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Came across this website with a boat for sale. It has a gorgeous interior.

Come and look at it...

The boat with gorgeous interior.

I think winter is getting to me.

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Ouch! There's one thing you can do: Heat the spilled varnish. Get some hot water and pour it on the varnish spill, see if you can soften it. If that doesn't work, up the ante and boil the water, pour it on. If the varnish softens, scrape it up with a dull knife. I actually first typed "use heat...

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But that's the 22. I've seen a few things written about the 33, and would have been very interested in finding one if they had standing headroom. Here's what I've seen: Nope... no headroom. From the little data I have, headroom is around 5'3" or 1.6m. The Abbott 33 ad went on about Herreshoff ...

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Fascinating boat, that International 1006/O.L. 33. I didn't know about them! I love those 10 meter sailboats - narrow, deep draft, no standing headroom, half of the weight in the keel itself. Best known example would be the Aphrodite 101. The Tartan Ten was supposedly inspired by it. There is one ot...

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Came across this interesting project.

You'll need a PDF reader to see the holding tank project - it opens up as a PDF document.

C&C 30 Holding Tank Project

Rather laborious but definitely makes the most of the space you have...

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One place to look for masthead assemblies... Dwyer No idea which extrusion the A30 mast is like so some searching would be necessary. I found Dwyer thru the Sea Sprite forum - they had parts for the Sea Sprite 23. Rig-Rite has them but if the same thing was available at Dwyer, it was better to buy f...

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That stainless living website is interesting. A nice source! I do have to point out one thing: The website shows the stainless steel counters. Not the sink itself. There's a cutout for the sink to go in. That stainless steel counter in the old Walsted has a sink included, entirely one piece. That li...

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Ah Holger Danske... That stern is gorgeous. I love it. Its perfectly done in my opinion. Probably the best looking double-ender stern of all double-enders. Need a gale to move it? Hmm... SA/D apparently is about 16.76. That's higher than most plastic classics which tends to have SA/D between 15 to 1...

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The best I could do is this picture of a Sonar sailboat... http://www.sailingtexas.com/picsonar23ab.jpg Look at the companionway entrance. See the recess in the wood of the top part of the companionway entrance? The top dropboard is attached to the dropboard just below it with hinges. You fit the lo...

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My father had a similar problem last winter. His solution: Roll up the ends to 1-2 feet above the ground. That took care of the condensation problem immediately - almost zero condensation afterwards. I doubt this solution will work well for you since you plan to work on the boat inside. My father on...

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Why not check out some of the old 1980s Beneteau First Series? Especially those ranging from 28 feet to 35 feet. Fairly fast, nicely designed and to my eye, the looks are aging very well - certainly MUCH better than their 1990s successors. The downsides probably are lots of metric stuff onboard that...

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My favorite Tartan 27 in Yachtworld is this one: http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1965/Tartan--1957569/Pt.-Pleasant/NJ/United-States I am probably a little strange but I find the light blue interior to be oddly attractive... Regarding that Stonehorse-lookalike, theres a similar 28 footer or so near w...

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Got one more classic sailboat with partial headroom (doghouse only)... Tartan 27. I was a little surprised nobody mentioned it before, including myself. Shame on myself. One other choice is an Ericson 25+ or 26. Quite tubby but as well done as you could ask for a 26 footer with full headroom. Certai...

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Thanks for the links. That was news - did not know the Cumulus had a cast iron (or steel) ballast. I somehow missed that in my readings. Still like the boat anyway - just needs a bit more maintenance per year (unless its encapsulated). Now that Ablin Ballad in the link - I wish more brokers were lik...

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I've read lots about the Albin Cumulus and the Albin Ballad... haven't read about cast iron being used. From what I recall, its lead. I could be wrong, though. European designs are pretty hit and miss whether it has iron or lead for the ballast. Beneteau is a good example - they're assumed to use ir...

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Just came up with two more designs - can be had cheaply if you look carefully. Fairly hard to find, though. The two are Albin Cumulus and Albin Ballad. Both are built by Albin Marin (no relations to that other Ablin motorboat company). Its out of business since the 1980s but my impressions are that ...

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One comment on the Yankee 30: From the pictures, the cockpit looks awfully small. From what I read, it was enough of a problem that S&S designed the Yankee's much more famous near-sister (designed right afterwards), the Tartan 30 with a much larger cockpit. In many ways, they are near twins. You...

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Jay - Tim's way is best. But there is another way you can install seacocks: Epoxy fiberglass plates (at least 1/2" thick, thicker is better) to the desired area then drill thru the entire plate and hull for the thru hull. For the mounting areas, drill only to the depth of the fiberglass plates ...

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Its pretty cool, fun to use. In case people do not know how to get Google Earth with chart overlay, I'm putting down info so can get going immediately. Download Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/ After installing Google Earth... Download the free nautical charts from Navimatics (thanks for the p...

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Do you have a main with the Sea Sprite 23? The hull number is usually on it. Hopefully it was not a main from another Sea Sprite 23 - if this is the case, then the number is not to be trusted. On newer SS23s (built around 1970 and later), the hull number is on the VIN stamped in the gelcoat at the s...

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Thanks for that info about the "merge" of Beetle Boats and Marscot Plastics! Now I know why the original Alberg Sea Sprite 23 plans had "Beetle Boats" as the customer (builder). That was a longtime mystery for me because I knew the first SS23 was first built by American Boatbuild...

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Olin Stephens is gone.

With his passing, an era has closed on us forever.

Thank you for the great sailboats you have designed, Olin Stephens. Sail on in peace.

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Is it any good? Curious about the experiences of members in this forum. I also would like to know where it can be bought - its not widely stocked. I use Epifanes and its nice but... a little tricky to work with. I do best with the wood gloss finish version, it seems to run and collect less speckles ...

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I remember that comment. Not really that interested in Rustoleum's varnish, though. Just interested in the paint itself and the version I looked at required Rustoleum's spar varnish to be applied first before the paint. Hopefully Tehani makes it. Ike doesn't look too nice... could pick up more stren...

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While at the local Lowe's, I saw a little display niche filled with Rustoleum marine paints. It had primer, spar varnish, topsides paint, and yes, antifouling paint (first time I saw it). I looked at the white topsides paint can, read the directions for application on wood. My eyebrows rose when I r...

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I definitely will be looking for that can! Its lots of work removing the tape all by the razor...

Thanks for the heads up.

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Ouch! Get lots of nice cheap straight razors. They look like little rectangles. They can be found at the hardware store, very common. About $ 3 or so for a pack of 10 something. It happened to me, too. More than once, I'm ashamed to say. That tape is too far gone for normal removal. Just rip off as ...

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I recall in the past in my readings about the Rhodes 19 - which has the same hull as the Mariner... Apparently, the "dip" doesn't have much impact on the speed of the boat. Rhodes 19s with the "dip" and without have traded positions in OD racing. Information may have changed rece...

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Can you use only one shackle? Its a little unusual to have two shackles between the anchor and the chain - I haven't seen that myself unless it was on a mooring.

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For smooth gelcoat... I use those straight razors from the hardware store. They look like rectangles. They are great for cutting varnish off the smooth gelcoat. They're also great for removing blue tape that decided to adhere itself to the gelcoat, despite it being a 30 day tape or something. As for...

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Was the race boat that's supposed to be going to Bermuda right now... is it that Beneteau sailboat? I forget its name.

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Try this one thing... Put on many, many floats on the pennant - sufficient buoyancy so that it is impossible for the pennant to sink underneath the buoy. See if that works. If it doesn't work, put the pennant under the buoy. I don't have any other advice. Sorry to hear that laws require chains not t...

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Do you use a hard shell buoy? Reason why I ask is because... its my observation that hard shell buoys with the pennant coming out from the top is MUCH more prone to tangling. Especially so if using 2 pennants. One other advice I have if you do have an inflatable buoy and have tangle problems... atta...

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Came across this interesting website.

http://www.shieldsfleetone.org/Photos/P ... alvage.htm

Have fun looking...

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Heres one for sale. Its very close to where I live. Its at Sebasco, near that "wedding cake" house. edit - after posting this, I just noticed its in the one of the photographs. http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/694221691.html I did not inspect it closely but it seemed to be in good shape fro...

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Peter - Thanks for the Montgomery Sailboat Owner Group website for the brochures. It doesn't have the brochures for many of the sailboats I am interested in, though. Jollyboat - Interesting to learn that inside the brochure was the regular Triton. Its the styling of the large portlights that made me...

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I was surfing the internet, looking for specifications of certain boats and I came along this website... http://www.boatbrochure.com Lots of brochures here. They even have a brochure for the Pearson Triton. Odd thing is that the brochure itself shows a Triton that looks awfully like the French versi...

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Interesting... Thinking on the deck and headliner style differences... I think what happened was that Pearson had at least 2 different deck and headliner molds at the same time. At busy times, they made use of both molds. Most times when a builder moves to a newer mold, they discard/destroy the old ...

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Fusto - according to Rigging Only, the Strong Track System costs $ 21.45 per foot. So, basically... go and find out the "P" of your rig and multiply that by $ 21.45 and you get the price before shipping charges. The price might be better at other places but haven't checked so far. The Stro...

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Veneering a carbon fiber mast? Now that I didn't think of before!

That would definitely be the best route instead of painting a faux wood finish...

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Funny!

It does take a real artist to paint a mast to look like wood. Thats the real reason why it costs so much... not the paint itself but the artistry. Its a real fine line from looking like real wood and looking like fake wood.

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That crazing is fairly common to older fiberglass sailboats built in the 1960s. The most likely reason is... the gelcoat was either too thick or too brittle or a combination of both. I think its a minor issue. Ugly, yes but still minor. I don't think its worth stressing over about. Paint over it and...

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This is for the Uber Nerds who like to look at rig dimensions and calculate sail areas for sailboats: http://www.mauriprosailing.com/sailboat-rig-dimensions.htm See the ABCs? Click on each letter and look for the sailboat model you are interested in and check the rig dimensions. The resource isn't p...

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I hate to say this because I love Rigging Only's prices & service and have bought a new standing rigging for my Sea Sprite 23 from them and they was amazingly fast and the price was great but... As long they do not upgrade their website with a shopping cart, Rigging Only will most likely not do ...

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I'll admit it... I wish I did not link that article to this forum. I only linked the article because I found it to be amusing. Amusing that Bruono's Troubles did not end after the tangling Bruno had with Tim last August. But it did not turn out in the way I quite intended. Oh well, that's life anywa...

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I came across this article... the name seemed familiar...

Bruno Trouble and Wanaka...

EDIT: I give up. The link above seem to generate errors for some reason. Here's the full mumbo jumbo link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01470.html

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Is that boat a Sea Sprite 23? If it is, is it in Massachusetts? (I thought of one that was for sale, this might be the same one) It looks awfully like my Sea Sprite 23. Of course, it doesn't have damages like that. It does look like an attempt to repair something. I have no other idea than this. One...

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To the best of my knowledge, all JBoats has ballast attached to the stub. This lowers the ballast for greater leverage - for greater stiffness. Another plus is that it gives these boats more of a bilge. I hate to sound negative but I think fiberglass repairs are in order. I think the aft part of the...

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Have you closely checked the aft part of the keel stub? From the inside? If there has been any fiberglass damage, it often occurs right there.

I hope that its only a rebedding & re-torque the keelbolt thing. Good luck tomorrow.

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Andersen 12STs are a great choice. Pay more for the All Stainless Steel versions. The regular versions has some plastic bits. I've read reports they fall apart if you keep the lines in them while not in use - the all stainless steel versions doesn't have this problem. UV rays eventually degrade the ...

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