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- Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:40 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Calling CaptK
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1235
Great!! Very glad to hear you fared well. Sorta glad you DID destroy that base the way it sounds- far better then than on a hard rail down slog, huh? We are making preliminary plans and schedules in case we need to do something with this storm. 24 hours ago she was heading for Mexico. 12 hours ago s...
- Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:16 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Calling CaptK
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1235
Calling CaptK
Hey Kurt- how did Ophelia treat you, Katie Marie and the crewdogs??
Inquiring minds want to know. Let us hear from ya bud!!
Inquiring minds want to know. Let us hear from ya bud!!
- Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:09 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Hull repair questions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3170
Many people are under that impression, but the recommedation is for what I told him. Take a look at this article from the Gougeon's EpoxyWorks magazine-it's pretty thorough on the subject. http://www.epoxyworks.com/21/practical.html Since you have to final sand and apply a final finish coat anyway, ...
- Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:03 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Hull repair questions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3170
If you lay in the widest piece first you get a total bond, new glass to old surface, then the next smaller gets a total bond to that, etc. If you put in the small one first, you get THAT bond, true, but then the next size only gets to bond to the hull around the edges- the rest is bonded to the othe...
- Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:02 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Hull repair questions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3170
Sounds like exactly what I'd do. The only thing I'd suggest is plan on more than a couple layers of glass. I'd go at least four on each side, starting with the 4 inch wide piece to cover your 2 inch each side dish out. Then a 3 1/2 inch wide one, then a 3, then 2 1/2, etc. PLus I might alternate a l...
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:21 am
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Cabinet Saws
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3522
Tim- I won't even try to advise you on which saw, although the Powermatic is considered by some to be the Rolls of cabinet saws. I have a 1946 model Delta that still runs just fine. It's all a matter of tune and blades for the most part when you get to that level. On the blade tilt. I used a left ti...
- Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:01 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Docklines, mooring lines, anchor rodes and chain
- Replies: 2
- Views: 408
Here's what I carry aboard Tehani, our Meridian 25. 5300 pound displacement, we figure 7000 loaded for cruising with fuel, water tanks, food, US, etc Bower anchor, in roller on bow. 22 Pound Claw (Simpson Lawrence version of the Bruce). 100 feet 1/4 inch Hi- Test chain, backed by 100 feet of 1/2 nyl...
- Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:01 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Topside Painting Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 829
Have to agree with Tim here. The job of repainting topsides is a big enough job that you certainly don't want to have to redo it in 3 or 4 years. I've done hulls with 2 part LPU that are now 6 years old, have had NO care and still look great. One small boat was painted and 3 years later was in an au...
- Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:23 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: First Question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1540
- Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:02 pm
- Forum: Materials, Sources, and Innovations
- Topic: Triton sail logo
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1164
- Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:34 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 5 days, 1 boat
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2144
- Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:53 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Minimum shop power tools for building dinghies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2543
LOL- Living down here on the South coast of Texas ( that's also a song title by the way) where there AREN'T any basements and very little winter, I certainly can't advise you there. *grin* Do arange to keep fresh air coming in someway though. Unlike Polyester resins, Epoxy fumes aren't really bad sm...
- Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:28 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Whisker pole...OUCH!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1591
- Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:35 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Whisker pole...OUCH!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1591
something on shipping. Just this week I received a 6 foot spinnaker track from a friend in Mich. 6 feet long, 1 inch wide, 4 pounds. Charges from UPS for shipping were quoted at $46!!! That included a 6.50 surcharge cause it was in a tube instead of a box, an over size charge, plus a undetermined &q...
- Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:30 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Minimum shop power tools for building dinghies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2543
- Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:37 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Minimum shop power tools for building dinghies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2543
Yeah- it's a trim router. I normally keep a 1/4 round over bit in it to ease edges, etc I also use a piloted straight trim bit to work edges. I usually don't use it on heavier ply- for that I've got a 1 hp fixed base router. I OFTEN just cut square edges then use a block plane, but yes, you can usua...
- Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:24 pm
- Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
- Topic: Makeshift Shop in Basement
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4764
add a couple of quartz work lights on stands so you can move them around to where needed. I have a double one, but I keep a 250 watt bulb in one and a 500 in the other side, so I can vary the light as I need it. Even with good overhead lights I find there's ALWAYS some corner of the boat you can't s...
- Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:19 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Minimum shop power tools for building dinghies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2543
some thoughts from my point of view. 1 - the jigsaw. Yes- you can cut bevels but I'd just as soon use a block plane. Also- the circular saw works very well for cutting curved planks, even with bevels on thin plywood. You can cut curves on 1 1/2 timbers as long as they are soft curves 2- I don't find...
- Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:52 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cover
- Replies: 5
- Views: 515
- Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:42 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Cover
- Replies: 5
- Views: 515
- Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:33 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: I wonder how Jason (Triton #218) is doing?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4952
- Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:22 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: I wonder how Jason (Triton #218) is doing?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4952
Rachel- I saw that Pascagoula got 118 mph gusts earlier- Riley had boarded up, shoved SR Cat into the cat house, and tied down the Vic 18, then evac'ed eastwards. Hope THEY did ok too Doug- glad you fared alright. A friend of mine is in Pirates Cove. He had to drag his Seafarer 30 back out of the pi...
- Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:51 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Bosch 6" sander
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2745
Interesting that you should have problems- maybe you got a bad bearing ? I've had a pair of 7335 PC ROS machines in daily use in the woodshop for close to ten years- both still running with the original bearings. One of them shelled a chunk from the armature a few weeks ago, but after the pounding i...
- Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:47 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: I wonder how Jason (Triton #218) is doing?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4952
- Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:22 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Dinghy Suggestions
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8921
lol- yeah well- I want to order the plans for this winter but I've got a customers Core Sound 17 in the shop to finish plus I HAVE to build a shop at my house this fall. The people I share a building with are both 65 and closing the sailboat shop in the front half. I'm almost that age myself and I d...
- Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:43 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Dinghy Suggestions
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8921
- Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:10 pm
- Forum: Tools and Techniques
- Topic: Bosch 6" sander
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2745
No experience with that sander although my big Bosch router is holding up well. Bosch has an excellent reputation. I might buy one if I were in the market and my 10 year old Porter Cable 7335 gave out. That said- I'd think long before getting a 6 inch sander. If you are ONLY using it on the exterior...
- Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:43 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Gasoline
- Replies: 8
- Views: 774
Down here, with our humidity, and wild temp swings during fall/ winter and spring time- Condensation CAN be a huge thing. A half full tank can collect a good deal of water over a winter. As an example, several years ago we had a sleet storm on Thursday night- Friday there was 2 1/2 inches of ice on ...
- Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:37 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Photo of Tehani, our Meridian 25
- Replies: 1
- Views: 993
Photo of Tehani, our Meridian 25
You've seen the before and after pics, and one of Tehani under sail. Here's one of her tucked into her slip in Port Lavaca.
1961 Seafarer Meridian designed by Phil Rhodes, a contemporary of Alberg.
1961 Seafarer Meridian designed by Phil Rhodes, a contemporary of Alberg.
- Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:31 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Katie Marie, Ariel #422
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1241
- Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:04 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Dutchman
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5715
We figure we lost roughly 7 sq feet of sail area going to the battenless main. Laura and I intend to be sailing offshore frequently, for at least short trips, like overnights, etc. I had the sails made from Contender Super Cruise, 6.5 oz, all seams triple stitched. The Main has three rows of reef po...
- Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:08 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Dutchman
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5715
Tim - why are you so down on topping lifts? Personally, I consider a topping lift on a cruising boat as necessary as the main halyard. If for nothing else than it keeps the boom off your head when you drop sail. By the way, our main sail on Tehani is totally battenless. I've had battenless sails on ...
- Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:58 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Taping off
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5532
When I repainted Tehani, our Meridian 25, I used a 2 part poly. On the topsides I deliberately shot so it wasn't glossy, but a sort of eggshell semi gloss. She's a 45 year old boat and although Laura worked hard filling and fairing there were still some waves and dips. The semi gloss hides a good bi...
- Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:04 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: an introduction
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1518
Hi Angie- You're gonna give me a big head talking like that!! But thanks. I told Laura what you asked- she says perhaps. She's REALLY working hard out there in the studio right now, but after Labor Day that will be over so she says she'll be back to the series. She's gotten 4 or 5 gourds done and is...
- Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:03 pm
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: speaking trumpet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1811
I'd think they most likely had some sort of mouth piece. You wouldn't really need one though- just make the mouth end large enough to fit over your mouth, maybe with a curve in it. I suppose you could lace a wooden ring or a rope grommet around it to. The important thing is the megaphone I'd think- ...
- Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:48 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: an introduction
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1518
#218- Tehani was through New Orleans via Harvey Lock and Industrial lock on our way to Florida in May and again coming home in June. We got nailed by a huge thunderstorm JUST as we cleared Harvey on our way back west and had to anchor up in Harvey canal for 3 hours. Fortunately we found an open spac...
- Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:17 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: speaking trumpet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1811
Rachel- we should have shown you our conch shell horn aboard Tehani. It's LOUD!! We were in a gathering of cruisers two years ago (aboard our other sailboat) and many were making noises with their mouth operated horns. I brought out the conch shell, let'er rip and every one else gave up :) By the wa...
- Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:57 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: an introduction
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1518
we used three woods in the boat. All the interior trim is ash, varnished only, The sole, and steps coming in from the cockpit at the galley area are oiled teak. All exterior woods are the original mahogany or if we couldn't save that, new mahogany worked over to match. The varnish we used throughout...
- Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:55 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: an introduction
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1518
Thanks Tim. You must mean Jon Flowerday. He and I have been internet friends for years now. Since way before he actually acquired Tehani. Jon and I were chatting one night and I asked him how the restoration was going. He told me that since he'd had two more kids she was too small so he was gonna ge...
- Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:17 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: an introduction
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1518
an introduction
Howdy folks. My name is Charlie Jones. Rachel talked me into registering here, after she introduced me to the site when she visited us a few weeks ago. We live outside Port Lavaca Texas, close to the shores of Matagorda Bay, in a small community called Magnolia Beach. I'm a woodworker and wooden boa...