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Tom Young

Me too, My ARS-4 lasted just a few hundred hours. Now with an Xantrex (same thing I'm sure) I have it located outside of the engine space but don't have high hopes for more than another season or so. I keep a simple Ford regulator onboard ready to go.

Tom Young

That is the winch for the mainsheet. The mainsheet goes from a track in the aft edge of the cockpit and multi tackle on the end of the boom, along the bottom of same, down the mast through more blocks, along the cabin top, then back to this winch and cleat. A little outdated, but it seems to work, s...

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Saturday was a good day. NOAA had forecast 5 to 7 knots from the southwest on Penobscot Bay. I got an early start having left Christmas on the public docks the night before. The final rigging was bending on the new 135% in the early morning with the harbor flat and windless. So calm, I raised main a...

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I'm not going to need them as I have removed the inserts for fastening them. And they're pretty scratched from years of sliding around under the settees. So from the cockpit, I gently I let the stack go flat to land on the ground below. 1/4" thick, I'm guessing arcylic. Well, 8' drop to the sof...

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For sale right now in Rockport Maine. A successful racer.

Tom Young

With a large crowd to attend the launching and a warm sun overhead, BOLERO went back in the water yesterday.

She's a beauty.

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Today, she sits on the landing waiting for a high noon tide to launch.

Tom Young

Very nice. I especially like the drift wood, our boat is full of things like that found along the way.

Tom Young

The last low rays of the setting sun lit a rainbow to the east over Penobscot Bay at dusk to cast a soft light on the landing. After 2 years of a total rebuild in the sheds of Rockport Marine, this project emerged just as the rains ended. Behold BOLERO. http://cruising.sailboatowners.com/webbbs/imag...

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With other projects to do, I just got around to finishing the varnishing on the cain sides and port trim. I'm happy with how it looks and of course, there are no leaks now. About 4 more coats and it should be protected.

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Just as soon as it's stiff enough to stand up to the brush. At least that's what I've done in the past with no problems, with varnish.

Tom Young

I did exactly what you're describing on Weatherbird, with a similar deep (deeper, I suppose, since she wasn't a centerboarder) bilge. The manual pump was accessed in the cockpit, and would take the water level down about an inch and a half below the rule pump (I also used one of the rules that has ...

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As I mentioned Dave, everything is below the waterline. I guess you have to assume the worst, you won't close seacocks, turn Y valves, etc, even though I religiously close all of them when I leave the boat. Someone on another board mentioned I could omit the loop. I wonder what a surveyor would requ...

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Some have said it would have been ok to omit the vented loop and go straight from the pump out the the thru hull. I considered that but the idea of the pump, bladder and all the other connections below the water line, makes me nervous. Anyone know if omitting the vented loop is ok and I'm just too c...

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I'm plumbing two bilge pumps right now. I replace and old piston pump with a Whale Titan on an 1 1/2" hose for emergencys, and replumbing an existing Rule 2000 and float switch. I've always been annoyed by the Rule as it comes on at night if the boat rocks, can get stuck on one tack i you hit a...

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I finally got around to plumbing. I cleaned up the installation by running directly to the holding tank and just having the vented loop outside the hamper. http://www.949.reno2.com/download/file.php?id=170&mode=view In the hamper, the hand pump and just a T that directs the holding tank through ...

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Nice work and documentation Doug. How did you come to locating the handle in that spot? I too would like an easier way out of the vee berth.

Tom Young

Tom, I have rebedded the ports on my cheoy lee with life caulk and have had a tough time making the sealent bead look neat when I am finished. Trimming the excess leaves a very uneven surface. What is your tecnique? falcon With bedding pieces in Life Caulk, I just let it splooge out all edges and t...

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Rachael is right Duncan. We use that gunwale guard on our Nutshell. It's pricey but when you figure we get nearly 10 years out of it, and that's storing the dinghy outside over the winter, it's a pretty good deal. It's the only type of fender I've had work on a hard dinghy. Your beautiful CD10 would...

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They look great, and I bet you have no issues for many years. ..... And anything with a shorter duration (such as Dolphinite, well reccomended by some), would be a problem with the varnish. Please don't say that. I don't know where you got that information but it is just plain wrong. Dolfinite has ...

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In the end,.... I went with the devil I know. I used Lifecaulk again, screws, again. But thanks to all the advice I got here and on the Woodenboat site, I did a better application this time. Fully sealing all the surfaces and using up tubes of Boatlife like there was no tomorrow. 6 all told for the ...

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Here's a photo from several years ago of my daughter and a friend sailing our Nutshell dinghy. It's a very nimble light air sailer, especially with a couple, then, 10 year olds for weight. We used to keep a streamer on the masthead that helped the kids learn which way was.. "go".. http://l...

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Towing anything slows you down of course but how much, that's a good question. I have friends that tow hard dinghys and inflatables (sometimes at the same time, kids onboard), he claims the inflatable has a lot more drag than his Nutshell pram. His inflatable has an inflatable bottom though. Your He...

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Not to get off the nesting part, another dinghy I owned for several years was a nice Cape Dory 10. I bought it to use for sailing the small lakes around our home in Vermont while our sailboat was in Maine. For a few seasons, we would daysail the CD10, then spend a weekend in Maine rowing and sailing...

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I almost went for a Joel White Shellback dinghy a couple years ago. A friend was selling one he used as a dinghy(sold the big boat). It was well built by a boatbuilder, hardly used and I couldn't buy the materials for the price. Why? Performance. The Shellback is a couple feet longer, sleeker, a bet...

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Maine Boats Harbors and Homes magazine, is turning into a good reference for some very interesting gunkholes and harbors especially in the Penobscot Bay area. Each spot he's done has charting information as well as anchoring info and shore access. I've been sailing the Penobscot Bay area for over a ...

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Yes, Fleana had some bad oilcanning of the bow sections. Upon returning, Dan found through Alden, a repair was designed long ago for that very problem. A long longtitudinal plywood reinforcement glassed in below the vee berths. Many, like my boat had that done long ago. Sort of a recall I suppose. T...

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[/quote] You got that right Rachel. Nothing works better to sooth achy muscles and such than staring at beautiful wooden creations. Probably a little too late to ask now, but did you label the pieces Tom? ;>)[/quote] I did remember that Dave, but I'm embarrassed to say, I made an even bigger mistake...

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How about the hernia from raising an all chain rode, instead of 50' of chain and then rope? (Or working longer hours to pay for an electric windlass system and then not going sailing at all?) Rachel That's exactly the type of liberation my coastal thinking gives me. If I was headed off for a year, ...

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My old boat has me feeling like a museum currator who spent the day boxing. My hands hurt!

But like a jigsaw puzzle these are the parts of my ports.

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Good info Dave. I noticed the link on glass you posted has tempered glass 5 to 10 times stronger than the equivalent plate. It would be nice to know what that really means in actual use of a wave hitting a large port the size of my boats. I believe the shutters built for my boat are 1/4" acryli...

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This is a great topic Doug. I think you can really get lost trying to make a good coastal sailing boat into a bomb proof ocean crosser. Internet sailing especially has turned this into an artform off survival at sea. Instead of sailing in general, topics seem more centered around the Perfect Storm s...

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As for glazing those big ports, perhaps you might consider having them made anew in safety glass, the kind with the butyl interlayer. They'd be more likely to stay in place if cracked, unlike tempered glass which kernels to reduce damage to the person passing through.. Thanks Dick! Doug, you mentio...

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I'm getting an education in bedding compounds, fasteners, glass, etc. As we know, there's more than one right way to do anything. I spent some time talking to a few folks at Rockport Marine. They're pretty sure Life Caulk was used on most applications like this. Sometimes they use Life Seal with sil...

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That's a mantra I have often repeated to myself as a home design builder, for encouragement when a tedious project drags on. It's a good thing to remember when you're working on your boat too. A few loose ends to tie up, like the new plumbing arrangement. With our new NDZ designation in Penobscot Ba...

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I think the Nielson stops would be relatively easy with a bandsaw and a router; they look as though a rectangular section was made that was then rounded over. More complexity in the section would simply mean that you have to own/access a shaper made for the purpose of making curved mouldings. We wo...

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Thanks Dave, that makes sense. I'm getting some advice from the wooden boat yard in town, Rockport Marine. They did these a couple years ago, very nice work! They used brads instead of screws, means you probably won't be removing the window trim but cutting it again. This is a K Aage Nielsen design ...

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And I still don't have one, yet. I'm always amazed how long this stuff takes. When it involves painting or varnishing, it involves drying time. And this time of year, it's tempting to rush it. And there in lies a problem. Having finally sanded, filled, sanded, primed, and sanded again. I couldn't wa...

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The varnish is giving up at the same time a couple of the large ports are weeping just a bit. The ports were set in Boatlife Life caulk in a mahogany color. Easy to work with, if messy. It takes a few days for it to set up. Reasonably good for this as 10 years is about time for revarnishing so best ...

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Was that surface originally varnished? (I would have hoped that the varnish would have protected the wood against absorption of the paint.) Are you going to wood and varnish? Will you strip the plywood overhead, too? I don't think it was ever varnished. I wish it had been. Down below, I think it ho...

Tom Young

Hi Brian, I haven't got any other photos but it's easy to explain. The Titan pump is mounted as directed in the instructions with the 6 supplied machine screws through a 1/2" plywood piece. It's larger than the mounting base of the pump. The plywood also has the circle cut out in the template, ...

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With a heat gun. A lot of paint. As is typical, the primer gave up in areas and lost it's bond to the plywood. So I really need to get most of it off or it will continue to peel. I'm using various scrapers as well with all the different nooks and crannies. Almost finished,..... http://lh3.ggpht.com/...

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My boat was built with a WC bronze piston pump as was typical in the 50's. It's a nice installation right in the bridge deck. Easy to operate and flush so it doesn't effect this area which is the best seating as well as a full length berth in good weather. But the old piston design with a leather wa...

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We used an oversized tillerpilot on our last boat for a decade or so and used is alot coastal sailing on the east coast. An AP is very important to us, I can't imagine too much time without one. The ST4000 is a bit small for our 38' 15,000# yawl, but it does what we need. I don't think it would be w...

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The size. What a decision. I love to sail my boat. For an old boat, the Alden Challenger has good SA/D horsepower, around 17.5. The genny that came with the boat is a 150% (a bit more in fact). Not a bad shape in most conditions. The previous owners raced the boat in southern New England so the sail...

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To fold them up, you pull out the plywood shelf, and pick them up. The piano hinge let into the bottom of the 2 3/4" beam halves, folds. Both fit on a bicycle hook. BTW, most of that nice "stuff" above was scavanged from the dumpster at Rockport Marine as they took BOLERO down to the ...

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Some good ideas Doug. I use sawhorses alot for staging as well to hold a couple of planks. On the boat, I often use two step ladders (one 8', one 6') with a stout plank to paint the topsides or varnish the toe rails. They're fast and allow the ability to follow the sheer. But you have to be careful ...

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Wow! I won't be getting to know my head that well thankfully! Nice work Doug. It was great meeting you and Sue(and Chris) in Rockport. Glad you got onboard. That's as far as the WC is moving before launch.

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So I've spent a few short sessions under the tarp pulling everything out that's willing to go. While the head on Christmas is in tough shape, I just want to restore it as built, I really like the way it was done. I pulled the old countertop out to reuse. It was nicely finished on interior edges of t...

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Quetzalsailor wrote:Tom,check your email. Contact info is there.

You may have an old email. tomyoungdesign@REMOVEgmail.com

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