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Tim Mertinooke

Has anyone ever anchored off of Baker Island? I read the cruising guide's writeup and it looks like an intriguing place to spend a night on the hook. What did you think?

Tim Mertinooke

Every time that I have used Epifanes, I have also followed their instructions to the letter with good results. I used their thinner too which went a remarkably long way, so for me it was worth the price.

Tim Mertinooke

Great idea for the baseboard, I may go that route myself. Of the paint that has peeled so far, it has taken the original varnish off with it exposing nice veneer. I remember the previous owner telling me that he wanted to "brighten it up down below"...Ouch... I will have my fingers crossed...

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I've become addicted to using a small scraper and heat gun for removing finishes. Though incidental damage is a concern, adjacent 'glass, etc. I wonder about damaging inner glue lines in laminated work, too. I second the use of a heat gun, scraper, and good technique. And I second your concerns on ...

Tim Mertinooke

I had huge success refinishing my wheel last year with Epifanes Woodfinish Gloss and plan on using it for the rest of my boat this year. I can appreciate a good varnish job, but time and weather are my enemies so I'm drawn to a no-sand product like this one. The ease of use and aesthetics really imp...

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She's a honey! I have a Fuji 32 which is a sister ship to yours. I think we bumped into each other on the Mariner Forum last year attempting to get some Fuji and Mariners together for some sort of rendezvous. Post some more pics!

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Well, it looks like we've picked the location for next year's Plastic Classic Forum Maine rendezvous.

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Let me know when you get the nerve so I can follow you in. :)

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Tim,
Have you ever been to The Basin in Hurricane Sound? It looks like quite the adventure to get in there.

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Camden hills.

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I agree, that whole area is amazing. It's the raw material I use for winter dreams. We hit Brimstone Island around the corner last year too. What a funky place that is.

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Bingo! What a special place.

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Not the Barred Islands, although they are lovely. Seal Bay is truly spectacular and I think that this tiny harbor reminded me of it somewhat. It was a gem that we discovered last season. I'll give two big hints...it took us less than two hours to sail there from Rockland and it's less than six miles...

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Tim wrote:Muscle Ridge area?

I would say that it's in that general area, although it's not an island (or group of islands I should say) in or near the channel itself.

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Both pictures were taken within a minute of each other. It was the beginning of August at sunset so I'm guessing that it was somewhere around 7:30pm or so. Mount Desert is not in the background of the first picture. I agree, this is fun :)

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Close, but not quite Merchant at that point.

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Can anyone guess where these were taken? I took both from the same location one after the other. More hints available upon request.

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The tank is fiberglassed into the bilge under the cabin sole so removal is impossible. It also has baffles which may complicate things. I will certainly check out the product that you mentioned. I recently heard that kerosene can be used to help flush out a tank too. Thanks.

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My ketch has a 45 gallon fiberglass fuel tank located under the cabin sole and I know that it is in need of cleaning. The access port at the top of the tank is one inch in diameter which is too small to be used to clean the tank, so I plan to increase it's size for better access. Assuming that I dra...

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Thanks. Mike, I'll be sure to e-mail you and let you know when we'll be up there in Casco Bay. I am very impressed with how balanced the boat is. We have had many passages with little to no adjustment to the helm. That particular tack was just magical.

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After taking the last sailing season off in order to finish my master's degree, Excalibur is afloat again. No pictures yet, but I took this video on Sunday sailing off of NH. On this particular tack we did not touch the helm for almost an hour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp3kz3l6sR8

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That boat just looks "right"!

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Congrats! You have certainly more than earned a nice beam reach with the helm in one hand and a good brew in the other. I'm looking forward as well to more info on that boat :)

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London Goes to Sea is a great book that details the true cost of ownership and feelings about whether a 27 foot boat is "big enough". The boat's a Cape Dory 27 too, which is a honey of a boat in my mind.

http://www.amazon.com/London-Goes-Sea-R ... 1574091751

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I was under the impression that vented loops contained a one-way valve for the air to pass through. I imagine it's possible for that one-way air valve to fail thereby allowing the siphon to occur. I have a vented loop on my head setup and now wonder if there is any maintenance involved with them to ...

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A friend of mine who has a Block Island 40 had the siphon problem and he added a loop above the waterline without a check valve. He drilled a small hole in the top of it so that if the pump was pumping, a small amount of water would spurt out, but it ensured that air was sucked in once the pump stop...

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Check valves die, hence making them potentially dangerous in my opinion. The bilge hose that I had the siphon problem with last year had a check valve inline with it. Another owner of a Fuji like mine had his boat sink at the dock and the cause was a bilge siphon that developed when the bilge emptie...

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Thanks Tim! The transom it is then. I can live with the look if the siphoning I experienced last year never returns :)

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http://www.triton381.com/images/exhaust.jpg I've decided to put the bilge pump outlet on the stern (maybe on the transom itself) of my boat but I'm still pondering exactly where. I really like where Tim put it on Glissando, which would work on my boat too because of similar overhangs. My stern howe...

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They are sidedeck drains as Tim surmised. Adding them to the existing cockpit drains sounds like a good idea and I think I'll go that route. Thanks!!

Tim Mertinooke

Need some advice. My boat was originally outfitted with three thru-hulls that were at the waterline. One was for the bilge pump, and the other two were for deck drains and none had seacocks, only bronze mushrooms with associated retaining nuts. Last season I ran into some issues with my bilge pump c...

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Wow! You should be proud of all of that hard work, it has certainly paid off.

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That is, Britton pointed out that many of these free photo hosting sites (Photobucket is one of those I think?) own the rights to your photos, and so why not host them on your own domain. As a control freak this is why I went this route. I host two websites through www.ez-web-hosting.com and have d...

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700nm of fun!

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Yup.

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Looking Good!!!

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David VanDenburgh wrote:Speaking of Hal Roth, apparently he died Saturday, October 18, at age 81, after a 2-1/2 year battle with lung cancer.

That is truly sad news as I have thoroughly enjoyed his books over the years. Now there's a guy who who lived the dream.

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Thanks for all the advice, I do appreciate it. I think I'm going to replace with spruce and do the epoxy trick where the fasteners travel through the wood. I plan to use the original hardware. The boat comes out this weekend unfortunately, but we logged more than 700nm this summer which is not too s...

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A new winter project has moved itself to front of the pack after removing my mizzen mast last weekend. It appears as though my wooden spreaders are in very tough shape and have a lot of rot at the fittings. http://www.fuji32.com/img_1210692938_15121_1221403266_mod_280_210.jpg Clearly I need to build...

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Also check out www.pearsonariel.org

Great boats. Great people that own them.

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bcooke wrote:I am not crazy about the Merrimac.

I hear ya. On the other hand, you will be able to say your triton goes nine knots...over land.

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Will you be keeping the boat on Plum Island Sound?

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I imagine a place that works on them should be able to identify the age.

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I use a vest life jacket over the top of the food covered by a space blanket and it works well. It can be a process to remove food, but worth it.

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John, CD28 wrote:As Yoda said, "USE THE FORCE, LUKE."

[/Geek] Sorry John, but that was Obi-Wan in Episode IV when Luke was in the X-wing trying to blow up the original Death Star.... [/Geek]

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bcooke wrote:Sadly they are being phased out in an effort to make the sailing courses more 'comfortable' and less demanding.

Why that seems very un-outwardboundish to me.

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Great photo! We bounced around Penobscot Bay for a week and a half last month including a night at High Island Harbor not to far from where that picture was taken.

Is that a Hurricane Island pulling boat in the background?

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She sails great and has exceeded all of my expectations!

I am beginning to really like the two mast thing...

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Last weekend, my family and I cruised to the Isles of Shoals for our shakedown sail. Other than me being attacked by a seagull on Smuttynose Island, everything went well. http://www.fuji32.com/img_1210692938_15037_1214166935_mod_280_210.jpg http://www.fuji32.com/img_1210692938_15038_1214167070_mod_2...

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