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galleywench

TampaBay wrote: I have to move forward on projects and learn as I go.

That's what it's all about... Moving forward and learning as you go. Keep on keeping on. This forum has saved me countless mistakes (of course I've made countless mistakes along the way as well).

galleywench

Used the jig saw to remove an old bulkhead, just forward of the cockpit: The class guys say it's worthless. It is very thin, brittle, and made from chopped strand. I downloaded a template for a replacement, from the C15 website. Also, I drilled out bungs from the coaming (12 total.) When the bit la...

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Is there any easy way (relatively speaking) to remove 5200? I've been using a cabinet scraper and a razor blade and it is getting old.

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You shouldn't have any trouble with the 'volcano bump' and any other of the molded features you want to preserve (and not have to recreate). I had my own 'volcano bump' on the foredeck of my alberg 35 that I had the same concerns over. It was a raised section for a deck vent. I simply cut around it ...

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Very nice, beautiful work. I wish I was far enough into my project where I could start looking at fitting out... I'd be hiring you full time!

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Good plan, I'm headed up to coastal Maine next week for vacation and will hit up some of the local chandleries and West Marine. Of the 8 pawls in the 2 winches there are only 2 good ones left. I'll make sure I bring one of them along.

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I took apart my primary winches this evening (they have been sitting idle in the corner for 4 years) and found that several of the pawls were ground up and need replacement. The problem is that I am finding zero info on the winches on the interwebs. The only labeling on them is MSK on the top of the...

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Thanks for the help, I contacted the interlux rep again and he told me to do something similar, it's called an MEK test (Methyl Ethyl Ketone - I think it's in brushing thinner). The process is to soak a small rag in it, place it on the surface in question and tape a plastic bag over it (so it doesn'...

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I hadn't considered that, I was under the impression that paint strippers could soften the underlying fiberglass and have avoided them. I don't know where I heard that so I'm not sure it's true.

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I did talk to the Interlux rep. and they said "it depends". You can apply 2 part over 2 part but it is condition dependent and I'm not certain that it is 2 part paint (although I don't know what else it could be; it sands like granite). Is there a way to definitively tell if the original p...

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I just finished up a 3 hour date with a long board, 6" orbital sander and a whole bunch of 60 grit paper and I'm pretty disappointed in what I ended up with. I thought that this section would be easy; it's the forward cabintop around the mast step and is the only section that didn't need a full...

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Ok, thanks. I'm planning on using a similar technique for replacing the dogs. Bristol Bronze carries them but they are way too much and based on my conversation with a local chrome shop, my dreams of rechroming the ports have been financially shattered. I just can't spend $400 - $600 on the project....

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I pulled my 4 bronze opening ports the other day getting ready for cabintop sanding and I'm wondering how to deal with them. I haven't decided whether I want to rechrome them or just buff and polish and let them go to their natural bronze state yet, but I want to fully disassemble them in preparatio...

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Thanks for the replies, I stand corrected on the toerail/caprail... it is now firmly planted in my head as a caprail. Looking at the shear force of the lamination vs the shear strength of the green epoxy it's now clear that I would lose badly. I'm glad I did a test first. I'm going to go back and re...

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Hi All, I'm starting the process of laminating toerails for my Alberg 35 and I did a test piece over the weekend to make sure I'm on the right track. For full details goto http://www.alberg35.com, but in a nutshell, I am bending and epoxying 3 - 1 inch mahogany strips onto a form that mimics the cur...

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I was glad I was not on a smaller boat. The guys on the Bristol 27 and the Flyer took a beating.

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It's been an annual tradition for us for the better part of 10 years. It started with one boat and a bunch of us hell bent on getting cold and wet and this year we ended up with 4 boats rendezvousing at Hadley Harbor for an end of season party and the weather did not disappoint. We beat our way down...

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I'm happy to report that my second attempt was more successful. I'll chalk it up to a number of things that I changed: 1. Milled fibers 2. Waxing the mold and not relying on just packing tape 3. Waiting longer to pull from the mold 4. Here's the biggie: ALWAYS MEASURE YOUR EPOXY RATIOS. I've been re...

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You may have already thought of it but I will mentioned it just in case... Why don't you just cut G10 to size and bed it in epoxy instead? My friend Rob did exactly that and seems to be pretty happy with how they come out. In hindsight I think that would have been a good way to go, but I had plenty...

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I know on deck repairs the first 24 hrs, kind of springy, the next 24 rock solid. That's what I would tend to think as well, but I had this happen to me a few months back when I was trying to remove a chainplate from a newly cored deck the day after I glued it up and the epoxy surrounding the chain...

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I'm casting chainplate risers (some call them islands) to keep the interface where the chainplate enters the deck out of any standing water that may be on the deck from rain or incoming seas, but I ran into a bit of a problem regarding epoxy brittleness. I cast them last night before bed and they se...

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Gotta love the smurf look. I've looked at some dust port attachments for angle grinders http://www.dustmuzzle.com/dust_collector.php but reviews have always been spotty. Anyone have any luck with something like this? I don't think there are many jobs worse than angle grinding fiberglass (at least fo...

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That is really nice looking. Is that covering an existing fiberglass dorade or is it a new installation? I've been toying with the idea of building nice dorade vents to cover up the old fiberglass ones.

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Thanks, I guess that's what I needed to hear. I'd heard some rumors of primer failing because of cold temps but was hoping someone would chime in with concrete experience on the matter. Now I won't worry about rushing through the fairing stage. If I get a reasonable weather window and it happens, gr...

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Crap; now you tell me! I just spent 2 years and used 15+ gallons of epoxy on my decks when I could have been sailing? Seriously though, I think that approach might work for a bit in a localized area, but unless you found a specialized Gorilla glue product, it does not have structural gap filling pro...

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With a little luck, I'm about 2-3 weeks out from finishing the fairing for my recore and I am starting to look at priming. I am planning on going with the Interlux 2 part product suite (PrimeKote followed by Perfection), but given that by the time I finish I'll be lucky if I can find 50+ temps for a...

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Weight in the wrong places adds up. 200 lbs extra in a deck that is 2 1/2" above the waterline = a vertical moment of 500 ft/lbs. To maintain the same vertical center of gravity (righting ability) 500 lbs is needed 1' below the waterline or 250 lbs 2' below the waterline. I knew I could count ...

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I guess people do use PT in some boat applications, but it always seems wet and slippery to me and I can't imagine that the bond would be as good as with straight marine ply or balsa. Not to mention that it is heavier than regular plywood and if it is well sealed in the first place, what is the poin...

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I've never worn a paint sock, but I have had trouble getting a good seal when I had a beard over the winter. I assume that those socks are very thin and fit uniformly around the seal (unlike my beard).

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Like a sneeze guard at a salad bar. Hope you are able to get it working for you. I can't speak highly enough of these things. You don't realize how much you are exposing yourself to when you only have a half mask. Sure, you don't sear your lungs, but I remember how my eyes used to burn when I only u...

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I'll take a look when I get home, but I don't think the inner seal is a particularly tight fit on mine either. I think its primary purpose (other than probably being re-purposed from the half mask model) is to direct your exhaled breath away from the face mask shield so it doesn't fog up. If there i...

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Northstar, you look a bit more like someone from the Deathstar in that full-face getup. I am jealous, though, and will be purchasing one as soon as I can. It looks like you are able to wear your glasses under it, which would be a big benefit for me. You are able to wear glasses under them without i...

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Wow, looks great. I'm looking forward to reading the blog, I always need inspiration. It must be feel incredible to have her back in the water. I always thought the Sea Sprite was one of Albergs prettiest designs. The jaunty sheer is much more pronounced than many of his other designs, it is reminis...

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Good luck, I hope all goes well.

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Read up in West's information, too. I don't think that there is much to fear in making fairing compounds; that's what you do with West System. From what I've read I think your correct. My main concern is durability down the road. If I just put enough Aerosil in to get the thixotropic properties I n...

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Hey all, I'm about 1-2 weeks out from where I can actually begin fairing the decks of Magic and I have a few questions regarding mixing up my own fairing compound. I like the thought of the pre-mix products like Awlfair or Quickfair, but I still have quite a bit of regular epoxy left and want to sav...

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Yes, a Nordica 20. I haven't seen one of those in a long time, my dad came very close to buying one in the late 70's and I remember thinking it was just about the coolest little boat around (I was 10 or so at the time). It was like a pint sized yacht that looked like it would go anywhere.

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Not sure if this would be an issue or not, but if you don't have backflow preventers (1 way valves) installed on the sink and a/c intakes wouldn't you run the risk of losing suction when the engine is running (meaning the engine starts sucking air through the sink spigot)? Or maybe the manifold has ...

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I'll second the registration of the forum for mobile devices. I'm partial to ForumRunner (www.forumrunner.net), but I'd be happy with tapatalk as well.

thanks for taking on this job.

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I'd agree with Britton whole heartedly. Deck sounding is not something that can be read in a book. There are a bunch of factors that change the tone of the sound that have nothing to do with whether the core is in good shape or not. Bulkheads, adjacent hardware, changes in skin thickness all play in...

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Excellent Zach, thanks for the detailed help. Once I finish glassing up the aft deck I'll do an initial pass to clean things up a bit and then set to getting things level before the final layer of glass (ie. option 1).

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Dear Magic; Congratulations on a job well done. Phil Thanks for the kind words, but I think I'd rather take the compliment when I can sit on the boat in a harbor after a good day's sail drinking a 'Dark-n-Stormy'. I'm not even close to complete. In any event, I should caveat the drawings with a 'Th...

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Title is a bit misleading because I'm not really at the fairing stage yet, but my question will affect how the fairing will proceed when I get there. I've recored all the decks and I should finish covering them up with the first 2 layers of 1708 biax cloth sometime next week. After that, the decks w...

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I didn't know Bob resorted to such unorthodox techniques, but it doesn't surprise me. He is a character. That's Isla as we chased her down like a dog. Fluky winds at the start allowed her to get a jump on us and we spent the rest of the race chasing. That shot was taken right after we rounded Halibu...

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My son, while at the Maine Maritime Academy, helped restore Falcon (owned by "Bob and Pam") and Sapphire - both S&S NY 32 class yachts. While he was working on Sapphire, Olin Stephens stopped by the shop to look at one of his "girls"... It was not long after that, that he pa...

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This past weekend I was fortunate enough to crew aboard Siren (S&S New York 32) for the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta at Woodenboat in Brooklin and was just blown away by what I saw. Words can't describe some of these boats; simply awe inspiring. Link to some photos (hopefully it works) https://picas...

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I would guess that unless you know the length of the roll and want to do some simple math, the easiest way would be to do what you said and weigh a yard. Since we are so close, I could swing by with a swatch of #1708 biax (I'm using Kyntex) sometime this week to compare. Then I could get a tour of y...

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I disagree. I don't think biscuits have any use on boats. There are a couple issues at least with them. First of all they are designed to be used with water based glues as the water in the glue swells the biscuit to go from loose to a tight fit. This is how biscuits align the pieces being joined. U...

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Never done this on a bulkhead, but what about using biscuits to join the bulkhead. I don't think bulkheads are subject to shear or bending stress that would pull a biscuit joint apart and they are super easy to do even with a cheap $50 joiner from Home Depot or Lowes. I would think that given the po...

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That's quite a sight. I couldn't imagine being at the helm of that thing trying to do close quarters tacking with all those other boats darting about... Must be nerve racking

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