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Mark.Wilme

Why so ?

Because of the cabin sole ?

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Did I miss Jasons photos ?

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There's a 1960's Hinkley in the marina that the yard has just completely refit including a new paint job, it's a blue but not quite tis blue, I'll grab a pic next time I am down there - looks very nice. also there is a Shannon 46 being commission right now - beautiful looking boat but it seems to ha...

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mfasis wrote:and mine......

Have you noticed if you zoom out that picture of Long island sound just how shoally it is North of the Vineyard and Nantucket and south of Cape Cod - very noticeable.

Click here

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#218 wrote:We've reached an agreement!

The boat should be mine by the front end of next week.

Here we go again!

Heap Big Congrats Jason. Now, about those pictures ????

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and mine :

http://www.google.com/maps?q=Portsmouth ... 1&t=k&om=1

(uh oh, here we go)

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#218 wrote:The haulout is Tuesday at 10:00. ..................... Where is my self-control?

So Jason, going to get a good nights sleep tonight ?

I'll bet you are as excited as a 5 year old on Christmas Eve

Fun isn't it ?

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Oh that's just too cool ....

Did I miss the big photo gallery with oh say a hundred plus photos in it ?

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OK ignorance showing .... but what's that notch in this photo ?

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Oh that is just gorgeous ...

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dasein668 wrote:Go to lackeysailing.com to find the next project.

What's this ? Nathan Sanborn - Tim Lackeys official PR agent

(only kidding)

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I have heard of painting your rudder and keel a different color for various reasons and also for painting the hull a bright color for rescue purposes, but this has them beat.

Really, really good !!!

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Spring - GRRRRR I have water in my basement again. My yard is well graded but the soil is so wet it seems to be forcing itself in between the concrete 'walls' and the concrete "slab". Its a 10ft section of wall behind my ood rack. In fact I found some caulk type material at the join so it ...

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Good luck Jason, if the delam isn't to bad you may be able to fix from the inside so as not to have to mess with your finish topsides.

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There is a guy on another forum I participate in that is proposing adding plastic jerry cans below deck with a 12v pump to transfer fuel from there to his main tank (see post below) I decided that 138 liters of fuel were not enough, on the other hand I decided that both the port and starboard aft la...

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dasein668 wrote:Update: 4 boats sank at the marina, not two.

Ah ! Salvage material, I'll expect to see them outside Tims shop within the week.

Seriously though, that's too bad, boats can be such an emotonal tie.

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You are in ?

Last Sunday ? Tax day storm Sunday?

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dasein668 wrote:
Tim wrote:Hey, here's an idea: attach a tether to it, like the strings that connect kids' mittens to their jacket.

You can buy these elastic 'self retracting' tethers at HD.

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One last question re peel-away.

A couple of the old timers at the yard say to use regular thick poly sheeting sealed (duck tape?) At the edges over the top of the peel away.

Does anyone have experoience of this versus the "real" paper supplied?

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So, Tim, nathan

How bad was the storm. NECN paints a bit of a horror story - did you get rain or snow, or a mix ?

Hope you and your families are OK.

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Thanks Tim, I knew about the 'bright shiny metal', good point with the 'polyester' - thanks. The bottom layer is actually a primer, given the thickness - did slice the pieces with a razor out of curiosity and it is definitely all paint. I would say that not all of the slices are that thick, some are...

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Was don at the marina yesterday in the hi 40's temps stripping the bottom of Impeckable. As a reminder she is a 1984 Kirie Elite 32, fiberglass hull, iron keel with swing keel/ CB. We had the CB broppsed and done over last spring, now am doing the bottom. A sharpened 5 in 1 tool proved best to zip o...

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I put a PC card into my home PC a while back, I may see if I can digitally record it too

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For those of you that don't know

Americas cup 1851 - 2007

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That's so's he'll know when to reapply bottom paint. When he starts to see black bottom, he knows that it's getting thin! (Ablative paint types, of course!) Nathan is correct, using a black base only besause that's what I have on my new boat. Having spent time litterally chipping ablative paint off...

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Those T-105s: are they the wet cells or AGM? You can get away with less if they are AGM since they won't off-gas as much. Wet cells - my charger isn't set up for AGM charging and I stuck with wet cells for reasons I thought I covered in a post a ways back. Thanks for your responses, always good to ...

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I can but tell you what I am doing. We are stripping the bottom of the Elite 32 that I jus sold (included in price). It has always been a dry boat, I have found no blisters so far and we are almost done stripping. There is no barrier coat on today. I will not be applying one - we will apply 3 coats ...

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I just collected my new T105's and it seems that they are a fraction larger than I had calculated from the specs. I don't think I will be able to use the exisitng off the shelf box I have and will need to make a custom box (I have the physical space for it). I was going to build a plywood / epoxy bo...

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Duncan wrote:I have just the thing for you. It's a plastic trout a well-meaning nephew gave me.
If you poke it, it wiggles, and sings "Take me to the river, lead me to the water..."

I have one of these too, you can have it for the price of shipping, really, I do ..

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See here for a quick page I put together for the Beneteau owners group on some fender covers I put together from the Sailrite boatblanket kit.

http://bene381.awardspace.com/fendercovers/index.php

Mark

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Yea, my sis-in-law and I are stripping the Elite 32 completely (Gee there's a job !) And then I need paint for the 381. I may be half a gallopn too much.

Good call on the beach BTW - thanks from a 4 year old !

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Wa,ted to share a couple of cruising links from a guy I met the other day

http://www.marisystems.com/maine2005

http://www.marisystems.com/maine2006

I know, I know a modern plastic boat

Enjoy anyway

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"Spineless Jellyfish". Me too 60ft BBB and 250ft rode Whole set of flares Weems and Plath clock and barometer 5 gallons ACT Couple of interior lights 3M polishing compound and "wax" 3ft engine hose Pair Figawi boots New plastic "glasses" Chaffe guards The only thing I w...

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Someday, it'd be nice if someone would build an entire structure or mechanism that used only one size nut. For a start, wouldn't it be great if someone built a boat that only had metric or SAE fasteners, not both? Speakng as someone who grew up in the UK with 4 different gauges (Metric, SAE, Whitwo...

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We are going Friday too - I need chain, rode, a bruce anchor, bottom paint for both boats, flares and some other stuff. Looks like I might bump into Figment while we are there. The Shipping on the anchor, chain and flares may make it worthwhile. Will be looking for a nice place for lunch and also a ...

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Jason I am glad you avoided making a mistake with this particular boat - that's what the thorough inspection, survey and sea trials are for - to guarantee your assurance (or not) that you are making a sound buying decision. Now I am sure this group will help you find your next boat if you'd like the...

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If you are not up on Linnux try something like Knoppix - it will run straight from any bootable device - ed a CD or 500MB flash drive

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Didn't we have this discussion three months ago and determine that tanks are supposed to be permanently mounted ?

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Join me on mine anytime you are in the area.

( This is the best photo I have, unfortunately )

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I used an old Pentium II (Dell Latitude) laptop running Sea Clear and a cable to a handheld gps. Itworked fine. I had a small Xantrex inverter too (< $40 at Radio Shack) because the battery was shot.

Seems to hold up fine if you take reasonable care of it.

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Okay, so name one :-) Wow am I glad I can't access the forum form work ! To be fair anything I add would only be building on what Jason said and then after I re-read the comment I did note the :-) smiley face. I do still think that once the Benehuntalinas age some more that they will be the 'afford...

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Same as in this picture ? It's a thru hull. Seems high up for a drain ...

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Oh c'mon !!! way back on the NETA thread it was said : sailbloats Ok, that IS a great typo... really describes most of the 'Benehuntalinas' out there these days.... Now we are complimenting Jason on his purchase ? what's the plan - lull him into a false sense of security and then WHAM ! , once he ha...

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Jason

There are some very active Catalina forums on both Yahoo groups and Google Groups.

M

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The real test for any diesel is to run it. I have minimal experience but I can agree with that. We just bought a boat that had been on the hard for 12 months. 4 months earlier I had repowered my previous boat (yea, I put all of 50 hours on that before we sold it), so suffice to say I was anxious th...

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I tried the trial of coastal explorer - worked well.

Also take a look at Sea Clear II (http://www.sping.com/seaclear/)

Works well with NOAA raster charts

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Nathan is a magician who is best treated carefully. He sure is, " Our Hero! " C'mon Figment - identify that one .... (see foot of message for answer) http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/markwilme/nathan.jpg Answer - highlight with mouse to see : it's the bicycle repair man.

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Welcome !!

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I actually bought one of these recently, to get into tight places where I needed to drill oles or tighten screws. I know, I know its a Skil, but it is amazingly compact and has a Lithium battery. there is a review of it on this page : http://www.handytoolguide.com/2006/09/ http://tbn0.google.com/ima...

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The Coast of Summer by Anthony Bailey

Link to Amazons page with descriptions and reviews : Link

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