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LazyGuy

You mean that they will be publishing out faces?

LazyGuy

I had the same thought as Fig. Could be a real issue on a crash jibe. One more thing to think about when trying to dump main.

LazyGuy

Britton,

Do you have something to tell us??

LazyGuy

Ok, so the classic plastic mafia comment did not go over well. Additionally it should go without saying that if you know what color you want to paint your boat, no one is going to argue with you. The comment was made because I had a great time following many of the threads discussing boat colors. Th...

LazyGuy

Yes, the Mafia puts a lot of thought into aesthetics and this is a better forum because of it. I am glad that I have neither the black and white boat with black fenders and dock lines nor the white boat with blue sail cover.

LazyGuy

Tim,

Thanks - That makes sense.

LazyGuy

I have just removed the self tailing winches from Paper Moon (and the pads and the coamings in preparation for painting the cockpit) The self tailing guide that leads the line into the two plates and strips it out (I do not know the nautical name) for the starboard winch was directly inboard while t...

LazyGuy

Chuck,

Nice, although Green looks better with the blue topsides.

Dennis

LazyGuy

Chuck, 1) Are you doing anything with the bottom this year or are you waiting until next year? 2) Have you decided what you will be using for paint? 3) Have you decided on colors? The reason why I asked about the bottom paint because it will affect color selection. To quote Figment " Damned Bec...

LazyGuy

Different answer....same problem. There used to be a Luders 33 one mooring up river from where I am now (well before I moved there) and from a friend that knew the other owner, he had set up that was similar to mine with a bow roller. To avoid chafe, he ran two pennants effectively creating a bridle...

LazyGuy

I am heading into a similar project and was thinking about using S3. Please call the tech hot line and keep us posted on what happened. Those pictures of your second topcoat looked great.

LazyGuy

Tim, Glad to hear you have started #16 at some point in this project I am sure you will be sending an expletive or two my way for being a piece of what got you going on this. If you need any pictures, I would be happy to send them your way. I wish I had the guts to rip out the stupid bathtub size co...

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I like the hard dodger with two different front windows. While there is a myriad of possible reasons for the different sized windows, it struck me a odd. Fig is right about the "Hey Mr. helicopter pilot! Yes, I am Ella and I want to be rescued - pronto" paint job. While I hope she won't ne...

LazyGuy

Damn - I lost the bet.

LazyGuy

Fig, When is the big day? Or was it today in the pouring rain and driving wind.

If it is not next Saturday morning, and you need a hand.... let me know.

LazyGuy

Fig,

I will join Tim. The bet is for a Frozen Mudslide spring Off Soundings at the Oar.

Cheers
Dennis

LazyGuy

Cheers dude.

You did a great job on more than one front.

More pictures... More details. She is a big boat, how big? And there is a whole interior we haven't seen yet.

LazyGuy

Tom, Welcome - I used to own a Sea Sprite 23 that is very similar to the Kittiwake. Do yourself a favor and give the motorwell at try for a year. If current is not an issue where you are, you can go with a 2-3 HP engine and pull it out of the well when you are not using it. Also understand that you ...

LazyGuy

Damn. I knew you were going to ask. I am drawing a complete blank. Must have had too many Nastygansetts.

LazyGuy

Rachael, So maybe clap-trap was not the proper word to use. To me a boomkin is a compendium of stresses that include compression as well as tensile to fight each other to hold the rig up. I sailed on a sandbagger once with a huge boomkin and an even bigger bowsprit. Sailing that boat was a whole lot...

LazyGuy

There is an inner forestay and judging from the almost parallel topping lift and back stay then this is a TALL rig. So possibly the boom kin is for the roach and the running backs are for the stay sail. Sounds like a lot of clap-trap for a little gain if that is the case.

LazyGuy

While I proudly own a "classic plastic" sailboat and plan on getting a plastic center console as soon as the bank account (and accountant) will allow (Eastern 18 or 24); given sufficient time and funds, I would own a wooden power boat. They just don't make 'em like they used to. There are ...

LazyGuy

Depends on what you want to save, money or aggravation. I would start anew but that is me.

LazyGuy

I would start with Walter Tools (1-800-356-6926) also at http://www.waltertool.com/ while they don't list repair parts, they are the people that import the multimaster. See what they have to say.

Good luck and keep us posted on how you make out.

LazyGuy

How many coats of Vaahnish you got on that boom? Beautiful job. Then I noticed the schooner. Some of them have nice varnish too.

LazyGuy

Bly, As Zack eluded, use a piece of FRP slightly larger than the stainless cover 3/16 - 1/4" thick and bond it to the deck. You do not revise the geometry of the rig and you remove all but 2 square inches for water to pool. Radius the edges and paint. Most Sea Sprites are a bit bow down because...

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SeaDog,

Welcome! Yes, you will find many new friends here. SS 34 is one of my favorite boats. We went from a SS 23 to a Luders 33 only because the SS34s were still a little out of our price range. We are about a 10th of a mile from a beautiful SS34 Moonshadow.

LazyGuy

Personally, I like the look of the curved traveler but that is where it ends. I also dump wind by dumping traveler in a puff (I think we are all racers as heart). To me the whole idea of the traveler is to maintain sail shape going up wind by using the traveler and the reverse curve with a very tigh...

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It is not really fair to compare Hamilton to Defender and Jamestown since Defender and Jamestown are mail order oriented facilities and Hamilton appears to be primarily a bricks and mortar store with a catalog. That is not an excuse for bad business practices but I give Hamilton a little more slack ...

LazyGuy

Britton, I understand that your boat is a source of pride but you need to read between the lines sail the boat - sail the boat - sail the boat - sail the boat - sail the boat - sail the boat - sail the boat - sail the boat All the details can be added as you and the boat "mature." As you s...

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Zach, I found that PB Blaster works great for separating aluminum and stainless so it should work with cast and extruded aluminum. Be careful, it eats rubber and many non-metal compounds so be careful where you spray. Give it a healthy does, give the step a few wacks with a hammer and return tomorro...

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Just in case you need more convincing that 30 just ain't big enough. Here is my Luders 33 On the mooring in Noank CT and off the shore of Rhode Island on our way back from Cuttyhunk. Looks a lot like the A35. What you don't see is that we were over canvased and I was hanging onto the tiller with whi...

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That is him and thanks for the recommendation.

LazyGuy

Thanks for all the input. As always the devil is in the details. Being able to get out of the cockpit quickly to react to something on deck. A grab rail (granny bar) that will hold up against my weight. Vision, ventilation and aesthetics. The talk with Llisa at Gemini was good. Since I did not have ...

LazyGuy

Yes, I am a "Swamp Yankee wannabe" Frugal but not cheap. Buying second quality usually means you will be buying quality the second time. The old, ripped dodger that I have was a mail order P.O.S. from one of the P.O.s It only provides sun and a little bit of rain protection. I will not mis...

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Heading to Rockland ME for a few days (by car) and a good friend of mine went to school with the owner of Gemini Marine Products and custom canvas. Their claim to fame is a dodger (and Bimini) that is self supporting. They have a patented way of doing a rigid frame that easily collapses. He has a bo...

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Luckily, her dad has a warehouse/storage that he set up as a workshop. It is where I did the dingy resto. Evidently like mother-like daughter he couldn't do anything at home either that is why he has the workshop 3 miles from home. I can bring my mast in the house to do varnish work and the only pro...

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Just in case you're Internet searching, it's spelled "Simichrome." I first used it way back when, on a motorcycle. Made aluminum look practically like chrome. At the time it had that aura of some kind of little-known, imported product that was kind of hard to find, but that was pre-Intern...

LazyGuy

Not knowing the size, my first thought would be Semichrome. Second would be Flitz.

You can get semichrome at just about any car care place and flitz and any boat supply like We$t Marine. Both work well for aluminum.

LazyGuy

there is no admiral in the house so I can tent what I want where I want :) What do you mean? I don't understand. Do you mean that as long as you have the money you can spend it on the boat? That you can choose what you are going to work on? I am having a hard time with this. Gadda go, I hear someth...

LazyGuy

Thanks. Pictures don't really do the hull color justice either. It was more from the pictures on Tim's website and conversations with Figment is where my opinion formed. I remember when you and Tim shot it that you were not real happy with the eggplanty purple but it darkened nicely. It sets the bo...

LazyGuy

Britton,

Plumbing and lifelines are overrated. Grab a bucket and don't leave the cockpit. You are there. Sail and enjoy! She is beautiful, the color is both unique and gorgeous.

LazyGuy

When I re-did the mast for the Sea Sprite, I drill and tapped the holes. It worked out very well. Particularly with me, I never do everything I want to do the first time so I end up going back and re-doing portions. Reoing threaded fasteners was much easier than drilling out rivets. If you decide to...

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Britton, The article makes a good point. I was chuckling as I opened the article but in this case, using G-10 is not a bad idea, (not cheap either) if your chain plates are mounted to that bulkhead. I have no idea how much stress a bulkhead with chain plate undergoes but it has to be pretty big. The...

LazyGuy

Ric in Richmond wrote:.....not sure what I'd do with ROCKS everywhere!

Be a lot more careful would be my guess.

LazyGuy

The affect of a soft mast step on sailing performance is simple. If the mast step sinks straight into the boat 3/8 " you effectively lengthen all the rigging 3/8" so the rig is no longer properly adjusted. Your mast is falling off to leeward, your jib luff is no longer properly tensioned a...

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Froon, One of the things that is consistent among Sea Sprites is that they are all different. My "guess" is that the reason for the two 2X4s is because the deck sagged when they tensioned the mast. Tim is right (as usual), the best way to fix it is to figure out what is wrong. Test drill i...

LazyGuy

Ryan wrote:
Tim wrote:Porter Cable 7335.
I'll second that.

I am in for a third

LazyGuy

I saw a power boat that must have been owned by someone Jewish

"Ahoy Vey"

LazyGuy

Every time I see this thread.... I think of Don Ho. (may he rest in peace)

Now you will have that song in your head for the rest of the day.

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