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Was out on the mouth of the Severn River, by Annapolis, MD. Saw a fine Pearson Triton sail by, dark blue hull. She is a beauty, didn't catch the name but someone did a beautiful job.

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The photos raise a question. You didn't leave a space between each strip. I had always thought there needed to be one to accomdate the inevitable swelling and shrinking of the wood.

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I definately would like to see the photo of 2X4s under the hood!!! I live in VA just outside Washington DC. A number of years ago, I used to paint houses in the summers, I was a teacher. Well I was working on a 3 1/2 story townhouse in Alexandria and needed a long ladder, I had to rent it, Ican't re...

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Well, after I having eaten my fill of Bavarian Kreme Philled Krispee Cream Doeknuts, I thought I'd reply. Thanks for the advice about 5200, I'll install the coamings without any Calk initially and if the water seepage is a problem I can always go back and addit. As always, the wealth of information ...

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What did he do, rent a trailer? I don't have it on the boat right now. The boat is in a storage area where I can work on it but the mast is in my yard.

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I need to take my mast to have a repair made. When I took it off I owned a small pickup with a substanial ladder rack on it and even though the mast overhung both ends it was stable. Now I have an Exporer or Volvo wagon. Does anyone have any ideas of a way I can transport the mast? I can borrow a fu...

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Thanks for all the information. I had intended to countersink and plug the screws but now I am rethinking this. Originally I would have used 5200 permanent caulk/adhesive but with a removable installation wondering if one caulk would be superior to another in this application.

Thanks again.

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Tim, I went to Glissando's site and read through your recent work. I was struck by the fact that you removed the cockpit coaming. I am going to be replacing the coaming on my Kittiwake, have the teak already, and was considering the best way to install it, how many screws, etc. Initially, I consider...

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I can't see the pictures, but I'll take Rachel's word that it has a nice even bevel. Now, I've never seen flap disks before. Are they readily available? Or, do you have to order them?

Thanks

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I like our wife's sense of humor. OH, maybe she really meant "nice tiller".

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What did you use to get such a nice consistant bevel around the hole?

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I must be a bad batch, I did remember to use one pump of epoxy and one of hardener. I will check the pumps because they might be not functioning properly. Oh well at least it wasn't a big batch. The week before I had mixed up a big batch with thickener in it and did some more work on the deck, that ...

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Tim, Used that material, I've always referred to it as "beaded proch ceiling" because it duplicates the tongue and groove fir that was often used on porch cielings. It would take a good bit of prep to get a nice finish like that. I actually have a few small pieces of that left from when I ...

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If and when I ever get to the point of installing ceiling and overhead I would lean toward wood. My boat doesn't have a liner at all, so I'd figure on epoxying some stringers or battens along the hull to attach the ceiling and then do the same with overhead. I have some really nice ash boards left o...

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About 3 weeks ago, I mixed up some epoxy to coat the deck core where my new scuppers will go. I am using the West System pumps. It was just over 60 degrees, but it was kind of late in the day so it didn't stay 60 for long. Since then we have had days that are well over 60. The thing is my epoxy is s...

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Simply magnificent job. Congratulations! I am soooo envious.

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Tim, you make a good point. However, if the point where the hose connection on the seacock and through hull ended up being higher than the connection at the scupper it wouldn't drain at all, until water in the cockpit got higher, but then there would always be some residue of water in the cockpit. S...

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I was pretty sure that was the case, about locating them below the water line but wanted make certain. There is always someone on this board that can provide solid answers, usually more than 1, as in this case. I don't have to cross the lines as the scuppers I have have a ball in them that acts as a...

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Yesterday, I was about to install my new through hulls, seacocks, and cockpit scuppers. Previously the boat had molded in nipples as the drain for the cockpit and for the hull opening, no seackok or fitting at all. Anyway, as I started assembling the pieces to test fit everything I realized that wit...

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I chartered a boat with a similar layout in the BVI this past May. The holding tank for the head was under the starboard settee, the water tank under the forward v berth. That left the port settee for storage, which wasn't much. Overall, there was very little storage on the boat I was on. I'm not su...

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Are you kidding? Actually, I was thinking of the cruising I did with up to 13 other people on a 30 foot boat but telling that story would be a blatant hijack of this thread, which as you all know I never do. Last year's three month cruise was my version of excessive consumption. -Britton Acutally, y...

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Your Boat looks fabulous. I am so impressed on the one hand and so jealous on the other, not sure mine will ever look that good. You have done a magnificent job!

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I have several metal paint pots and use them to mix epoxy. I have the pumps to dispense the epoxy and hardener. Since these pots are a little bigger and provide a broader surface I find the epoxy doesn't kick as quickly as n smaller containers. When finished I just pour some acetone into the pot and...

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I checked this last night before I posted it and the pictures showed up. Then after I posted it I checked again and the pictures showed, now this morning I can't see the pictures.

Somethin' mighty mysterious is goin' on 'round here!

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where the bulkhead needs to go

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I'm hoping this works, this is a new process for me. I started the deck recore quite some time ago. Here are a few picks of the forward and side deck after the plywood has been laid. http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.39f0e29469.jpg http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.775a786fc1.jpg...

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I want to redo the steps down to the cabin, seemed to be a good solution.

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What is DA? We need a glossary of acronyms!!! But only for me.

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I want to install cockpit scuppers on my Kittiwake. It currently has holes that are abour 3/4 ID. with molded in nipple drain into the hull that is 3/4 also. I want to install them right with through hull fittings and seacocks. The cockpit is average size for a 23' boat so, I'm not sure 3/4" dr...

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Guys, I am a retired high school history teacher and all this is way over my head. I'm not sure I am qualified to ask questions on this board!!!!! Seriously, thanks for all the responses. I will make the backing plate a couple of times bigger than the hardware being attached, space permitting. After...

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I'm not sure I understand about transferring the load away from the fasteners. In my case I'd guess I'll make the backing plate as big as practical.

Thanks as always for the help.

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Is there any rule of thumb about how big a backing plate should be? Obviously at least as big as whatever it is backing up, but should it be 1/2 again as big, a little bit bigger, a lot bigger?

Any other advice is welcome?

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Thanks for all the advice. Indeed trying to apply it over head does result in it falling on one's head!!!!! NOT a pretty sight. Anyway, I left on Saturday pretty depressed. After thinking it over the only thing I didn't try was putting thickened epoxy on the exisitng layer. So went back down on Sund...

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Tim, I was able to get the first layer of cloth to adhere. I had applied thickened epoxy and that was ok. It was the next layer that would not stick to the first one. Wondering if I should have wetted out the first layer while it was on. I guess the next question is, will I get as much structural in...

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I decided to glass over the outboard well and use an outboard bracket. So, last week, I removed the lazerette sole, the outboard well surround, etc. I ground everything down on the inside and the outside, hopefully tapering it properly. Today, I was going to apply the fiberglass. I put a piece of fi...

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At a Coast Guard Auxiliary meeting a while back someone mentioned that ethanol gas will eat up plastic/synthetic gas tanks. Supposedly a report had been issued somewhere. I don't know this for certain but the guy that provided the information is usually pretty knowledgable.

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Yes, the existing skin is about 3/16. I guess I can go ahead and fair that amount. It will seem like an awful of epoxy. But like you said it will be worth it to have the deck fair. It seems to me that I will have to make some sort of screed, like used to level concrete. But make it consistent with t...

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I went down today and started grinding the edges so as to hopefully lay the fiberglass tomorrow. I hadn't noticed this before but I find that the existing deck is not true, there is a difference in several places. The plywood I installed is flush with the old deck and some places it sits just below ...

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Charlie, that would be great. I'd very much appreciate any drawings and/or pictures.

Thanks

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Tim, Thanks for the reply. I figured that I could grind out the area and redo it. Now I have the confidence to go ahead and start on the deck. My next big delimma is that there is a lazerette in the aft section with hatches, it includes a well for the outboard. I found last week that the plywood dec...

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Below are a couple of pictres showing my effort at fiberglassing the area where the mast step is. I had started right under the step and the rotted core material just continued. You can see a bubble right about inthe middle near the upper edge. I thought I had worked all the air out, stopped for lun...

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Thank you all for your wealth of knowledge and advice. Honestly, I feel a lot more confident now than after reading the West System booklet several times. I guess hearing it from people who have actually done the same type of work helps. Plus your explanations are so clear and easy to follow. I work...

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Well here goes again. I plan to cover the recored deck this coming weekend. I got some biaxial cloth from Jamestown Distributors. I have reglassed some small areas already and have read and reread the West System booklet. However, I have some trepidation. Let see if I have this process correct. West...

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Thanks for the information and especially the drawing that even I could figure out. And... the beautiful pictures, man what a gorgeous boat!!!!! I may fiddle around with that, with some common lumber and see what happens. If I can make it work then I'd go ahead and make it out of teak or mahogany. M...

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Thanks! That makes more sense now. But...one more question. So you have a channel for the water, but where does it go? Would you leave the low end open or drill weep holes (that's what they'd be called in construciton, maybe limber holes in a boat application)? I have to/want to replace my hatch, in...

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Below is a link to an article about building a hatch. I read it several times and can't quite grasp how this works. (Admittedly I am LD!) I'm sure others here can figure this out and hopefully illuminate me.

http://216.70.54.78/newspics/charts/856 ... atches.pdf
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I just went to the Porter Cable website, they did not show the 7334, but have the 7335 and 7336. So I called the PC 888 number. The 7334 has been discontinued but the 7335 and 7336 have the same moter, etc. Then went to the Lowes website. They have the 7335 for $105. Seems like a pretty good deal.

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I just read Tim's tool page today. He heartily endorses the Porter Cable 7334. There is also a thread discussing air powered sanders/tools. I have a compressor, from my building days, and am now wondering which would be better, an air powered sander/grinder or the Porter Cable. I'd be glad to hear o...

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Tim, Thanks for taking time to give such a thorough explanation. I've done a little bit of fibergalss work but not very knowledgable. I will follow your advice. I'm hoping to get a good bit of the work done this weekend, unless of course my wife comes up with something critical at home!!!!! Thanks s...

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I have installed new marine plywood coring material to most of the deck on my Kittiwake 23. I now have to recover it. I had assumed that I'd just use fiberglass cloth, something liek 7 oz. Recently I read somewhere else that fiberglass cloth shouldn't be use, but mat should instead. I'd apprecaite a...

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Transporting Mast

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Flap Disks

Wife's Sense of Humor

What Did You Use?

Used that Material Before

Wood vs ?

Epoxy Still Tacky

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Relocating Cockpit Drain Through Hulls

Sailed a Similar Boat

What Great Work

Mixing Pots

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My Kittiwake 23

Cockpit Scuppers and Nonskid Teak Finish

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Fairing

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Applying Fiberglass

Beautiful Hatch

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Building a Hatch

PC Sander

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What material to use?