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jhenson

WOW that's a lot of space down there. I'm psyched. Amazing the difference, isn't it? I stood there and said- COOOOOL !!!! Like you said, cutting those beautiful holes gets you fired up to see the project though. Did you decide to form the gutters from wood or layup fiberglass over molds? Joe

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That boy loves old boats!! My wife is very afraid that he will suffer from the same affliction that I do!!

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Thank you very much for your continued support and advise over the past year!!! This forum is great!!!

Merry Christmas!

Joe

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My brother's dinghy oars were lost in the nearly hurricane force winds that trashed the middle Cheasapeake this fall. So, we set off to copy the set of traditional oars I made for my dinghy when I acquired her last spring. Shaping: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/triton114/oars1.jpg Finishing...

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Allen,

That will certainly be nice (and bulletproof)!!! That's yet another excellent solution to the early Triton lockers.

Joe

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Will kaholee have an aluminum access hatch on both seats and at the engine access area as well?

jhenson

I wonder how that might look on the Triton?????

Joe

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Mine is 14 ft. 4 in. long excluding the gooseneck fitting on the end (extrusion only).

Joe

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John,

Thanks for the info.

Joe

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It's a wire "clamp" with wick material wrapped around it. You simply dip it in alcohol, clamp it on to the burner, and light it.

Wow! I'd love to see a picture or source reference for that if you know it.

Joe

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John, I got these burners from Force 10 Marine, but they don't carry them anymore. I was also restoring one of their old kerosene bulkhead heaters last winter at the same time and they informed me that they would be droping the burners from their supply. I do know that they are still available for a...

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Diagrams of Molds: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/triton114/seatlockers1c.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/triton114/seatlockers2c.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/triton114/seatlockers3c.jpg Sorry for the poor quaility. I had to reduce these down in size for Photobucket,...

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I'm a bit of embarrassed to talk about the awning. Feel free to laugh about it (I know my neighbors do). The awning is a 10 X 20 unit that I got at Cosco for about $190. It has sides and ends designed to make it into a temporary garage of sorts. Of course the end pieces are pretty worthless on a 28....

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I had planned on building the profile in wood and glassing it in place. Is this a bad idea? I considered that idea in the planning phase of the project. The more I thought of it though, the more it seemed like the woodworking for these would be more difficult than building molds. I made all four mo...

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Roughly where are the fore and aft ends of your lids? In hindsight, might they have been better a few inches this way or that? Well, I think I put a private message into Tim to get the measurements on his seat lockers thinking that Pearson would know better than I would. Mine are pretty close in si...

jhenson

Let's see--- -frame lazarette hatch and repair poop deck -replace weak cockpit sole and damaged settee fronts -build new engine beds and rough-in engine -continue tank installation and vberth rebuild -complete deck fairing -construct new chainplate knees in vberth -rubrails I'll be lucky to get 1/4 ...

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The water from the poly tank on our CAL 27 is absolutely the nastiest smelling stuff imaginable. I need to kill the bacteria in the tank and lines. Is it acceptable to flush the system with bleach diluted with water, or do I need to go with the $25/gal stuff they sell at West Marine? If bleach, what...

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Britton, No, unfortunately I haven't been working on the inside of the boat at all. It gets pretty hot over my driveway in July and August, so I have been working on the exterior, and not very much at that since I purchased the CAL 27. We took some time to go sailing over the last couple of months, ...

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Nathan,

Awesome photography! The cruising there must be breathtakingly beautiful.

Is the awning new to your boat this year? I seem to remember some discussion about the design on the forum.

Joe

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David,

That's a great photo. I would have to look at the title, but I think my 8' boat might be close to same age. The 7 foot version is very beautiful, especially when new.

I still need to repair one broken inner gunwale that hit something hard. I will paint her when I do the Triton.

Joe

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Tim I'd carefully consider just keeping that Fatty Knees I doubt anyone else in my family will go for a different dinghy or allow me to sell it. Even the dog loves it! Still, I need some justification for building a small boat from scratch. I guess two dinghies though would be just fine. As you have...

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Beautiful boat! Simply elegant!

Joe

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That's great, Joe, but it's really a shame your boys hate it so much.

Yes, suffer they did!! But, they will soon find some relief from the misery when they return to school. One more torturous sail next weekend, weather permitting.

Joe

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I have had the my Triton now exactly 2 years. I would guess that I am unfortunately only about 1/3 of the way through the project, though almost all of the structural work is complete. With our boys growing up faster than we would like, my wife and I decided to purchase an interim boat that would me...

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David Looks from the clouds and your description like a convective microburst, which occurs fairly infrequently in nature, but are very threating to commercial aircraft in the takeoff and landing phases of flight. Dopler wind shifts of over 100 mph have been recorded (right before and after dead cal...

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Tim, A couple of questions about the process: 1: How far below the hull/deck joint do these pieces extend? Did you fill the gaps between the hull/deck joint before application of the rail sections, or is the cualk enough to protect the joint from water intrusion? 2. If the rail sections conformed to...

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Figment,

I like that idea as well, and would love to see the concept of a "square section" bowsprit. I wish I had the expertise to draw some of this out on a CAD program so you could see it 3D before I milled the first piece of mahogany.

Joe

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Rachel, Yep! Your right. These pictures were taken back in the Fall of last year when I went to pick up my Brother's boat after a refit there. The Triton you mentioned was still there and I got a chance to see it up close. Very, very hard to see the $10,000 asking price. I guess someone will buy it ...

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I?d like to solicit some opinions on rubrail designs for a Triton. Right now, my current plan is for only a rubrail, though I have thought of also adding a caprail as well. The toerail on Glissando is absolutely stunning, and represents the ideal to me, but I think I need to be practical about the t...

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Joe, why don't you start a new thread and discuss your rubrail/toerail ideas. I could probably get some good ideas from it.

Good idea! I collect my thoughts on this and start a new thread.

Joe

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Toerail...

What I meant to say was rubrail. Not that it changes the question though.

Joe

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Figment, Thanks for your extensive documentation of this phase of your continuing restoration. It has been great to watch the progress of the project with your almost daily posts. The boat looks fantastic! Are there any advantages to doing the toerail before the boat is painted? I'm thinking of pres...

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I think if one were looking to make a small wooden component on a boat to maximum strength, then riving (splitting) the part from raw timber would be a possibility. Prior to the last century, many high strength items such as tool handles, wagon wheel spokes, barrel staves, chair spindles all where m...

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so, the things leaning on the 'yota are the tank supports?

Yes, though I guess they look sort of strange?

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Some tank pictures: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/triton114/tanksupports.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/triton114/tanksupp2.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/triton114/tanks1.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h127/triton114/tanks2.jpg There is much more work before ...

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Britton,

I have ordered most of my cloth from Jamestown. The biax I bought has all been 17 oz.

Joe

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Well, Mine seems OK in that respect. I have been laying out the height of my berths there also. I spent last week altering the chain locker bulkhead and I ached everywhere from standing, squating, and sitting in the empty expanse of what was once the vberth. I miss the level area to work on, but I h...

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I wonder if you could stuff lead shot suspended in thickened (very thick) epoxy up there. You could wedge a sheet of plywood under the hole till it kicks.

Joe

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Britton, You may have said already, but where is the vent going to be located on the holding tank? What is the diameter of the vent fitting/fittings?. Mine have dual 3/4" vent fittings. I need to figure out where the best location would be for these. What kind of capacity is you holding tank? L...

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David,

Enjoyed your site. I look forward to seeing more of the project!

Joe

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Nathan, What is wrong with this weather??? It was 55 and sunny here in Gorham today. I think you've had more snow in Virginia than we've had here this winter! I don't know what is up with the weather, but it is getting really old! I need to get going again on my decks. BTW, I enjoyed seeing the pict...

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Britton, Everything takes me a long time. I have the plywood tank supports constructed but have yet to paint them. Like you, I await a break in the weather. My v-berth looks just like yours-- a giant empty bathtub . I can't see working with heat lamps in that tight area right now. I expect to have t...

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Britton,

I don't know what if these are helpfull, but the Triton rig dimensions are here with other Pearsons:

http://www.baconsails.com/database/boatspec.php

I have a main, 150 and 110 in my basement that I can measure for you, but it will be after I get back from my next trip at work.

Joe

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Robert,

Your cabin is very, very nice! I always enjoy seeing pictures of it. How long did you work on the cabin?

I think a foot well into the wet locker it shall be! Thanks everyone for advice on this. I had been deliberating about this for some time.

Joe

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Brock, I had planned to cut a foot well into the hanging locker on my triton. The consensus seemed to be that the bulkhead wasn't structural so removing a portion of it would be ok. I am 6'4" so i just wanted a longer berth but it would give you around 20 inches of extra galley space if I recal...

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Britton Wrote:

Surely there is a project or two you could be working on?...

Ah, yes. I stayed inside this weekend to work on the restoration of my galley stove.

Joe

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The screen flatters the boat in its present condition! hehe

Joe

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Brrrr!

12" and counting. New England will get much more, I am sure!

Deck work will be on hold for a while longer.

Joe

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Tim, The boats do not look like they're squatting if the waterline is corrected appropriately (and this doesn't mean just raising the after portion, as is often seen). Just to clarify, are you saying the proper way to counter the squat is to trim the hull as discussed in the post about Triton berths...

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Bruce, However the line that says "the decks are really soft" scares me... I'm not sure that there is much difference here between a "little" soft and " really" soft. I'm told these East Cost Tritons are all going to have some kind of deck problems no matter the appeara...

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