhodes 27s at Lund boat works in Erie Pa. A customer we did lots of work for arrived with a new Bounty II. It was the first large fiberglass sailboat...

Nanette, Thank you so much! I will send pictures when she arrives. Right now trying to get her out of Miami before storm season. As said above real work will begin next year (retirement year). This year will be to develop a list of all required work for restoration. Keeping my Bounty II project movi...

Well for better or worse Topaz Invicta hull #14 has been purchased. It is being towed to a yard tomorrow, Masts unstepped and prepaired for shipping next week. When she arrives here I will clean, strip and tent her with tarp and frame so sun can dry her all summer. This fall we will move her in the ...

Jon, is Muskrat on the hard down the road from Sample's ?

The Pearson Vanguard also has deck drains glassed to the sides of the hull

I have been comming to the conclusion that the Aerodyne Marine gang (West coast) lightened the scantlings on there later boats. While not being able to comment on WC Tritons, the last of the Bounty II's, the ones finished by Palmer Johnson had lighter scantlings than discriptions I've read about ear...

Thanks tim!

Where do you get the Dap Weldwood resorcinol? I know it's not in our local the despot.

I have removed all the bottom paint. The bottom was than sanded with 80 grit. The hull laminate is very dry, tested by meter. There is no blistering or pox. The gelcoat is solid and non-flaking, but lots of crazing. At forty three years old I have no concern that blistering or absorption will start ...

What material is used under the bronze sail track to isolate it from the aluminum mast or boom? Where can it be purchased?
JFWTC

Thank you for the response.
Are there advantages or disadvantages to using turbine or compressed air?

Looking for suggestions for the best HVLP spray equipment for applying Awlgrip without breaking the bank! JFWTC

I want to repaint a hull which was Awlgriped in 1993/94. The paint is in very good condition, but has dulled with age and some minor dings and dangs. After reading all the on line information from U.S. paint, it is still not clear to me if I treat the surface as bear gelcoat priming all with 545 or ...