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One Way David

I'm not experienced in moving boats but have moved a fair amound of heavy machinery. Lets look at first things first. 1. Where do you want the boat/cradle in relation to whete the haul rig can access? If the trailer can get to where the boat/cradle will sit and pull out, I'd recomment jacking it up ...

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I have made a few plane bodies with purpleheart but thats all. Not sure of it's weatherability. Just because it is dense doesn't mean it will withstand the weather.

It is high in tannin and will turn your hands black, though.

Dave.

One Way David

Bob, Brodie, thanks. This and others are R-class wooden boats featured in the ASA Sailing magazine mentioned above. N. Herreshoff developed the rules along the line of J-class. The boat I show is Lady Van . Links to 3 current R-class boats. Detailed restoration site; http://www.r-boat.org/ Includes ...

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Bob and Dave, thanks for the reply. I had thought of a stuff-getting-caught preventer, but I just don't have the experience to know. I've never caught my genoa there but, again... I still wonder about climbing. It looks like it would be painful. I have seen many variations of the boom gallows but th...

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I have some questions, if anybody cares to comment, regarding this boat in Sailing , June 2011, pg 51. 1. What is the purpose of the inter-shroud lines on this pic. The white line weaving between, I think an upper and lower shroud. Old rigs had something similar to assist climbing the shrouds, but t...

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I see 2 separate issues in attaching a laminate. 1) Decomposition of foam will occur. 2) Attaching anything other than wood will require a glue. Sailboats in the hot sun will melt/soften almost every glue. Except cured epoxy and everyone on this site can give you better information on that than I. I...

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I hope I didn't misdirect anyone with my comment above. I mean't bcooke posted on this thread http://plasticclassicforum.com/viewtopi ... =10&t=3520 about this boat project that is not plastic or classic but a very nice shead http://members.shaw.ca/pgron/BoatShed.htm

Dave.

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Chris, this is an interesting discussion. Sorry to be late on this discussion, I always would lean toward a permenant structure, but thats me. You mentioned about only 3-4 years for the shrink wrap life. bcooke posted Fancy Simpson Shed here a while back. That fella took 7 years to complete his boat...

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Like all of our projects, we balance what is worth it to us to DYI vs hire out. I googled linux last night when I saw this post and came up with a bunch of options. So, if you are into hitting your big toes with hammers, linux is free and the programs to navigate by are too. Well aside from bruised ...

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OK, just trying to be a good enabler.

Dave.

One Way David

If your measurements are correct, this sounds like a perfect excuse to buy that 1 ton Dodge and a road trip from California.

Dave.

One Way David

Name's Dave and I just bought an Alberg 35. I am jealous. Zach, you are a wealth of knowledge and may rival Rachel to the knowledge of trivia award (sorry Rachel). From my hotrod days, I would take polyester ... I wish I had known about polystyrene and mylar back when. Achem. Other posts on the Que...

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LazyGuy wrote:Dave,

I have the same ap on my 'droid. You are right, it is excellent but without the sextant, reduction tables and a watch......

Oh, we gotta have all that stuff. too?

Come on guys, this is the epitome of nerdery. Shirley (don't call me Shirley), there are some other comments here.

Dave.

One Way David

Well then you might like this photo of a friend of mine. Someone had asked her where she sails since she lives in the Midwest :^) http://www.dcwi.com/~nybarra/Cornsailing2.JPG By the way, Quetzal, I'm not sure if these would qualify as official "tapes," but I have often worked with biaxma...

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Dennis, I have no experience with the iphone but I went sailing in December with a fellow that had his wife's ipad with the celestial app. It was cool. If you held the ipad flat like a book it showed the sky you were looking at, at that moment in time. If you turned 90' it corredted for that view. I...

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One could cut sheet using a brake and a hand chisle. Brakes can be made or purchased from Harbor freight cheaply. The waste side will suffer distortion but the good side will not. Many lumber yards have shears and brakes and will do this for you. Most Heating and cooling shops can cut sheet for you ...

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Ray, I have little experience but some comments. Tim is working on a boat with the ultimate dodger that doesn't fold down. Jessica Watson circumnavigated with a S&S 34 with a very nice hard dodger that took 4 knockdowns in stride. I tried to snag an image but they seem to be protected. Easily go...

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Sailordave, this thread has been idle for a couple of days and I might be talking to those who have moved on and my boat is not in the class of boats you've mentioned but, I will try to answer your question. BTW, I am contemplating the boats you mentioned for my future needs. I'm a novice sailor and...

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Dave, thanks for the reply. I had thought of added weight in the form of enlarged holding and fuel tanks. Until I pick the boat however, I will not know if the berths, salon, galley or head will change much. Probably not. As I read here, I have noted comments that consideration is given to balancing...

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No doubt that my post could be read that way. Your comment on rough framing is exactly my issue. Here the rough framing is the lay up of the hull and deck. The finish carpentry is everything else. I have this concept that I can do anything. Well, almost anything. I just build my learning on past exp...

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Rachel, having read most of this site and most of Lackey_dot_com site, I recognize that Tim and others here have a knack of doing things about as well as they can be done. I sure hope that I haven't implied otherwise and if that impression came across I apologize profusely. My main focus in this and...

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Ah Ha! Now I'm getting somewhere. I do read and I do do research before I come here to post my questions. I was over at Tim's site on the Motorsailer http://www.fisher30.lackeysailing.com/logs/2011/january11/13011.html and I am reading Tim's narative. And there, in front of me is the answer in 2 clo...

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Or a good knock down or 2 for the adrenalin junkie.

Anon.

One Way David

Well, I voted Ensign because it was my quest boat before I had ever been on a sail boat. I have no rational explanation for that. But to address the other isse in the OP. Frustration in the looking for phase. I looked for a long time (by my standards) and only actually looked at one. I bought mine f...

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Wow is right. Zach, that was a nice write up. I can see there is a lot of finish carpentry technique in there that I'm familiar with but your discription in terms of the not so square/level/plumb'ness of a boat is very helpful. Thank you. Scribing, tick boards, storey boards and inside rules are fam...

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My wife said, "Lets go someplace warm this winter." As opposed to the -19' F last winter, I guess. I replied, "OK, lets go sailing in Galveston." "That sounds fun", she replied. Well almost. We are new to sailing. I've had my boat (an Ensign) about 3 years and we'd take...

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Thanks Paulus. On mastering the technical aspects of this great site, there are good tutorials and all the members are great about offering help.

Dave.

One Way David

Hirilondë wrote:
Sailor Simon wrote:...
so remember - "A boat isn't finished until she sinks"

Not always...

http://www.fisher30.lackeysailing.com/

Dave.

One Way David

Does hedge = osage orange? Yes. Hedge, osage orange, bois d'arc et al. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura_pomifera Wiki mentions a "small..." There is one a little west of Hot Springs Arkansas that is about a city block. The canopy keeps bowing over and rooting into another tree. Having...

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ditto what Chris said. Also look at tongue weight, overall trailer length (consider overhang fore and aft), position or movability of the axles (if fixed this affects the previous concern) and what the trailer frame is made of. I have seen some light weight galvonized frames that would be unsuitable...

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jdubes, this is an old thread, but I'll take a stab. If I understand what you are asking, you want to fill the hole left by removing a through hull. If you search this forum and go to Tim's website on Glissando you will have a bunch of reading on the subject. Basically the edges are beveled to a wid...

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keelbolts wrote:... with my rose colored glasses...

Rhodes colored glasses?

Dave.

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Tiago, I assume that is your name, from Portugal no less. Welcome. I can't answer your question as I have no experience with either boat. I did enjoy looking at the add. I speak a smattering of Spanish and Portuguese and tried to get through the listing. Hopefully someone will be along to answer you...

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Ray, thanks for the reply. This is just what I am looking for. I know the human eye (well some anyway) can detect out of plumb/square/level but have wondered how that applies to a floating boat that spends a minuscule amount of its time in plumb/level position. I am not a seasoned sailor but with th...

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3 AM Christmas Eve I'm at work and not too busy. 7 am and I'm off to enjoy my grand daughter and the rest of the family. Grand kids, it doesn't get much better. So your saying that the unaided sensations can detect square, plumb and level, probably in motion as well as at rest. Having done work, ama...

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I'm gonna bump this because I continue to think about it but in different ways. Some may consider it Technical Data and Boat Nurdery or Ramblings but I started out here with a different goal, to which I will continue after this brief hyjack. Say one is able to set a boat up on the hard such that the...

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Thanks Dennis.

Dave.

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Sorry I tried to copy the pic but the trader site won't let me copy the pic but it is here; http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/photoGallery.jsp?ro=9&slim=quicknull&r=1816680&currency=USD&checked_boats=1816680&rs=yachtworld.com&boat_id=1816680&back=/core/boats/1955/Ald...

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Everybody, thanks for the thoughts Zach; Mask and snorkel. Wasn't even in my dreams but means that if I bought a boat in the water I would have missed half the inspection. Duh! Pipe wrench? I've always thought of these as good for galv-black pipe plumbing (not on a boat) or torquing the heck out of ...

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Thank you Tim and Quetzalsailor. I never seem to have the right thing at the right time and place; it's always on the shop floor when I'm in a boat, or at home when I'm onboard my own boat. And I thought that only happened to me on the farm. I have the barn, the shop and the garage with tools at eac...

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Next question. Tim has posted the tool collection for Glissando (Thank you Tim) here http://www.triton381.com/sailing/equipment/boattools.htm But lets say you bought a boat half way across the country (easy for someone in Kansas to do) and planned to fly out and sail back (to Galveston not Kansas). ...

One Way David

Thanks for the reply, Quetzalsailor. And then I think no matter how well the manufacturer or the craftsman (I'm being real bold to lump myself into this category) strive for plumb and level, the boat will not spend much time in the plumb and level position but will wallow in and out constantly. Dave.

One Way David

Say one acquires a project boat and has to pay for time served on the hard but has free dock space once it floats. So the goal is to do as little as possible of the project on the hard. What to do? The obvious hull scrape, fair, prime and paint, replace thru-hulls, rudder and prop/shaft/packing work...

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Also called a timber slick for timber framing. The handle fits like the conical wiid chisles handles but are more on the size of a base ball bat handle. As they appear in the pictures. Sad but it is re-purposing of a very old traditional craftsman tool. They can be found in farm sales in the midwest...

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Given the symptoms you describe, I agree the problems are probably related. Some thoughts on diesel but not your engine make specific. My diesels are tractors and cummins and I may be way off here because of that, but... A combustion engine is an air pump and a fuel pump with an explosion in between...

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I'm supprised there has been no answer. My experience with electrical circuirty is that first check grounds. Grounds and poor connections are a common, too common, problem and if an open or poor ground can be dangerous. Whether or not it is your friend's problem or not or whether the flickering is a...

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charlesadan, hi there. Thought I would inquire qbout your Ensign. Any news?

Dave.

One Way David

I guess I chose a misleading turn of the phrase. I don't know the genetics of either and was calling BL a second cousin to hedge in function.

I have seen BL unfinished and it, too, will darken with age (if exposed to light).

Dave.

One Way David

Not to side with slab or roller reefing, but making a replacement handle. I think my Ensign has a hex nut/socket arrangement. One could just attach a bolt head thru a piece of appropriately shaped piece of flat ss and a handle on the other end. Might not look like a machinist carved it out of titani...

One Way David

I just gotta get in on this. I like bamboo. ditto the comments that by the time it is processed and at the shop for production I doubt that anyone would categorize it as "green". There are almost as many varieties of bamboo as there are personalities in humans. Not all, in fact few, are su...

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