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I had only spliced three-strand before. I had to put together some new sheets and halyards for the Flying Scot and needed to splice double braid in 1/4" and 5/16". I used this guy's "professional" method: http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/pro_splice.html First one took some work b...

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When we re-launched the Flying Scot last week I had my wife pour some wine (whatever was handy) on the bow and I declared it "Anhinga." When my buddy who sailed the boat with a previous owner asks about the "Sea Hag" I just say I never sailed that boat but Anhinga sails fine. If ...

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"It's like reading through an interactive Nigel Calder book with multiple personality disorder" I hadn't been able to put my finger on it before but that hits the nail on the head. Accurate. The Morgan Out Island 41 is a much maligned early dedicated charter-designed boat from Florida. Bui...

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The squirters are a good idea. I've been using small graduated medicine cups for small batches. I probably got them from US Composites, but I don't see the paper ones I have on the site any more. I know what you're saying about the burping plastic pumps, the 4:1 mix's hardener is so thick it nearly ...

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I say go for it. My Islander has a cut away bulkhead on the port side similar to what you are proposing. The galley runs along the port side rather than a settee.

It will open things up.

David

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Figment has it, take a torch to it and burn out the epoxy. As far as keeping things clean, I have an unused paint can full of acetone for dipping things in. It might be too small for your roller but the smaller ones fit fine. The top goes on tight with a mallet and travels well.

David

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I haven't seen the SouthCoast 36 before, that is a nice looking boat. It isn't 'classic' in the sense that a Triton is, that's for sure, but it has a good solid 'glass cruiser look to it. I really like the center cockpit for cruising, it looks like there is a walkthrough in some of the pictures too,...

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I've used their 4:1 fast epoxy with their fairing mix, this was as an alternative to the more expensive QuickFair. I haven't actually used QuickFair so I can't make a direct comparison but the fairing mix worked fine, the 4:1 kicked off faster than I would have liked, but its hot down here and with ...

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I guess I'm a little confused. I thought Perfection (which I used on my Flying Scot topsides and looks great) was a 2-part poly, and was the similar in characteristics to Awlgrip and was therefore extremely hazardous to spray without a full air supplied-suit and other proper gear. Where is the boat ...

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We've been pigging out on BlueBunny lately. The summer I spent sailing in the Bahamas without refrigeration, every time we'd make port there'd be a bee-line for the nearest store's ice-cream freezer. Best thing I've ever eaten. Just turned in a gift certificate for an ice-cream maker last week. I'm ...

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My vote for the Internet's second best forum goes to WoodNet.

http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php

Woodworking, turning, machinery, and other wood related topics.

David

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I have been planning to use bamboo for my Islander when the time comes. I like the light and modern look, and it is very inexpensive, check out Lumber Liquidators: http://www.lumberliquidators.com/home.jsp They've usually got bamboo for $2 a square foot. I have heard conflicting reports on how it ha...

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Good looking gantry. I like the wooden dowels idea. I used two lengths of galvanized pipes one within the other with the lifting line through them. Didn't work great. Was the tree suspended end of the gantry raised to let the car slide downhill over the gunnels? Here's a shot of my set up. Man that ...

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I'm voting for option 1 as well. I had a previous boat with the settee front not running all the way to the hull, leaving a half inch or less gap for water to drain down (this was a molded hull liner rather than plywood.) The problem was the bilge was so shallow that the locker would get wet every t...

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Is it better to add to an existing thread with new updates or start a new one? I've been getting a lot done lately, mostly finishing. The interior paint is complete with just a few touch ups to go and finishing in the galley and head areas that are being rebuilt. Varnish work has started in the V-be...

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I've always really liked those first generation British multihulls, the Heavenly Twins is one of the most numerous. As I remember production moved from Britain to somewhere in South or Central America for the last quarter or so of the production run. My first question is why do you think you need mo...

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My Islander 32 had a wood caprail originally, the previous owner replaced about eight feet of it on each side with perforated aluminum similar to the one on the Hunter I used to have. The aluminum gives you a place to hang fenders or snap on a snatch block, so there is a functionality argument to be...

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Wow, that's some pretty impressive fitting with the compound angles. I've always wondered if the eyebrows serves any function or if they were just there to look good. It seems like they could be little rain gutters (and I have seen gutters similar to eyebrows) but with the angled house sides I don't...

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I stand corrected on water based latex, as long as it as the acrylic too. I'll have to check that out. I've used my share of Brightsides, its been my deck paint of choice (with Interdeck for the non-side) and it has held up well. Interior I wanted a satin so that was part of picking the Sherwin Will...

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I just finished the second coat of primer on my interior, top coats to come tomorrow. I'm using Sherwin William's products. I'm of the opinion that a good quality oil based enamel from Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore is perfect for interior work. Just don't mess with water based stuff and remembe...

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Hey at topic I can relate to! When she's launched my Islander 32 will be "Sun Treader" which it so happens is named for a Carl Ruggles symphony. The symphony refers to a line in a Robert Browning poem (the Sun Treader is Percy Shelley in the poem, who drowned while sailing.) Now that I thi...

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That bend is pretty serious and not something easily correctable. Think about the mast being in compression along its length; if you sight along the mast from one end you will see that instead of the whole thing being aligned along that compression only one wall is with the other bowing out. If the ...

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Same here, I'm planning on a lot of Garhauer products but the web site is less than complete. I just e-mailed for a catalog, looking forward to it!

Dave

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Here's a link to some Tile Clad info: http://www.sherwinwilliams.com/im/generalindustrial/tilecladhs.asp?nav=Products The best part is it still says 'Marine' on the can! I used Bilgekote in my laz and the bilge, two coats was enough for good coverage. The Bilgekote certainly went on easy and was str...

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I had asked about Tile Clad earlier and no one had tried it, so I gave it a shot. Tile Clad is a Sherwin Williams product, a two part high-gloss epoxy paint, you can get it anywhere they carry their industrial and marine coatings. It comes in white, and gray, and they say they can tint it too. This ...

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Most of the time the problem is not conditions when you anchor, but how they develop afterwards. Unless you are always anchoring for that 10% you're going to get caught. It's like only wearing your motorcycle helmet when the traffic is bad, not effective unless you wear it every time. I would go wit...

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The Seafarer 31 sure is a looker. I was bidding on one about a year ago when the owner pulled it from the auction at the last minute. That was a very early one with an attached rudder rather than the more numerous ones with the spade rudder. Either way, very sleep boats. I'm just down the Interstate...

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Funny this came up, I just loaded up some pictures from the first varnish going into my project. I had the poly vs varnish debate as well, read everything I could on it. I have used gallons of poly in the house, 1400 sq ft of white oak floors for starters, and most of the future as well. I decided t...

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Hey Marshall, I can't claim to be a guru but I can try and help. Can you tell us what kind of boat you have (I don't know everyones boat yet), type of the two batteries and whether they are tow equal banks, a single bank, or a set of starting and house batteries? First off you don't want direct conn...

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A horsepower is by definition 746 watts no matter how it is produced there is no difference between a gas horsepower or an electric horsepower. The difference in practice is that gas engines are rated at their maximum output and are generally not capable of either producing that much or that much fo...

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Wow, I always sorta wondered what it would look like if I just painted over all my grinder work without fairing, nice to know! I saw on your blog that the first time you took the helm was on True North in St. Martin. I didn't get the helm job (mainsheet) but that was my first big boat experience, th...

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Update time: Its been a good week, I got in about 26 hours of sanding over the last seven days. The entire cabin top has been taken down to 120 grit and is smooth as glass. The non-skid areas are all down to 80 grit and are smooth enough for fairing. The last bit of grinding needs to be down on the ...

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I've got to admit I've never heard of a mitten string either, sounds like a good idea though. I don't mean to rub it in (since the other half of the year down here it is too hot to be outside) but the nice weather season is just getting started in Florida! I've gotten as much boat work done in the l...

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The only condition in which it is okay to rename a boat is if a substantial restoration changes the character of the boat to such a degree that it could be thought of as a different boat. If changing the name is in the cards then the first thing to do is eliminate all references to the old name on t...

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I can't tell you how many times I get down with a half day grinding session and think, "If this boat was five feet longer, this project wouldn't be possible for me alone." Its a sobering thought since I stumbled into the 32 footer and would have taken something bigger. Someone once said th...

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I've been thinking about this too for my Islander. It would be nice to get the main out from behind the cockpit and out of the way on the cabin top, but then the sheet is there too. That means I can't get to the main sheet from the wheel. Those of you who have moved the main to the cabin top, how of...

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When I think of all the trouble deck joints cause, glassing them in seems like a no brainer. There is probably still a place for bolted joints in day sailors because of the labor involved with glassing the joint and the smaller boats having lower forces involved. On my project boat there is only one...

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The boat is a MK1 Islander 32, basically looks like a slightly larger Triton. As far as I know they were never built as yawls, but they come from the era when many boats were offered as either and it looks like one would fit. Probably not going to happen, just a thought. Nice to see that everyone ba...

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Here's the deal. My Islander 32 was an insurance salvage from Hurricane Charlie. The boat was in sound structural shape and had some nice gear, but the big missing item was the rig, which was lost in the storm. There remains about six feet of the base of the mast (wood), the boom with roller reefing...

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The engine is a Yanmar 2QM15, I'm rebuilding it myself for the experience, and because it will be less expensive. The goals for the rebuild are ultimate reliability and cleanliness. The 2QM has a good track record, it has replaceable cylinder liners so it is pretty much infinitely rebuildable, and b...

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It's been a while since I posted an update. Basically we've sanded for about three months now and here are some of the results. http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.7e113f795f.jpg The decks were covered with some sort of thick, sandy paint, like 1/8 inch thick and flaky. If I ever had any not...

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Hey, nice to be remembered! The project is humming along pretty well. The summer slowed things down a bit, I was working tweleve hour days and it was way too hot to be covered in fiberglass dust for my few hours of leisure. Now that the weather has cooled some and I have more time things are moving ...

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Thanks for the info. I've been around the plywood debates for years and have always heard to not use the interior grades, even in the interior, in the boat because of the interior glue not being waterproof. That was the theory I guess, but it looks like it has worked just fine in practice. In theory...

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I haven't posted in a while, but my Islander 32 project is moving right along. We've been grinding/sanding for months now and we're about done with the interior. The next step after a major wash is going to be a lot of epoxy and tabbing work where some bulkheads have separated or gaps or what not. O...

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Two more days of grinding, pulling, and getting nasty. At this point I have the majority of the tank sides out, the top out, and the forward wall out. The bottom, back, and lower sides are still left. The tank is bedded in the nastiest stuff I've ever encountered, I mean really, really nasty. I don'...

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Thanks Tim, You about summed up what I knew I needed to do, I just wanted some validation! The bilge forward of the tank is maybe 16" deep (which is a lot compared to my old Hunter.) The tank must be three or four feet deep and six feet long, though only 4-8 inches wide. The bilge water from th...

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In spending the day cleaning the bilge and generally trying to figure out how things are set up beneath the sole I have generated some questions. First off, the bilge is the oilyist, grimyist, nastiest thing I've ever come across. Here is an access hatch I cut today. The current state is after sever...

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I just wanted to post the finished pictures of the finished shed. Finished in the sense that the roof (tarp) is on and the thing is doing it's job of keeping the rain off. http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i347157_IMG1385.jpg Still have the staging to do and probably some more bracing. Dang but it...

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You can see the shed we're finishing up in another thread in the 'shops' section. In the course of that project we've driven hundreds of 3" screws at all kinds of crazy angles and positions from the tops of home-made ladders and blind reach-arounds, etc. 95% of those were driven with my Bosch P...

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You're right about the stud lengths, the pre-cut studs are pretty common around here; now that I've had some time to reflect, the clerk was probably used to thinking of "8 foot" as "96 inches." Put in a few more hours this afternoon and got the post to truss side braces on, it st...

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