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- 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
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:07 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: PC 7335 Switches
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7901
- 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...
- 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)...
- 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
- 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
- Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:59 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Bristol Corinthian
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6621
- 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
- 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
- Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:31 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: transport La Paz to Vancouver, Canada
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1180
- 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
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:47 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Electric Auxiliaries
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1746
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:34 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Hull Insulation
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2431
- 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...
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:06 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Hull Insulation
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2431
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:17 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Striping Tape
- Replies: 8
- Views: 651
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:22 pm
- Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
- Topic: Yet another thread about boat sheds
- Replies: 69
- Views: 16966
- Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:49 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Product for Removing Vinyl Stick-on Letters/Numbers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2541
- Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:25 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cold Aft Kansas
- Replies: 11
- Views: 848
- Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:39 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: thickened epoxy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1071
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:38 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cold Aft Kansas
- Replies: 11
- Views: 848
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:55 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Triton #680 deck work
- Replies: 157
- Views: 32756
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:57 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Help Un-Stepping Mast - Cal25
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1482
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:13 am
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Raka Epoxy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1303
- 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
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:04 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Trash Plan on 30 foot boat
- Replies: 10
- Views: 700
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:02 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Albin Vega Project
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14640
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:09 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Trash Plan on 30 foot boat
- Replies: 10
- Views: 700
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Albin Vega Project
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14640
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:46 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Product for Removing Vinyl Stick-on Letters/Numbers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2541
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:20 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: triton 629 refit
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3271
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:18 pm
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Another question....Alberg 30
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1575
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Interior Paint
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5910
- 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...
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:52 am
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Jamestown epoxy sale
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2147
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:52 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: triton # 122
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6444