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by keelbolts
Thu Feb 14, 2019 1:16 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Acquired a new project (Grampian Classic 31)
Replies: 19
Views: 5002

Re: Acquired a new project (Grampian Classic 31)

Sorry to hear that the Grampian didn’t work out. Based solely on her lines, I’d say she’s worth saving , even if you don’t have the time to be her savior. The Swiftsure is even more attractive and, from your description of her better condition, I think it’s not too much of a stretch to say there’s a...
by keelbolts
Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:43 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Acquired a new project (Grampian Classic 31)
Replies: 19
Views: 5002

Re: Acquired a new project (Grampian Classic 31)

How’s your Grampian Classic project coming. I’d never heard of those before you posted yours here. I’ve seen, and even considered acquiring a Grampian 26, but a Classic? Reminds me a lot of a Hinckley Sou’wester. Verrry nice. Anyway, how goes it?
by keelbolts
Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:41 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Morgan 30 Project
Replies: 1
Views: 1477

Morgan 30 Project

I'm not sure this thread belongs here as I sail her as much as I work on her. She is, to be sure, an ongoing project as everything on her needed to be overhauled when I acquired her. Her name is Celerity and she is a 1970 Morgan 30. The name Celerity is a reuse of the name of a boat that a relative ...
by keelbolts
Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:21 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Acquired a new project (Grampian Classic 31)
Replies: 19
Views: 5002

Re: Acquired a new project (Grampian Classic 31)

Crazer, glad to hear you're moving ahead with her despite the less than ideal weather. If she sails as good as she looks, she is well worth your time. As I said earlier, I've not seen one before, but she really is pretty. I, currently, have a Morgan 30 with a Palmer M60 motor. It's a kind of a varia...
by keelbolts
Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:23 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: knock knock knock
Replies: 12
Views: 3871

Re: knock knock knock

I've never been a huge user of social media, but I never thought of PCF as being in competition, for eyes, with FB or Instagram. I do watch YT videos, but, again, I don't think they really compare. PCF was a community of people with a shared interest. They were like friends, except I didn't know wha...
by keelbolts
Sat Feb 24, 2018 8:55 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Acquired a new project (Grampian Classic 31)
Replies: 19
Views: 5002

Re: Acquired a new project (Grampian Classic 31)

I don't know that I've seen a Grampian Classic 31 before. Very nice lines. I could definitely be seen on one. I hope you'll put up more photos and share your progress with her as you make her yours.
by keelbolts
Sat Feb 24, 2018 8:03 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: knock knock knock
Replies: 12
Views: 3871

Re: knock knock knock

Thank you, CapnK, for taking over the site. It would have been a terrible loss for the PCF to have gone away. There is a ton of useful info here. I'm not sure of what I can do, but let me know if I can be of any help in maintaining/resurrecting the site.
by keelbolts
Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:29 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: knock knock knock
Replies: 12
Views: 3871

Re: knock knock knock

Good Friday evening, It is good to see activity at the PCF. I was a regular here, years ago, when Tim was still guiding the forum. There was so much to be learned here, in those days, that I belonged even though I had a wooden boat. I believe there are some of the old timers still lurking about. I'm...
by keelbolts
Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:19 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Shot in the Dark - Morgan 30 centerboard
Replies: 1
Views: 3190

Re: Shot in the Dark - Morgan 30 centerboard

How is your Morgan 30 coming?
by keelbolts
Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:21 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Howdy folks. Been a while
Replies: 4
Views: 2608

Re: Howdy folks. Been a while

Hi guys, I was just wondering if any of the old crew was still about? I was pretty active here several years ago. My life was overtaken by events, but I'm ready to put it back out front again. As part of that effort, l just purchased a new old boat in order to have something to consume my every spar...
by keelbolts
Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:29 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Harmony 31
Replies: 6
Views: 3947

Re: Harmony 31

Thanks gents for the info. I haven't heard anything from the owner so this might all be strictly academic.
by keelbolts
Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:33 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: What's a reasonable offer?
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

Re: What's a reasonable offer?

Thanks,
That's probably as good an answer as is possible w/out more info than I've provided.
by keelbolts
Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:43 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Harmony 31
Replies: 6
Views: 3947

Re: Harmony 31

Did you get a chance to take her helm? How was she in terms of weather helm? I've been spoiled by owning a boat that never carried much weather helm under any conditions. I once sailed an O'day 27 or 28 that was so heavy on the helm that sailing her was a chore.
by keelbolts
Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:33 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: What's a reasonable offer?
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

Re: What's a reasonable offer?

Sorry. I know it's a hard question to answer w/out some photos. No blisters. Rig's OK. Sails are OK. Motor's an unknown. I guess it's a very general sort of question. What is a tired 50 year old, 30' fiberglass sailboat worth?
by keelbolts
Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:14 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: What's a reasonable offer?
Replies: 7
Views: 2495

What's a reasonable offer?

I've been looking at a Harmony 31 that's been sitting on the hard in a yard I frequent. She's been there for the better part of 10 years. The owner got a new boat. If you're not familiar with the boat, she's slightly larger than a Trition, but smaller, below, than an Alberg 30. She shows every year ...
by keelbolts
Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:37 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Harmony 31
Replies: 6
Views: 3947

Harmony 31

I'm considering making an offer on an old Harmony 31. The late 60s van de Stadt design by Tyler Boats in England, not the more recent French model. Anybody know anything about these? Any experience w/ one?
by keelbolts
Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:30 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Blakes Seacocks
Replies: 1
Views: 999

Blakes Seacocks

Hi, Does anybody know where I could pick up a couple of 1-1/2" Blakes 45 degree seacocks. New would be OK, but used would be cheaper &, thus, better. At one time there must have been tons of them, or some variation of the tapered cone seacock, floating around. Maybe they melted them all dow...
by keelbolts
Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:30 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Blakes Seacocks
Replies: 1
Views: 1078

Blakes Seacocks

Hi, Does anybody know where I could pick up a couple of 1-1/2" Blakes 45 degree seacocks. New would be OK, but used would be cheaper &, thus, better. At one time there must have been tons of them, or some variation of the tapered cone seacock, floating around. Maybe they melted them all dow...
by keelbolts
Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:42 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Flickering AC Lights
Replies: 3
Views: 881

Flickering AC Lights

The pilot lights on the AC breakers on my friend's electrical panel continuously flicker. The DC lights burn steadily. As everything works fine and I've seen it on a number of other panels, I don't think he has a problem. Am I wrong? Is there a reason why AC pilot lights might flicker?
by keelbolts
Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:57 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Color Skipper599?
Replies: 1
Views: 481

Color Skipper599?

Skipper599,
I saw the photos of your Passage 24 under cover in another thread. I like the color scheme. What color is she? What kind of paint?
by keelbolts
Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:17 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Reefing System - Convert Roller Boom to Slab Reefing?
Replies: 21
Views: 7925

Re: Reefing System - Convert Roller Boom to Slab Reefing?

My Pageant has a roller reefing main & I've played with it a bit & the idea looks good. I know they are prone to failure at the gooseneck and have, for good reason, fallen out of fashion, but I have to chuckle when I hear them rejected due to their producing a bad sail shape. How many people...
by keelbolts
Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:28 pm
Forum: Technical Data and Boat Nerdery
Topic: Pos or Neg switching?
Replies: 11
Views: 4594

Re: Pos or Neg switching?

This is good. I imagined somebody would come back with the "duh" reason for switching the negative leg, thereby making me look dumber than I really am. While I always like to learn new things, it's comforting that it doesn't make much more sense to my fellow forumites than it does to me.
by keelbolts
Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:24 pm
Forum: Technical Data and Boat Nerdery
Topic: Pos or Neg switching?
Replies: 11
Views: 4594

Pos or Neg switching?

I was looking at a maintenance manual for a USCG diesel engine and noticed that the electrical schematics showed that the negative leg of circuits was switched, not the positive, as I'm used to seeing. My Westerly was wired that way when I acquired it and I seem to remember somebody telling me that ...
by keelbolts
Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:08 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1964 Tartan 27 rehab
Replies: 7
Views: 1672

Re: 1964 Tartan 27 rehab

daydreamer92, Welcome to our special brand of insanity. Two books for you to read over the winter: 1) The Coast of Summer - Can't find my copy so I don't know the author. A cruising yarn about a couple sailing the New England coast in a Tartan 27. Just the thing to inspire & motivate you. 2) The...
by keelbolts
Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:39 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Happy Ending ...For Me
Replies: 1
Views: 673

Happy Ending ...For Me

I got a call tonight as I was eating dinner, about 8:00, from a guy at my marina telling me that Favona had sunk. I can tell you that call did nothing for my digestion. From what he said, she had gone down about 4:00. The Fire Department & the Coast Guard had been down there. I couldn't fathom w...
by keelbolts
Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:49 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: SWIFTSURE 33
Replies: 9
Views: 1977

Re: SWIFTSURE 33

I don't know... with my rose colored glasses it doesn't look all that bad. I've always been a Rhodes fan, but if I brought home a 3rd old boat - well, at least I'd have a choice of where to stay.
by keelbolts
Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:37 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Aluminum Tracks
Replies: 9
Views: 1400

Re: Aluminum Tracks

Thanks for the replies. I will leave the tracks alone, for right now, and get a photo up when it stops raining here at the end of the week. Again, I am convinced that this is the best forum, on any subject, on the web. I am or have been a member of numerous forums on boats, cars, motorcycles, guitar...
by keelbolts
Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:28 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: The right goop?
Replies: 14
Views: 1832

Re: The right goop?

It is as earlylight describes it. I will try to get a photo up for all to see. Rachel, I'll have to get better about posting photos. I've had mixed luck, over the years, doing it, but I come here looking for photos & if I don't put some up, it could be said that I'm not pulling my weight. I'll t...
by keelbolts
Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:38 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: The right goop?
Replies: 14
Views: 1832

Re: The right goop?

When I heard of the problem, I pictured a sea hood. I have one on Favona and it didn't sound like a big deal, but the panel I'm referring to makes up, probably, 75% of the cabin top. In order to remove it, I would have to remove, among other things, the slider assembly, the main sheet traveler, and ...
by keelbolts
Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:56 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: The right goop?
Replies: 14
Views: 1832

Re: The right goop?

Sorry I wasn't a bit more focused in my question. The boat is a Hunter 30 something. It has a separately molded, screwed on fiberglass panel about 4' wide & 6' long that comprises most of the cabin top. It contains the sliding hatch for the companionway, the mainsheet traveller, and a bunch of o...
by keelbolts
Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:09 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: The right goop?
Replies: 14
Views: 1832

The right goop?

I need to run a bead of some kind of goop down a seam where two fiberglass panels meet on a cabin top. What's the best stuff for the job?

Thanks.
by keelbolts
Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:07 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Aluminum Tracks
Replies: 9
Views: 1400

Re: Aluminum Tracks

Alright. 28 people have viewed my question, but nobody's answered.

Is the question
1) too hard?
2) too dumb?
3) in the wrong place?
by keelbolts
Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:43 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Aluminum Tracks
Replies: 9
Views: 1400

Aluminum Tracks

My son has acquired an old Albin Scampi that he is in the process of bringing back. I have a quick question. I'd like to take some fine sandpaper and clean up her aluminum tracks as I might with the bronze tracks on my boat. Question: are aluminum tracks anodized? They don't appear to be, but, if th...
by keelbolts
Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:08 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: 1966 Morgan M34
Replies: 5
Views: 1300

Re: 1966 Morgan M34

Very nice. Certainly a boat you can be proud of.
by keelbolts
Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:07 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: A beautiful sight yesterday as the rains let up.
Replies: 13
Views: 3012

Re: A beautiful sight yesterday as the rains let up.

I hope to be prosperous in my next life. If I can bring her along, I'll have Favona restored to the same level.

I guess when they say you can't take it with you they mean boats as well as money.

Oh well. Prosperous w/out an old boat. What will I do with all my money?
by keelbolts
Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:00 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: A Whole Day With Me Boat!
Replies: 4
Views: 1131

Re: A Whole Day With Me Boat!

I like that you felt the need to snap just one more as you were leaving. I've heard it said, and I believe, if you can leave your boat without looking back it's time to sell her.
by keelbolts
Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:55 pm
Forum: Sailing and Cruising
Topic: She Sails!
Replies: 0
Views: 1728

She Sails!

I finally got my Westerly Pageant out. I hauled her & removed an entire ecosystem from her bottom at the end of last season. We actually ran out of season as we had to leave several things for this year. Anyway, we motored home from haulout as there was no wind. Which brings us to last week's sa...
by keelbolts
Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:13 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: Boston Harbor Islands Regatta 2009
Replies: 2
Views: 1080

Re: Boston Harbor Islands Regatta 2009

Thanks. I enjoyed the slideshow.
by keelbolts
Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:08 am
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Another 'what is this?'
Replies: 21
Views: 3466

Re: Another 'what is this?'

I agree w/ case that the boomkin is probably there to keep the backstay off the mainsail's roach. As for the runners, they were typically used on fractionally rigged racers, in addition to the fixed backstay, to help keep the luff of the headsail taut.
by keelbolts
Fri May 15, 2009 12:24 pm
Forum: Sailing and Cruising
Topic: Fin v. Full Keel
Replies: 19
Views: 3127

Re: Fin v. Full Keel

Not arguing here. Learning. If a high aspect fin keel is more efficient? Then why didn't the earlier, slower aircraft have delta wings? Because, at the speeds they were moving, a delta wing wouldn't create enough lift. And remember, I know everybody says this or that keel "creates more lift&quo...
by keelbolts
Fri May 15, 2009 11:57 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Alternative to standard seacock
Replies: 8
Views: 918

Re: Alternative to standard seacock

Thanks. That's good to know. That setup has to be a good deal less expensive than the 'old' setup.
by keelbolts
Fri May 15, 2009 11:53 am
Forum: Sailing and Cruising
Topic: Fin v. Full Keel
Replies: 19
Views: 3127

Re: Fin v. Full Keel

In fact, I remember reading, in an old book or magazine, where research had shown that a full keel with an attached rudder, with a little weather helm, actually created lift. Note, it wasn't lifted, it created lift. Think of the rudder as flaps on an airplane. This is all very interesting to me. I s...
by keelbolts
Fri May 15, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: Sailing and Cruising
Topic: Fin v. Full Keel
Replies: 19
Views: 3127

Re: Fin v. Full Keel

The lift thing was mentioned and I had to do a little research into nautical terms. I think of lift in terms of aircraft where lift is created by the shape of the airfoil as air moves over the foil from directly ahead. Lift, in nautical terms, is different. An aircraft wing creates lift, a sailboat ...
by keelbolts
Fri May 15, 2009 11:30 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Alternative to standard seacock
Replies: 8
Views: 918

Re: Alternative to standard seacock

Tim, I thought that surveyors had a problem with inline ball valves used as thru-hulls. I always read not to use those for that application, though I did it once for some time. I've snapped old ones off, out of the water luckily, due to corrosion at the threads. Granted they were pretty old and prop...
by keelbolts
Fri May 15, 2009 11:19 am
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: removing delaminated Plywood
Replies: 11
Views: 1733

Re: removing delaminated Plywood

An old trick for removing bungs is to screw a wood screw into the center of the bung. The screw hits the head of the embedded screw & rotates in place, either lifting the bung out or splitting it out. Though I've been a bad boy and glued in my bungs on more than one occasion, they were tradition...
by keelbolts
Fri May 15, 2009 11:03 am
Forum: Sailing and Cruising
Topic: Fin v. Full Keel
Replies: 19
Views: 3127

Fin v. Full Keel

I was in another forum where they were discussing the fin keel's obvious advantage to windward over full keels. I thought I'd read somebody say that the sun was coming up in the west. I tossed in my 2 cents worth, but I left them confident that a fin keel is superior to windward and that I am terrib...
by keelbolts
Wed May 06, 2009 9:30 am
Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
Topic: Clearspan Fabric Tension Building Project
Replies: 18
Views: 6650

Re: Clearspan Fabric Tension Building Project

Thanks. Now that you mention it, I have some vague recollection of seeing in in the serialized photo essay on the restoration of Bolero. Thanks, again. Favona is do a new coat of deck paint.
by keelbolts
Tue May 05, 2009 1:02 pm
Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
Topic: Clearspan Fabric Tension Building Project
Replies: 18
Views: 6650

Re: Clearspan Fabric Tension Building Project

Bluenose,
What color is your deck. It looks good in the photo and I keep looking for the right color for Favona's deck. So far, I've used Bristol Beige, Kirky's Wheat, and Sandtone.
by keelbolts
Tue May 05, 2009 12:45 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Varnish in beard!
Replies: 15
Views: 1644

Re: Varnish in beard!

When I use a heat gun, I, like everybody else, use a scraper. I normally recommend a Pro-Prep scraper, but I'm not sure if that's the right one for a varnished beard.
by keelbolts
Tue May 05, 2009 12:37 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Interior Paint
Replies: 36
Views: 5912

Re: Interior Paint

Rachel, My Westerly came with a foam backed vinyl. It might have been nice when it was new, but, by the time she came to me, the foam was failing and the vinyl sagging. You wouldn't believe the nastiness that came out from behind that vinyl when I pulled it down. Probably shortened my life... I gath...