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Tony

Well, I bought an older 32' ketch with a lot of little problems and 2 or 3 bulkheads that needed to be replaced or repaired due to rot, and expected that to be the end of it...3-5K and I'm done. I'm now trying to remember if I recharged the 18V batteries of my sawzall in preparation for totally ripp...

Tony

Doc, I live on Sauvie Island...which marina were you at? Was this the one right at the turn onto Reeder road? (Just curious, since I was considering moving to that marina. We keep our boat at Jantzen beach right now). The only other "marina" I can think of is the set of docks out by the na...

Tony

....Uhhh....OK.....
<still blinking in dazed confusion--warn a guy next time Nathan, Geez!>

Tony

Ahh..mobile home axles> Whe we bought Solace, she came on a DIY trailer that was built with these axles. We sold the trailer, since we didn't need it and need the $$. The following year, the guy we sold it to had taken a boat to baja, and was on the way back (with an empty trailer, thank God!) when ...

Tony

"I'm hoping that Tim's good work habits will start to rub off ..."

Yea, I could use some of that too....except I'm on the other coast, so I suppose there's no hope ;-)

Thanks for the info, Tim.

Tony

Tim, In all your pics, I see this beautiful squeeky clean shop, with tools nicely organized and hung on pegs, materials layed out and ready, nice white plastic sheeting on the walls.....Are you a magician? With all of the sanding and such that you do, how the heck to you keep it all clean? Since you...

Tony

Howdy all,
I found this pic on the net today, and thought it was a pretty good idea to trailer boats over 8' wide that would otherwise be good trailerables. I've never seen something like this in the states, have you?

Tony

Nathan, Last year, I interested a friend in rebuilding his fishing boat that was all rotted out. When he went looking for a tank, he ran into the ridiculous quote as well. He had a friend who runs a scrap metal business, and ended up getting a brand new tank from the guy, turns out that a boatbuilde...

Tony

I remember thinking..."Boy, when he says a lot less sugar than normal, he means it!"

Tony

Britton, A friend bought one for his powerboat rebuild, and said he loved it. In fact, it turned out to be the most used tool. I use my dremel with the extension and cutting wheel all the time, I think it'd be great, since the rotozip is indeed just like a beefier dremel with muscle behind it...at t...

Tony

Thanks guys, the reason I asked is I was looking at a corvette last night. I couldn't find any pics of the 40's bottom, and was hoping to find someone who had some experience on a similar boat. I thought that if the C&C 40 was also a centerboarder, maybe they were similar.

Tony

George, is the C&C 40 anything similar to a C&C 31 Corvette as far as hull shape?

Tony

Watch those wind shifts indeed, I just read in latitude 38 about a guy who was sailing 30 nm off the coast of the big island in Hawaii, that went below to make some tea but fell asleep...he woke up on the rocks and lost his boat.

Tony

That solves a mystery for me...when the guy at the dock told me it was a Triton, I wouldn't believe it...I guess I should apologize.

Tony

That's what I figured, and I wasn't planning on calling them anyway...just wondered. :-)

Tony

Speaking of bilgekote, I just painted out the port section of my new sole and one side of a new bulkhead, and noticed on the can (after painting, of course) that it says to contact Interlux technical support before applying on epoxy. Have any of you ever contacted them to see what the deal is?

Tony

Thanks guys, I hadn't thought about contact cement...I'll try that. As far as dust control, in the fab at Intel where I work, particle containment is VERY important. If we have a tool move, we use plastic sheeting and totally contain these areas by taping the sheeting to surrounding surfaces...you w...

Tony

Howdy Y'all, I bit the bullet yesterday and cut out the port settee in our Harstad, in prep for replacing the sole. This allowed me to inspect part of the forward port salon bulkhead for rot, which I've suspected for some time....bingo. It appears the rot is localized to where the water had sat in t...

Tony

Has anyone seen or used the tank tender guage for their fuel tank? Looks pretty bulletproof. Check it out at http://www.thetanktender.com/1.htm

Tony
S/V Solace
Harstad001

Tony

Would I have to soak it in acetone, or would wiping/scrubbing with it be enough? I've got nearly a whole gallon left...

Thanks,

Tony

There's an article in the most recent issue of good old boat for a table (more like a tray) that just sits across the cockpit seats. Sweet and Simple, it might be the way to go.

Regards,

Tony

Actually, the paint is white...looks like it was sort of slopped onto it halfheartedly while someone painted something else.

I'll probably sand it.

Thanks.

Tony

Howdy all, I bought a used "X" traveler rail and car this morning, which appears to have originally been black anodized, but has rough, patchy spots of paint all over it. I do not want to damage the anodizing, so what is the best way to remove this paint? I've never used a chemical paint s...

Tony

You know, the beauty of it is that bailing is soooo easy...LOL

Tony

Wow, these guys are Serious when it comes to harnesses, huh?

Tony

Boy Tim, I feel for ya buddy. You know, after about 4 days of 70 degree weather and clear skies, it was cloudy here yesterday...LOL

Tony

Howdy y'all, Two things: 1) We use Tung oil on our teak, and so far it seems to weather well, in our wet weather portland environment. It does require any additional coat or two every so often (month or so tops) to maintain it, I give it a light sanding with 220 and that cleans it up nice before the...

Tony

Howdy y'all, How would one go about calculating various pressures exerted by a sail in a given wind? IE: how much pressure is the sail putting on the halyard or outhaul in a given wind? My guess is you'd have to convert lbs of pressure to newtons, but it's been too long since I tool physics to go fr...

Tony

Why sure, Nathan, in case there's a flood like Noahs, it's there on land with all it's rigging sure to hand... :-P

Tony

Brock I've held the sheave in my hand (and lost one to deep blue, may I add, haven't gotten a replacement yet) and 1/4 is the largest the outer sheave supports. Anything larger, and the sheave causes compression of the fibers on the edges. I believe Royce calls it a "dull razor." I underst...

Tony

Tim, My sheeves only accomodate 1/4" line...is this a large enough diameter for a halyard? how much load does a sail put on the halyard? I'm not sure on the area of our sails offhand, but the main is probably 200 sq feet or so. Personally I'd love to go with all rope halyards...that was the ori...

Tony

Howdy Y'all,

Anyone know of a good site that covers things like rope to wire rigging, splicing, etc? I'll be buying the rigger's apprentice pretty soon, I'm just looking for some advance info to review.

Thanks!

Tony

Perfect Timing!

I have all our wires laid out and was about to put foam around them...guess I'll try the cable ties instead...thanks Tim!

Tony

Well, The sheeves are all aluminum, wire/rope style with a groove for a relatively small diameter (I'm not sure what size) wire and a wider groove above that for about 3/8" line. There's not a lot of room at the masthead, as there are four of these, two by two. I don't know who makes the mast, ...

Tony

Ok y'all, Much to my "delight" I managed to drop overboard one of the aluminum sheeves from the top of our main mast. These are unusual in size and width, and so far I have not found a replacement. Does anyone have any ideas where I might look for such a thing, or am I stuck with machining...

Tony

Hey, I found a free Islander 32 in the paper today...

Tony

I was indeed referring to 4-strokes. I've just begun doing research on it, this is just a part of it. I was thinking you'd gotten a 4 stroke for your dinghy.

Thanks,

Tony

Tim, or anyone else who has experience with tohatsu engines, how do they stack up against honda, apples to apples? I've decided to go with an outboard in a well instead of another inboard engine, and am now doing outboard research.

Thanks!

Tony

Maybe related?

Tony

It looks similar to the Columbia 5.5 in the brokerage yard at the Sailing Life, where we got our boat in Oregon. Except the Columbia's outboard cutout is just aft of the rudder.

Tony

Dave,
I've used some diamond blades on my dremel for glass, they were quite effective, but didn't last any longer than the other blades. Keep in mind, this is for my dremel, not for a large tool, so I suspect the blade thickness as much as the material contributed to its lifespan.

Fair winds,

Tony

Tuesday morning, we awoke to rain. This isn't unusual in Portland, Oregon. Then it turned to snow...again, not that unusual, we usually get an inch or two, and it's usually gone by noon or so. Not So This Time. After 5 inches of snow we got 2.5 inches of freezing rain=layers of ice. For a place like...

Tony

That sounds like the 3M polishing sticks.

Tony

Thanks Tim, I checked out their specs...no STC, but there are other ways to compare. Do you remember what it cost, roughly?

Thanks

Tony

This is the product I'm comparing it to:

http://www.auralex.com/sound_isolation_ ... etblok.asp

Tony

Tim,
Do you happen to know or know where I might find the STC (Sount Transmission Coefficient) of the Lead insulation you used for the engine bay on Glissando? I'm trying to compare it with a material made by Auralex.

Thanks

Tony

Tim: The light/dark contrast is indeed what I'm leaning towards. We were initially going to go with cherry, but around here it seems to be higher in cost than elsewhere. I've had to trim our budget, so we started looking at other woods. I've looked at ash, and it's still a possibility, but I'm not f...

Tony

No, I've never worked maple before, so I'll try a test project first. Mostly I'm looking at maple plywood with mahogony and/or teak trim. We have a relatively large solid teak folding leaf cabin table that makes sort of a center piece, and due to the demolition I have a variety of misc. teak pieces....

Tony

Howdy all, I'm looking for some good example pictures, or links to such, of boats with maple interiors. I am deciding what material to rebuild our Hardstad's interior with, and am leaning towards maple, not only for its lower cost, but that is a factor. In researching it, I've discovered there a lot...

Tony

Hey Y'all,

Is there any advantage of a saildrive vs traditional prop shaft setup, aside from space limitations in some boats? Is there any advantage to moving the propeller forward along a boat's hull?

Thanks!

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Tohatsu Vs. Honda

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