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Hi Doug - I've rigged a number of boats, and what you are doing is going to demand that you think 100 times, and then measure 20 times, before you cut even once. :) Nothing like doing something the hard way to give you sweaty palms and second-guesses! ;) I'd like to add the following to the others i...

Nice idea. In addition to adding a decent sized bulwark for a small vessel, I imagine that the stanchions being tied together might strengthen the whole system up a bit. And it doesn't look like it would be prohibitively expensive or technical to accomplish.

Thx for the link, Dunc.

Henk -

Great job - on the video, and even moreso on the boat. She's a beaut!

Just an update I'm tardy in posting... Wound up doing what I could with the materials and sources extant. Made an 7-layer AL/5200 sandwich :), bonding precut 1/8" 6061 bar stock in between the two existing pieces of (very aging) masthead fitting (I find it hard to believe that what was there wa...

Well, 4 years on, after trying ***EVERY POSSIBLE*** interior combination in search of the best :), I have started on the construction phase. I'm beginning this next-to-last construction in the v-berth. I say 'next to last' because how I am doing it, I will still have some wiggle room WRT customizati...

Thanks Britton. Hadn't thought about the supply situation back then, so that makes perfect sense. :) BTW - Katie Marie 's deck gelcoat condition is much the same as Jenny 's was, so your thread on that topic has been educational and inspirational. The colors are the same, too, so I have your pics sa...

Well, color me 'not surprised', I guess - once again it seems that the one thing our old Pearsons have in common is: inconsistency. :D I think maybe the fitting has been replaced once already. When I was looking it over yesterday, I noticed that it did not seem to be built even as stoutly as the one...

(Oops! My apologies, I should have put this in the "Pearson Triton Specifics" board - sorry, Tim! I exemplify the rank of "Lowly Deck Grunge Scrubber", apparently. ;) ) Hi all! Does anyone have a source for one of these? I am re-rigging a Triton (circa '65, East Coast boat, hull...

Wow, that is looking *great*, and what a good place to use Ipe.

Thanks for the inspiration!

I've started a new website, aimed specifically at folks who use (or want to use) small boats, 30' and under, for long distance cruising. Like I explain there, I've not seen a website which addresses this particular topic. I've spent the last couple of years picking up odd bits and pieces about small...

Hmm - I don't think I could get the CrewDogs to go underwater. Unless tennis balls sank. :)

Coincidentally (or not??? ;)), my cousin sent me this link last night. More cat-based fun (Flash movie). You'll especially like this if you are/were a Harry Chapin fan :

Cats in the Ladle

Jason -

To really threaten it, you need to broaden your knowledge base in order to scare it effectively with something, some action, some fate that it would truly regret. Like becoming a mooring. Look here:

Oar Club

:D

I Googled it, couldn't find any photos or written descriptions of the stuff, did see a MSDS for one grade that stated its Specific Gravity was 1.8. What is it used for? I'm trying to think of a way to use 4x8' sheets of electrical insulation, but I'm not coming up with much. :) I saw that it is fire...

More relevant info of the anecdotal type: Katie Marie 's hull and cabin trunk are painted with something, I'm not sure what the product is. We don't have water hookups, so I drag the hose onboard from the dock and leave it alongside the cockpit (I'm a KISS man through and through :) ). The hose leak...

About the boat I mentioned in my marina - I am convinced that it is an A30. There is no area code for the brokers phone # that is on the boat, and the owner didn't list the boat type when he signed his lease with the marina, so those lines of inquiry didn't pan out. By looking around at pictures onl...

Sweet! :) Very clean looking, nice job Mark!

Wow - "new" bare hull, bare deck - what a place to start! No recoring, no grinding off paint, no fixing DPO's "projects" or things done at the factory when the boss wasn't around - it's like staring at a new canvas, knowing you could paint whatever you wanted, starting *now*... :...

Weight: As far as I know, Sunbrella only comes in one weight. I've seen two types advertised, though - interior (uncoated/untreated) and exterior. Quality: Second quality fabric is not planned that way, it's called that because it usually has some minor blemishes (water/dirt/coating spots, maybe som...

Only seen a couple here that I haven't read, and of the ones I have, I've read most at least twice. :) Here's a couple more - Journey of a Hope Merchant - by Neal Peterson is the story of a young man who built his own boat in South Africa. Not a big deal? Well, he was a young black man, and did this...

Definitely use a polyester thread. Dabond does have UV inhibitors in it, and is good stuff. Sunbrella is an acrylic fabric, and I think that the thread always wears out first because the acrylic is much more UV resistant than even treated poly. I haven't tried the Gore product, IIRC it is pretty dar...

Jason - So glad that everything is mostly OK with her! Talked to my uncle who lived in Waveland tonight - they lost *everything* except what they've managed to scrounge since the storm from the pile that used to be their house. They are fortunate in that they've found a townhome up north a bit (othe...

Someone out there is now making LED inserts for Mag lites - a great idea. I don't have a name, try Googling for it. I've an LED light that I bought at West for about $65US, its called a "Coast LED Lenser", 1 high output LED that is incredibly bright and white for an LED, lasts a *really* l...

There is a boat here in the marina, looks *a lot* like this one. I couldn't tell if it was Trition or not, thought it was just a similar boat which I don't recall the name of. I'll try and get some pics, see what y'all think, but... It has no eyebrow ports, and, IIRC, is a masthead rig. It's for sal...

Hi Tony - How about old battery lead? I know it has antimony in it, which isn't needed in this case, but I know that there are at least a dozen batteries just sitting around on the docks here at my marina, and you usually see several every month getting carted away. Just a thought, don't know if it'...

Britton -

My last boat, I replaced everything on the rig except the spar and spreaders, and including the bases (with improved bases). A tad expensive, but worth every penny for peace of mind in a blow. :)

Kurt

Nathan -

I just missed enrollment in the community college Bronze Casting class. Oh darn.

I do see that the Ceramics Class doesn't start until next week, though...

j/k

:D

Kurt

Tim - Actually, it was an offshoot of the aluminum bases you bought which led me to the bronze ones I spoke of. You posted to a thread at the Ariel site back in '03 about the aluminum bases ( Link ) which led to someone else, a "commanding pete" or somesuch (/me ducks), posting about these...

A couple pics of the damage... http://liquid-epiphany.com/images/photoalbum/17/sprdr_base1.jpg http://liquid-epiphany.com/images/photoalbum/17/sprdr_base2.jpg You can see that the spreader is still almost in place (but I'm not sailing with it like that! :-) ). Prior to the stronger winds, I did get ...

Edit: I just read the post about Jason and Triton #218 - wanted to point out that we were *very* fortunate compared to those affected by Katrina (my uncles house in Waveland, Miss is now just a foundation and the low deck off the back of it). Keeping my fingers crossed for #218! Came out of it OK, ...

Hi Ric - I'm going to hazard a guess that you will be better off trying to just get a boat with what you have, unless you are real friendly with a banker. My previous boat was a '79, and I had to show up at the bank with all kinds of info to prove I was getting a good buy on a boat still in producti...

Don't know if repair is still an option, but... A good source for aluminum tubing is from stores which sell irrigation supplies. Also (I learned this when I did a stint in Indianapolis), if racing is big in your or a nearby community, check with shops which make or repair race car frames. I found so...

Here's a pic of an earlier incarnation of my setup. The heavy duty tarp mentioned above is over the boom, while my Spring tarp (cheapo single layer) is now in it's dying throes and serving as a foredeck shade (not very attractively, granted, but efficient nonetheless :)). You can see a bit of the wh...

A suggestion: Try making it from other, cheaper material than what your finished product will be made with. Blue tarp material is cheap, relatively durable, and pretty ugly, but will work well for prototyping. WalMart has, in the camping section, an extra thick tarp of that same material, silver on ...

Hi all - Here's my baby, one of the gorgeous vessels which came from the drawing board of Carl the Great, a '67 Pearson Ariel. I've been hers since March of this year, living aboard with my CrewDogs Molly and Buffett. We are undergoing a slow renovation, taking things as they come and/or are "f...

She's purty. Real purty. :)

(But then, I might be biased... :D)

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