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- Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:09 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Couple of articles by me in Duckworks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10723
Re: Couple of articles by me in Duckworks
Sold the old one and bought an inflatable because the mini simply would not fit on deck on Tehani. Tehani is now Laura's boat and I have back our previous one, which you CAN put the mini aboard-SO new one comes to life. I needed a dinghy anyway, for my new (old?) boat- Necessity is her name. 1972 Li...
- Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:09 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Shroud tension
- Replies: 2
- Views: 931
Re: Shroud tension
That's how I've always set'em.
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:20 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Couple of articles by me in Duckworks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10723
Re: Couple of articles by me in Duckworks
Hi Zach- not of that job, no. I'm done with that one
Been cruising onboard Tehani since then. Back home now. My next project will be for a B and B Yachts Minipaw dinghy.
Been cruising onboard Tehani since then. Back home now. My next project will be for a B and B Yachts Minipaw dinghy.
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:17 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Miss you folk
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4177
Re: Miss you folk
I haven't used WEST SYS in quite a while. Been using 2-1 epoxies, for the last 5 boats I built.Tallystick wrote:Haha, I almost didn't post the good deal on epoxy I found at ebay for fear of getting flamed for not using West Systems.
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:45 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Miss you folk
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4177
Re: Miss you folk
Been kinda wondering the same thing.
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:57 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Lifeline turnbuckles
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1126
Re: Lifeline turnbuckles
Johnson Marine has hand swage fittings and tools also- It's what I used on Tehani in 2006. Still going good, and I'm very satisfied.
http://www.csjohnson.com/
http://www.csjohnson.com/
- Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:49 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Chesapeake 32
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3014
Re: Chesapeake 32
I've been sailing for several years on one's little sister- A 1961 Rhodes Meridian 25. An absolutely delightful vessel at sea. Just returned from a 2 1/2 year cruise covering around 7000 miles. I'd swap up to a Ches 32 in a heartbeat. Looks just like the Meridian, but 7 feet longer. I can steer with...
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:25 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Lead-Acid Battery Acid and Epoxy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1550
Re: Lead-Acid Battery Acid and Epoxy
Why not phone the Gougeon's and ask? Their tech support section is always willing to answer questions like this.
Or simply put the batteries in a battery box made for the purpose, and fastened down.
Or simply put the batteries in a battery box made for the purpose, and fastened down.
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:26 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: finding the waterline on trailer
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6341
Re: finding the waterline on trailer
Better yet- find some one who installs drop ceilings and borrow one.
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:30 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Electrics Advice??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1209
Re: Electrics Advice??
Lived aboard, and cruised full time, for 2 1/2 years (Texas to the Chesapeake and back, around 7000 miles), with a single Grp 27 battery and a 32 Watt solar panel. Agree pretty much with LazyGuy, but here's a few more thoughts- Get rid of the electric water pump- two reasons- first it's unneeded- a ...
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:58 am
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Good deal on epoxy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3033
Re: Good deal on epoxy
Pretty fair price. I last paid (last week) $49 a gallon from B and B Yacht Designs. Plus shipping of course. It's a 2-1 epoxy like Raka or MAS.
It isn't shown on the web site,, but Carla will sell it to you over the phone. Good folks to deal with.
It isn't shown on the web site,, but Carla will sell it to you over the phone. Good folks to deal with.
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:31 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Bootstrip Color Options
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2680
Re: Bootstrip Color Options
Are you planning to cruise the boat? Or just local sailing? If you are planning to cruise, just paint the bottom paint to the top of the bootstripe, and forget the stripe. Because you'll wind up moving the waterline up anyway! If you are sailing local, and not loading stores for cruise, paint the bo...
- Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:21 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Sorry, It may be a Dumb One
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1504
Re: Sorry, It may be a Dumb One
Originally, the Cunningham was designed as a rule beater. It allowed more tension on the luff, without extending the sail past the black band put on by the admeasurer. The down haul would pull the tack past that band, the Cunningham doesn't .
Invented by Briggs Cunningham in the 1950's
Invented by Briggs Cunningham in the 1950's
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:36 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Sorry, It may be a Dumb One
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1504
Re: Sorry, It may be a Dumb One
exactly so
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:43 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Cleaning Bronze Jib Hanks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4516
Re: Cleaning Bronze Jib Hanks
I'd keep them wet with the lemon juice for a bit, then keep gently working them. I found two sails in a dumpster at Point Lookout Marina when we were there, all rigged with bronze hanks, many of them corroded to the point of immobility . Cut them off the sails and soaked them in a jar with lemon oil...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:00 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Cleaning Bronze Jib Hanks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4516
Re: Cleaning Bronze Jib Hanks
Yep- as I said- it's really a form of oxidation. and washing it leaves a nice brownish patina, which I really like the looks of. But sometimes old bronze is so corroded it looks terrible. And the pistons get clogged up on piston hanks.
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:18 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Cleaning Bronze Jib Hanks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4516
Re: Cleaning Bronze Jib Hanks
I thought that the green-blue patina bronze develops is good for the bronze; sort of protects it. Why get them all clean and shiny when they're just going to return to the state they're in now? LOL- good point. It's really a form of oxidation, which is what rust is. I've begun just washing the bron...
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:28 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Cleaning Bronze Jib Hanks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4516
Re: Cleaning Bronze Jib Hanks
plain old lemon juice will clean the green off. Does a great job. I clean all my bronze using it. Can't say if it'll strain the sail- most likely the green would.
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:39 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Painting an aluminum mast or boom?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4160
Re: Painting an aluminum mast or boom?
Just re-purchased a boat I owned some years ago- got her here yesterday. I painted the mast about 10-12 years ago and it's still doing great, other than some scrapes, etc. Normal wear Sanded, shot two coats Zinc Chromate primer, then two coats 2 part poly. Most of the mast looks as good as when I sh...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:20 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Do I have this Right?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5469
Re: Do I have this Right?
Common practice is to put 5 or more (some say 7) coats of barrier, but that is to prevent blisters from developing on more modern, new-age gelcoat. Your hull is aged (like mine) and if it has none to date, I would not wast time and money building to the recommended mills on the cans... Two coats of...
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:51 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Howdy folks from Tehani-
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7262
Re: Howdy folks from Tehani-
As of 1645 on Weds afternoon (12-21), Tehani is snugged into her home slip in Port Lavaca, Texas, and I am back home. Was a good cruise for the most part, totalling 6885 miles. I was singlehand for 2190 of those.
But I'm glad to be home for a while.
But I'm glad to be home for a while.
- Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:23 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Howdy folks from Tehani-
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7262
Re: Howdy folks from Tehani-
been a busy time.. Tehani is now in Alabama waters. Crossed the gulf (singlehand) from Tarpon Springs to Apalachicola two weeks ago. 177 miles, 32 hours. Been progressing up the Florida panhandle since. Had a really bad day two days ago- pounding into 20-26 knots in Santa Rosa Sound in cold weather....
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:36 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Howdy folks from Tehani-
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7262
Re: Howdy folks from Tehani-
Tehani and I have made it across Florida via the Okeechobee Waterway. Now sitting in Laishly Park Marina, Punta Gorda, Fl, on the gulf coast. First time in gulf waters since Feb, 2010. Been raining last few days, but I should be able to continue in the morning. Heading up Florida's west coast. Shoul...
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:54 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Couple of articles by me in Duckworks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10723
Couple of articles by me in Duckworks
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/11/how ... /index.htm
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/11/how ... index2.htm
Hope you enjoy them. Was a busy four weeks.
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/11/how ... index2.htm
Hope you enjoy them. Was a busy four weeks.
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:48 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Howdy folks from Tehani-
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7262
Re: Howdy folks from Tehani-
what a question!! Lots of spots. The Bahamas waters are fantastic. A great three months. DC is well worth the trip. Anchored out in Washington Channel. Paid for dinghy dock privileges at Capital Yacht Club. How else can you stay in DC for $15 per night?? Three blocks walk from National Mall. Annapol...
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:57 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Howdy folks from Tehani-
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7262
Howdy folks from Tehani-
Got some wifi so thought I'd say hello. Hard to follow a bunch of forums using an Iphone, so I let most slide. Saw where Kurt has taken the board-he's a great guy (drinks a bit much but oh well!!!) Not really but that's a standing joke between us-grin Since last I was able to post (I think) Tehani h...
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:46 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: New tiller - Cetol, epoxy or varnish?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10546
Re: New tiller - Cetol, epoxy or varnish?
Fiberglass coatings in FL sells thinned Epoxy for sealing wood, I use it on every piece of wood that appears porous or weathered. That's a very different formulation of epoxy than what is sold and used as regular adhesive, coating, glassing epoxy. As shown in the EpoxyWorks article, the Gougeon's r...
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:42 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: New tiller - Cetol, epoxy or varnish?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10546
Re: New tiller - Cetol, epoxy or varnish?
I'm with Rachel on the varnish and here's why. My tiller has seen much use in the cruising we've done in the last two years. The varnish has gotten sorta sticky from all the hours of hands on use. Recently it aggravated me enough so I simply used a fine scrubby and some soap, and washed it down. Sti...
- Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:40 pm
- Forum: Forum Rules, Registration Information, and Posting Instructions
- Topic: Site move
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8765
Re: Site move
Hi Kurt-congrats
see you again in a while. Keep the beer cold- Grin
I'll be starting back your way in a few weeks. Plan to stop again.
See ya then
see you again in a while. Keep the beer cold- Grin
I'll be starting back your way in a few weeks. Plan to stop again.
See ya then
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:22 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Epoxy Virgin; Which West Hardener & Fabric
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1909
Re: Epoxy Virgin; Which West Hardener & Fabric
I have one question- why WEST? It's, bar none, the most expensive epoxy on the market. MAS is cheaper as is RAKA and both are quite good. But for the last five or six years I've been buying epoxy from B and B Yacht Designs. Very good service and very competitive prices, for a really good epoxy. I've...
- Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:48 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Genoa track on toe rail.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1619
Re: Genoa track on toe rail.
Thanks Rachel. May not be a frequent poster anymore, but I still read the site now and again.
See you in a bit-May 1 is coming at us like a freight train!!
See you in a bit-May 1 is coming at us like a freight train!!
- Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:26 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Genoa track on toe rail.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1619
Re: Genoa track on toe rail.
Yah!! I can login again!!
Tehani's tracks are screwed onto her toerails, where they've been for 50 years now.
Tehani's tracks are screwed onto her toerails, where they've been for 50 years now.
- Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:38 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Tehani celebrating her 50th this year!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2359
Re: Tehani celebrating her 50th this year!!
On rare occasions yes. Not often. During the rebuild I talked to Brion Toss about added double lowers. He saw no need, so we didn't. Edited to add- That spar is a box section, original Spruce. All four sides are full length, no joints. It's finished with four coats of automotive acrylic clear coat, ...
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:01 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Tehani celebrating her 50th this year!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2359
Tehani celebrating her 50th this year!!
I've posted this on other boards, but she deserves mention here too- Seafarer Meridian 25, Hull #10, built in Holland in 1961. She's certainly not the original boat anymore, but the wooden mast is still going strong. And she's well traveled too, particularly since we got her in New York where she ha...
- Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:25 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: We had a great sail accross the Gulf of Maine this summer.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2914
Re: We had a great sail accross the Gulf of Maine this summer.
Nice Story Tom. Christmas is a beautiful boat.
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:28 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Howdy folks- been a while
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
Re: Howdy folks- been a while
Hi Rach- how was the dive trip. Enjoyed talking to you then. Hirilondë- we'rer refurbishing a house on some property Laura's family owns, getting the house and land ready to sell. I have one boat project I PROMISED I'd do- 34 foot trimaran damaged in hurricane Ike. Cold molded outer hull to be rebui...
- Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:55 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Howdy folks- been a while
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
Howdy folks- been a while
Laura and I have spent a tad over the last year aboard Tehani, out cruising. So far, the entire gulf coast, a VERY cold winter in southwest Florida, the keys (ditto on the cold), Bimini, Berry's, Nassau, Exumas ( down to Little Farmers Key) over to Eluethera, back to Nassau, then to Gun Cay and back...
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:08 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: How to make caned cabinet door
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4085
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:05 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: How to make caned cabinet door
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4085
- Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:00 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: How to make caned cabinet door
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4085
First post for me in a LONG time, but I had to respond to this. I have been a furniture restorer and refinisher for 28 years now ( now retired) Part of our work was caning in it's various forms - splined ( machine cane), hand woven, danish etc. Varnish will work quite nicely on cane. Stain however d...
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:20 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Epoxy Preference
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1037
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:35 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Epoxy Preference
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1037
Defender catalog price- $97.50 for one gallon of resin and one quart of fast hardener, plus shipping brings it to over $110 and probably closer to $120. As opposed to 1 1/2 gallon for $89 INCLUDING shipping. I don't see that as all that reasonable. And when I was buying 15 or 20 gallons for a boat f...
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:00 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bronze or Brass?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 276
Almost certainly bronze if exterior. Hey- my oldest son, three grand kids and two great grand kids live in Jax. I built my trimaran on the island under the high bridge where the Atlantic Blvd bridge crosses over the ICW. There's probably a steel hulled Roberts 38 upside down there still, and a Rober...
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:51 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Epoxy Preference
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1037
All that is most definitely true Brian. And they have a tech support second to none. They've helped me with several NON- boat projects back when we ran the wood shop and hadn't gotten back into boat building. One of those projects was a repair to a damaged full life sized Jesus figure on a 9 foot ta...
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:33 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Epoxy Preference
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1037
Rreferring to the question on FGCI- Well, other than the fact that they sell some brand of epoxy, the website seems pretty much slanted towards polyester resin use, not epoxy use. Which may be ok, but they just don't seem to be a good place for any help with the epoxy. MAS, RAKA, B and B, etc, can a...
- Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:45 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Epoxy Preference
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1037
I've used RAKA, MAS, Sys 3 and WEST. The very lowest price of any epoxy I've found is from B and B Yacht Design in North Carolina. It's a 2-1 ratio, I've been using it for several years now, have built five boats with it, and am completely satisfied. Last I bought was 1.5 gallons ( 1 gal resin, 1/2 ...
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:06 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Uncured Epoxy Resin--What to do?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1802
500 watt Quartz shop lights give off a great deal of heat- you can aim them at the project from several feet away and warm things up nicely. If you can build a box or tent, so much the better. I do recall Meade Gougeon at an Experimental Yacht Society meeting once- 1978 or 79, telling us about someo...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:31 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Uncured Epoxy Resin--What to do?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1802
Note: For best results, its best not to simply go by the seat of your pants. Epoxy is a finely formulated material and should be treated as such. It isn't rocket science but it isn't Elmer's glue either. Precisely!!! If it should be 5-1, make it 5-1. not 4-1 or 5-2. To do otherwise can compromise t...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:28 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Small, affordable bluewater?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 7727
James Baldwin's list is excellent - many on there are on mine, and a few are new to me, so thanks. Where can I find a Great Dane in my price range? Like a Contessa 26 or a folkboat with standing headroom... I think you can forget about either of those with standing headroom. I don't think it's gonn...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:12 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Uncured Epoxy Resin--What to do?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1802
I've found the two to one ratio epoxies to be MUCH slower curing than the 5-1 such as WEST Sys in cooler weather.. In temps to about 50 degrees, the MAS, SYS 3, RAKA, etc, can take up to three full days to reach a sandable cure, whereas WEST will do it in 24 to 36 hours usually. Colder than that, th...