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gone2ddogs

I am planning on making a new tiller to replace the wheel steering om my Triton. My plan was to laminate 2 pieces of mahogany with a piece of maple in the middle to make up the thickness I would need to fit the tiller head then band saw the profile and shape. I just happened to have some 1x material...

gone2ddogs

No longer alive in North America. But my Astra IIIB sextant still works! TERMINATION OF U.S. LORAN-C SIGNALS: In accordance with the 2010 DHS Appropriations Act, the U.S. Coast Guard terminated the transmission of all U.S. LORAN-C signals on 08 Feb 2010. TERMINATION OF RUSSIAN AMERICAN LORAN-CHAYKA ...

gone2ddogs

My wife told me to stay away from the Strippers! I've been using a Hyde carbide scraper then sanding with my Porter Cable DA and 80 grit with good results. The blades don't get dull they get chips and have to be replaced. Takes about 2 - 3 double sided blades to do my Triton. John R. Triton Yawl #15

gone2ddogs

Tim,
Slowly put the sander down.
It's time to take a break!

gone2ddogs

Some one who can't right click the picture and do "Save Picture As..."?

John
Triton Yawl #15

gone2ddogs

I'm planning on removing the death lockers on my early Triton and either making top opening cockpit lockers of installing some sort of sealing hatch. Anyone have pictures of a late model hatch door or pictures of how they built their own? I'm figuring I need some sort of lip glassed in around the op...

gone2ddogs

Definitely not chromed bronze. The opening ports in the main cabin are aluminum but the smaller ones in the head and V-berth are bronze. It's possible they where changed. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_sXYmJBtJm9I/Se4NeHQBKeI/AAAAAAAAAOI/lb4fHK_j3pI/389137662_1346102588_0.jpg John Triton Yawl #15 Silver Girl

gone2ddogs

The window frames on my '59 Triton are silver, looks like Aluminum. Is this an early Triton thing, or did someone change the frames?

John Ross
Triton Yawl #15
Silver Girl

gone2ddogs

What are the thoughts on reinforcing the area with stainless. In the MIR the owners of #241 and a Triton named Protege have installed ta T brace of 1/4" stainless. I'm weary of putting even 316 Stainless in a sealed environment like that. Possibly a brace made of marine bronze would work. John

gone2ddogs

My Triton (hull #15) has the ubiquitous false keel crack that some one has tried to repair in the past. Apparently they didn't know that fiberglass does not stick well to old bottom paint and I'm able to peel the repair off in nice tidy sheets. I've drilled some 1/4" test holes and they ooze a ...

gone2ddogs

There was a boat on the same dock as me last summer named "Unsinkable II". Makes me wonder what happened to Unsinkable I?

John

gone2ddogs

I tried the Razor scraper idea and it worked great. It only pealed the paint back to the bottom layer of pea green paint, but it's pretty easy to sand that off to the gel coat with 80 grit and the random orbit sander. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_sXYmJBtJm9I/Se4NeHQBKeI/AAAAAAAAAOI/lb4fHK_j3pI/389137662_13...

gone2ddogs

And when your boat is holed below the waterline 1000 miles off shore. The lack of a liner to cut through to effect emergency repairs is probably a good thing.

JR

gone2ddogs

Since I live a million miles away from the nearest Alexseal dealer I'm going to have to go mail order. So far the best prices I have found on Alexseal paint have been at Hamilton Marine. Anyone have other suggestions?

Thanks
John

gone2ddogs

I'm taking off paint, all 8 layers of it back to the gel-coat. The following photos show some of the pealing and crazing of the paint. They don't show the 12 inch wide strip running down the Port side were the top layer of had pealed up like a plate of potato chips since I've already sanded that mes...

gone2ddogs

I'm starting to paint my Triton "Silver Girl" And thought I'd start posting photos of my progress so far. Before: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_sXYmJBtJm9I/Sd9u7ZrxJoI/AAAAAAAAALA/4v0j9ZeVrec/385422465_1332638814_0.jpg Sanding with the Porter Cable 7335 http://lh3.ggpht.com/_sXYmJBtJm9I/Sd9u7itB7W...

gone2ddogs

The current boot stripe on my boat is about 3" above the water line on my boat. The current waterline / scum line is at the same spot as the factory scribe line. My first thought was to lower the boot stripe about 1 1/2 " or half way to the water line from its current location. I should pr...

gone2ddogs

I'm repainting the "ship" and my thoughts are to use Alexseal. My plans are to sand off all 8 layers of old Interlux bright sides and what ever paint used in the past down to the bare gel coat with 80 grit and my new PC 7335 RO sander. Fair the imperfections with epoxy thickened with Collo...

gone2ddogs

I have been changing to LI because the Ni-cad batteries like the older Ryobi 18V I have will discharge on the self. Every time I pulled the old Ryobi out of a locker on the boat last summer it was dead despite having charged them before stowing them on board.

John
Triton #15

gone2ddogs

How about the selway frigate? I'd build one just so I could have a cannon on the bow! "A 23’3” Ship’s Boat for Mr. Ian Bloomfield - this is a strip planked version of a 17th/18th Century Frigate’s Boat - she is modelled on the bluff bowed craft used for general work in the Fleet and will have a...

gone2ddogs

You might try looking for the owners groups for the boats your interested in. That is how I found my Triton

John

Triton Yawl #15 Silver Girl

gone2ddogs

#5 ".........find a person who makes customized sailboat parts." Maybe this should say "Buy a Lathe, a mill, anodizing tank, TIG welder, Plasma cutter, Table saw, joiner, drill press......... and make your own parts". John Triton #15 Yawl Silver Girl Now I just need a shop big en...

gone2ddogs

I heard the stern anchor broke lose and they swung in to the rocks on the bow anchor. I guess this is a good reason to leave enough room for your vessel to swing clear.

John

Triton yawl #15 Silver Girl

gone2ddogs

Searching the net I see an 1982 TAYANNA 37 for sale in Spain. This the boat your thinking of?

http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/10812

John R.
Triton Yawl #15
Silver Girl

gone2ddogs

Any Triton yawls using a mizzen stay sail? I'm interested in dimensions fabric, how to use it etc. I have a forward mizzen halyard so I assume a previous owner must have flown one in the past. I see the outline of one in the sail plan for the yawl, but I've never seen one in action before. http://ww...

gone2ddogs

I use a West Marine (Zodiac) RU260 and I just slide it up on to the cabin roof over the life lines. I remove the outboard motor first and stow it in the cockpit. Sorry this is the best picture I could find with the dingy on-board. http://lh3.ggpht.com/59Triton15/SLLrr1ANAzI/AAAAAAAAAHc/f6Lc4PRaVdA/f...

gone2ddogs

This is how mine was lifted this spring.

John
Triton #15 Yawl
Silver Girl

gone2ddogs

Yep it's insidious alright. I pressure tested the pipe and muffler last night. The pipe held 30 PSI just fine, but when I ran water through the muffler section I had a small stream running out the inlet. Looks like it's time for a water lift system. Any suggestions as to where to place the water lif...

gone2ddogs

On my Triton #15 the Exhaust has some sort of muffler at the stern of the boat. Does anyone one know if this is the original configuration? I assumed all the old cooper monster exhausts just ran out to the stern. I kinda looks like a water lift muffler but the inlet is on the bottom which doesn't ma...

gone2ddogs

The race was in June and started at 7:00 pm. Wasn't what I'd call sweatshirt weather, my wife just likes her hoodie.

John

gone2ddogs

This is a picture of the 2008 Davis Cup race at the Great Salt Lake while my wife and I watched from our '59 Triton Yawl

gone2ddogs

I bought mine on ebay.

gone2ddogs

I bought the Harbor Freight 2 months ago. I checked my stuffing box after motoring for 2-3 hours and it said 89 deg. I'm assuming that's good?

John
Triton #15 Yawl Silver Girl

gone2ddogs

On an overnight cruise with my wife we were motoring out and the engine kept running slower and started misfiring. On closer examination I found the choke cable had come loose and the choke was completely shut. After fixing the choke now I get 1700 rpm at just above 1/2 throttle and closer to 2100 a...

gone2ddogs

When I finally get the GPS installed I should be able to tell how fast I'm going at 1900 RPM. I suspect its fairly close to hull speed.

John
Triton #15 Silver Girl

gone2ddogs

I just have the 2 bladed prop that was on the boat when I got it. I don't know the pitch or Dia.

John
Triton #15 Yawl

gone2ddogs

I've installed a tachometer on my '59 EC Triton and when motoring at full throttle it shows my Atomic 4 is only turning 1900 rpm. This seems a little low to me. What is the normal cruising RPM on a Triton with an A4?

John Ross
Triton #15 Yawl

gone2ddogs

He says it has external ballast. Hmm a 1968 Triton with external ballast. Hull number must be under 400. I'm betting the 1968 date comes from his Florida registration. Road Island listed my Yawl hull #15 as a 1962 Pearson Triton. I guess it take a bureaucrat to really mess those dates up. John #15

gone2ddogs

My Triton Yawl was free plus $2,000 to build a trailer, $1,000 in fuel to pick it up, plus $200 in hotel bills, plus $180 to haul out and pressure wash, plus...... But yes it was a free boat.

John
#15 Triton Yawl
Sometimes the free boats are the most expensive.

gone2ddogs

They probably chain sawed the hull and glassed in 2' in 1968. Hence the 1968 30' statement.

John

gone2ddogs

Is there something that is supposed to keep the companion way hatch attached to the boat? Even with my hatch fully closed I can lift it up off the rails and remove it. There doesn't seem much use locking the boat up if I can just lift the hatch off.

Thanks
John

gone2ddogs

They should be easy to find at most trailer suppliers I bought mine at Henderson Wheel here in Salt Lake City http://www.hendersonwheel.com/Docs/Trailer7.pdf
They are kind of hard to see in this picture.

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gone2ddogs

Wow I'm glad I have all my Ports intact. It seems like at a certain price point you could make your own sand castings and build your own ports.

John
SV Silver Girl
Triton #15

gone2ddogs

On the subject of leaks. My Triton was taking on rain water this winter until I covered the back half with a tarp also. While replacing the stuffing box hose last weekend I found the leak with the back of my head. I was laying on the engine when a light drizzle started and suddenly I had a torrent o...

gone2ddogs

What about painting a wood mast to look like Aluminum?

Just a thought.

J

gone2ddogs

Since my Triton is on a trailer now I'm thinking I need a way to easily step the mast by myself. What are your opinions on a hinged step or a tabernacle? The hinge looks nicer aesthetically to me, but??

John
Triton Yawl #15

gone2ddogs

Mark,
Could you send me the full size picture?

#15 Liberty now resides in my yard for the winter.

John Ross
New owner Triton #15 Liberty

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