Plastic Classic Forum

Tim, As an L-33 owner I'll be very interested in following how your interior is developed. I have often pondered different arrangements. However, without the demolition you've just finished, it's always seems that you end up with too many limitations from some existing structure. To have a clean sla...

I debated this question for quite a while, favoring the manual windlass for it's fool-proof simplicity, but finally opted for a vertical electric from Ideal in RI. We used a 35#CQR(later changed to a 45) with 200 feet of 5/16. The main reason was for safety. The last thing I want to do is slowly cra...

Marshall, I also looked for such a fitting and finally decided the simplest and cheapest solution was a 1" stanchion base. The coaxial plug will fit through the opening if fed through first, and the rest of the wires will easily fit in the remaining space. Consider staggering the wire lengths a...

Nanette, Thanks for the referral, I haven't decided which route to take with this yet. I'll get a quote from Hagerty. Aviva sounded good, but from their website it looks as if they only offer life insurance product in the U.S. Truthfully, I haven't had much time to look into it. Spent too much time ...

Thanks for all your input. I'm not sure what route I'll chose yet, I'm still waiting to hear from my agent, and there isn't an immediate rush. It seems age and value are the sticking points. I have considered self-insuring. We certainly have more money tied up in the boat than insurance would pay of...

Tim, Thanks for the response and the info. The request for a rigging inspection makes me think they didn't read the report; it was included in the survey. I have an independent agent also, but they seem overly concerned about the age of the boat and the reluctance of insurers to write policies for s...

I'm curious about what other's have chosen to do about insurance. I'm finding myself in an untenable position with my current insurance company(Zurich). They requested an out of the water condition and value survey, the third in the last ten years. Having submitted that, they now are requesting an '...

Dennis In haste; I was able to simply grind the glass at the joint of the tank and wooden mounting spacers without any problem. I strapped the tank to the cockpit to support it while cutting. I don't think our tank had ever been out, although it had a diesel in it at the time we bought it. (I was to...

I believe you you are talking about a Luders 33? If that's the case, I have the same boat and went through the same exercise a few years ago. I ended building a tank that had a sloped shallow 'v' bottom for better fuel pickup (more usable fuel) and a location to pump potential water from the bottom ...

Case, You have great taste in boats! We owned a Seasprite for about twelve years. Great Boats! Ours was Ryder built, and we made some modifications for cruising(such as you can with a boat that size) adding locker/seat backs in place of the quarterberths, using the built in ice box (useless) as dry ...

I also second the idea of a boat for the kids to learn on. We cruised for a year while our two kids were five and ten. They developed great 'boat sense' living aboard, and while the older one was really a big help, especially anchoring (we have an electric windlass), and in running errands in the in...

Thanks for the response. I'm thinking I'll use silicone to glue the Lexan to the frame. Silicone seems to work well as both an adhesive and as a gasket material when in compression as with the port glazing. How long does butyl take to tack up? I was reluctant to use silicone here again because it's ...

This is a timely post as I am about to rebed my ports which were removed while repainting the deck and cabin. I plan on using butyl, but I have two questions. I don't think there is problem using butyl with Lexan, (that is, gluing the Lexan into the deadlight frame before bedding the whole mess to t...

Wet sanding and compounding AwlGrip? I thought that was not an option. It seems I read somewhere that once the surface is abraded(compounded) that the properties that create the high gloss and durability are lost. Is this not correct? Or is there a window before the complete cure that allows compoun...

I am about ready to paint my deck and cabin. I'll be using 545 primer as a base coat for adhesion then I want to give it a coat of Awl-Quik surfacing primer for the smooth sections of the cabin as I had to do a fair amount of fairing around the ports. Following the sanding with the the final two coa...

JP, I'm not sure exactly, but I'm thinking that they are an expansion tank type of set up. If you look closely at the upper one, you can see it appears to have a sight glass. The hose fitting on the lower one is for one side of the radiator circuit. It would be interesting to see this thing operate,...

Saw an interesting heater on a boat in the yard where we keep our boat. It had been removed while some other work was going on. I believe the boat is Swedish built. It is a hot water baseboard system with a kerosene burner. http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/1d1fc52360.jpg [/img] http://img3.f...

Tim and Nathan, Thanks for your thoughts and advice. This really wasn't meant to turn into such a project, but you know how it happens; I think I should re-bed some of these fittings after 14 years, and gee might as well repaint the deck and cabin with most of the hardware coming off. That 40 year o...

OK let see if this posting of pictures works. General view of the boat in it's present condition http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/b5fb6fb655.jpg http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/b50e08b557.jpg Pretty well sanded, almost ready for glassing the cabin top nonskid. Here is an example of ...

Tim and Nathan, I'll try and get some pics in the next couple of days. I'll have to read up on how to post em I should have brought the camera today; I ground out the gelcoat in the stern and surfaced with epoxy fairing compound as well as sanded the cabin and cockpit with 60 grit to prep for glassi...

Tim and Nathan, Thanks for your thoughts. I certainly agree that it would be nice to do the entire job at once but at this point I'm considering glassing just the nonskid sections of the cabin top and cockpit areas only. Besides the deck itself, they are the only areas that have that serious crazing...

Tim, Sorry, one more question. Do you think it's possible to encapsulate just the cabin top or deck surface for instance, or would that be asking for trouble with the glass layer delaminating along the edges? I noticed on Dasein the glass covered the entire topsides, ending under the toerail. If I t...

Tim, Thanks for your response. You are right of course that the only solution with a reasonable chance of long term success is total removal or complete encapsulation. Right now I am in the process of repainting my cabin and cockpit areas, and I agree with your idea of using something like Interdeck...

I'm interested in peoples recommendations for low viscosity resins. I'm looking for something to fill gelcoat crazing and hopefully stabilize the flaking that is occurring on my deck. I have seen Nathan's Dasein project, but would like to avoid the whole deck encapsulation method at this point, if p...

Peter, I have been leaving my prop bare for years because I have yet to find anything anti fouling to reliably stick to my prop for any length of time. Not sure if thats a concern, but I did find this which you might find interesting. I'm planning on trying this on my prop this year. They are sellin...

Figment, Thanks for the reply. I was considering CPES as a way to perhaps forestall the reappearance of the crazing under the primer. Not sure it would have any other effect. I haven't ever used the stuff, but it seems to me if the crazing could be filled at least the primer would not be bridging th...

Hello there, I've been checking this site for a couple of years now, but this is my first post. I have similar crazing problems as described here and in other threads, and I was wondering if anyone had considered using CPES as a possible solution to securing/filling crazing and even larger delaminat...