Search found 45 matches
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:37 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Rigging for Reefing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 945
Re: Rigging for Reefing
Well, let's say you're in 25 knots of wind w/ a full main up. ( I know, not likely, but...) using the L= A * (knots^2) * 0.00431 that alone would be a force of 471 lbs. on the mainsheet. So w/a breaking strength of 1600 for 3/16 Sta Set X you'll be fine. Trouble is that is too hard on your hands as ...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:56 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: TIM?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 990
TIM?
Okay, I disappear for some weeks/months at a time so I may have missed "an announcement but...
I saw in a response to a question I had posted that Tim no longer posts here. What's up w/ him these days? Is he still working on boats? Alive?
Enquiring minds want to know.
I saw in a response to a question I had posted that Tim no longer posts here. What's up w/ him these days? Is he still working on boats? Alive?
Enquiring minds want to know.
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:09 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Lead Paint
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1487
Re: Lead Paint
Well, I was helping a friend do some work on their mid 1950's Concordia and the water tanks had lead solder.
The 1955 Lightning I was restoring has lead based paint on the bottom. I use a heat gun and scraper to get the majority of the paint off and do it OUTSIDE w/ a breeze blowing.
The 1955 Lightning I was restoring has lead based paint on the bottom. I use a heat gun and scraper to get the majority of the paint off and do it OUTSIDE w/ a breeze blowing.
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:07 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: laminated mahogany springback
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1520
Re: laminated mahogany springback
I'd still use a wide board and cut out the caprail though...
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:07 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: laminated mahogany springback
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1520
Re: laminated mahogany springback
While there is a simplistic formula there are a number of variables at play here. How much curve, what type of wood, how readily it accepts a bend and most important the number and thickness of plies. http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Calculating_Springback.html is a link that might help for fut...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:15 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Handrails, an "obvious" question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1808
Re: Handrails, an "obvious" question
Various boats in question. And while I can figure out how some of the handrails are attached, I have seen grab rails down below that didn't have an obvious point of attachment. Had bungs covering up the fastener but what I couldn't figure out was WHAT the fastener was gripping to hold the damn thing...
- Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:03 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Handrails, an "obvious" question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1808
Handrails, an "obvious" question
In 30+ years of boating I've often wondered; How are the handrails down below fastened? I know, I know, you'd have thought I would know this by now. And I know some are doubled up w/ the rails on the cabin TOP. But I'm curious about the ones below that are just fastened to the coach roof sides. Is t...
- Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:54 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Trucking a Hinckley Pilot 35
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1397
Re: Trucking a Hinckley Pilot 35
If your measurements are correct, this sounds like a perfect excuse to buy that 1 ton Dodge and a road trip from California. Dave. YOU are not the first person to suggest this. I however, do not wish the responsibility of towing that big thing 2500 miles! Nor would I need the truck afterwards. (I'v...
- Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:15 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Trucking a Hinckley Pilot 35
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1397
Re: Trucking a Hinckley Pilot 35
Nah, 35' isn't big... My buddie's SWAN 48... Now THAT is a big boat. And I know the biggest factor in cost is HEIGHT.
I'm going to investigate this this week. Hmmmmm.
Thanks.
I'm going to investigate this this week. Hmmmmm.
Thanks.
- Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:26 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Trucking a Hinckley Pilot 35
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1397
Trucking a Hinckley Pilot 35
Any idea what it would cost to ship one from CA to MD? Almost 36' long, less than 10' wide, and the really important measurement (height) I'm guessing at 10'.
Any recommendations as to a good company?
sigh.
Any recommendations as to a good company?
sigh.
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:47 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Restoring an older boat
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2777
Re: Restoring an older boat
I am well into the restoration of a Hinckley and Tim's "What the boat wants, the boat gets" cuts to the chase. I had a thorough survey from one of the best in the business, and he turned up only a couple of minor details. It is clear that he had no idea about what the boat wanted. I remem...
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:01 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Restoring an older boat
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2777
Re: Restoring an older boat
DIck, Nice boat! I want to spend some time looking at your website...
BTW, I do the Race to Solomons and GOV Cup on the boat I crew for; fun time!
Also sail my club boat out of Herrington South so we're practically neighbors.
David
BTW, I do the Race to Solomons and GOV Cup on the boat I crew for; fun time!
Also sail my club boat out of Herrington South so we're practically neighbors.
David
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:34 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Restoring an older boat
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2777
Re: Restoring an older boat
Well I (like most sailors!) tend to be, um, a bit anal. So I want every thing to be just right. That said I can live w/ things not perfect if it's in sailing condition. I don't want a boat that needs major structural work (full deck job, or bulkheads replaced) and I don't want to have to completely ...
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:33 pm
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Tape for sail track
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3282
Re: Tape for sail track
Okay I know this is an old thread... but how about some UHMW tape like this... 5 mil x 3/4" Seems like this would be perfect.
In case anyone else has the same question.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/Film-T ... es-_-3ZPV8
In case anyone else has the same question.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/Film-T ... es-_-3ZPV8
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:28 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Restoring an older boat
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2777
Restoring an older boat
I have been mulling over buying a boat for just ME. Not sure whether I want something newer, faster and raceable.... or if I'm going to go the Classic Plastic route. I really like the looks of some of the older boats but don't want to get stuck w/ a money pit. A friend did a fantastic restoration on...
- Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:16 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Barient-20 ST Winch Maintenance question..
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2093
Re: Barient-20 ST Winch Maintenance question..
This is just a guess from me, but I'd predict that those four spring loaded screws are holding on the self-tailing jaws, and they're spring loaded so that the jaws can spread to tightly hold different rope sizes. I doubt that I would bother touching them if they were on my boat, unless there seemed...
- Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:49 am
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Sea Sprite 30
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4066
Re: Sea Sprite 30
Yeah, it's amazing how a boat w/ great lines will catch your eye. I saw ARTFUL DODGER online but didn't want a boat that small. Forgot about it until a few months later when I was driving through the yard and saw that nice sheer. Went over to look and saw the HIN and realized OH YEAH, I remember thi...
- Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:38 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Sea Sprite 30
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4066
Re: Sea Sprite 30
Were the size not an issue I would have looked seriously at this boat. Catches my eye every time I drive through the yard. Glad someone bought here who will (hopefully) take really good care of her! Congratulations!
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:24 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: P.O.S. Boats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2055
Re: P.O.S. Boats
The Galena, MD, that we drive through to Rock Hall is landlocked. Nearest water is the Sassafras at Georgetown, a couple miles north on 213. This poor sad thing looks like she's made of ferrocement, judging by the lack of detail and the unfair-ness of the shape. Concrete is not really good enough f...
- Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:03 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: P.O.S. Boats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2055
Re: P.O.S. Boats
Nope, GALENA, MD
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:54 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Could it be????
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2288
Re: Could it be????
Which is funny b/c I had gone to look at a Swiftsure earlier in the day (see post up in Q/A) and someone commented that it probably was a Commodore version. I like this boat. Saw the potential in the one I looked at, BUT... I don't have a shop big enough to put it in. Would be a full time job, like ...
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:36 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Could it be????
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2288
Could it be????
There was THIS hiding amongst all the POS boats...
Couldn't make out the name.
Couldn't make out the name.
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:29 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: P.O.S. Boats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2055
P.O.S. Boats
Went looking at a couple of boats today. Found some real POS boats also.
Enjoy. not!
Enjoy. not!
- Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:32 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: SWIFTSURE 33
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2062
Re: SWIFTSURE 33
Went and looked at this boat today (along w/ two others...) Woo-Boy. What a project boat. Treadmaster nonskid (lifting at the corners) No teak decks fortunately. Wire reel halyards/winches. Roller furling wooden boom. Bottom looked pretty gnarly. I guess if I had a shop like Tim's and lived near the...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:08 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: SWIFTSURE 33
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2062
SWIFTSURE 33
I know where I can get one for a song. ($2K) Looks pretty decent, survey from a few years back didn't find anything REAL bad. Boat has been sitting on the hard for a few years and the widow wants to get rid of it. Any thoughts on these boats? Things to look out for? Anyone interested if I pass on th...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:44 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bristol 32 project boat on Ebay
- Replies: 3
- Views: 495
Bristol 32 project boat on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bristol-32_W0QQitemZ290411496858QQcmdZViewItemQQptZSailboats?hash=item439ddfc59a Starting bid is $1000 Yachtworld has a bunch ranging from 16K to over 30K. Hmmmmm. If I didn't already have a Lightning to finish and not enough time in the day I'd consider this. Any ide...
- Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:35 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Recording work for publishing on web site
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7615
Re: Recording work for publishing on web site
I will second IRFANVIEW! Very useful. If you want to spend $70-80, get Photoshop's ELEMENTS
I use this for tweaking the stuff I take w/ my DSLR (Nikon D80) and you can batch process w/ it also. Very powerful program for adjusting the exposure, lighting, color, etc.
I use this for tweaking the stuff I take w/ my DSLR (Nikon D80) and you can batch process w/ it also. Very powerful program for adjusting the exposure, lighting, color, etc.
- Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:40 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Repaired my deck - how do I cut the hole for my chainplate?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2113
Re: Repaired my deck - how do I cut the hole for my chainplate?
This topic was discussed AD NAUSEUM over on Sailnet.... Basically the viewpoint was that you want a fairly loose slot for the chainplate b/c if it's tight what little sealant gets in there will only stretch a minimal amount when the chainplate is loaded. If you have a bit bigger gap and thus a bigge...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:55 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Toe rails are beyond repair.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1196
Re: Toe rails are beyond repair.
VIENNA HARDWOODS in Vienna VA... (N. VA) Yeah, it's a couple of hours from Gloucester, but you need to come up to DC and visit the museums anyway! All things considered he has pretty decent prices and nice wood. BTW, I used to live in Hayes and worked in Mathews County for a year. Would love to get ...
- Wed May 27, 2009 12:08 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: BLUENOSE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1945
Re: BLUENOSE
Well I don't know how much info you are really looking for or if you are seriously looking or just enamored. But I will share a few thoughts. First off, here is a link to an old Sailnet forum thread that I started to get info and advice about the Bluenose Sloop before I launched mine. Well, I'm not...
- Tue May 26, 2009 7:23 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: BLUENOSE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1945
Re: BLUENOSE
Is this the boat that you saw? If so, I can go on endlessly about them as my last boat was a Bluenose Sloop. Cheers, Bill YEP! That's the one. The yard removed the teak slats on the aft deck and it had a round porthole in the cuddy I believe, but that's it. They did a GREAT job on it. Sanded the hu...
- Tue May 26, 2009 7:54 am
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: BLUENOSE
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1945
BLUENOSE
Ooooooohhhhhh My God. I was at a marina over the weekend getting ready to crew for a buddies raceboat and I saw this GORGEOUS daysailor on a trailer. Got to talking w/ the guy from the shop and found out it was a Blue Nose design supposedly based on the famous schooner and from Nova Scotia. They had...
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:34 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cleaning Winches
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1390
- Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:48 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Rebedding ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 755
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:33 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Crevice Corrosion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1079
Triton rudder
Wellllll, several years ago the Triton in my (then)sailing club dropped the rudder under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. I took on the job of building a new one after the guy who was supposed to didn't. (long story there!) Anyway, what we did was take a length of BRONZE rod, had the machine shop bend it ...
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:02 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Rebedding ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 755
Rebedding ?
Okay, I may not know everything but am getting ready to rebed the deck hardware on our club boat. One of the other boats just replaced their rope clutches and when they bedded it they put it on but didn't completely tighten down the fasteners so the bedding could cure. Now this just seems a little o...
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:02 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cleaning Winches
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1390
Cleaning Winches
Okay, I've used Kero, paint thinner and a few other things to clean the grease/gunk off of winches when I've stripped them in the past. I'm curious what other degreasers folks use and if any of you have a favorite water soluble cleaner and if so, how well does it clean? I've heard some folks like Si...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:55 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Triton Restoration Fund
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1109
Well, as to which boat I'd sail on... of course I'd choose something CLASSIC as opposed to the POS in the first photo. BUT. The market is dictated by what buyers want and people want ease of handling, fast sailing in light conditions and room for 13. Okay, maybe not 13, but 7. Creature comforts for ...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:42 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: What Calk/Sealer to use?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 774
Am in a similar quandry over what to use for rebedding deck hardware. Not interested in 5200, etc. Will probably use either Sika291 or BoatLife Caulk. Practical Sailor did a test of caulks some time ago and Boatlife got good scores on flexibility which is important for things that take cyclical loads.
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:41 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: moisture meter
- Replies: 3
- Views: 761
moisture meter
SUPPOSEDLY the survey on the boat my club purchased (Catalina 320) last summer said the deck around the chainplates needs attention. I've sounded the decks and they seem fine. (I haven't seen the survey) I was thinking about going below and drilling VERY SMALL (1/8" or less ) holes into the und...
- Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:44 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Classic Sighted on the way from MV to Woods Hole
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2003
rshowarth Very discerning eye!!! Great boat. One was rigged as a sloop and used in the movie MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE The one that is for sale on Yachtworld is DAME OF SARK which did a couple of Bermuda races; I saw her after the '04 race (yes I did the race but on a Swan) And FIG and I frequent the Wood...
- Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:44 pm
- Forum: Technical Data and Boat Nerdery
- Topic: Useful Reference Book
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1657
- Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:56 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Before the laser level
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3557
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:41 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: CPES question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1933
- Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:42 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: CPES question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1933