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Interlux Brightside rolled and brushed is nice. Thin it a bit so as to avoid brush strokes.

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I've a few pictures I'd like to post but don't know how to do it. Can anyone lead me through posting pictures? Thanks.

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I've got some pix of the chainplates I'd like to post but don't know how to do it. Someone fill me in, eh? Thanks.

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So much for life lines, it took all day to put on the tracks. They're about three feet each. I used a forstner bit to drill the top skin and balsa to a half inch diameter then filled with thickened epoxy followed by a quarter inch bit and quarter/twenty machine screws holding the tracks in place bed...

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I'll go with that reasoning and reinstall the tracks. I am a hank on person but sleep in the V berth. On a Triton that berth is really big. My hanging locker is for sails and I only carry four. After installing forward lowers and moving the chainplates overboard I'm enjoying clean decks. Tomorrow I'...

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I'm wondering if anyone has gone to a fixed attachment point for hanging jib sheet blocks. Having removed practically all of the deck hardware from my Triton I'm not inclined to put any back that isn't truly necessary. The genoa track collects dirt, I'd just as soon leave it off. I'm not too fussy a...

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I've launched, finally, and had opportunity to sail in some stiff winds. The new chain plates are seemingly rock solid. I've been meaning to post some pictures and will do so when I remember to take the camera.

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I've decided to glass an attachment block onto the hull above the shelf and call that good. I'll post pictures in a day or so. The rig was fine for fifty years without forward lowers. These blocks are smaller than the ones behind the mast bulkhead but should be stout enough to take some loading, I'l...

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The plywood is two layers of treated half inch with two part glue screwed together. I filled the space behind it with thickened epoxy when I pressed it in place. I doubted my ability to effectively flatten that space with biax and the necessary sanding to get it flush so I opted to go the way I did....

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No, there's nothing on the outside except the telegraphic shadow of its form. It appears to be simply an aid for the folks that laid up the hull fifty years ago. Its not a wiring conduit, at least not up in the V berth area. Its just a rounded lump that runs along the hull. I'd thought about posting...

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There's a one inch by one inch thick horizontal internal glassed element running basically the length of the hull about 6" below the hull/deck joint. I'm thinking its a structural "stiffening" element. It doesn't occur in either the head or hanging locker so doesn't conflict with my g...

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Say now, interesting idea. I'll try it but am curious if I should take the shaft end of the business apart first. What's your experience.

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The Bounty came through the lakes to Duluth two summers ago along with half a dozen other tall ships. What a magnificent vessel. How sad the loss and so tragic the loss of lives.

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Sounds great,,,, I want a mizzen.....and an electric winch,,,,, and a cheeseburger.
Take pictures and post them when you do this thing, eh?

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Thanks Carl. I am talking about a tongue extension and since Dan has done this I thought I'd ask him how long his is. There's good information about both his set up and Ray's in the MIR pages. I'm also interested in the specs of his trailer, i.e. how low it is, stuff like that. Thanks hey...

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Ray Alsup and Dan McNeil posted methods they have used for stepping their own masts. Dan goes on to launch his own Triton from a boat ramp. Anybody know where he's gotten off to? My address for him came back empty and I'm hoping to get his help designing a "link" so I can make my truck fur...

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Leave the glass in place. Limit the amount of things you need to address to rebuild your boat. I took my ports out and am approaching the paint stage only to wonder why I took them out at all. They're easy to mask around. I've had good luck with rubber tubing from the lids of five gallon buckets as ...

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Lots of informative chainplate references throughout the forum but one point I don't see addressed is moving them fore and aft. I'm moving mine to the outside of the hull and adding a second lower. The upper shroud plate was through bolted to the bulkhead of the mast support, I'm sure most, if not a...

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Go look at Great Dane 28's and you might see some similarities.
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Ahh, that's much better. Good to see you out there. Thanks.

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I think it looks great. Good work. How about a picture of the whole boat?

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Back to non skid removal for a moment. I have a variable speed Milwaukee 7 & 9" polisher that accepts various facing disks. I put on a 7 inch 40 grit flap type sanding disk and stripped a quarter of the deck to bare fiberglass in a couple of hours without raising very much dust running at a...

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Nicely done, I've just discovered your project. What are you using for a sander?
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Doug's right, use a knife. Reserve your "stress" for NOT CUTTING YOUR FINGERS OFF.!!!

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[img]KIYI.JPG[/img] Don't know if this will show up, but I hope it does. The KIYI is an oddly proportioned vessel doing research on Lake Superior out of Ashland. Its kind of boxy as well, but purposeful in its design. I like seeing it, most of the time, except for one night when it overtook me with ...

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That's very nice work. Thanks for posting it.

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Poplar is excellent in dry locations. It dissolves when wet.

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Thanks, I'm being cautious. In as much as this boat was built in the mid '60's before lead in paints became the issue that it is today, I'm wondering what others may know about the evolution of constituent components in marine paints from those days. The hull and topsides were stripped and redone by...

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I'm wondering how prevalent lead is in the paint layers we sand off these hulls? I'm working in an enclosed space and am not wanting to contaminate it for other users. Any thoughts?

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Thanks for that Jay.. Lovely work.
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You lead off your list of work with this. Removed the SS half oval at the hull-deck joint, prepped, and glassed over the joint with two layers of fiberglass tape. I'm curious how far back you ground on either side of the joint and to what depth. Elaborate a bit would you? After reading your comment ...

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Me too. You've been doing many of the same projects I've laid out for myself. I'm thrilled to find someone taking the guess work out of the design aspect. Pictures man, pictures!

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I read about half the posts here then pretty much skipped to respond and apparently missed the pissing contest. My thought here is that you should have something absorbent on hand when fueling for the final droplets and do your fueling quietly so you can hear when the tank is close to full. I do my ...

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Thanks for that. Been enjoying your periodic notes and google mapping to see where you are when you check in. Stay well.
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Looks like one caryatid and one caryatod and yes, what are they holding? What a fun ship!! Lovely work.

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Gads, I don't remember, been out of town all week. I'll be heading past that marina the 11th. and will take a couple of photos to post.

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It'll come back to you when I take a picture and post it next week. Another of the forum members just bought one needing some restoration and you found some pictures and posted them. Perhaps I'm senile, my wife doesn't actually accuse me of being senile but she does tend to raise her voice slightly ...

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I didn't want to do this but I've been searching recent postings under various topics and can't seem to come up with the right one to identify a boat recently brought here. Its an Alberg design, or could be. 25' or so. A single forward facing port and fairly large main cabin ports. Someone of you ha...

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Congratulations. You've chosen well. What was her previous name and who owned her?

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Well, I take your view and agree. I've just been visiting with a buddy who has a ton of experience and suggested it. His point was that it took many years to degrade slightly and that when I'm 120 I may want to sell it and buy a bigger boat, or something to that effect. Hooper's said they might have...

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Timely discussion for my purposes, thanks. Are you going to treat the frames you've wire brushed clean? Looking forward to the next set of pics.
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What a lovely job you've done, congratulations. I'm enjoying your web site.
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I've cut the top skins off both side decks of my Triton and find that after 46 years the combined moisture penetration amounts to less than a half dozen square feet per side. I'm thinking of using 4 inch squares of treated plywood in as much as its locally available. I remember someone having done s...

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Yeah but what are all those little aqua colored bits you're thing is full of?

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Hmmm.. Haven't got one of them, but a fairly new Shop Vac did pretty much the same thing recently. I've never had one threaten to go up in flames before. Started giving off quite a bit of fairly foul smoke. Had to plug it in again just to convince myself it really wasn't my imagination. Reminded me ...

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Thanks Rachel,

James Baldwin just directed me to Fernando's Pajero pages on this same topic. Between the two of you I think I've got it figured.

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Thanks Rachel,

I think I'd best get the book. The reference "Fore-n-Aft Length of Chainplate Region = beam overall at chainplates" sounds like I need to spend a bit of time digesting what it may mean.

I appreciate it.

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Timely topic, I'm learning, thanks. I'm thinking of moving my chainplates to the outside of the hull and am looking for suggestions regarding the structural requirements for doing that. Any thoughts or suggestions where I might look for information along those lines would be appreciated.

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For opening ports I use the gasket from under the lid of five gallon buckets. Its hollow, soft, compressible... oh and free. The first one I did has only been in place a few years so I can't tell how long its going to last. Being as its about a ten minute process I figure I can afford to change it o...

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I measured mine today and the two struts are twenty inches long. The connecting link is 31 and a quarter inches measuring center to center of the holes I drilled in it. If your struts are of a different length you will need a different length connector.

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