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by Robert The Gray
Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:19 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Winch sizing
Replies: 3
Views: 771

Re: Winch sizing

Does the mounting situation lend its self to one size or another? I think changing the winch handle size may have more influence on how much load you can pull by your self. I am not sure if the sizes of winches are set by the pulling strength or the holding strength. There must be some more technica...
by Robert The Gray
Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:51 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: New Member
Replies: 14
Views: 2923

Re: New Member

I am not sure if I saw it correctly, but it looked like your mizzen staysail was attached to the after end of the mizzen boom in a fixed way. You do want it attached there but it should have a sheet so you can change the angle of the sail relative to the mizzen sail. It looked like it was back windi...
by Robert The Gray
Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:58 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Engine problem
Replies: 12
Views: 1772

Re: Engine problem

Could be two problems. Weak batteries that inhibit starting, and some disturbed sediment in the fuel that came later. My volvo penta MD7B
would turn over but never start when my battery was under charged.

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by Robert The Gray
Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:06 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Navigation lights
Replies: 14
Views: 1814

Re: Navigation lights

If I remember correctly, the steaming light is only used while the under motor power at night even if the sails are up. The foresail should not obscure it. Use only running lights when sailing at night. It should be fine to shine a light on your sail I wouldn't shine it at the bridge of the approach...
by Robert The Gray
Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:55 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Another outstanding bad boat name
Replies: 111
Views: 38922

Re: Another outstanding bad boat name

Yer killin' us sir Fig. "Cosmic Ocean Dancing Wind Glider" Hippies with a boat that has a wide transom. "Fat, Fast, and Pointy" Some obnoxious frat boy owner of a racing sled. "The Reel Wife" I think we all know this guy. "Blue Winnabago" Quaint Illinois coupl...
by Robert The Gray
Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:12 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Aluminum Ports
Replies: 5
Views: 761

Re: Aluminum Ports

found this link that seemed on point. http://www.shootingtimes.com/gunsmithing/0706/#cont

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by Robert The Gray
Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:40 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Faces in the boat...
Replies: 73
Views: 26455

Re: Faces in the boat...

From the "ericson 27 project " Mr Bill's Eskimo cousin standing in a snow field. http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/xx286/Big_D_14/P6200015.jpg I am here all week, two shows this Sunday. Bring the kids, dogs are free. Is this mike on? Hello? Hello......? Hey, where did everyone go? That wa...
by Robert The Gray
Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:49 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Accessing the top of a stepped mast.
Replies: 21
Views: 6442

Re: Accessing the top of a stepped mast.

I do feel that working on the mast head by careening is really problematic due to the above mentioned fair lead and loading issues. I do think that in a tidal area or around high docks the mast head can be tilted towards the high object and the mast head could then be reached. That spinny crash look...
by Robert The Gray
Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:50 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Faces in the boat...
Replies: 73
Views: 26455

Re: Faces in the boat...

It must be an alcohol stove, 'cause that is a bad neighborhood. He does sport the hipster goatee knob with some panache.

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by Robert The Gray
Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:49 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Synthetic rigging?
Replies: 11
Views: 1633

Re: Synthetic rigging?

Synthetic ropes incorporated into the running rigging are great. I would say that the only drawback to using synthetic rope as standing rigging is the degradation by UV rays. Racing boats at the high end are re-rigged all the time, whether for tweaking or for transport. Things can be inspected and c...
by Robert The Gray
Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:01 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: interesting site with shipping traffic
Replies: 4
Views: 1031

Re: interesting site with shipping traffic

Check out the English Channel. It looks like a nightmare. Imagine transiting that in heavy weather. get your running light configurations down, or get AIS.

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by Robert The Gray
Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:08 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Ericson 27 Project
Replies: 224
Views: 247090

Re: Ericson 27 Project

I dig the incidental full body self portrait. Real faces in the boat. Document the life that is always passing.
By the way awesome hatch mojo dude. Add small fixed skylight, 4"/7".
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by Robert The Gray
Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:29 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Stop antenna cable clang?
Replies: 9
Views: 1132

Re: Stop antenna cable clang?

I imagine an open 1/2" hole on one side of the mast would not compromise the structural capacity of the spar. Place a hole halfway between the spreaders and the step and between the spreaders and the mast head. The cable tie method is great, the problem is how to get the tie around the wires. S...
by Robert The Gray
Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:30 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: A $25.00 Triton?
Replies: 6
Views: 1118

Re: A $25.00 Triton?

I think the yard guy was short and had a 25' tape.
by Robert The Gray
Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:22 am
Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
Topic: Cost effective approach for a tall tent?
Replies: 35
Views: 17839

Re: Cost effective approach for a tall tent?

NICE!!!!!!
I like the little coping detail.
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by Robert The Gray
Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
Topic: Cost effective approach for a tall tent?
Replies: 35
Views: 17839

Re: Cost effective approach for a tall tent?

Now that GREYHAWK is back in the water, some of that lumber, and the space that the tent used to occupy, is being re-purposed:

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OK. What is it? A very shallow skateboard ramp?
by Robert The Gray
Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:12 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Faces in the boat...
Replies: 73
Views: 26455

Re: Faces in the boat...

There is citation in the Journal for Abnormal Construction of a study done by the Center For Gnomic Research entitled, Drone. How Sanding with Earplugs and Respirator is a Method of Sensory Deprivation Leading to Psychosomatic Manifestations of Silliness. This study furthers the work of famed sillio...
by Robert The Gray
Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:57 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Faces in the boat...
Replies: 73
Views: 26455

Re: Faces in the boat...

I could not resist this thread being taken in a alarmingly obscure direction. The french, of course, love the allied seabreeze.


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by Robert The Gray
Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:57 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: New-to-me B29
Replies: 49
Views: 11167

Re: New-to-me B29

The main reefing lines and the main halyard should be close to each other. It looks like your halyards are led aft at the moment, so for ease the reefing lines should be lead aft as well. That means two more rope clutches and another line organizer. With that big main you will need a winch to get go...
by Robert The Gray
Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:54 pm
Forum: Tools and Techniques
Topic: Recording work for publishing on web site
Replies: 20
Views: 6703

Re: Recording work for publishingon web site

Antonio, It may be a while till I have another boat, I have these good friends named chase and us bank that I have to correspond to each month, and that project is tedious and not worth documenting. Other current projects, except the art of writing these amazingly funny and histrionic posts posts, a...
by Robert The Gray
Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:11 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Engine Vibrating Excessively
Replies: 55
Views: 16512

Re: Engine Vibrating Excessively

The basic steps are very simple; the only hard part is dealing with corroded fasteners, tight access, invisibility, etc. That stuff can't be that hard can it? .........It has been said that only in the outer Philippine Islands are there masters of monkey training that can train a monkey in the task...
by Robert The Gray
Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:03 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Adding more ballast to Triton
Replies: 19
Views: 2067

Re: Adding more ballast to Triton

The only reason to make a Triton any heavier would be to. .......well I really can't see a reason. If you have four or five adults in the cockpit then adding a counterbalancing trim ballast makes sense otherwise the boat is what it is. Winds of 25 + knots are always hectic on a small boat and, and w...
by Robert The Gray
Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:21 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: depth sounder vs fish finder
Replies: 6
Views: 1402

depth sounder vs fish finder

While responding to Ray Chang's post about transducer installation, I began to wonder why more sailors do not use fish finders as opposed to depth sounders. I find the traditional depth sounder to be strangely massive in the hole required and the depth of spaced used behind the display. The informat...
by Robert The Gray
Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:58 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Installing In Hull Transducer
Replies: 14
Views: 1817

Re: Installing In Hull Transducer

I epoxied the transducer for my fish finder directly to the floor of the fore peak. right in the middle. I am going to continue my thoughts on fish finders vs. depth sounders in another thread.
by Robert The Gray
Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:29 pm
Forum: Tools and Techniques
Topic: Home made tool
Replies: 9
Views: 3701

Re: Home made tool

I want to see the tool that will adjust the port/starboard luffing indicators (?). Under weigh if possible.
any way.....Good use of the greatest neolithic tools, the human brain and a stick.

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by Robert The Gray
Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:29 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: The Head
Replies: 7
Views: 1362

Re: The Head

very nice indeedy. Looks like you could do dentistry in there.

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by Robert The Gray
Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:34 pm
Forum: Tools and Techniques
Topic: Recording work for publishing on web site
Replies: 20
Views: 6703

Re: Recording work for publishingon web site

Great responses every one. Tim, As always my respect for you has no bounds, or if it has bounds they are very far away like light years or something. What ever you wish of me god fader I will repay dyou wid all ofb my heart. Blood for blood to the end of the fillet. I am but a humble soldier in the ...
by Robert The Gray
Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:27 am
Forum: Tools and Techniques
Topic: Recording work for publishing on web site
Replies: 20
Views: 6703

Recording work for publishing on web site

I am initially addressing this to Tim but please feel free every one to add your thoughts. Tim, your northern yacht restoration logs are models of clarity. they are rich in information while being brief. Your photos illustrate the processes and the whole thing flows very well. As many have said, it ...
by Robert The Gray
Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:19 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Foil as radiant barrier
Replies: 11
Views: 1940

Re: Foil as radiant barrier

O' great Figment, If I place the extended thumb of my right hand onto the extreme end of my nose, I can then extend the remaining four fingers, which in actuality are the only four fingers because the fifth is always and forever a thumb, forming a modified cocks comb. The bobbing of the roosters hea...
by Robert The Gray
Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:31 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Foil as radiant barrier
Replies: 11
Views: 1940

Re: Foil as radiant barrier

If my memory of thermal physics from architecture school is correct, Heat is transmitted by infrared rays. these are not in the visible light spectrum. These infrared waves can be transmitted in three ways convection, conduction, and radiation. Convection is heating by the movement of heated air, co...
by Robert The Gray
Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:12 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mast Raising.
Replies: 4
Views: 553

Re: Mast Raising.

the only difficulty I see is that if your steel rings are the least bit off they will bind. some give in the system may be helpful, Nylon rope for the steel ring supports? it will stretch a bit but still hold it all together.

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by Robert The Gray
Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:06 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: Islander 32 Aurora sailing and refit video
Replies: 9
Views: 2062

Re: Islander 32 Aurora sailing and refit video

Captain Henk, The bones of the ancestors may be worn around your neck with pride and certainty. You have passed through a gate of initiation and clearly attained an understanding of the subtle forces of both will and surrender. To be a Maker in a world where wealth does not follow art is to bear a g...
by Robert The Gray
Wed May 27, 2009 12:36 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: A Reefing System Question
Replies: 39
Views: 4420

Re: A Reefing System Question

The forces on the tack are different than on the clew. The clew is at the bottom of the leech which generates a lot of sideways force. This sideways force against the resistance of the keel is part of what makes you go forward. Being as it is at the upwind corner of two spars, the tack is subject to...
by Robert The Gray
Tue May 26, 2009 1:30 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: A Reefing System Question
Replies: 39
Views: 4420

Re: A Reefing System Question

is this just me? but...... I think you are asking the clew grommet and sail cloth to take a force it was not designed for. The grommet works with the clew patches in line with the plane of the sail. the sail cloth around the edge of the grommet should have as little lateral pull as possible. As you ...
by Robert The Gray
Thu May 21, 2009 9:33 pm
Forum: Technical Data and Boat Nerdery
Topic: ship traffic
Replies: 4
Views: 2358

ship traffic

hey all,
I was referred to this site by Latitude 38, our local sailing rag. I have been hooked on looking at real time views of the global shipping traffic. Check out the english channel. very crowded. It is a bit like train spotting but what the heck.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
by Robert The Gray
Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:04 pm
Forum: Tools and Techniques
Topic: From the Bad Design File
Replies: 29
Views: 11574

Don't forget the "frequent charge points" as well . Each time you use your "charge center" you can gain valuable points that will lead to future discounts of up to 3% on any purchase of $1000 or more! When you build up enough Frequent Charge Points!! you are entitled to a chance ...
by Robert The Gray
Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:15 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: Sad Robert's New Boat
Replies: 5
Views: 1469

I am refinishing a redwood deck. In addition to owning my yoga studio and teaching 10 classes a week I do handyman work. I like to sand the deck rather than pressure wash because redwood is so soft.
by Robert The Gray
Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:08 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: Sad Robert's New Boat
Replies: 5
Views: 1469

I am in california!!!!!
by Robert The Gray
Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:56 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: Sad Robert's New Boat
Replies: 5
Views: 1469

Sad Robert's New Boat

As queried in another post, does robertthegray have another boat? well yes!and I just finished it and went for a sail today sort of.................. THE LAKE: http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/35217217cd.jpg THE BOAT: http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/3495d75d61.jpg THE BOAT ON THE LAKE...
by Robert The Gray
Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: sandpaper life
Replies: 9
Views: 797

great replies every one thank you all.

I thought it was sooner. it is just hard for the pack rat in me to throw all those seemingly usable materials away,
I shall be rigorous.


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by Robert The Gray
Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:17 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: hard times
Replies: 6
Views: 1500

hard times

http://www.lackeysailing.com/equinox/images/april09/poscable-40109.jpg If you follow the work, if you know the pain, if you hope for luck and the sense that it IS worth it in the end, then heroes help. Those who go first into the throat of the fire and the possibility of chaos deserve our gratitude...
by Robert The Gray
Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:45 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: sandpaper life
Replies: 9
Views: 797

sandpaper life

I unsure if this has been answered elsewhere, but how does one gauge when a sanding disk has lost its effectiveness? Do the lower grits wear faster? I am doing a refinishing project on a redwood deck. As I climb through the grits I wonder when I should be changing each disk out. I can tell when my k...
by Robert The Gray
Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:18 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Anchor sail
Replies: 27
Views: 5749

I made both my mizzen and my mizzen staysail with an inexpensive home sewing machine. It worked great for the dacron but the foot didn't feed the slippery ripstop nylon as well. Just saying do not let the lack of a $400 sewing machine stop you from making a simple riding sail. I was able to go throu...
by Robert The Gray
Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:14 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Hardware bedding methods
Replies: 43
Views: 6782

those are bitchin' awesome cross sections with labels!!
by Robert The Gray
Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:32 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Making a Sea Swing Bracket
Replies: 20
Views: 1606

It looks like the large rod with the groove is one of the pivots for the four way gimble. You will want to think of the end of the set screw sliding around the groove of the rod without much resistance. so I guess it is not really a set screw but more of a pin/guide. The end should be smoothed of th...
by Robert The Gray
Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:40 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Help Un-Stepping Mast - Cal25
Replies: 17
Views: 1482

that is a 2 knot wind max beam. change it out. time for a post in the projects heading!!!

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by Robert The Gray
Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:20 pm
Forum: Technical Data and Boat Nerdery
Topic: Sending core samples to a lab
Replies: 11
Views: 3690

What exactly would they evaluate? Strength? Moisture? If the epoxy was fully mixed?

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by Robert The Gray
Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:38 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Help Un-Stepping Mast - Cal25
Replies: 17
Views: 1482

c, my initial thoughts. Removing the mast is a straight forward rigging problem. In the link you showed the A frame was made of a more robust material than 2 x 4's, but then again your mast is smaller. The A frame allows the mast to be suspended free between the legs and then lowered, ensure any ply...
by Robert The Gray
Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:29 am
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: How to make caned cabinet door
Replies: 32
Views: 3779

colombian is a bean growing location, french roast is a roasting style. french roast is a darker roast than most so it might be a darker stain. try peets french roast for the darkest brew. peets has a dark roasting style.

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