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KITTIEanME

I am so relieved to hear she is not going to be broken up. I am a retired BC from the Fire Dept. here in Newport News Va. where she was built, and have been aboard her many,many times. She was moored at an old coal pier here for a long time and we would respond to many false alarms late at night. I ...

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I agree with Tim, if you are looking at designs you like, you should buy one thats ready for your enjoyment. My Kittiwake as mentioned needs some work, work that I chose to do. I had been waiting and looking for a boat that, doing my "vintage" years, I could single hand. I was looking for ...

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There is another Alberg design you should consider,the Kittiwake 23,full keel,lead ballast,outboard well,good interior space and inexpensive. Although its not as popular as those listed the Kittiwake always turns heads when cruising. I gave $1200 for mine that was in the water sailing but needs some...

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I,am sitting here in Southeast Virginia with a full gale blowing since Christmas night, 18" inches of snow, in an area that closes down when 2" of snow & 25-35 kts of wind closes the Bay bridge a lot of times. Watched Green Bay playing football at home in good weather. Somethings not r...

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Thats an excellant conservative choice Gorden, the same choice I would have made. TOM

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Brodie: I agree with Hirilonde I,am confused? An Alberg design is very worthy of your consideration. My larger boat has become difficult to singlehand so I also have an Alberg designed Kittiwake 23. She is full keel, weights 3700 lbs is bullet proof and is sitting in my driveway on a trailer. When I...

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Gorden: There is no reason to not go outside from your location if you pick your window weather right. If you do, make sure you pass Hatteras well off shore as you will be dealing with the Gulf Stream, and you may want to get to the east side of it. It might be a little iffiy to stay west of it this...

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Glad to help hriehl1 . TOM

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Hello, hriehl1 - You may have already found this in "practical sailor" if not this may be a frame cover you are interested in. Its in Practical Sailor-- Features-- listed under "snug in a boatyard". Just my 2 cents. TOM

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I loosely followed her blog also and I don't think she would care one way or the other about being recognized by the Premier Yacht Club. Along with her age they also said she didn't go far enougth North to say she circumnavigated. I would say just rounding all the Capes would be enought. I also beli...

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I don't post very often but here is my two cents worth as it somewhat related. I came off my raw water intake ( gated valve ) on my Bigger Boat to supply my AC unit. I also felt that in an emergency I could loosen the connection and use the intake and the engine for an emergengy bilge pump as this l...

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Thanks Maine Sail, I have been looking for a router table and was looking at a Craftsman but I like the looks of the Bench Dog tool router table. I have been using an old Sears contractor table saw for many,many years, probable 30 yrs and it will not quit. My shop is small so this will make my old f...

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I have enjoyed this discussion thoroughly and now I,am going to enjoy trying the different methods on paper which means staying in my shop a lot and thats good. I am tired of varnishing. So far varnishing and preparing (grinding) the inside hull for the new partition is what I,ve been doing. Tim I l...

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I knew it, or should have! Thanks Rachel for the information, now I have to shift through all the options that have opened up with these frp sheets. It will keep an old mind working during these winter months. I hate winter. Also thanks to all others for sharing your knowledge and skills. TOM

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Wow, theres a lot of decisions to be made here. I didn't know there were so many ways to mount fixed ports. I appreciate all the different approaches to installing the ports, I am learning a lot. I have about a month before the work begins, and I am glad for that fact. My trash bucket is full of bal...

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Got you beat with the winds Quetzalsailor. We have had 25 gusting to 40 most of the day here in Hampton Roads. Not much snow but the 3-6 or so inches was enought to cause a big accident on I-64 west near Williamsburg. Nearly a whiteout for about 30 minutes and that was only the backside of the storm...

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Sail_fix thanks for the explanation. Placing the thick Lexan on the exterior with the screws exposed is what I had planned to do also. I have seen a number of boats that seem to have problems with the screws exposed on the exterior lexan and now I know why. Along with Daves explanation for the inter...

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Don't mind the snow, noticed you,al up north didn,t want the winds with the snow. I wish you good luck always but the winds are brutal in Southeast Virginia and I feel like you should have both. Spent all day without power because of high winds, not good! On the other hand wind is good,---- in July-...

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Hirilonde you did an excellant job building those port trims. I am pretty sure I understand the method you used and I am going to try and replicate them on my Kittiwake 23 but I will be using thick Lexan for the exterior. They will be somewhat smaller so I should be able to do a halfway decent job w...

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Hirilonde I have the same question as Rachel. The fixed ports treatments are absolutely beautiful and I sure would like to know how you created them. I am replacing the ports in my Kittiwake with Lexan and have planned to make the interior frames from mahogany. TOM

Absolutely Beautiful!

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Thanks to all for the information. The wealth of knowledge and experience contained in this forum is like no other. I have saved the responses and will be trying some of them to increase my knowledge. ZACH, for $25.00 the tool is worth buying. I also like the hack saw blade idea and will try making ...

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Hi all, I am getting myself ready to install a partial bulkhead back into my Kittiwake. The previous owner removed it. I like to try new approaches to woodworking and am curious to know if anyone on the forum has used one of the methods shown at the "Practical Sailors" site that involves c...

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ZACH, you may know of Yukon Lumber Co. up in Norfolk Va. I have bought mahogany from them before and they were very nice. I do know that the yard is usually full of exotic woods. I had a H-28 and broke a boom and bought Sitka spruce from them to laminate a new one. They have a website, just google Y...

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Geez! An I,am still looking for the enter key. TOM

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The Froon: I,am with you on removing the outboard bracket. If I ever finish restoring the Kittiwake and sailing her with just the outboard in the well, but to heavy,I,ll probably buy a smaller(and hopefully lighter) outboard, There is just too much evidence from other peoples experiences that overid...

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Well, here it goes again trying to post photos. If the pictures find their way the the forum you can see some pictures of my Kittiwake as she is now (pretty rough). I have my hands full. I was suprised there were no blisters on the bottom. TOM Alright I think it worked! http://s569.photobucket.com/a...

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Balance, that Kittiwake 23 is really a great restoration and is beautiful. I found that particular boat a while back and immediatly put it on my favorites list. The seller had a website set up for the sale and it really had a lot of photos but is no longer active so I assume the boat has been sold. ...

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The mistake I made was getting my children to do the complicated operations(in my mind) and not learn how to do them. Like I said I have mostly used my computor for reference only. The archives in this forum are way above a lot of the others and tells me that The adminstrators and everyone that offe...

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Thanks Rachel, I was thinking about producing a fiberglass cover that conforms to the 5 Hp honda that came with the boat. I have a lot of sailboat projects to do over the winter if I want to sail the Kittiwake next season. I am going to see what problems ,if any, I have with the well as it is now an...

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Thanks for your input on the motor well. Both boats,the Tempest & S/V Swallow look beautiful and well maintained when they were in your care. Both boats have a outboard well that is centered on the stern and I wouldn't have any problems with this arrangement. My Kittiwake has its outboard well i...

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Wow! Thanks for all your replys. I am going to take everyones advice. I'll restore the Interior to my needs, downhauls with covers & bags are essential for the rig. I,ll try the big square hole in the stern but the previous owner had a hand pump next to the outboard well so if it takes on water ...

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Well the pictures didn,t go thru. Sorry but I copied and pasted(I thought) so I,ll have to try again on another post at another time. TOM

Alright something happened afterall TOM

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Hello all: I am Tom and I sail the Chesapeake Bay mostly Mobjack Bay. I have owned a larger ketch since 1990 but I have found the need for a smaller boat to singlehand during my ageing process. I was looking for a CD22 or CD25 but ran across a 1970 Kittiwake 23 for sale for little money,so I bought ...

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