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I had the same situation but resolved it. If you have adjustment screw hardware that fits on the two tubes protruding from the mast, what you will need is a piece of half inch aluminum tube about 23" long. Smash the ends, round them with a grinder, drill holes to fit your tension screws and you...

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I think my main complaint was the ascender I bought from REI. I used to trim trees years back and tied my own lines. After getting used to the heights it wasn't unusual for us to jump out of trees pretty high up and let go of the knot just shy of the ground and bounce on the line without touching do...

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Yes but can you get them in the US? They list at $40/ without shipping from the UK.

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I assembled my own Topclimber and had the experience you describe. I gave it away but it came back. I'm glad to know it wasn't my imagination that was pissing me off when I used it.

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When you're through paint it something other than blue so you can find it when it comes adrift.
steve#532

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My wife found a used Plastimo Atlantic for me for Christmas from a consignment shop. It seems to work fine, its got an oven and two burners. I'm looking forward to installing it and am curious as to anyone's experiences with these units.
Steve

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Say Rachel, Get me your address off this forum and I'll send you a posting I just received from a fella I met some time back. He bought his boat on Lake Superior then sailed to Granada. I met him up on Isle Royale and again in Thunder Bay. Both places where we got blown in for a couple of days. At a...

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Perhaps if I'm a bit more specific someone will kick in an idea or two. I've had it with winter in general, nothing site specific. Tritons aren't roomy but they're street legal. Mine sits here on a trailer. I'm thinking that come next January I'd haul it to somewhere in Florida, push it over the ban...

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I see Ryan asked this question in 2006 and got 0 responses. I'll try again. Anyone out there have a favorite cruising guide to the Bahamas? If so, which and why?
Thanks, eh?
Steve

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I've been looking at the photos you posted under Astigafa. What a beautiful boat, congratulations. It'll be a fine voyage home this spring. Worth the wait for a ride like that. I'm sending your web site to my piper buddies in Minneapolis, bet they already know of you. Lovely workmanship.

Steve

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I did the Sawzall method once. Cutlass bearings are pretty soft. You can finish the cut by hand once you're most of the way through. In my case I decided to really scrutinize the area around the bearing after making most of the cut and found another set screw buried in old paint. The bearing came ou...

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#88 Natana has a bimini you might look at on the NTA web site. Looks like a good install.

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There's pictures of a couple on the Triton MIR pages. You'll have to do some digging through the Tritons Afloat listings.

Steve

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Gotta say Zach, this is the second entry of yours that I've read today. The other was on the NTA site regarding deck recoring. I for one really appreciate the lengths you go to to explain your methods. I'll be reading them again as I have occasion to dig into those elements of my own Triton. Oh, and...

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Funny, yes, but irresponsible too. He's toying with us in an unfair manner. The shot at the dock is certainly the best. As boaters we can see that he isn't in dire circumstances at that point. As an artist he could choose something equally absurd but without the connotations this image brings to min...

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Hell Man, buy the boat for the boat and the trailer's free, or visa versa. Buddy of mine bought a Tripp 30 for the trailer and his boat is now a thing of beauty. Haven't seen the trailer in a while, but the boat is stunning. Take that step.
Steve

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I'll second what Rachel has said. What a truly lovely vessel. I'm curious though. I see the standing shrouds, upper and lower, coming to the same point of attachment. I wonder if you ever experience mast "pumping", though that looks like a beefy spar.

Steve

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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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For what its worth, on EC Triton 532 I use a 1000g/h on a float switch led through the transom as well as a hand pumped diaphragm gusher led to a separate transom discharge. Additionally I carry a spare 500g/h in a box and a bucket. I don't use shore power. I haven't gone to the lengths James has, b...

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Look at Trojan batteries, assuming you're talking lead acid. How they perform is 100% up to you. My last string lasted seven years but I probably should have switched them after six. They're not cheap but are well built. I can't help with suggestions regarding gel cell. I've no experience with them....

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We've already had our share thanks and sent it on to you. Green Bay plays in any kind of weather, something to do with cheese, beer and bratwursts, that and a fair amount of brain damage.

Steve

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Congratulations Captphil. I'm envious. As an aside, Debbie Weeks posted her departure today to Rarotonga to join the SV Kwai as supercargo, not certain what that means. She seems to get around some.
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I will indeed, and will ready myself to flee precipitously or well....... who knows? Guess I'll choose the time for dropping that one for that moment when its likely to be mostly beneficial. That's enough... two new words in one 24 hour period set my ears steaming and I remember both in the morrow. ...

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"Faying" ... terrific, a new word for me! I thrive on new words, and this one fills a descriptive need I've tried to fill, with mixed results, in the past. Can't wait to use it in casual conversation. Why permatex on only one surface? I used black permatex on the previous gasket but I'm th...

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Thanks. I'll do that.
Steve

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Can someone recommend a gasket sealant for gasoline. I used some stuff from NAPA a few years back and it hasn't held up. I get a small amount of moisture and a whole lot of raw gas smell seeping past the gasket on the top of my fuel tank. Thanks. Steve

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Good for you, I look forward to asking you some questions as well.
Steve

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Dan,
My cradle is here in WI and you can use it if you like. I'll need it back before fall, but its here in the yard.

Steve

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I used Meguiar's Plastx on a 7" buffing pad on my Milwaukee polisher prior to having the new name painted on. The old name is very definitely gone.

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I'm curious to know what you've found to this point. This evening, using acetone, I removed the vinyl name Anna Bella from the transom of my Triton to have it replaced next week with the new name. Looking obliquely I see that the areas under the letters are shinier than the surrounding area. The let...

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Interlux ACT separates readily. Expecting it to stay in suspension is a mistake. Stirring it as you use it will assure you of an even application.

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A little off topic, but do you know Leland Gibson who works on wooden boats there in Port Townsend? I need to get in touch with him. If you can find him I'd appreciate it, he's a family friend who is slipping through the cracks and I've got news he'll want to hear. Reach me off the forum at sscoll@h...

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You didn't get any of the copper on, rather just the vehicle its suspended in. But you already knew that. That's a very pretty boat design.

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My guess is that it'll be okay for the four months you plan to have it in. In future stir the paint yourself as you begin, and also stir while you use it. It settles that fast. Go sailing, enjoy it. Anyone else?

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Still having ice in Kansas in July packed in bright straw from last year's harvest would be equivalent of a bit of heaven is my guess.

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I'm just yanking her chain

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Who said anything about cold beverages?

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Yup, Harry had Ray post pictures on the "Ladder" entry in the Maintenance Improvements and Restoration (MIR) pages of the Triton site. You'll see pictures there sufficient to help you design and build your own. Just click on the MIR heading and scroll down to Ladder.

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Looking at the nifty but expensive wood ladders posted here I'm reminded of one posted by Harry James in the Triton MIR pages that would easily lend itself to folding. Thanks for the suggestions, I've been hoping to come up with a design to build, that one will work for me.

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Once you've filled the cooler with as much ice as you think you'll need, fill it the rest of the way with sawdust as our ancestors once did. Then don't open it again and your ice will last indefinitely.

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If you're putting it in fresh water forget the ablative paint. You'll get the same amount of "fung" with or without that type of paint and that's about all you'll get in fresh water.

Steve

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My buddy Don has a Tripp 30 built in Holland. He keeps it in Ashland, WI. He's done a considerable amount of work on it and it's a beautiful boat. They're a lovely vessel and a joy to watch in a good breeze.

Steve.

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Chris, Guess I'm unsure about when I'll get to Strictly Sail. I like to go every couple of years to just wander the booths and attend a few seminars. I can't remember the fellow's name that discusses understanding weather patterns and predictions, he's really worthwhile. At one point I'd thought abo...

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Christopher I sail out of the Ashland/Bayfield area to the north of you. If you're planning to attend Strictly Sail on Navy Pier weekend after this one I'd tip a brew with you. My suggestion vis-a-vis chainplates is to go to the Circe rebuild pages that Tim has been posting on his northern yacht res...

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Absolutely no value gained by putting a clamp onto a hose that has nothing underneath. If you don't have enough pipe to support two clamps properly placed you haven't done the job. If you're willing to leave the dock without having done the job, then don't carry passengers. A farmer up here in the n...

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I'm getting the feeling that your A4 is a new critter to you. Couple of points to carry around. After you open the gate valve and start the motor check to see that cooling water is coming out the exhaust pipe. I see the raw water inlet (gate valve) has double hose clamps. Double hose clamping every ...

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Lovely boat, congratulations. Where do you keep it? What's with the megaphone at the stern aimed at the cockpit?
I like the way its laid out inside.
Steve

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Go ask Leland at the wooden boat shop there in Pt. Townsend.

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