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tartan30cirrus

I wintered at Brewer's South Freeport marine for 2 years and last year for the first time wintered in my driveway. Brewers was GREAT. The folks there are very patient and kind to DIYers AS LONG AS YOU TELL THEM WHAT YOU ARE UP TO!!! especially the yard manager. They run a very tight ship there and y...

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Yup...it is lookin' good that my Pop will be giving me his oldy but goody 14" Delta and buying new for himself...now all I need is a belt sander and I am set! Any thoughts on how to ventilate a closed up basement in the winter? I have a window that doesn't open and a door that can open and let ...

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Tom, I've enjoyed your articles on Christmas...beautiful boat. I noticed you had no downhaul on the tack of the spinn. What was controlling the luff tension? That would also help power/depower the sail. We use the ATN Tacker (collar that goes around furled up genny and holds tack of sail and the dow...

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It is sounding like a 3' x 8' or longer is the way to go, but I want to know what people mean when they refer to a "planking bench". What is a planking bench/how different from any other bench? I have a building jig on a ladder frame which is fastened to the top of the sawhorses and the sa...

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I see an ad for an older (don't know how much older) Craftsman 12" bandsaw never used still in box for $100. Think it is worth it? It is in Portsmouth.

Cheers,
Clint

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Always good to ask! Yes, it will fit no prob...but the 9'6" Nutshell is the question! I would like to build that one since I am 6'6" long myself but that will take up more basement room and may not fit out!

Cheers,
Clint

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TOTALLY! That was a true sign...an omen. Amazing how that works.

I am sure having fun with tool shopping. It's an investment, right?

Cheers,
Clint

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great tips Charlie...for the jig saw I was considering using it to cut planks and the transoms for the Nutshell Pram (but the transome edges are angled/beveled at around 30-48 degrees...it sounds like, in your opinion, that a bandsaw would do better (the transom pieces are not that big...10-20 inche...

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thanks!

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I am setting up a makeshift shop for building glued lapstrake prams (Nutshells) in my basement and a 12' John Brooks dinghy next summer (set up in my garage). The power tools I would eventually like to have are the usual dream tools but this winter for my Nutshell Pram i need to go bare minimum for ...

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Tim, The Ryobi 18V will rip for sure...I have a Ryobi 12V and got used to it. Then, I picked up a 14.4V Makita and fell in love. It was so balanced...felt solid, ripped like hell....it is like getting used to Hershey chocolate then having some Godiva or the like...not always better (depends on taste...

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Folks, Well, while I am off to boatbuilding school in a week, I still wish to set up a small, makeshift shop in my basement to build a Nutshell Pram that we now need for next season. "Our" beautiful Dyer dinghy -- that was not ours -- is no longer with us...the damn owner wanted it back. A...

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I did this to my whisker pole on a wild run in 20-25 kts through the Gulf of Maine at 3am in sweet 6-8' following seas... http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/fc2e19eb05.jpg The outer tube is 3"...inner is 2.5" The inner is the broken one; the outer has a very slight bend to it. Questio...

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Amazing! I hope I see my little man in photos like this some day!!!

Cheers,
Clint

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I like the Hydrocoat very much. It is easy/pleasant to apply....goes on smooth and does well with A-fouling up here in ME anyway...I consider doing a bottom cleaning maybe once in August but is not really necessary! I apply a fresh coat every 2 years....scrub every other year and touch up where need...

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Seen this pic before...the boat is sitting in the water kinda funky...a squatter? Is it real or perception? What is "truth" anyway?

Cheers,
Clint
Gearing up for a screaming reach down the ME coast to Portsmouth in NW winds on Saturday

tartan30cirrus

Check out this babe. Tartan 37 Blackwatch. Now that is one sexy mama.

http://www.tartanowners.org/img_uploaded/2191.JPEG

I wonder how they sail.

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I am an active member of the Tartan and Atomic 4 Sailnet lists and the talk has been that they are closing up shop. It is still in the rumor stage but a lot of the rumors are saying the same thing and apparently someone went to their store and it was locked up! I got the wrong tiller extension throu...

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Garhauer makes super stuff for the $

http://garhauermarine.com/catalog_process.cfm?cid=37

Cheers,
Clint

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Some thoughts since I have also considered this project to the protest of the Admiral. Look at the deck and make sure it iis reinforced enough for the loads...probably fine since it sounds like the previous tracks were deck mounted. Will you have a lot of headliner and trim to remove inside? Conside...

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TX for thoughts....I will try the laid rope first before going with the braid action! George, I want to learn sailmaking but am not sure how to approach a local sailmaker (I know a couple by name and have a few good contacts via friends) to do some part time apprenticing next summer. I willl be a st...

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I would like to teach myself some splicing, sail repair, etc. What is a goood instructional book/manual and what tools do folks recommend?

Cheers,
Clint

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I gotta say my local WM has a couple people who have some decent experience and have been helpful to me. I think two of the girls at checkout are also quick and efficient. Some things at West are not overpriced, I have found. Service is HUGE and I am finding my local WEST service to be better than m...

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I'd rather be seasick and yuking over the toerail and all over my toerail than look at that! BLAHHH.

Cheers,
Clint

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Here is what I came up w/ for my son's cockpit seat. It turns 90 degrees depending on which way we are heeling. He likes it. The hard part was finding the "jolly jumper" I was picturing. Cheers,Clint http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/61738b88de.jpg http://www.freeimagehosting.net/upl...

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Is she in the water? Tell us what mooring/the location so we can check it out.

Cheers,
Clint

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Background: my house battery has been noticeably powerful, meaning that over the last couple years we found we could run a lot of load without draining the battery too badly. Now it seems difficult to keep it properly charged even having charged it over the winter. How does one determine when it is ...

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I continued the Cetol usage of the PO's and like the stuff...I find it easy to apply and tough and when enough coats are built up and gloss applied has a nice glossy, brown glow. If I wanted too I could probably not do a maintenance coat EVERY year and still have nice wood. I have now decided that w...

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I am starting to wonder about what effect, if any, all the holes in my boom might have on its integrity. Six indecisive owners making rigging mods to the boom and now a 7th indecisive owner making simialr mods... such as changing the lazy jacks position, new reefing system, etc. One thought I had wa...

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Tim, where did you learn about the 5 year rule on the genoa? MSP told me 10 years for cruising which means I have 5 left but am guessing fewer since we sail so much in the summer. I'm already thinking Strongtrack and a sweet cruising laminate genoa and a bit smaller in size, too, probably 135% and g...

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I will probably be sailing w/o radar this year in some sketchy places and would like to load up CIRRUS with at least 3 radar reflectors, one on each of shrouds and one or heck two on backstay. I have seen the long skinny reflectors. How do these work? I have the Davis Deluxe reflector but have no id...

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I need to wrap my shackles with some Monel...I forget what the term is called...am i correct that it is Monel and where can it be bought?

Cheers,
Clint

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Here is how I dealt with my stiff rudder action on my T30. I dropped the rudder out of the boat, degreased the tube and shaft thoroughly and regreased with white lithium. Re installed and smooth as butter. It is possible that the bearing surface where the rudder sits in the shoe that fits on the ske...

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Super psyched about the new spinnaker for Cirrus. She loved it. Full and drawing in less than 2kts of wind. And we were moving almost as fast! UK did a phenomenal job and she is pretty to look at....

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Twist the pairs of wires together...this helps cancel the electric field a bit and helped me reduce interference in my boat. Then when you know there is nothing interfering, take you boat out with the GPS and track straight on a N-S line going as fast as you can with little or no tide/wind setting y...

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Friday was Bruce Schwab Day in Maine. Bruce is the first american to complete the infamous nonstop, solo around the world race called the Vendee Globe Ocean Race. See www.oceanplanet.org and www.bruceschwab.com. Contribute to his great cause. Here is a picture of the parade that greeted him, powerbo...

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Wicked pissah! Far Out. Way cool!

All that freeboard! What a site. This has to me one of the most novel boatbuilding/restoration projects ever done!

I hope I get to sail in her sometime. I'll bring the Dark n' Stormies and a fresh breeze!

Cheers,
Clint

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Did my homework and I willl be going with a POLYSULFIDE to rebed my chain plates. Is one BRAND better than another? 3M vs. LifeCaulk for example. Also, is a slower or faster cure going to give me the best seal? (Slow cure?).

Cheers,
Clint

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And the wind is from the other direction!!! Yesterday the wind did a funky shift to the east and I though, NOT AGAIN, but fillled back in from the SSW.

I've been teaching my students weather forecasting so I am particularly attuned to the NE/E wind shift....I hope they are too.

Cheers,
Clint

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I was just talking to a guy on the launch yesterday about double pendants and wondered why he had one about a foot longer than the other pendent.

Cheers.

tartan30cirrus

Gone sailing....

Cheers.
Clint.

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Not bad but looks bad, feels bad Overall view looking aft http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/e3c4ef2a15.jpg Two hits... http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/f2f79706b7.jpg Displaced toerail... http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/8843873244.jpg Dodger frame dents from what? Boom maybe, bo...

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Come down to South Portland, as we call my end of the field, and have some Dark n' Stormies on the first rollicking SWer day where 3 footers are not impossible. You feel like you are on a bucking bronco. Boys, when we drop the pendant and sail right off the mooring, and the repairs are made, this wi...

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I think 101 is the equivalent of LifeCalk. If I've got my facts straight, LifeSeal is a blend of polysulfide and silicon sealants. 101 is Lifecaulk. Life seal is a silicone/polyurethane hybrid and I like it a lot too although it has the silicone characteristics that drives Tim crazy! Cheers, Clint

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I am wondering whether to have the yard do my repair work or do it myself. I looked at my insurance contract and it does require an estimate from the yard but not sure if that means the yard must DO the work for full coverage. Any one know based on their experiences?

Cheers.

tartan30cirrus

I use 4200... which works fine...last year not a drop came through and I felt very successful in my work...but it is already bringing in a lot of water so either my method was not sufficient (may have rushed the job) and/or the constant mast pumping in the waves at the mooring broke the seal...I hav...

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It's just good to be able to vent from time to time. She's just a boat, right? It is good to vent...and yes while just a boat she is also a set of dreams and accomplishments and adventures, etc. I really feel for the folks that lost a boat. 3 boats sunk at the Maine Yacht Center; 10 or so were haul...

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dasein668 wrote:Except this time, as I didn't really expect this kind of snot.

Nor did I expect it and I worked in meteorology for a bit...but there was no warning/advisory put out for wind.

Cheers.

tartan30cirrus

didn't you just say that you weren't happy with your dodger fabric now that the deck's repainted? :<) Yes...the only benefit...again IF insurance covers it which they have to! The replacement dodger will also be Hallett's super cool new H2O tube material...have you seen it? http://www.hallettcanvas...

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I wish the boat were still at home. I don't often say that. I wish Cirrus was home too! The part I don't look forward to is getting insurance to cover everything. I may lose 1/2 the season just waiting for them. Cirrus can still sail...we'll probably head right for Brewers South Freeport again on S...

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Minimum shop power tools for building dinghies

Makeshift Shop in Basement

Whisker pole...OUCH!

Blackwatch!

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How do You know when you need a new battery?

Holey Boom!

Radar reflectors

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Tartan 30 Cirrus Storm Damage

Does insurance require yard to do repair?