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- Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:52 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Tripp American Galaxy info
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2059
Thanks again. I'm starting to think I understand some of the confusion. Hopefully I can connect with seller soon. This boat is interesting although I'm still not sure. Our main problem here is draft. Our area has precious little water. If I could find a centerboard boat for under $10k I'd really be ...
- Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:12 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Tripp American Galaxy info
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2059
Tim Rules
It's been said before but Tim is the best.
I have been offline for a while and misplaced my old, cryptic password. I asked Tim for a reset and as you can see, I'm up again in less than a day.
Thanks again to Tim for being our host!
Jim
I have been offline for a while and misplaced my old, cryptic password. I asked Tim for a reset and as you can see, I'm up again in less than a day.
Thanks again to Tim for being our host!
Jim
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:18 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Tripp American Galaxy info
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2059
Tripp American Galaxy info
We're considering looking at what purports to be a Tripp American Galaxy. 1961, 32 feet. Owner has emailed some info but i'm confused. I have read that this boat is supposed to have a "bubble" cabin like a Columbia 40. From the pic's I've seen, looks like your standard coach house. The sub...
- Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:26 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Classic Racing Plastic
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5183
- Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:48 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Oil absorbent pads
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1554
Mark-
"sausage" was the word I couldn't find. I confess, I had a minor oil leak and those sausages were my best friends for a summer. They really do work!
here's an old story, might give you a lead on freebies
http://www.enviro-bond.com/buzzardsbay.html
good luck
jim
"sausage" was the word I couldn't find. I confess, I had a minor oil leak and those sausages were my best friends for a summer. They really do work!
here's an old story, might give you a lead on freebies
http://www.enviro-bond.com/buzzardsbay.html
good luck
jim
- Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:35 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Oil absorbent pads
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1554
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:15 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Morgan 30 Centerboard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2189
Well Mark, I saw your post and noted that your at or near the old Hingham shipyard. Look out to your left (west) and you'll see Great Hill in North Weymouth where I grew up. Across the Back River from you and to the left you may still see Black Seal, a J35 that I race on and is owned by old friends ...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:25 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Morgan 30 Centerboard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2189
Well, in our near-sighted, New England mind-set, there's only one South Shore and that's south of Boston from about Quincy to Cape Cod. I keep my boat in Kingston which is just north of Plymouth. Plymouth Harbor and Kingston/Duxbury Bays are mostly shallow, muddy areas. We do have some channels but ...
- Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:27 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Morgan 30 Centerboard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2189
Morgan 30 Centerboard
Has anyone got experience with the Morgan 30 centerboarder? I am familiar with the Morgan 24 as my family had one years ago. The 30 is very interesting to us because of the shoal draft. Where I am, there's precious little water at any time any next to none most places at low tide. My biggest questio...
- Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:47 am
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Tiller pilot and instruments
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5013
- Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:34 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: mooring inspection/moving
- Replies: 3
- Views: 560
When I was younger and a pia at the club, I used to lift up and move my 300# mushroom regularly with my Bristol 26 by tying up tight on an incoming tide and waiting for the tide to pop it. The guy who pulled moorings did it with about a 20' open boat all by hand. If you can pop it on the incoming ti...
- Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:56 am
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Liberation!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2248
So, enough whining. I'm no mechanic, as you've probably already guessed but I'm willing to learn. In the interest of science, I took off the head last night. Sure enough, the rear cylinder which was down when i opened up the engine was about 1/2 full of water. Definately signs of water but only mino...
- Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:09 pm
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Liberation!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2248
Thanks for the empathy. I probably should have installed a new engine and avoided the rebuilt engine anxiety. I'm still pretty sure that the Volvo has some life in it but maybe it's better off with someone who appreciates a challenge. Money's a little tight right now and so is time so I think that I...
- Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:29 pm
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Liberation!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2248
Liberation!
Took a couple of hours last night and this morning but it's out. The Volvo MD7A I installed(used) last summer to replace the old Palmer is back in the garage where it belongs. The engine was running well untill a couple of weeks ago when something bad happened. Either a major oil leak somewhere, a h...
- Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:39 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Inflatable dinghy repair
- Replies: 7
- Views: 808
- Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:43 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Inflatable dinghy repair
- Replies: 7
- Views: 808
Speaking of repairs...Just bought about 3 weeks ago, a Zodiac 185(i think), about 9 foot, 5 years old from a friend. Firned is VERY reliable and iI trust that no leaks till I took command. Boat seemed great till i deflated and brought to another location then reinflated. Seemed to be slowly losing a...
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:02 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: belowdecks gasoline tank for an outboard motor
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1429
- Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:37 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: My new boat - Cal 25 #1194
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2704
Matt- Congrats! Back in the early '80's, a friend and rival had a Cal. Always sailing pretty well and they certainly got their money's worth. Pretty solid too. In fact, I sailed with him from south of Boston up to New Hampshire once. We lost power going under a bridge and hit the bridge with the for...
- Sat May 13, 2006 10:08 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Looking Grim
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2483
- Thu May 04, 2006 3:24 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bent Rudder Shaft
- Replies: 3
- Views: 543
- Wed May 03, 2006 7:26 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: saving the tritons
- Replies: 4
- Views: 887
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:30 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Mast Hinge or Tabernacle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2442
Why not beat a dead horse?
How 'bout this little beauty...
http://users2.ev1.net/~fshagan/masttab.htm
Looks all too easy. You sure you wouldn't rather just launch near a bridge?
Jim
How 'bout this little beauty...
http://users2.ev1.net/~fshagan/masttab.htm
Looks all too easy. You sure you wouldn't rather just launch near a bridge?
Jim
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:20 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Mast Hinge or Tabernacle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2442
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:52 am
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Mast Hinge or Tabernacle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2442
- Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:23 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: A Triton Motorsailor
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12695
You know, stranger things have happened. Take a gander (pun intended) at this beauty. http://www.dabblersails.com/companyboat.html Sorry I still don't know how to post photos. Maybe someone could help out. Anyway, there are ways to do modifications that don't end up looking like a MacGregor or Bucan...
Tim- Of course there's only one fuel line and two engines of different shaft length.........you're supposed to switch depending on depth of water. Plymouth Bay is notoriously shallow and it's a great convenience to be able to continue powering along in varying depths. I'm thinking about one of those...
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:39 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Tide Predictions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 838
Hah!
I can figure out this computer stuff. I'm not dumb, not like people say...
http://140.90.121.76/tides06/tpred2.html#MA
kinda cumbersome but it takes me out for the whole summer which is what i'm looking for
I can figure out this computer stuff. I'm not dumb, not like people say...
http://140.90.121.76/tides06/tpred2.html#MA
kinda cumbersome but it takes me out for the whole summer which is what i'm looking for
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:07 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Tide Predictions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 838
- Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:56 am
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Tide Predictions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 838
Tide Predictions
I was just trying to look up tides for next summer for sailing program planning and I see that MaineHarbors.com http://maineharbors.com/ma/tidemass.htm will no longer be publishing tide charts for Mass, RI etc. as of Jan 1,2006. Too bad as I've found this to be the best site for these charts. Anyone...
- Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:10 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: propeller choice
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1367
Mike, I think we're all probably going to agree that for most cruising boats such as ours, the difference in drag between 2 and 3 blade props is negligible at best. I think that likewise, the diff in thrust is not generally going to be worth buying a new prop one way or the other unless your current...
- Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:10 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Flashlight Tag Anyone?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3958
Jason, Those Maglights are pretty nice and the price is right. Saw a 2-D cell light the other night. Not bad at all. They're pretty heavy but I'm leaning towards one as opposed to the $40 LED. With regard to hiding the light from the wife and (3)kids...I assume you're married with kids. If so, I'm s...
- Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:29 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Flashlight Tag Anyone?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3958
- Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:30 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Flashlight Tag Anyone?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3958
Flashlight Tag Anyone?
For some reason, I've been thinking I'd like to buy a good flashlight for myself. It's a "tool" that I would use almost every day/night, should last for quite a while, and one I can hide from the kids and my wife. I've been checking out different sites and have seen alot of info but I'm lo...
- Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:16 pm
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: Installing Bails
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7153
I'm also considering adding a bail to my boom. However, I'm thinking of lashing the block to the boom a'la Harken http://www.harken.com/blocks/carbofeat.php anyone have experience with such a lashing? Obviously, you need to have a loose-footed or slug-footed sail to do this. Oh, this isn't a fancy r...
- Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:24 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Britton's off topic responses
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1777
Figment, I see your blog has taken at turn back to discussion. Have your parents looked at a Mainship Trawler? They can be had for pretty cheap money and have a good turn of speed to them. Kind of a modern trawler. Here's one...wish I could figure out how to copy pic's http://yachtworld.com/core/lis...
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:51 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Cape Cod Marlin
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8979
Sweet little boat. And that Ad! - wow! I'm sold! I looked at some of their other ads. The writer has quite a flair for description. If I ever need a broker, I'm calling these folks http://yachtworld.com/pugetsoundyachts
'Course, Port Townsend is a little far off Cape Cod for me.
'Course, Port Townsend is a little far off Cape Cod for me.
- Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:15 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Ugly Boats--Post your Favorites
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9860
Tony- I try to think that there's no such thing as a totally ugly boat(although you guys have plenty of proof I'm wrong). However, how bad is this little beauty? I'd like to see more pics. The McGregors and their outboadrs remind me of a sailboat I used to see all the time in Marblehead in the early...
- Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:09 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Instruments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 752
Instruments
Just installed a used Volvo diesel that is rated at 2400 rpm max. My previous setup included a mechanical tachometer. This engine has pickups for rpm, temp, pressure. Any recommendations for good but reasonably priced instruments? Our friends at W**t Marine stock plenty of 7000 rpm tach's but I'm re...
- Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:13 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: propeller choice
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1367
propeller choice
We're installing a new/used Volvo MD6A in my 22' Marshall catboat. Of course, the engine wants a Left Hand propeller. The replaced engine (vintage 1973 Palmer was a Right Hand prop. With the change in RPM's etc, I'm soliciting opinions on propeller pitch etc. Boat is 22' long, 10' beam, approx. 6000...
- Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:18 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Summer Reading
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7394
I forgot to include the blatent catboat plug. That is for The Boy, Me and the Cat by Henry Plummer. Re-Published by The Catboat Assoc, inc (www.catboats.org), this is the log of Mascot,a 24 foot catboat which Plummer, his son and the cat sailed to Florida and back from the New Bedford area in the wi...
- Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:11 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Summer Reading
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7394
Brian, Try Seastruck by Bunting. Same author as Portrait of a Port and A Day's Work. Second two are excellent photo documentaries. They're books you'll look at for years to come. Hard to find Portrait but is available used. Seastruck is more a collection of logs from New Bedford whaling ships at the...
- Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:31 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Bronze continuous (piano) hinges?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2404
Hi Nathan, You say Bronze piano hinges. Can you not use brass? I don't know as I've seen bronze piano hinges. How about these... Hatch Hinges Highly polished Bronze. Quick release pin. Pin Hole is large enough to accept a lock with a 5/16 shank. Includes 5/16 quick release pins. Sold in Pairs. Use #...
- Fri May 20, 2005 11:08 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Water system
- Replies: 6
- Views: 773
As part of my engine change on my Marshal 22, I'm considering a deck wash system. I see that it's not recommended to splice into the engine water supply though. I would like to be able to run the engine while using the hose(perfect for water fights) I guess I could go into the head supply line but t...
- Fri May 13, 2005 9:19 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: volvo MDA?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 390
volvo MDA?
Hi All, This is my first post since finding this excellent site. I'm hoping someone can help me with these questions. I am, after alot of looking, purchasing a used Volvo MDA(?) diesel. Engine purports to be 15hp. 2 Cylinder. We're having injectors & fuel pump rebuilt. Can anyone point me toward...