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Adam

Sorry to resurrect an old post again (internet etiquette and all), but it occurred to me that many may be interested in some new info on the Marlin Class. As was stated before, there are 4 original Marlin. For years we had documented three, with the one at the Herreshoff Museum as an unknown hull nu...

Adam

I wonder if the tree that fell on the masts is for sale? no need waste good wood.

Adam

Best I've found with my EasyPoxy deck is any of the powdered Oxalic Acid cleaners. You sometimes have to read the lables to recognise it - and sometimes it is sold as a teak cleaner, but it works very well. Note, I've had much better luck with the powdered type vs the liquid type....

Adam

Don't you just love the KISS concept :)

Adam

Save yourself the hassle.....Take an old clorox bottle (or similar slic/smooth plastic material) Cut a strip big enough to glue to the bottom of the keel and extends just past where the rudder starts (overlap). Works!

Adam

There were to my knowledge only two Fiberglass production Roz's - One by Kenner, and one by CL. My first reaction was that this is a CL with all the wood and such, but I'm inclined to think that this one is a one off - or maybe a later CL I'm not familiar with. I have heard (unsubstantiated) that LF...

Adam

Hah! Thanks Tim - I might just order that T :-)

Adam

Does anyone recognize this logo?

Adam

Usually you can buy them at greatly reduced prices via Craigs list. Also most boat haulers, marina's, boat yards, etc., will rent them for short money.

Adam

Just a friendly plug The Herreshoff Marine Museum's anual Regatta starts 8/21 - They even have divisions for specific and open Classic Plastic...

http://www.herreshoff.org/events/regatta.html

Adam

Interesting... So is it your understanding that under most circumstances the sail numbers of Pearson tritons correspond to the builder’s number?

Adam

Wish I had the skill! I just had mine re-done - friend of the family seamstress - I bought the material via E-bay also....

Adam

Sorry to bring back an old post but several folks wanted to see progress...exterior hull and topsides done...Interior is primed, but I have not yet done the finish coat - or put back all the "stuff".

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11118614@N06/3672563572/

Adam

Not to resurrect an old thread - but thought someone may be interested in this...

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/boa/1256781553.html

Adam

Pete - thank you VERY much....I had a real go at getting info on these. Thanks you!

Adam

My appologies for leaving out Beken of Cowes - The thread was leaning to an "American" view in my narrow mind - and you are quite right Beken was every bit the UK's Rosenfelds. In fact they were probably the first to concentrate on recreational "yachting". A number of good books ...

Adam

This is Fortier's second book - The first being written in 1968 with the famous CCA era sailor ("Winnie of Bourne" Concordia Yawl) and Yachting Historian John "Jack" Parkinson Jr. . "The Bay and the Sound" is available via the used book shops for short money. In many wa...

Adam

Tom - Interesting - I'll ask about. The Western Long Island Sound S-Class association is helping us document a few as we speak - I'll see if they heard anything....We've actually "found" a few new ones in the past two months... If you get that name, let me know - Steve has a lot of info th...

Adam

Thank you folks - all of this is very good info. I too have been known to place small cheap knives in strategic places around a boat - I was more looking for a good rope work knife. Seems (If I read between the lines) that the serated knives seem to be better (holding an edge) then the straight blad...

Adam

My 30+ year old, 5 dollar, folding, all stainless, rigging knife is finally at the end of it's life. As a folding knife it's been primarilly replaced by a Leatherman tool anyway. I think I'm now in the market for a "fixed Blade" rigging knife. I had my heart set on one of the Myerchin vers...

Adam

http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/boa/1056374704.html

Adam

Does anyone know a boat builder out of Chepachet, RI who used to make a dinghy called an "Adirondack"?

Adam

Your search has paralleled mine almost exactly from two years ago...Bristol 29's, Tridents, Allieds, Alberg 30, Vineyard Vixen....I recall an old saying about great minds...:-) Before I purchased Winsome, I had money down on a Bristol 29, and later a Allied 33, and a Cheoy Lee Bermuda - a Marshall 2...

Adam

Yep we have it....Just is a bit outdated now....And as Steve puts it he's woefully behind transferring the data from it....

Adam

Thanks - I'm checking the registry to see if we are in synch....

Adam

Hi Tom - Olive is 1128 owned by Josh Bernstein. Was jay the previous owner?
I'll have Steve update the records accordingly on Jay for both....

Adam

Tom - Question - who owns Hurricane now? and where?

Adam

This is for manufacturers (and if I recall not all are subject) - when they build a new boat they have to get some sort of certification approved before they go into production. It's more engineering testing then anything....Strength, bonding, etc....I believe they only have to do it once pre produc...

Adam

Congrates on the Roz - very few of these were ever built. Of all the fiberglass versions the Cheoy Lee was my favorite as it was closer to the original design then the Kenner - and I heard was one of the few fiberglass/modified designs the LFH himself was OK with. I'm not convinced you have lost any...

Adam

Can you put a link to your pics?

Adam

Well, one, don't even bother with the little screw drain at the bottom of the bowl. Take it from me, after running offshore fishing boats for 20+ years, I have a "special" relationship with Racor – usually with cursing and kicking things, followed by a call to Sea tow or Boat US….. If you’...

Adam

Thanks for the kind words Stubrow! The credit really goes to Steve - we're just his minions....It's MUCH appreciated....

Adam

sigh....it took me a few to get it....age setting in.....

Adam

My favorite deck cleaner is the powder acilic acid from Boatlife....

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Adam

That would be one heck of a holding tank :-)

You might be interested - The New Bedford Whaling museum now has the Norman Fortier Photo collection - with many displayed on their picture Flickr site. Included in these are some of the tanks -and other items - you describe by Beetle.

Adam

Hi Tom - I would love to see some pics! Do you know which model you have? 1960 would be one of the last I think, as if I recall Beetle was gone in 1961. I recently made a pilgrimage to the "original" Beetle site on Clarks Point in New Bedford, maybe the "karma" brought you to thi...

Adam

I've used this site for research on my Diesel...

http://boatdiesel.com/Forums/main.cfm?C ... orum_ID=70

Adam

Is the 1720 the old CRT unit? If so I had that one once. I have used Elco Marine Electronics http://www.elcomarine.com/ in Norwell, MA, and www.commercialmarine.net as well as Furuno directly.

Adam

I'm selling my boat and buying a minted out K-Car with Swivel Barcalounges and a wet bar in the trunk....

I better stop, I'm starting to laugh at my own posts....:-)

Adam

Wait - They HAVE swivel lounge chairs? That is classic....

Adam

I've struggled with this for years. I agree with this - "To me it is a plastic boat that has many of the lines of a wooden boat." Which for most means something like this this in wood or plastic or kevlar or Ferro or alum: http://www.brayprints.com/wp-content/uploads/albacore_thumb.gif And...

Adam

I realize this is a “Plastic Classic” site, but seemingly enough folks here have an appreciation of yachting history, classic designs and construction that I thought I would present out some information and ask for help. A number of us are helping Steve Nagy document the whereabouts and provenance o...

Adam

Grounding Plate....

http://www.jmsonline.net/LILLY-DLP-6-BR ... TE-6in.htm

Adam

I too agree with his statements - Which also mirror the even stronger L. Frances's beliefs at what makes a boat both "lovely" and "wholesome" - or seaworthy. My guess is that modern cruising designs emulate the high performance ocean racers more for marketing then for seaworthine...

Adam

Funny you should say that - she was designed before Roz - and by the older brother.... :-)

One embraced glass - the other called it frozen snot....

http://www.dmcboats.com/takingshape.htm

Adam

While we're at it - talking glass history.... and since this is a "Plastic Classic" site....Here is the first "large" sailboat ever purposely designed for fiberglass (the original "Classic Plastic" - 1951): http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2963817537_cb192d97b7_o.jpg...

Adam

Carl Beetle was the last of the Beetle family owners of the famous Beetle Cat (And of the famous Beetle Whale Boats). Something like six generations of builders in and around New Bedford, Ma. He sold the Beetle Cat production to Waldo Howland's Concordia Company (Padanaram, Ma), while he moved West ...

Adam

Bill - ya know I don't really have any of her sailing - I'm always on her and not watching from afar! Next season I'll have some shots taken and post them. Information on these is a bit sketchy as only approx 20 hulls were ever built - I've located 4 to date - one in Kansas City (hull #1), one in th...

Adam

Hi Rachel - Yes I will take lots of photo's....I've owned her for 7 months - Just basically "sailed" her this season, with plans to do a "proper Herreshoff" interior this winter, and the topside decks in the spring. I was originally looking for an "original" wood Herres...

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Will take pics - but please be aware I'm preping for interior painting (lots of Blue Tape) and a new interior sole goes in next week....So she ain't pretty...yet.... :-)

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