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Oscar

Velcro..... cut a bunch of trim pieces with 45 corners and glue the hooks on the back, put the soft loop fabric on the bulkhead, have a different pattern every week! When you find one you like, nail them down. Or, leave as is and have entertainment for kids!

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Zach, the suspense is killing us !!!!!

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I think he's talking about a transit..... On a tripod, set at the waterline height, with a bubble level on the instrument. Swing it around and see the level in the cross hairs....

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So.....what did you do with the steel?

As far as pumps, I have learned to pump slow and deliberately, especially "helping" it up messes things up.

Oscar

A picture would help......

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The easy way is to make sure the boat is blocked with the waterline level..... Then you measure down from a known point somewhere to establish a starting point for the new line. Then you either use a clear hose with water (food coloring makes it easier to see) or if you want to get fancy a dot laser...

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The visual evidence is on his blog......see link at bottom of his posts. I'll use PVC pipe in a way other than directed... grin. Done that.....cut them in half and used them as faux columns framing a bathtub, painted them to look like bamboo and hold up a cauldron (event decoration). There were othe...

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A few brushes and some paint......you can paint it on. A day or two. Some good music, beverage of your choice. Could be a zen experience. The following panels on a fire door are pure trompe l'oeil (As in fooling the eyes)....

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Welcome aboard. You can safely remove the bulkheads. You should even be able to gently walk on deck with them removed. Bulkheads mostly serve to maintain shape and transfer loads while sailing. (And of course to divide the living space). I'm sure a few others will agree with this. Now, if you do som...

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Aahhh. I'm a Raka man myself, and yes, I use the pumps. Been working well for me sofar.

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I feel like projects always take way longer than you think they will

Triple the time, double the money.

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As mentioned before, although folding, my tri is still over 10 feet wide when retracted, well over the legal limit. So, I modified the trailer setup, to where the ama's come off and store down and in. If you're interested, here is a video about the process of setting up/breaking down. It can be done...

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Do you want to sail this summer?

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Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. Gotcha.

Yes the pic was on the blog.

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Cool....OK, I'm stumped....where are we going with this luan fishbone?

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Cool project. If the epoxy was "wrong" why was it so hard to get out?

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Sounds like you're having fun. Flew over Boston today....wild guess, 200 high speed stink pots within a 20 mile radius.... what a mess... Hope you find a few quiet spots.

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I have sailed pretty much every day since she went in the water on July 1.

That, my friend, is all that matters....... The rest is secondary.

I hope to be in the water soon and salvage whatever I can of the season.

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Once spread out the epoxy seems to take a while to kick, while it seems to occur much quicker if left in the mixing cup.

Yes...spread out the heat dissipates....in a "blob" it heats up quickly. Whatever you're doing, spreading buys you time.

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May be overkill.....all you're doing is avoiding water intrusion and compression.....but it will definitely be strong enough!

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I would use a filler instead of chopping glass up myself. Wood flour comes to mind. It's cheap and strong. I buy supplies here, and they are most affordable:

http://www.raka.com/

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Sounds like a good excuse to cruise up to Rockland.....

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All out assault..... love it. Go man, go!

a cement cutting disc (They last forever on fiberglass...)

I noticed that......pleasant surprise.

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Very pretty! Welcome aboard. How about some boat pictures?

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My lawn has two states.....mud or rock (it's clay). Mowing when it's mud is a problem.....it makes ruts, damages the grass and the belt driven 48" mower starts slipping. With the continued rain I had no choice, as it was getting WAY too tall (as in 10" tall). So I did the swamp thing.........

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There sure are a lot of holes in a cabin top, even when you eliminate the halyards going aft. Speaking of which, why don't you mix up one more tubby of "Smart Balance" and put a pad where the blocks and stoppers WOULD go IF you were to lead the halyards aft.....you know, just in case. And...

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If it was me I would put solid glass anywhere there will be hardware.....traveller, baby stay, hand rails, whatever..... The moment you drill a hole that goes through balsa you have to either oversize it and pour epoxy then re-drill it, or you start the potential for rot again. Not what you want to ...

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I have multiple grinders with various thickness cutting discs on them.....love them, and use them for lots of different things. But, having laid a new cloth on both ama's there was one tool that cut the excess afterwards perfectly flush with almost no dust....yup, the multimax.

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Dodgers are a must...having said that a custom job is NOT in the budget, so it will be pipe, cloth and a few hours of hard work. No, I'm not the worlds best canvas maker, but I can do it to the point where I take pride looking at it, stay dry sitting under it, and the heck with everyone else...... T...

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I have one and love it. It is relatively quiet, although it does throat up when the load increases. One very nice feature is the "ECO" button that adjusts RPM based on need, iow when you shut down the tool it goes to a low idle and is barely heard..... A gallon of gas lasts for 4-6 hours!!...

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Down on the boat in Swan Creek, a quiet night really is quiet.

Except for Thursday Night Karaoke at Waterman's....

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Hi, my name is Oscar and I own a Honda Generator...... Yes, let the peaceful mist in the morning be, make coffee with propane. When the huffers and puffers start on land join in if you need to charge batteries....(see PM) PM I pre-cooled the cabin during other peoples belly slapping happy hours. Aft...

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Hard to tell exactly what you're facing from here.....one piece of info I can give you. Epoxy dry, ie no longer sticky is not yet cured. The next layer when JUST tack free will create a chemical bond, which is stronger than what you get when you let it cure all the way, ie a mechanical bond. As far ...

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I can bring my mast in the house to do varnish work and the only problem with that will be keeping my cat off it.

Reminds me of a friend that disassembled his Harley in the kitchen......

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Bilge pumps are a convenience under way (saves having to use a cup) and a somewhat backup device when unattended. If you spring a LEAK underway the average bilge pump setup will NOT save you unless you stop the leak FAST....unless you have one of these: http://www.bianco.com.au/custom/files/finsbury...

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Hard to tell from the picture, but I would be tempted to do some pruning on the trees to cut down on the "organic matter" falling on deck.....oh wait, the admiral is going to let you build a tent over it.....

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I've been looking at your shed..... Still contemplating a place to park my camper (35 feet)

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Tried my new Ryobi palm sander today..... very effective, but dancing around like a bucking bronco....... :-(

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An unlikely candidate for a "for profit" theft...... Drunks or the ex-wife?

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In some places the cloth doesn't stay put.....(Like cmartin's overhead piece.....) Is there anything wrong with "painting" the substrate, and wetting out the cloth, and then waiting until both get more tacky (start kicking) and then applying the cloth to the substrate. It will adhere much ...

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Didn't want to drift another thread where it came up: "Having the house, the boat and the tools in one place...." So here goes. If you want, share your "cave", the workshop, the putter palace, the garage mahal, the tinker tent, the (wo)man building..... I am very appreciative of ...

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If that doesn't work, your local auto parts store sells rubber by the sheet in assorted thicknesses. More waste after you cut it out, but it would be one piece.

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What Tim said. Also, most radars have a standby mode, where they use little or no power. Then you can activate it with one button when you are actually looking at it. Also there are modes where you can tell it to do a certain number of sweeps every so many minutes. This reduces consumption even more...

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Wow.....you won't be bored for a while..... Looks promising.

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Terminal tinkerer, I know the feeling..... go ahead finish it. Goes against the grain to throw it away. (Although I did break down recently with two late 80's Range Rovers I was going to turn in to one.....during the autopsies I realized it would be WAY too much work, and not even close to worth it ...

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There's nothing like having the house, boat and all the tools in one place......

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Is Alexseal available to mere mortals? A quick Google reveals nothing like the retail avalanche the others generate.

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Not as my first choice, but there's food for thought in having a few hundred square feet of it hidden away in a locker on passages as a plan "B".

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Oh my.

Really, a gambrel roof no less. I would always use a hip facing forward.

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I use kitchen cellophane wrap...... or packing cellophane wrap (a little heavier).

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