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Paulus

As Tom Young already showed with his renewed companionway steps, the resilliance of wood is exceptional.... I refinished the teak seating of my cockpit - 40 years old and it came back to life as if it was installed yesterday. Failing (high gloss) varnish... it actually bubbled and blistered last sea...

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My inner foresaty is the "triatic" I believe it is called (on a schooner at least)...

See edit - added schematic - above.

I will have to double check to see what connections there are on the top. I just took the tarp off and can take pictures...

Thanks for the comeback...

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The upper shroud should be vertical or very close to it from the spreader down to the deck. The angle between the spreader and the shroud should be the same above and below. With longer spreaders there is less load on the rig as the upper is pulling more to the side and less straight down. Interest...

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I just completed the task of re-caulking the teak decking on Guillemot - using two part BoatLife Life Caulk (type P), finishing up with a tube of one part BoatLife Life Caulk to build up some of the corners and around the mizzen mast step. I was impressed with the ease of handling, filling capabilit...

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Would it be advisable to raise a portion of a deep bilge, as I have on Guillemot, in order to create a small well for the water to collect and get pumped out, rather than having the entire bilge (about 8 ft or so from stern to center of the boat) with 1 inch or so of water at all times... It would c...

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I guess Paulus is saying you should put "add samson posts to boat" on your list ;) Quite elaborately I might add, that is, .... if a picture says a thousand words... ;-) I love my samson posts - they just can't compare to my experience with cleats. Then again, that bollard looks very, ver...

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From the web: It is important to remember to use the correct type of glass matting depending upon which type of resin system you are working with. Each tiny strand of glass that is used to weave the matting has a 'finish' applied to it in production that is designed to facilitate maximum 'wetting ou...

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I recall Main Sail recommended Walter's Machine and Buck Algonquin...

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if it just slides right on (which it probably will, having lost a couple thousandths of metal due to rust), it's trash. Well.... does it? After you clean it up, how's the fit? Whoever made that video obviously sells that stuff. A lot of forums, including this one, has people that are quick to recom...

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I admit, I snickered a bit, but then, afraid I would jinx my next project through the wrath of the project Gods, I quickly regained composure... As regards the coupler, I would try like heck to save the old one - without pictures its hard to evaluate options on how to get the cobalt bits out of ther...

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As neglected as she is, she's still sitting pretty and proud.

I hope someone will adopt her and bring her back to her former glory.

Sad, indeed.

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Thanks posting with the pics - I am following along with great interest!!

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I see them now.... Great work!!

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I can't see the pics - do I need to tweak some setting somewhere?

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By the way, I've also been proceeding with my Atomic A4 engine disassembly. I've been posting updates to that project over the Moyer Marine Atomic A4 forum. Rather than re-post the whole bloody massacre here, if'n yer innarested in more "before and during" photos of an old greasy engine b...

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There are lots of free C-Map copies floating around... Mine is 2002 but I have yet to find it "inaccurate"...

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Spendy.... For $50 or less you can buy an obsolete laptop (I now have three) running Windows 98 or even XP, easily pushing Nav programs. I have CMap and Oziexplorer running on each - they stay on board and run directly off the boat battery (their own batteries are shot). If it gives up, toss it and ...

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Pure copper will have a pink hue - brass, exposed to galvanic reaction will have some of its zinc alloy removed and show such hue. Bronze contains tin, which is not as affected by acid (galvanic action). It is possible that the post contains zinc. You could test a section with some hydrochloric acid...

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Or a marinized Perkins 4-107 - the difference being (I believe) the cylinder linings - fixed or removeable...

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I noticed the tankage is well markedd here:

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I own two multimaster (type) tools - one is battery operated, the other hard wired. I would not start any project without having one of the two handy. A real handy "make-shift" sanding attachment I use is the chisel/blade attachment with a piece of self-stick sandpaper stuck to the bottom ...

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Been doing a lot of reading (no, I am not into football) and y'all are correct - ABYC does absolutely rule against any solid wiring, as does it object to soldered connections, for the same reason, which is that "solid" doesn't "give" and as such is subject to low frequency vibrat...

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Interesting - especially since most if not all smaller panels I have seen to-date, actually come from the manufacturer with a solid rod/bus connecting all the feeds... in fact I copied the method I ended up using from a six switch West Marine panel of which I also used all six of the twelve switch/f...

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It looks beautiful, but are you using solid-cored wire to get that nice "Schematic" look? It's one of those things that runs a .0001% chance of causing a problem, but I've always been really leery of using solid wire instead of stranded on anything that moves more than a house. Not that t...

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Oops! My mistake, I mean Chocolate Blocks haha :D Actually, she likes chocolate blocks as well... - her favorite though, are Hershey Kisses. But all kidding aside - are you referring to the European stile connector series? I am from "there" and I always prefer those over the semi open blo...

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Rich P wrote:
Paulus wrote:But all that work and your using the hated chocolate boxes!!

Are you saying this because it is close to Valentine's day?

The Admiral happens to LOVE getting chocolate..... box or bag.

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Finishing touches... Finally wired it up... http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/Dutchessc22/DSC03044.jpg And put the stickers on... http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a323/Dutchessc22/DSC03046.jpg After wiring and stickering, I cleaned all the newly soldered connections with Electro Cleaner (spray...

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Brass, including Naval Brass, contains a lot of Zinc (as much as 40% by weight), as opposed to Tin being used to create Bronze alloys. Over time, as with sacrificial zincs on propeller shafts, etc., the zinc, when exposed to galvanic action, can leave the brass and get deposited on metals of higher ...

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The Perco's?

Discount Marine sells them - they are not cheap...

http://www.discountmarinesupplies.com/N ... ights.html

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Bump!

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Found it... Now I got something to read ;-)

http://www.plasticclassicforum.com/view ... 4+building

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As with a partner, once "selected" you should not look around anymore... ;-) Remember the grass is always greener.... I doubt if you started this project as an investment - if you're like me, you probably selected your "path" because you enjoy the journey as much as arriving at t...

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Assuming you already tried the temperature variation method - cool the male portion (liquid nitrogen would be the ultimate) and heat (torch, but be careful not to melt) the female portion of the connection... If you are able to retaIn fluid around the connection in a manner that you could soak the o...

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I got a similar bug as you seem to describe and started shopping for a boat that would pull my heartstrings... upon having decided the make, vintage and stile, I started learning as much about the boat as I could - especially the setbacks and structural "must fixes" that came with it and t...

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Could be an interesting project... if you have the skills, I'd say go for it and make sure to report here and post pictures!!

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Never thought about the stainless steel access plate option... Tim, can you refer me to a site where they sell these?

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I totaly agree with Rachel - what's happening is that the underlying layer is failing, allowing the paint to lift. Any fix that does not remove the failing layer is just a delay for a future, final, fix. The problem with this situation is that often the compromise is not uniform - there will be area...

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My 40 Gal diesel tank sits under the cockpit sole with about 1" to spare between the top of the tank and the sole. There's a sending unit mounted on top, (note the yellow wire going up to the sender in this pic - the sender sits right under the small darker reinforcement pad under the sole) The...

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Guillemot's spars are varnished with Epifanes and they are in magnificent shape. The Teak is not holding up as well - especially the strips on the hatches and cockpit seats, but I believe that's mostly from the failing glazing between strips. The PO says he only used Epifanes, so I assume it is that...

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I would be scared to death to have that winch on my boat, having seen a Choey Lee skipper with 3 fingers and a thumb on his left hand as a result of a confrontation with his reel winch. Just my $.02 worth. I stumbled over a UK thread (or was it Australia?) where the posters talked some slob into re...

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Others agree with your notion of caution... Found a thread elsewhere (http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f116/barlow-winch-w-brake-whats-this-for-30700.html) which confirms the concern with the winch... If you loosen the brake with the winch handle in, you'll be in for a surprise - plus, the brake ...

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Looks like a pulley puller and some tapping would ease that off...

Liquid wrench will certainly help.

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My Barlow 2 wire halyard winch on the main mast - situated at slightly below chest hight - has two channels on its drum - a narrow channel with "wings", or "catchers" separating it from the wider drum surface, where I wrap the wire when hoisting the sail. The only thing I can see...

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Googling "boom outhaul" in Google Pictures provides for a plethora of different set-ups...

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I can see how to do it from Hamilton's schematic of the various bits they sell, and it makes sense. Their diagrams are very helpful. I'm more inclined to find something here in the midwest to serve as an anchor rather than pay freight for eight hundred pounds of cast iron from the east coast. I don...

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Quetzalsailor wrote:It's symmetrical like a proa.

Ha! I like it!

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I was directed to an interesting article on the subject: http://www.matronics.com/aeroelectric/articles/Switch_Ratings.pdf For those who are pondering the question as a result of my post, I recommend reading it. Bottom line (for me) is that the limiting factors concering toggle switches are related ...

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Funny thing is, half the switches (the larger diameter, top two rows) came from a West Marine - six circuit mini panel and they are rated at "125V - 5A" - not much different from the ones I bought - they had 10A fuses in the fuse holders... I bought the additional six here: http://www.part...

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Was this perhaps a custom made potable water tank, then replumbed as a holding tank? The contents of any holding tank is extremely corrosive and conductive (galvanic action) and therefor not best suited for that application. Whatever you decide to do, you will likely have to re-visit in a few years ...

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