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by bcooke
Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:18 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

Is there anything as satisfying as finally having a hard-to-find part number? :D
Paying $34 instead of $90?
by bcooke
Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:07 pm
Forum: Tools and Techniques
Topic: PC 7335 Switches
Replies: 28
Views: 7901

The thread is two years old. The category 'Supplier Links' doesn't exist anymore.

I think I got my PSA pad for my 97335 from Amazon.com. I will never go hook and loop again.
by bcooke
Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Hi ... I'm new here.
Replies: 12
Views: 1431

I see the site is basically related to Triton's Not at all. The reason you see a lot of Tritons here is because if you are going to tear a boat down to a bare hull then there is no point in starting with a finely finished boat. Tritons are one of the cheapest 'classics' around and a good starting p...
by bcooke
Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:06 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Another question - Sailmaster 22
Replies: 43
Views: 8114

Soda blasting is expensive from the standpoint of the investment required to purchase the equipment and make it a profitable venture. The cost of the blasting media isn't inconsequential either. I think that is what keeps the cost so high. I used/am using approximately 20 scraper blades ($6 a piece)...
by bcooke
Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:58 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

Rachel you just summed up a very true and difficult to express feeling about boatwork.

So with the A30 gone, what are your plans?...
by bcooke
Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:56 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

Also, for the record, I typed in a great long exposition on cleaning an A4 carb
You mean a long exposition explaining that you put the carb in a bucket and spray the crap out of it with carb cleaner and leave it to soak for a few minutes and spray the crap out of it again and then reassemble?

:-)
by bcooke
Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:59 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Bristol Corinthian
Replies: 14
Views: 6621

Of course, if I get holed by a shipping container, I'm going to regret removing all that foam!

only for a day or so...
by bcooke
Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:07 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

The Zenith carburetor isn't particular to the Atomic Four. It is used in a wide variety of engines. Or at least it did back in the old days when it was current technology.

If Napa has the particular Zenith part number then they can probably cross reference it for you.
by bcooke
Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:36 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

I wish I could remember the part number from Napa. They same kit sells for about $30 there.
by bcooke
Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:31 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: transport La Paz to Vancouver, Canada
Replies: 12
Views: 1180

50 pounds ol rice. 50 pounds of beans. Sail it home.
by bcooke
Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:45 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

There's only so many times in life when hitting something that's broken will actually make it work; shouldn't those opportunities be savored?
I completely agree ;-)
by bcooke
Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:41 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Hardware bedding methods
Replies: 43
Views: 6782

He said acrylic is more scratch resistant than polycarbonate (Lexan), doesn't yellow over time, and was cheaper. I don't know about cheaper but the other two are true. I only went with Lexan for the impact resistance. Lexan is really easy to cut out and not terribly expensive to my way of thinking ...
by bcooke
Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:18 am
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Hardware bedding methods
Replies: 43
Views: 6782

Those of you who have bedded the large Triton ports with butyl have had plastic lights, right (?) Or did you have glass? Every Triton I know of that has replaced their deadlights have used lexan and the originals are a plastic of some sort. Several have used Butyl with good success. I have new Lexa...
by bcooke
Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:31 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

If it is so simple, it should be very easy, quick and inexpensive for a mechanic to rebuild it. Except that you are wasting their time. They could be doing something that actually requires their skill and experience so you will be paying their opportunity cost (shop rate). And since there is an ann...
by bcooke
Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:57 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

The carb in my lawn mower is more complicated. The simplified pictures in the instructional videos are more complicated. If you take that carburetor to a shop they are going to laugh for a week. There is a bowl, a float, a needle valve and a jet. All inside a crude housing. Oh, and two butterfly val...
by bcooke
Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:40 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Atomic 4 not-starting question (Complete with symptoms!)
Replies: 50
Views: 7243

Buy a rebuild kit. Take the carburetor off, hose it all down with carb cleaner, put new parts back in. It will work fine. You don't have to know how the carb works. Just take out any part that comes in the kit and replace it. Kudos for figuring out where the trouble is. In the future, as much as I l...
by bcooke
Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:02 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Anchor Size
Replies: 9
Views: 743

NnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooOOOOOO!!!!! Talking about ground tackle on this forum is forbidden. It ALWAYS turns into an argument with tons of useless, nonsensical information, being bandied about. There are several older threads on the forum that have already said all that there is to say about ground t...
by bcooke
Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:41 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Striping Tape
Replies: 8
Views: 651

That's a good illustration. Pretty easy to see that the second bootstripe is wider than the first but it is the same visual height. My link earlier probably doesn't help much because from the photo the bootstripe looks the same all around. That's the point after all. In reality it is much much wider...
by bcooke
Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:06 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Striping Tape
Replies: 8
Views: 651

Kind of up to the eye of the beholder. As the hull curve changes the perception of the bootstripe changes. Generally in the middle of the boat the hull is probably the most vertical and the bootstripe is the narrowest. At the stern, especially on my Triton with the overhang, the angle is as much hor...
by bcooke
Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:21 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Hull Insulation
Replies: 23
Views: 2431

It was around $350 a roll. I can't remember what the 1 yard squares cost. That's for the 1 inch thick that I bought. It comes in everything from 1/4 inch to 2 and a half inch. The contact cement is about $70 a gallon. One gallon would have been plenty but it sat with the lid not quite sealed and it ...
by bcooke
Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:37 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Hull Insulation
Replies: 23
Views: 2431

You don't need to protect a flexible closed cell foam like ethafoam or volara. it won't crush or crumble. Protect is probably a bad word. I am thinking of my tool bag in the storage locker pressing into the foam and squishing it flat. Or the constant movement of a stray can of peas going back and f...
by bcooke
Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:32 am
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Hull Insulation
Replies: 23
Views: 2431

Does anyone have a blog or more infomation of the process that they can point me to so I have a better feel of how to do this? This looks to be a HUGE job with lots of epoxy and cloth and I just don't know what I'm going to do yet. I put a first draft up last night. I already see the need to go bac...
by bcooke
Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:14 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Electric Auxiliaries
Replies: 11
Views: 1746

The only installation I have ever seen was a 140 volt DC system. Supposedly, sailing with the prop turning and 'surfing' down the waves would re-charge the system for a total of about 6 hours of motoring per day. I was and am pretty sceptical. I did hear that while the boat was on the hard, the rain...
by bcooke
Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:47 am
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Electric Auxiliaries
Replies: 11
Views: 1746

I, for one, would be interested in hearing more details about your installation.

How many batteries and what is their capacity in your system?

What's the power requirements of the motor?

What sort of range to you have?

How long does a recharge take?

So many questions...
by bcooke
Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:34 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Hull Insulation
Replies: 23
Views: 2431

Basically, everything on a fiberglass boat burns well and is highly toxic while on fire.

Best course of action is to swim.
by bcooke
Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:15 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Hull Insulation
Replies: 23
Views: 2431

Armacell APArmaflex is specifically formulated for low toxicity when burned. and meets CG regulations to that effect. Its used in big ship construction and US Navy vessels and meets all those safety requirements. A thorough insulation job is not quick and I wonder sometimes why I started. It will be...
by bcooke
Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:06 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Hull Insulation
Replies: 23
Views: 2431

Armacell closed cell foam (1 inch) and Reflectix.

I can already feel a big difference now that most of my cabin space is insulated.
by bcooke
Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:17 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Striping Tape
Replies: 8
Views: 651

West Marine.

My old boat had it but I don't think I would use it again. Paint is easier to maintain for me. A good bootstripe is not linear either. Its width varies to compensate for the curvature of the hull.
by bcooke
Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:22 pm
Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
Topic: Yet another thread about boat sheds
Replies: 69
Views: 16966

What size bows did you go with anyway?
by bcooke
Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:49 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Product for Removing Vinyl Stick-on Letters/Numbers
Replies: 30
Views: 2541

I must hang my proverbial head and correct my previous statement about the contents of laquer thinner. I asked the specific question today to my paint chemist buddy and was told that, "Laquer thinner is a commercial name with no fundamental base components. It can contain any number of solvents...
by bcooke
Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:25 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Cold Aft Kansas
Replies: 11
Views: 848

I try to cover my aft at all times :-)
by bcooke
Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:39 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: thickened epoxy
Replies: 12
Views: 1071

Toss it like a grenade...
Preferably into the neighbors Hunter.

Oops! did I say that out loud?
by bcooke
Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:38 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Cold Aft Kansas
Replies: 11
Views: 848

Go sailing next week.

The wood has dried out a bit and shrunk. A few days in the water and it will swell back up.

Take a long oar with you in case I am wrong...
by bcooke
Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:55 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Triton #680 deck work
Replies: 157
Views: 32756

Guess I should finish this thread...

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by bcooke
Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:33 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Atomic 4 versus small outboard
Replies: 31
Views: 3356

Wrapped the exhaust manifold and pipe to cut down on smoke in the cabin, Yeah, I guess you know now that that doesn't really work. If the exhaust is leaking then you need a new exhaust. The wrapping, primarily, is really only useful in insulating the pipe from its surroundings so you don't light an...
by bcooke
Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:28 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Atomic 4 versus small outboard
Replies: 31
Views: 3356

Outboard versus inboard always starts a heated debate so ask at your own peril. Plenty of old threads here to peruse if you want some opinions. A4's run well if they are maintained. Yours obviously doens't fit that category. It is going to take cash to get it there. It is also going to take cash to ...
by bcooke
Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:57 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Help Un-Stepping Mast - Cal25
Replies: 17
Views: 1482

What is your definition of failing?
by bcooke
Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:13 am
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Raka Epoxy
Replies: 6
Views: 1303

A six year old thread dredge. That might be a record.
by bcooke
Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:09 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Through-hulls (mushroom type): Do you bottom paint them?
Replies: 23
Views: 1613

Paint.
by bcooke
Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:04 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Trash Plan on 30 foot boat
Replies: 10
Views: 700

:-)
by bcooke
Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:02 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Albin Vega Project
Replies: 51
Views: 14640

Best explanation I have read in a while :-)
by bcooke
Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:09 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Trash Plan on 30 foot boat
Replies: 10
Views: 700

Rachel, its time to retire that last photo. I happen to know that you have used it on half a dozen different threads on this forum alone over the past five years or so.

At least photoshop it a bit and put a different face peering in for some variety.
by bcooke
Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:58 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Albin Vega Project
Replies: 51
Views: 14640

Well done.

Aesthetically, it fits perfectly.
by bcooke
Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:46 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Product for Removing Vinyl Stick-on Letters/Numbers
Replies: 30
Views: 2541

(Recall the posts of a couple years ago, lacquer thinner is a varying-by-manufacturer melange of solvents, most of which is acetone.)
I have been told many times by a PhD paint chemist that laquer thinner is a grade of tolulol / tolulene. Acetone is a bit different.
by bcooke
Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:20 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: triton 629 refit
Replies: 19
Views: 3271

I plan to move the running lights fwd to the pulpit i just don't think they work well where they are.
You mean completely blocked from view by the overlapping genoa doesn't work well? :-)
by bcooke
Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:18 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Another question....Alberg 30
Replies: 6
Views: 1575

Nothing on the Internet is true or in the least bit accurate.

Heresay and lies.
by bcooke
Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:31 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Interior Paint
Replies: 36
Views: 5910

you can't paint with [Bilgekote] without a respirator, either!
Really?

I never found a need and the MSDS doesn't say you need it unless you are personally experiencing symptoms.

Its pretty inert stuff.
by bcooke
Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Proceedures for core repair from below decks
Replies: 18
Views: 1409

I am not saying recoring from underneath is the way to go in this case but to answer the question about recoring from below. 1.) I hate laying in skins from underneath. 2.) I have used the board method. That is, a board (covered in wax paper or something more professional) to support the saturated g...
by bcooke
Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:52 am
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Jamestown epoxy sale
Replies: 13
Views: 2147

I needed some more epoxy LAST year...

Free statewide shipping doesn't help when you don't live in state anyway.
by bcooke
Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:52 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: triton # 122
Replies: 38
Views: 6444

Just me.

Replied without reading in detail first.

Disregard.