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Tom Young

Tonights storm spurred me to get the boat and mast covered.

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http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x105/CD28Tantalus/5OnsetReturn20091.jpg And let's not forget Onset, that sweet offer of refuge between the west end of the canal and the rolling Hell that Hog Island Channel can be in a strong SW'er when the canal ebbs into it. Red Brook Harbor is the other option...

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I had to look up "construction screws." I had not heard of them, but the name made me think of some sort of heavy-duty sheet rock screw type of thing. Here is a photo of one type I found from (naturally) http://www.screw-products.com: http://www.screw-products.com/images/hd-featurest.jpg ...

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I sure don't like the idea of housewraps or anything close to the spar. The housewrap weeps moisture through and holds it tight to the wood. Only if you put it on inside out. It is working well on untold thousands of houses right up against the sheathing. That being said I still don't like the idea...

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I sure don't like the idea of housewraps or anything close to the spar. The housewrap weeps moisture through and holds it tight to the wood. I'll try to find a photo but I have a pretty simple system for my 50' main mast that's been tested for over 10 years. It won't work on the rack you're using, b...

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Yes thanks, I love to see threads like this.

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Speaking for my area, I wonder if you could move a bit? Perhaps take your time coming up working from various harbors that can supply internet? You'll get the best weather that way, June is iffy in Maine. In the Penobscot Bay and surrounding areas, you might also move around a bit for weather and ch...

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FIDELIO is still my favorite. Sister ship to the famous FINESTERRE, she's a 38' S&S 50's design that today is just as beautiful as ever.

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Interesting stuff. One of the first things I look at in a boat ad is the ladder. How far is it from the sole to the cockpit? That alone can tell you a lot about the boat and how it will feel. Those of us in low freeboard design boats (many of us here) take for granted the short rise between sole and...

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I read this several times, and I sure don't get it Doug. Especially the separate switch. I'm assuming you have 2 batteries one or both of which supply your engine starter. Just thinking from scratch, I'd want the battery switch to be just that, ON/OFF for 1,2 or both. I'd want any charging from alte...

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Very nice! I wouldn't varnish either. I'd leave them as is. They look terrific.

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I do wonder a bit about splicing rope to chain. It means that the rope strands have to make a 180 deg turn around the 5/16" link rather than around a nice big thimble. Great install Doug. I don't see a wear problem in the rope to chain splices on my 3 strand. I do renew it every few years. As ...

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This is the last task and post on my galley work, I promise. Because I no longer had the spot for the windlass panel, I had to relocate that. The logical place was a plywood box long ago built for stuff like that. It was riddled with holes, water damaged, so I had one more thing to do. Except for a ...

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Hi Doug. My windlass came with the boat and is located forward of the bow cleats and a similarly located cowl vent aft. It's an old upright Ideal windlass. I use 40' of chain the rest nylon. It's not set up for hands off self stowing(just a typical deck pipe cover) but with nylon, I doubt it will ev...

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One of the projects on my list to get my triton ready for the season is to paint the ceiling of the v-birth area. The previous owner recored the deck from below. There is some exposed plywood (see pictures) that is glassed in on the edges that I plan to sand down smooth and paint. I am not sure wha...

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My yawls running backstays connect with pelican hooks to bases on the stern. One per side. 949 sailplan jpeg 1000 px 2.jpg The connections are welded to stern rail bases. You can flip off the pelican hooks downwind when letting the mizzen out fully. They're there simply to help support the loads of ...

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The teak looks great! Nice work.

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That does look nice. Looks like it would be nice and secure even when heeled. I have one question though: Have the let-in treads always been finished? It seems like they would be really grippy if they were bare wood (not to criticize though, as it looks like a great ladder and a really nice restore...

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is something else that could use work. I pulled the companionway ladder just to refinish it. If there's one thing on the boat I don't think much about but use a lot, it's this for sure. In the shop, I had some time to look at it. Being design # 949, I figure this ladder has century of experience in ...

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Wow, that is fantastic! I like it all. The clear engine panel is neat; handy that it is a better sound dampener too. Is there any way you could draw or otherwise show the wooden "hinge" for the tilt-out trash drawer? Carpentry-deficient minds (or mine anyway) can't quite visualize it. Thi...

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Almost...It's amazing how many times something like this goes back and forth to where you've doing the work. This is under the cover so colors look weird. But everything fits pretty well. Here's are the two parts. The part to the right is fixed. The center piece is held at the top in a captive rabbe...

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Looks to be in great condition. It hails from my town. I don't remember seeing it. Was it kept in Rockport Harbor?

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The Jaguar XKE. I know this is a car, but I was looking at the design in a NYTs article and was struck by how it's era in design is so clear. A prominent element of the cars design to me is the window shape. And so I see that shape repeated in some boat port designs of the same era, like mine and ot...

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That looks fantastic, Tom. I don't know the correct terminology, but the "swags" in the veneer are pretty. They almost look like theatre curtains. Very often cabinet grade plywoods come with 2 different sides. The "A" side is made of one continuous piece of veneer and the "...

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I hope that works. For some reason attaching the photos from our owners website doesn't work here. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll use the photo loader here. Rachel, as I clicked the photos in any form on the website, they wouldn't come up as jpegs. Weird.

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And I could start spelling your name correctly.....

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Thanks Rachael. I'll repost them if I can figure it out. I don't think Tim wants photos posted on his server so I may have to move them to another. this is the server on our owners website.

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Paulus wrote:I can't see the pics - do I need to tweak some setting somewhere?

Hi Paulus, I don't know what the problem is. Anyone else not see them?

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I assembled the doors. Alden used a nice clean design in 1961 of a mahogany plywood panel framed with rails and stiles of solid mahogany. The panel of course is stable and the hardwood protects the edges from dings that raw plywood doors suffer from. Sometimes what looks like "yachty" work...

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That looks like a nice improvement, Tom. I like how it will give you back a bit of toe-kick space - that's always nice when standing at a sink/counter. Also, I agree that it is more appealing aesthetically. Thanks Rachael. You noticed. It is weird how odd a toe spaceless counter makes you turn. But...

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Way back in the 70's when this boat was repowered, the new engine pushed through into the galley a few inches. It was "treated" with a bumped out removable panel that is angled to accomodate that which comes through. Here is the panel in place to the left. Xmas galley cover on above.jpg I ...

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Hi Paulus, great boat! And nice shots too of your trip down the coast. I thought the same as Robert on your mizzen staysail. They're a little tricky to rig(mine was at first) and trim. It looks to me like you have the clew and tack switched. But it doesn't make sense that the sheet would be wire eit...

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So, I think it all depends what designer, what boat, and so on. It sure does. I've had fun studying the centerboards on boats like Finesterre(a sister ship actually), old style, and newer high aspect centerboards like those designs of Bruce Kirby and a few other performance designers of canoe body ...

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Neat! Doesn't that make you just want to jump in and go for a swim/explore? Yes it does. The magic of the Bahamas for me was the light colored water. I was drawn to sail in the shallows. The most memorable was sailing for miles across the white banks with a foot or two under the keel of our boat th...

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If I were superstitious, it would have been spooky. As usual though, I'm the one to blame. On this trip we were plagued by our Balmar alternator eating belts. Not a new problem, I just haven't fully corrected it. Being onboard with the kids using laptops, a few movies, and well you get it. The charg...

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Nice read - thanks! What's a WP? Thanks. A wheel pilot autopilot which simply mounts to the wheel as opposed to a more expensive under deck system. Our AH 4000 gave us good service for more than a decade. On this trip, going always to windward, it was simple to keep nudging degrees until a good mot...

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We've done this as a family 2 times in past years here from Rockport Maine. This year was to combine a trip to southern New England with our kids going off to school out of Logan airport in Boston at the end of the 2 weeks. With only 2 weeks, this is a sticky weather wicket to take on. In two previo...

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Thank you Duncan. I count your CD27 as a part of the classic design that continued and continues today in some designs. We owned and loved our CD28 of 13 years which faithfully took us up and down the east coast and to the Bahamas twice. It was a great boat. But the CD27 to my eye, is CD's classic. ...

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949Y was christened in the Great Lakes, Chicago I believe, in 1961. She spent some winters as a charter in the Bahamas with the new owner and completed at least 1 Bermuda race. (unconfirmed rumor of 2). Then onto New England with the second owners. She spent over 35 years in their care, mostly moore...

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We won't be sailing today but it will be in my mind as I look out over Penobscot Bay today from on top of the Camden Snowbowl, our little in town ski area. I'm always amazed how big the bay is from here. A triangle with 3, 30 mile legs. It's no wonder after more than 10 sailing seasons, I don't feel...

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I don't know if this will help, but in rebuilding my rudder a few years ago, I took it down all the way. One drift is tapped into the rudder stock, another is through bolted. Screws hold the lower area. A bronze frame around the tailing edge helps hold it all together. The threaded drift was snapped...

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Richard, my boat is an Alden Challenger built in 1961. Somewhere there must be some design specs for your boat and centerboard arrangement. If my boats centerboard was lifted by a cable and reel instead of the screw on the cabintop that limits the travel, it could also be dropped to vertical. But it...

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Bound for Roque Island by RJ Rubadeau is an enjoyable book for anyone that sails with a family, on the coast of Maine, or would like to. You can get it direct off his website(boundforroqueisland.com) I took this shot of his boat, DOG STAR in Northeast Harbor a couple years back(not knowing him or th...

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I'm new to this centre board on a cruiser idea. Always had a full keel pilot boat from west coast England. Real slogger in the heavy stuff no matter where you were pointing. I've just bought a Phillip Rhodes Swiftsure33 centre board sloop. Will I be that much more maneuverable whilst beating to win...

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This year I have gone crazy and had THE INCIDENT hauled with straps so I could take a look at the centerboard--especially the shackle that fastens the stainless steel pennant to the centerboard. Once we had the boat out Eddy Vachon, sailboat magician and sailor, lowered the board all the way. Accor...

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I believe they lost power on Nantucket some time yesterday. I thought of Doug then.

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I'm getting lazier these days. I use 4 A frames and a 2x6" ridge. One set of X braces between the middle 2 A frames. All the legs are tied or fastened to the boat. I'm lucky too in that the bronze stanchions slide out of mounting bases. Then I run a 30x50' tarp over. Having built pretty substan...

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I feel your pain Doug. While I spend much of my time working with my hands building and restoring houses, I rarely if ever hurt my hands. The work is never that demanding. But come springtime and working on the boat, is a different matter. I was convinced this spring I'd taken a real physical downtu...

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That's my spinnaker pole in the first photo you posted. It's the same as John describes with a lot of camber in the taper from 3+" to 2" on the ends. I have seen it with an alarming bend once or twice but it has survived. I could see during those bends, the taper was well thought out. The ...

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I don't have a tach right now. Since I replaced my engine, I didn't install the mechanical tach sender due to space reasons. The VDO tach I have I don't believe will work off the alt. So the Ford reg simply works as a not that bright regulator. I can hook it up in a matter of minutes though and they...

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