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by Ric in Richmond
Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:29 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: New to me Dyer Dhow
Replies: 5
Views: 1160

Re: New to me Dyer Dhow

She will look great behind the Challenger. Get her going and lets go dinghy sailing!

After I looked at your Thistle I ended up getting the Dyer 12.5.

Fun boat!! You will love yours!!
by Ric in Richmond
Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:05 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Woe is Weather in the Mid-Atlantic!
Replies: 24
Views: 2253

Re: Woe is Weather in the Mid-Atlantic!

The farm where my wife keeps her horse isn't stabling any of the horse since they are afraid of barn collapses!!
by Ric in Richmond
Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:00 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Woe is Weather in the Mid-Atlantic!
Replies: 24
Views: 2253

Re: Woe is Weather in the Mid-Atlantic!

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=42568
Image

The pic at the link is 8gb!!!

All bare ground from NYC north!!!
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:20 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: Woe is Weather in the Mid-Atlantic!
Replies: 24
Views: 2253

Re: Woe is Weather in the Mid-Atlantic!

Ice here in Richmond. Sleet now.

I'll take 11 inches of snow over ANY ice.
by Ric in Richmond
Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:03 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Alberg 35 rudder post
Replies: 10
Views: 1270

Re: Alberg 35 rudder post

My post is stainless but I think it may have been replaced when the rudder was rebuilt. The post itself is probably 3 inches proud of the cockpit sole.
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:32 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Alberg 35 rudder post
Replies: 10
Views: 1270

Re: Alberg 35 rudder post

Rudder tube on my boat rises about 1.5 inches above the deck and then is capped with a bronze collar that the tiller head rides on. The tiller head is the typical chrome bronze affair.

Hope that helps!
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:48 am
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Finnish "Bay Boat" from the 50's
Replies: 4
Views: 1163

Re: Finnish "Bay Boat" from the 50's

LOVELY BOAT!!!
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:47 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: refinishing old chromed bronze port lights
Replies: 3
Views: 549

Re: refinishing old chromed bronze port lights

Find a friend involved in classic cars. Ask them who they use for plating. Use them.

The good platers are few and far between theses days.

You will never get it right at home.

Or let it just go bronze. That is my plan. Mine were re-plated about 10-15 years ago and are showing their age.
by Ric in Richmond
Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:56 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: 12V system
Replies: 29
Views: 3151

Re:

I'll think about the fuse thing. I left off the memory lead on the stereo intentionally, to save power. I won't have any power generation on the boat aside from the solar panel, and that's more of a keep-full type thing. To get enough panel-juice to really charge the battery would cost more than I ...
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:13 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Lifelines
Replies: 36
Views: 4036

Re: Lifelines

Lifeline article in the current Good Old Boat Magazine.

Doesn't addresshaving NO lifelines but has some ideas about lifelines such as using continuous (no gate) lengths of the same rigging wire on you mast so that you have a spare wire.
by Ric in Richmond
Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:16 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Lifelines
Replies: 36
Views: 4036

Re: Lifelines

Boy I hear you!!! I have an A35 and agree 100% about all the lifelines and tubing. I pondered it briefly but chose to reinstall mainly for others, not me. I have never used a life line to stay on board that I can remember, but I have kids and non sailors aboard and I think they need to be there. One...
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:51 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Roller Swaging Myself?
Replies: 8
Views: 2448

Re: Roller Swaging Myself?

I helped made a few shrouds myself using an old hand crank swager when I worked at a large sailing school. Made several sets for oday 37's. Wasn't rocket science, but all I was doing was the mechanical process of cranking it through the dies. That seemed fairly idiot proof (well not completely idiot...
by Ric in Richmond
Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:29 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Anchor Locker Drainage
Replies: 35
Views: 3920

Re: Anchor Locker Drainage

Good thread. On my alberg it flows from the locker to a small cabinet where the depth sounder is installed and out on to the floor!!! What were they thinking? For now I lay the rode on the deck and sit on the chain (about 40 feet) until we finally weigh anchor. Rode is nearly dry when it goes below....
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:37 am
Forum: Sailing and Cruising
Topic: Sailing from NJ to MD
Replies: 8
Views: 3293

Re: Sailing from NJ to MD

I used to sail the Great Ocean race. Annapolis to annapolis via the atlantic ocean and the delaware bay. You had to take your time entering teh canaland report it to the RC then the time getting under sail at the exit. Current is a big issue. Don't fight it just go with the flow. Ships are fine...yo...
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:06 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Old Newbie with questions
Replies: 6
Views: 779

Re: Old Newbie with questions

Welcome to the group!

I sail out of the severn river on the mobjack. Great place to sail.

I'd do a sailing restoration and change tings as you find they don't work.

I had lots of ideas about my alberg and found that most of them really didn't matter to how I was using the boat!
by Ric in Richmond
Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:07 am
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Source for bronze runnder hardware
Replies: 6
Views: 1219

Re: Source for bronze runnder hardware

One JUST sold on Ebay....for about 100 bucks that you had to machine to fit.
by Ric in Richmond
Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:47 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Seen on the hard in Marina Del Rey, CA
Replies: 11
Views: 2669

Re: Seen on the hard in Marina Del Rey, CA

The old glass one is a deal if these things really sell for $140000 in wood or "custom built composite"! Glass: http://www.cppyacht.com/glass.html Same boat: http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/photoGallery.jsp?slim=quick&currency=USD&units=Feet&seo=0&checked_boats=15517...
by Ric in Richmond
Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:37 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Deisel fuel filters
Replies: 39
Views: 4001

Re: Deisel fuel filters

The tank in question is a little 11 ? gallon Tempo tank. The fuel pickup in the tank is molded in and cannot be removed, otherwise I would have pulled the pickup and cleaned out the plug. There is also no access ports in the tank either. So I used a Tempo Oil Boy to carefully suction the bottom of t...
by Ric in Richmond
Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:57 am
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Seen on the hard in Marina Del Rey, CA
Replies: 11
Views: 2669

Re: Seen on the hard in Marina Del Rey, CA

THAT is a beautiful boat!!!. And I'll bet she sails as well as she looks.

I'll take "FS" over punky wood any day of the week. I simply do not have the time, inclination or cash to keep a wood boat in good order, but I am glad there are those who do.
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Thru-hull advice
Replies: 5
Views: 614

Re: Thru-hull advice

What do you all think of the fiberglass tube drains that are indemic to pearson products ? I have 4 of them, all are very solid, but freak me out. No valves. They do end at what appears to be a point above the water line. The side deck drains on mine are fiberglass half round tubes that are laminate...
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:52 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Deisel fuel filters
Replies: 39
Views: 4001

Re: Deisel fuel filters

BALANCE wrote:.
Ric in Richmond wrote:I found it by blowing into the tank through the fuel line...
Ric, tonight, that is my next step. I can't wait.
Nothing like getting real personal with your fuel source.....Tasty stuff too!!
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:51 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Deisel fuel filters
Replies: 39
Views: 4001

Re: Deisel fuel filters

Similar to the above post I had some crud in a tank that would get sucked into the pickup and kill everything. Filters all looked fine. I found it by blowing into the tank through the fuel line.... blocked at first..., then bubbles and viola no more problem. I can't pull the dip tube (stupid TEMPO t...
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:42 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: Cockpit lockers and fuel tank while I'm in there.
Replies: 95
Views: 24794

Re: Cockpit lockers and fuel tank while I'm in there.

I remember seeing where someone had run metal rods from the cabin rear bulkhead along the bottom of the seats through holes drilled in the gutters (way up high along the very bottom of the seating surface) and a tab that had been added on the bottom of the hatch, By withdrawing the rod slightly the ...
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:21 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Autohelm
Replies: 7
Views: 4339

Re: Autohelm

I have an St4000 Tiller pilot on my Alberg 35 and love it. It is probably on the verge of being too small but works well in most situations. It really simplifies my day as I can realistically run the boat alone (or with a crew of non sailors) with the help of the AH. Kind of gimmicky but fun to use ...
by Ric in Richmond
Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:46 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Mast to deck wiring chase
Replies: 12
Views: 1888

Re: Mast to deck wiring chase

Ignore the "the king of the world" imitation and you can see a 45 on the mast. There is a 90 on the deck.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_Kzj6D30pfQU/Rlt ... G_4632.JPG
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:28 am
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Rainbow 24
Replies: 14
Views: 2538

Re: Rainbow 24

They actually use Rainbows in some of the cruising courses...hardly cruising. More like camping! Later they used Annapolis 26's (looked like pearson 26's), Newport 30's, O'day 37's. The O'days were tanks that loved a blow!! My summer job consisted of getting assigned a boat, a crew and we left on a ...
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:48 pm
Forum: Ramblings
Topic: L'affaire Ratso.
Replies: 2
Views: 691

Re: L'affaire Ratso.

Too funny.

I NEVER WANT TO FIND ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY BOAT!!!!!
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:33 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Rainbow 24
Replies: 14
Views: 2538

Re: Rainbow 24

Dave Gendell, the owner of "The Spin Sheet" (a great regional sailing magazine), was a cohort of mine during the days I taught at annapolis sailing school. Very good man.

Ric
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:55 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: I am succumbing to overall length lust!
Replies: 29
Views: 7578

Alberg 35 boat porn.

Mine!! http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Kzj6D30pfQU/SYTPdaGi9cI/AAAAAAAAALQ/XMWf425RQGM/s400/IMG_1030.jpg http://bp2.blogger.com/_Kzj6D30pfQU/Rlt8ThsH1qI/AAAAAAAAABk/Q2D3QHnRrdw/s400/IMG_0697.JPG http://bp2.blogger.com/_Kzj6D30pfQU/Rlt8ShsH1oI/AAAAAAAAABU/nDirkFGrOIE/s400/IMG_0674.JPG Click my sig for more...
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:52 pm
Forum: Classic Sailboats
Topic: Rainbow 24
Replies: 14
Views: 2538

Re: Rainbow 24

I have hundreds of hours in them....since I taught at Annapolis sailing school from about 1981 to 1988. As a youngster I had much disdain for the old Rainbow as it wasn't a J24 or a dinghy. Now of course I have grown much wiser and fond of the old beasts. They are , basically, indestructible. At the...
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:37 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Repaired my deck - how do I cut the hole for my chainplate?
Replies: 13
Views: 2039

Re: Repaired my deck - how do I cut the hole for my chainplate?

Didn't say you could skip bedding....Just that it was a neat idea.

For those of us with chainplates sitting in gutters it seems a simple, practical solution to the everyday dew and rain that no doubt will eventually get past the best bedded fittings as they age.
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:15 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Repaired my deck - how do I cut the hole for my chainplate?
Replies: 13
Views: 2039

Re: Repaired my deck - how do I cut the hole for my chainplate?

Good old Boat in the last couple of months had an article where the author built up raised pads around the chainplate so that average water on deck never came close to entering the chainplate/ sealant area. Basically he built molds in place on the deck and poured layers of epoxy then removed the mol...
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:53 am
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Repaired my deck - how do I cut the hole for my chainplate?
Replies: 13
Views: 2039

Re: Repaired my deck - how do I cut the hole for my chainplate?

Looks perfect for fein tool. Plunge cuts, very controllable.
by Ric in Richmond
Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:57 am
Forum: Sailing and Cruising
Topic: We launched!
Replies: 13
Views: 2742

Re: We launched!

Sweet pics! Looks wonderful!!!! I hear you on the reverse issue....I find my Alberg 35 backs into the wind if there is any. At any other time it is sort of a crap shoot. I have tried using prop walk, bursts of reverse and then neutral, etc. Mostly I plan on using a spring line in most instances to h...
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:30 am
Forum: Sailing and Cruising
Topic: How not to navigate a reef
Replies: 11
Views: 2293

Re: How not to navigate a reef

So sorry to hear of it!! Looks like a tough old bird though!!

Thank God for Chesapeake mud.....not sure what I'd do with ROCKS everywhere!
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:01 am
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Me and my Multimaster
Replies: 11
Views: 1684

Re: Me and my Multimaster

I love mine too. Variable speed. Detail sanding is marginal. Cutting and scraping is great!!
by Ric in Richmond
Sun May 31, 2009 8:00 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Can anyone in Wilmington NC look at a set of sails for me???
Replies: 5
Views: 1338

Re: Can anyone in Wilmington NC look at a set of sails for me???

The guy would never call me back about them,but if he does I will see if we can work something out.
by Ric in Richmond
Tue May 19, 2009 3:47 pm
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Small area of rotted core
Replies: 12
Views: 1968

Re: Small area of rotted core

What is under the deck? Maybe you could access it that way!

Probably visible and in the middle of the v berth though I will bet!!

I did the bottom side of a deck in a small spot (about 4x 10) that was not in a visible location. Basically a recore from underneath.
by Ric in Richmond
Sun May 10, 2009 7:26 pm
Forum: Boat Photos
Topic: Bolero Spring Launching & Sailing
Replies: 3
Views: 1230

Re: Bolero Spring Launching & Sailing

Who was it that said time on the water wasn't counted against your lifespan???

Boat like that ought to ADD years to your life!!

She must be so satisfing to sail. The only negative I can see is that YOU can't see her when you sail her!!!
by Ric in Richmond
Wed May 06, 2009 6:45 pm
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Can anyone in Wilmington NC look at a set of sails for me???
Replies: 5
Views: 1338

Can anyone in Wilmington NC look at a set of sails for me???

Can anyone in Wilmington NC look at a set of sails for me??? I have a lead on a set of used "new" sails in Wilmington NC. Owner doesn't have pics, or much info so before I drive 4+ hours down there I was hoping I could find someone to eyeball to see if they are NEW or NEW in 1973.......Don...
by Ric in Richmond
Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:33 pm
Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
Topic: Boat Graphics
Replies: 9
Views: 1441

Re: Boat Graphics

Very cool!! Love the paw prints...
by Ric in Richmond
Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:42 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: My Dream
Replies: 2
Views: 1141

Re: My Dream

Sounds like a book waiting to be written.

Make sure you keep a blog and LOTS of photos.

Keep up the good fight and have a blast!!!!
by Ric in Richmond
Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:53 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: An Introduction
Replies: 17
Views: 2356

Well we know sometime between 63 and 66!! In 68 they went to the pearson 35. There are quite a few on Yachtworld right now. https://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/cache/searchResults.jsp?slim=quick&sm=3&luom=126&currencyid=100&searchtype=searchbar&Ntk=boatsEN&Ntt=alberg+35 (...
by Ric in Richmond
Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:22 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: An Introduction
Replies: 17
Views: 2356

What year? I know it must be a later boat. The early ones (mine is first year) had a very round front to the cabin and at some point they redid the deck mold to square it off. It also seems that they modified the gunnels/caprails to have less of a rise and use narrower stock than mine. It would be i...
by Ric in Richmond
Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:49 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: An Introduction
Replies: 17
Views: 2356

Very nice!!! Looks like she is in pretty good shape!

What is your plan of attack?

Seriously, if you want to go sail on one PM me and we will pick a date.
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:33 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: An Introduction
Replies: 17
Views: 2356

Yeah! Another Alberg 35!!! I have one as well. See my sig for pics!.
I'm not all that far up I 95 if you want to go sailing!!
by Ric in Richmond
Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:09 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: sandpaper life
Replies: 9
Views: 797

I pass a SS wire brush against the face to clear off swarf that gets stuck, it only buys you a few more minutes though before it is done.

Ric
by Ric in Richmond
Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:30 am
Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
Topic: Boomkin rot
Replies: 15
Views: 2048

Bad...but what loads are fed into it? Compression right? May not be AS bad if it is only compression load. I can see that you might jury rig some plates to carry the load over the bad spot, but only for a temporary repair If there is any bending load put on it then it is done NOW. But hey...what do ...
by Ric in Richmond
Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:21 am
Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
Topic: Anchor sail
Replies: 27
Views: 5755

Looking at the pick above.

All that windage of sail up on the foredeck can't help but move the CE forward which will make you veer.

Not sure what you could do about it. Maybe getting it covered and closer to the deck?

Ric