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- Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:36 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Cranberry Isles, Maine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2140
Cranberry Isles, Maine
Has anyone ever anchored off of Baker Island? I read the cruising guide's writeup and it looks like an intriguing place to spend a night on the hook. What did you think?
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:37 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cetol or Varnish?......
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7853
Re: Cetol or Varnish?......
Every time that I have used Epifanes, I have also followed their instructions to the letter with good results. I used their thinner too which went a remarkably long way, so for me it was worth the price.
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:00 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cetol or Varnish?......
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7853
Re: Cetol or Varnish?......
Great idea for the baseboard, I may go that route myself. Of the paint that has peeled so far, it has taken the original varnish off with it exposing nice veneer. I remember the previous owner telling me that he wanted to "brighten it up down below"...Ouch... I will have my fingers crossed...
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:42 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cetol or Varnish?......
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7853
Re: Cetol or Varnish?......
I've become addicted to using a small scraper and heat gun for removing finishes. Though incidental damage is a concern, adjacent 'glass, etc. I wonder about damaging inner glue lines in laminated work, too. I second the use of a heat gun, scraper, and good technique. And I second your concerns on ...
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:49 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cetol or Varnish?......
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7853
Re: Cetol or Varnish?......
I had huge success refinishing my wheel last year with Epifanes Woodfinish Gloss and plan on using it for the rest of my boat this year. I can appreciate a good varnish job, but time and weather are my enemies so I'm drawn to a no-sand product like this one. The ease of use and aesthetics really imp...
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:23 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: New Member
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3025
Re: New Member
She's a honey! I have a Fuji 32 which is a sister ship to yours. I think we bumped into each other on the Mariner Forum last year attempting to get some Fuji and Mariners together for some sort of rendezvous. Post some more pics!
- Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:16 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
Well, it looks like we've picked the location for next year's Plastic Classic Forum Maine rendezvous.
- Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:24 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
Let me know when you get the nerve so I can follow you in. :)
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:44 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
Tim,
Have you ever been to The Basin in Hurricane Sound? It looks like quite the adventure to get in there.
Have you ever been to The Basin in Hurricane Sound? It looks like quite the adventure to get in there.
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:55 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
Camden hills.
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:51 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
I agree, that whole area is amazing. It's the raw material I use for winter dreams. We hit Brimstone Island around the corner last year too. What a funky place that is.
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:47 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
Bingo! What a special place.
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:37 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
Not the Barred Islands, although they are lovely. Seal Bay is truly spectacular and I think that this tiny harbor reminded me of it somewhat. It was a gem that we discovered last season. I'll give two big hints...it took us less than two hours to sail there from Rockland and it's less than six miles...
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:54 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
I would say that it's in that general area, although it's not an island (or group of islands I should say) in or near the channel itself.Tim wrote:Muscle Ridge area?
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:03 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
Both pictures were taken within a minute of each other. It was the beginning of August at sunset so I'm guessing that it was somewhere around 7:30pm or so. Mount Desert is not in the background of the first picture. I agree, this is fun :)
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 6:53 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Re: Guess where?
Close, but not quite Merchant at that point.
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 12:35 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Guess where?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6487
Guess where?
Can anyone guess where these were taken? I took both from the same location one after the other. More hints available upon request.
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:13 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cleaning a Diesel Tank
- Replies: 3
- Views: 548
Re: Cleaning a Diesel Tank
The tank is fiberglassed into the bilge under the cabin sole so removal is impossible. It also has baffles which may complicate things. I will certainly check out the product that you mentioned. I recently heard that kerosene can be used to help flush out a tank too. Thanks.
- Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:07 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cleaning a Diesel Tank
- Replies: 3
- Views: 548
Cleaning a Diesel Tank
My ketch has a 45 gallon fiberglass fuel tank located under the cabin sole and I know that it is in need of cleaning. The access port at the top of the tank is one inch in diameter which is too small to be used to clean the tank, so I plan to increase it's size for better access. Assuming that I dra...
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:13 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Back in the water...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1205
Re: Back in the water...
Thanks. Mike, I'll be sure to e-mail you and let you know when we'll be up there in Casco Bay. I am very impressed with how balanced the boat is. We have had many passages with little to no adjustment to the helm. That particular tack was just magical.
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:35 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Back in the water...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1205
Back in the water...
After taking the last sailing season off in order to finish my master's degree, Excalibur is afloat again. No pictures yet, but I took this video on Sunday sailing off of NH. On this particular tack we did not touch the helm for almost an hour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp3kz3l6sR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp3kz3l6sR8
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Caprail replacement with Ipe
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2059
Re: Caprail replacement with Ipe
That boat just looks "right"!
- Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:12 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: A long time coming
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1609
Re: A long time coming
Congrats! You have certainly more than earned a nice beam reach with the helm in one hand and a good brew in the other. I'm looking forward as well to more info on that boat :)
- Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:07 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: I am succumbing to overall length lust!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7646
Re: I am succumbing to overall length lust!
London Goes to Sea is a great book that details the true cost of ownership and feelings about whether a 27 foot boat is "big enough". The boat's a Cape Dory 27 too, which is a honey of a boat in my mind.
http://www.amazon.com/London-Goes-Sea-R ... 1574091751
http://www.amazon.com/London-Goes-Sea-R ... 1574091751
- Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:28 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1116
Re: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
I was under the impression that vented loops contained a one-way valve for the air to pass through. I imagine it's possible for that one-way air valve to fail thereby allowing the siphon to occur. I have a vented loop on my head setup and now wonder if there is any maintenance involved with them to ...
- Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:27 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1116
Re: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
A friend of mine who has a Block Island 40 had the siphon problem and he added a loop above the waterline without a check valve. He drilled a small hole in the top of it so that if the pump was pumping, a small amount of water would spurt out, but it ensured that air was sucked in once the pump stop...
- Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:46 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1116
Re: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
Check valves die, hence making them potentially dangerous in my opinion. The bilge hose that I had the siphon problem with last year had a check valve inline with it. Another owner of a Fuji like mine had his boat sink at the dock and the cause was a bilge siphon that developed when the bilge emptie...
- Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:58 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1116
Re: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
Thanks Tim! The transom it is then. I can live with the look if the siphoning I experienced last year never returns :)
- Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:53 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bilge Pump Outlet Location
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1116
Bilge Pump Outlet Location
http://www.triton381.com/images/exhaust.jpg I've decided to put the bilge pump outlet on the stern (maybe on the transom itself) of my boat but I'm still pondering exactly where. I really like where Tim put it on Glissando, which would work on my boat too because of similar overhangs. My stern howe...
- Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:56 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Thru-hull advice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 630
Re: Thru-hull advice
They are sidedeck drains as Tim surmised. Adding them to the existing cockpit drains sounds like a good idea and I think I'll go that route. Thanks!!
- Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:50 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Thru-hull advice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 630
Thru-hull advice
Need some advice. My boat was originally outfitted with three thru-hulls that were at the waterline. One was for the bilge pump, and the other two were for deck drains and none had seacocks, only bronze mushrooms with associated retaining nuts. Last season I ran into some issues with my bilge pump c...
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:32 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Triton #680 deck work
- Replies: 157
- Views: 33154
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:49 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Hosting your own domain
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2325
That is, Britton pointed out that many of these free photo hosting sites (Photobucket is one of those I think?) own the rights to your photos, and so why not host them on your own domain. As a control freak this is why I went this route. I host two websites through www.ez-web-hosting.com and have d...
- Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:43 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: What a Summer...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1761
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:05 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: What a Summer...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1761
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:08 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: What a Summer...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1761
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:50 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: The Sea Glass Project
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9602
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:44 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Repairing LARGE holes in fiberglass
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1878
Re: Hal Roth
That is truly sad news as I have thoroughly enjoyed his books over the years. Now there's a guy who who lived the dream.David VanDenburgh wrote:Speaking of Hal Roth, apparently he died Saturday, October 18, at age 81, after a 2-1/2 year battle with lung cancer.
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:24 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Spreader Rebuild
- Replies: 10
- Views: 989
Thanks for all the advice, I do appreciate it. I think I'm going to replace with spruce and do the epoxy trick where the fasteners travel through the wood. I plan to use the original hardware. The boat comes out this weekend unfortunately, but we logged more than 700nm this summer which is not too s...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:53 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Spreader Rebuild
- Replies: 10
- Views: 989
Spreader Rebuild
A new winter project has moved itself to front of the pack after removing my mizzen mast last weekend. It appears as though my wooden spreaders are in very tough shape and have a lot of rot at the fittings. http://www.fuji32.com/img_1210692938_15121_1221403266_mod_280_210.jpg Clearly I need to build...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:37 am
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Pearson Commander
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1701
- Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:00 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Just for Mike (Figment)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:20 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Just for Mike (Figment)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1627
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:57 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Finding age of 35 HP Mercury
- Replies: 2
- Views: 394
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Black Hull and Block Ice
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1138
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:09 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: There's a banana in my mast
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2030
Re: "USE THE FORCE, LUKE"
[/Geek] Sorry John, but that was Obi-Wan in Episode IV when Luke was in the X-wing trying to blow up the original Death Star.... [/Geek]John, CD28 wrote:As Yoda said, "USE THE FORCE, LUKE."
- Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:30 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: August 2008 Photo of the Month
- Replies: 3
- Views: 743
- Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:25 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: August 2008 Photo of the Month
- Replies: 3
- Views: 743
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:50 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Shakedown Cruise Success...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 883
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:33 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Shakedown Cruise Success...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 883
Shakedown Cruise Success...
Last weekend, my family and I cruised to the Isles of Shoals for our shakedown sail. Other than me being attacked by a seagull on Smuttynose Island, everything went well. http://www.fuji32.com/img_1210692938_15037_1214166935_mod_280_210.jpg http://www.fuji32.com/img_1210692938_15038_1214167070_mod_2...