Plastic Classic Forum

I would try to get the spacing between the joists just right to cradle the drums, then lash them in place. Almost all the pressure is upward, forcing the assembly together. The only problem may be in the whole weight of the dock resting on the drums at low tide... If there are 2 openings in each dru...

You can go smaller, but with some loss of stability, and no great savings on material or labor (except for hauling it in and out!). You might consider 6x8 or 6x10, I have floats about 5'x16' that do fine. Just keep the flotation at the extreme corners. For stability, the heavier the better - if you ...

Hi Rachel - I have been doing docks this weekend, so it is on my mind (I found free used docks from a local yacht club, on Craigslist - need som refurbishing, but a quick and easy solution!) There is an OK book on the subject, I thought it was called "The dock book", but nothing turns up i...

As I recall, the 5000 series is available mostly in plate and sheet; the 6000 series in extruded shapes, pipe, etc. My impression is most all of the 5000 and 6000 alloys will be OK in a "recreational" marine environment. On my aluminum boat, I used 5086 plate and 6061 /6063 shapes. The Yar...

Yarde metals sells cutoffs and scrap through their website http://www.yarde.com/. Go to "Drop Zone" and browse. Yarde is a serious supplier, specializing in marine grades of aluminum and stainless. You want 5000 series aluminum. The Yarde website is a PITA (most items have zero scrap in st...

I got the Corinthian (and cradle) onto the trailer, (PITA) lowered the mast, and looked over the rigging again. THe spreaders are even worse than I thought, and I busted the "pin" through the mast trying to get them off. I am thinking I'll make new spreaders out of some Ipe scraps I have a...

Bottom paint, at least on the small boats I am accustomed to, should be international orange, or similar, with reflective "HELP" in huge block letters. If the bottom is visible, I want it to be VERY visible, with no room for mis-identification or confusion! Kinda like the bright PFDs and o...

Very Very Nice! Have you met other Ensign owners? There used to be a couple fleets in Casco Bay, there are still a bunch in the Sheepscot/Boothbay area. While it doesn't look like you have a problem, take a close look at the ballast cavity - I think I posted a link to an Ensign article in the Keel D...

Yup, I figured... In the damaged area, the glass was surprisingly thin, so the patch will be a bit higher. Also, I have to build up maybe 1/4" to fair the keel drain; again glass is too thin to countersink it there. And what do you think of leaving the 1/4" holes simply plugged with epoxy,...

I have the old style "bar" winches - a slot thru the top of the winch accepts a bar maybe .25" x 1.25", with the handle attached to that. I think that will let me "gear" the handle, by sliding more or less in - way in for light duty, fast winching, out for more leverage...

very cool - the original poster can change the thread title, by editing the first post!

So I drained the keel "void" as best I could, (drilling a number of 1/4 inch drains along the bottom, and blowing into the void with a hairdrier for a few hours) though the glass fibers are still damp. Then tilted the boat forward, and filled the lower couple inches of the void with epoxy....

I would not leave epoxy exposed to UV for more than a a week or two. According the Gougeon Bros... In Maine I have one skiff, which I sometimes forget to paint. Once I re-did the exterior, and forgot to paint most of it. After 3 or 4 years of 12-month exposure (6 months upright, 6 months upside dow...

Yup = that's how I do it - you can use most any photo-editing or graphics program for this - Paint and a bunch of others are free, as I recall. Life is too short to own an ugly boat I disagree - Life is too short to own a PRETTY boat! Who has time to do all that fussing, when you could be out on the...

A bit of googling brings up : Good Old Boat article on the Ensign - one piece of advice is to drill a small drain every fall, and fill it before launch! (just don't forget!) http://www.fios.org/roseman/pyc/ensign/good%20old%20boat%20article/gob_so07_ensign%20with%20pyc%20permission.pdf http://www.pe...

Corinthian - as found

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o248/sals_dad/details.jpg I am finally working on the Corinthian - the first task is to get the hull sound. Three things jumped out as needing some glass/epoxy work: - Installing a garboard plug (there was none before, and the boat had sat on the hard, full of wat...

Saw this on ebay:

6 Small Bronze Opening Ports from 1960 Pearson Triton
Sold for $438

Wow...



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 24565&rd=1

I always have a bunch of old outboard fuel lines around; the end connectors typically fail, and the hose gets brittle, but the squeeze bulb still works. Just cut off the ends for a versatile fuel siphon. I keep one in the back of the truck, "just in case", or to use the 20 gallon truck tan...

The heater is "just-in-case". With the hole in the keel, I don't expect to collect much water, but it's not unusual for that kind of drain hole to freeze up solid. If it does, I can just plug the wire in for a few hours to clear it up. While I am thinking about it, any suggestions for a re...

Very similar to the Dyer, but (as I recall) more solidly built. The interior was a molded fiberglass inner rail and thwarts. Googling turned up a couple old ebay auctions, and a mention in a Pearson Yachts history - apparently this was Pearson's first model - 1957, before the Triton. (edited for cla...

I once had a rugged little dinghy - 8' x 4+' with a sailing rig, a roundish tubby thing. The boat "disappeared" 20 years ago, but I still have the rig.

Anybody remember this boat?

Sal's Dad

Picked up the Corinthian a couple weeks ago. Regrettably, I put off the trip too long. I had seen the boat when visiting an elderly realative on Long Island last summer, and planned to pick it up on a later visit. I never imagined that my next visit would be in mourning. I returned from the funeral,...

Thanks for the support! I have to build/rebuild a cradle, and haul it from Long Island NY, probably to Maine (I have a flatbed trailer that should just do it). I'd anticipate doing the minimum to get her sailing next year, and put her on a mooring, maybe with a sign offering to lend her out to neigh...

A pretty Corinthian:



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The other day I put a deposit on an old Corinthian sailboat I saw in a tiny boatyard. Not in great shape, but a classic hull, and reportedly with complete sails and rigging. Unfortunately there was a lot of water in the hull; I asked the yard to drill a hole in the keel. I have to move it before the...