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by ILikeRust
Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:43 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Vang for roller-reefing boom?
Replies: 14
Views: 5891

Re: Vang for roller-reefing boom?

So last weekend I was up on the boat and digging in the lazarette for some lines. I really need to empty it out completely and organize what's in there a little better. And what did I discover, way down deep in the nether recesses of the lazarette? The original boom vang, with the cheek plates, or w...
by ILikeRust
Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:38 pm
Forum: Tools and Techniques
Topic: Bandsaw Bungles
Replies: 6
Views: 4023

Re: Bandsaw Bungles

Quetzalsailor wrote:I bought a couple Timber Wolf blades, this is a 1/2" 3TPI resaw blade and a 12" x 14" x 1 3/4" chunk of Walnut crotch that I sawed to roughly 1/2" thick.
2012-03-09 Band Saw 001-r.jpg
2012-03-09 Band Saw 002-r.jpg
Sweet! Can't argue with the results!
by ILikeRust
Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:35 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Coronado 15 project.
Replies: 389
Views: 217344

Re: Coronado 15 project.

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m512/TampaBay2/donehatch.jpg Ha! I love that pic. He truly looks like he's carefully inspecting the finished product - like he's sighting down the edge of the board. We have a cat that looks almost identical. Ours is a little beefier. I found him as a 6-8 week-ol...
by ILikeRust
Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:14 pm
Forum: Tools and Techniques
Topic: Bandsaw Bungles
Replies: 6
Views: 4023

Re: Bandsaw Bungles

The Walker-Turner (a lovely cast iron frame - I paid 250.00 over eBay) is probably a better bandsaw than the Jet Yes. but needs new guides to replace the rudimentary ones that it came with No. I disagree. There is nothing wrong with plain steel guides. They worked for 100 years and still do. I have...
by ILikeRust
Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:06 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Pearson Ensign Restoration
Replies: 47
Views: 23930

Re: Pearson Ensign Restoration

Curious thing was, whenever we got into grinding down the the resin, a purple powder would appear. It looked and felt like blue carpenter's chalk. ???? When I tore out the cabin sole in my 1968 Pearson Wanderer and then ground down the remaining resin/glass flange and ground it smooth to the surrou...
by ILikeRust
Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:03 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Pearson Ensign Restoration
Replies: 47
Views: 23930

Re: Pearson Ensign Restoration

Crazer wrote:I've already put more into my boat then it'll ever be worth and I'm just getting started.
Amen, brudda!

BOAT=

Break
Out
Another
Thousand
by ILikeRust
Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:06 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

Yes - when I left it, it was not in contact with the bimini - it might appear so, but it wasn't. I plan on cutting about an inch or two off the bottom of the stainless steel tubing uprights on the bimini - it is taller than it needs to be anyhow. And I'm thinking of putting a stop in the vertical T-...
by ILikeRust
Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:38 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

Just realized I forgot to post these here. I shot these a week ago Sunday.

Crossing the Piankatank River.

Back at home in her slip (finally!).

A mess o' photos, not in chron order. My wife took the ones from shore; I took the ones aboard the boat.
by ILikeRust
Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:56 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

radicalcy wrote:So all in all, sounds like a normal launch day to me.....
Yeah, pretty much, I guess. For those of us with old, beat-up boats...

I have to admit, as I was walking around the boatyard, I was covetously eyeing a couple newer Benneteaus that were for sale...
by ILikeRust
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:56 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

Paying the bill took about 15 minutes, because there was all kinds of stuff going on in the office. Meanwhile, I'm thinking "come on...come on...we're running out of daylight..." Finally get the bill paid, run back down to the boat, "OK! Let's fire this baby up!" Grab the PFDs, j...
by ILikeRust
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:56 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

So I hopped aboard to make sure there wasn't any water spurting out of anything. Checked the pipe and fittings that the centerboard pennant runs through - bone dry. Checked the bronze caps on the pipes that close in the centerboard pin - bone dry. Check my brand-new through hull for the raw water in...
by ILikeRust
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:54 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

I owe a debt of gratitude to my wife, who came along not only to drive down the marina to meet my buddy and me at the other end of the trip, but also for taking all the pictures and video for me. You can hear her voice in the first video, when she says "There goes our boat!" Of course, she...
by ILikeRust
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:54 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

You Tube video of the boat moving through the crowded yard.
by ILikeRust
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:52 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

So once he drilled the barnacles out of the hole (and I'm skipping all kinds of adventures in cuss words and various tries and attempts to get a wire or something through that damn hole), it was easy to pull the new line through. Then he said, "OK, well now I can do what it was I was originally...
by ILikeRust
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

So... We cut that line off, attached a thin string to it (whipping thread, actually) and pulled that up into the boat. I was back up inside the boat, remember? I then tried to attach that little thread to the new line and yelled out (screamed, actually, to be heard over the roar of the damn travel l...
by ILikeRust
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

Well as I stated at the beginning of this thread, my boat did get its bum wet today - although there were indeed some "unforseen circumstances." There were several things to take care of prior to launch - nothing major, really. The "biggest" thing was to replace the centerboard p...
by ILikeRust
Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:36 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

Don't know anything about that particular model, but I know that every Bristol boat I've seen has been a very nice, solid-looking boat. I think there's a Bristol for sale at DBY.
by ILikeRust
Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:59 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

Oh Happy Day! So barring any unforeseen catastrophes, on Monday my boat will be getting its bum wet for the first time in 13 months. I had a lot to do to prepare her for launch, so today I went up to the boatyard for a day of non-stop work. It was a really nice day today, so I wasn't freezing or get...
by ILikeRust
Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:22 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom
Replies: 12
Views: 4276

Re: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom

And on the outside, all you see is the two screws that hold the eye on: http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu207/ilikerust/Grizabella/SUC53033.jpg And the line coming out the exit block: http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu207/ilikerust/Grizabella/SUC53032.jpg I forgot to buy a little cleat to tie ...
by ILikeRust
Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:21 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom
Replies: 12
Views: 4276

Re: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom

After cleaning up the hole, the exit block fit nicely: http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu207/ilikerust/Grizabella/SUC53023.jpg And then I realized I had it in backwards, so I flipped it and added the plastic cover plate: http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu207/ilikerust/Grizabella/SUC53024.jpg H...
by ILikeRust
Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:21 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom
Replies: 12
Views: 4276

Re: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom

And the story has a happy ending. Yesterday I bought the bits and pieces from West Marine and this morning I put it all together. Here is my little internal "handy billy" setup: http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu207/ilikerust/Grizabella/SUC53021.jpg And the existing wire rope swaged ont...
by ILikeRust
Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:06 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom
Replies: 12
Views: 4276

Re: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom

Well I cut the cable and managed to drive out that little swaged end. And I still can't get the stupid winch out of the head. So after much deliberation and careful consideration, I said SCREW IT. I'm going to set up an external outhaul using line instead of steel cable. LazyGuy - could you give me ...
by ILikeRust
Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:03 am
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Painting an aluminum mast or boom?
Replies: 7
Views: 3937

Re: Painting an aluminum mast or boom?

OK then! It looks like a cleaning and waxing it shall be! Not only is that fewer steps and less work, as everyone has mentioned, it's just going to get scuffed again anyhow!

Thanks...
by ILikeRust
Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:26 am
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Painting an aluminum mast or boom?
Replies: 7
Views: 3937

Painting an aluminum mast or boom?

Can anyone point to a decent synopsis of the steps to prepare and paint an aluminum mast/boom? While I've got my boom off the boat and at home in my workshop, I'm thinking I might as well clean it up and give it a paint job to brighten it up. I've seen masts and booms painted shiny white, and I like...
by ILikeRust
Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:58 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Completed Restoration of Sea Sprite 23' - Froonie
Replies: 14
Views: 3725

Re: Completed Restoration of Sea Sprite 23' - Froonie

I love the lines on those Sea Sprites! Beautiful restoration - sweet-looking boat. There is a sad specimen in the marina where I normally keep my boat. Although it looks abandoned and utterly unused, the marina owner told me that the owners are up-to-date on their slip fees - even though they never ...
by ILikeRust
Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:52 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Bye-bye, old refrigeration unit
Replies: 0
Views: 735

Bye-bye, old refrigeration unit

My boat (1968 Pearson) currently has an aged refrigeration unit on it. The galley has what I believe originally was just an icebox, and I'm assuming some previous owner added the refrigeration - I'm guessing probably late 1970s/early 1980s. The fridge unit itself is under the starboard aft quarterbe...
by ILikeRust
Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:37 am
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Another outstanding bad boat name
Replies: 111
Views: 38970

Re: Another outstanding bad boat name

LazyGuy wrote:Hails from Essex but I would have sworn he was from New F'n York.
Omigawd, that's bloody awful.

I see some of these names and I think what kind of moron thinks that's a good idea? Do they honestly think these are clever or funny? Ugh.
by ILikeRust
Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:30 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: ID this sailboat
Replies: 6
Views: 1447

Re: ID this sailboat

Haven't seen it since I posted the question way back when.

I pretty much check the "boats" section of Craig's list every day just to see if anything interesting pops up.
by ILikeRust
Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:38 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Intentional dismasting
Replies: 0
Views: 1843

Intentional dismasting

Very interesting video.

Makes me think I should start carrying a set of bolt cutters on board.
by ILikeRust
Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:20 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Vang for roller-reefing boom?
Replies: 14
Views: 5891

Re: Vang for roller-reefing boom?

Hirilonde is also right about tacking down wind as faster and more comfortable for some/most boats. Tacking down wind means jybing every so often and sailing at say 15-20 degrees closer to the wind than dead down wind. Ah, ok, I see - rather than trying to run dead downwind, wing-and-wing, or riski...
by ILikeRust
Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:03 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Vang for roller-reefing boom?
Replies: 14
Views: 5891

Re: Vang for roller-reefing boom?

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough.

I understand what a preventer is and what it does. I was looking for something depicting the arrangement described above.

Tack downwind? You mean come about every time? I.e., do a 270-degree turn?
by ILikeRust
Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:27 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Vang for roller-reefing boom?
Replies: 14
Views: 5891

Re: Vang for roller-reefing boom?

I mean vang. I want to be able to better control the shape of the sail and apply tension mid-boom, if need be. I plan on not using the roller feature of the boom and convert to traditional slab reefing. I had a new sail custom made earlier this year, with two sets of reefing points in. I have yet to...
by ILikeRust
Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:00 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Vang for roller-reefing boom?
Replies: 14
Views: 5891

Vang for roller-reefing boom?

My boat has a state-of-the-art (circa 1968) roller-furling boom. The previous owner told me that it had a vang that clamped onto the boom, but that was removable for when you wanted to rotate the boom. I never did find that device among all the stuff he passed along with the boat, but I know what it...
by ILikeRust
Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:06 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom
Replies: 12
Views: 4276

Re: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom

I don't think that would generate enough force to push that swage out. I'm thinking I'm going to go ahead and cut the cable. I posted this over at the Moyer Atomic 4 forum as well. Based on the discussion there, if I can't get this to work, I might just ditch it and set up an external outhaul. I alr...
by ILikeRust
Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:31 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom
Replies: 12
Views: 4276

Re: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom

Once the head was off, I peered in with a bright light and could just barely see the little ratchet pawl, which indeed looks to be pretty rusty. Which explains why it was sticking. I really want to take the whole little winch out to take it apart, clean it all up and lubricate it well before putting...
by ILikeRust
Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:30 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom
Replies: 12
Views: 4276

Removing an internal outhaul winch from a hollow boom

Howdy all - So a while back, I discovered that the outhaul on my main boom wasn't working. The boom on my boat is one of those much-maligned roller-reefing deals. The outhaul is a steel cable that passes through a sheave at the aft end of the boom and into the inside of the hollow boom. It passes ar...
by ILikeRust
Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:44 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

Somewhere it must be written that the number one requirement to owning a sailboat, is that one must be a masochist. I still have hematomae from my last visit almost 3 weeks ago. And it wasn't even MY lazerette. It was my dock neighbors exhaust system. It's odd; he's about 5'8" and says he can'...
by ILikeRust
Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:17 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

Made another run up to the boat today. Just did a few small things - over the past week, I had managed to convince myself that I had forgotten to close the forward hatch last time. So I had all these visions of a boat full of water and leaves. Fortunately, when I arrived, I discovered I actually had...
by ILikeRust
Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:52 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefully)
Replies: 138
Views: 33890

Re: What I'm doing with my boat, 2011, before Spring (hopefu

I really need to delete the "before spring" from the title of this thread... Anyhow, after not making the trek up to the boat for about the past month, due to various other pressing matters, including a case of the "I don't wanna's", I finally made it back up there this Saturday,...
by ILikeRust
Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:12 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: First year with the SS30 - photos!
Replies: 7
Views: 3351

Re: First year with the SS30 - photos!

Yeah that little yellow boat does have a pretty bad name...wished it wasnt there to mess up an otherwise nice pic of Starry Night at the dock. All you need is a little crop tool action. Here ya go: http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu207/ilikerust/DSC02011.jpg Very sweet-looking boat! Wish mine lo...
by ILikeRust
Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:24 am
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Another outstanding bad boat name
Replies: 111
Views: 38970

Re: Another outstanding bad boat name

I've long been searching for some islands of sanity among this sea of insanity.

And I'm not even going to start looking for an inspired virgin...
by ILikeRust
Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:12 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Progress
Replies: 24
Views: 9200

Re: Progress

You really should post the pics and story over at the Wooden Boat Forum...
by ILikeRust
Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:14 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: ID this sailboat
Replies: 6
Views: 1447

Re: ID this sailboat

The reason I asked, of course, is that the one pictured in my original message is for sale not too far from my house. The seller says he "doesn't no [sic] anything about boats" and "first $250 takes it." Seems to me the trailer and boat would easily be worth $250, if only to clea...
by ILikeRust
Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:25 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: ID this sailboat
Replies: 6
Views: 1447

ID this sailboat

Any idea what this is? Yeah, I know - it's a sailboat on a trailer. http://images.craigslist.org/5V35T35X63mc3o23p8baq6005628c352b1cda.jpg http://images.craigslist.org/5O15V35T03k43mc3o3baq9bf1fb06a2e91ae1.jpg http://images.craigslist.org/5V65U35P63nc3m93l7baqb343ce2abb3813af.jpg http://images.craig...
by ILikeRust
Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:43 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Deadlight Bedding deja vu redux
Replies: 24
Views: 6955

Re: Deadlight Bedding deja vu redux

If it's a blue-water cruiser, maybe it would be better to put in some more "serious" ports? Just replace those old aluminum-frame jobs altogether, with something a bit sturdier and better at keeping the sea on the outside? Just a thought... I'm not as concerned about mine, since I have no ...
by ILikeRust
Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:14 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Deadlight Bedding deja vu redux
Replies: 24
Views: 6955

Re: Deadlight Bedding deja vu redux

I would not use 5200. Removal would not just be "a huge pain," it might well be impossible without destroying something. Worse comes to worst, you might consider through-bolting with a countersunk flat or oval screw head on the outside, if it's that bad. Or just carefully drilling and tapp...
by ILikeRust
Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Butyl tape source
Replies: 36
Views: 14624

Re: Butyl tape source

I guess I lucked out too - I read all of Maine Sail's posts on bedding with butyl tape over at Sailnet, and also read his "how-to" articles at the Compass Marine site. Then I followed his recommendation to buy good-quality grey butyl tape that the RV repair places use - I found a big RV pa...
by ILikeRust
Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:56 am
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Butyl tape source
Replies: 36
Views: 14624

Re: Butyl tape source

Another one.

You might have to buy some on line. Let Google be your friend. And don't forget to search eBay.