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Robert The Gray

have you seen anywhere on board the matching holes for the threaded inserts? does the finish seem to correspond with any other finishes on the boat as far as age and material goes? they look pretty light weight so I do not imagine them being used for anything that structural. they may be simple cush...

Robert The Gray

Let's seee, If a triton weighs about 8,000lbs, that means each player on a 12 man teamwould have to leg press about 666 lbs each. Thats easy for them. If you made friends with a whole team some of the hauling costs might be eliminated. hmmmmm. Then again the average annual salary must be like 7 mill...

Robert The Gray

try living in oakland. It's like watching a blind child wrestle a mad bull in a wet stock yard. 2-7 ouch. i think we have made less than 20 first downs all season. we do have a really good punter. I to feel your pain nathan. my eyes have tears of masculine frustration and despair. I am going to go h...

Robert The Gray

Hey all, Once again it is winter and the boys are going south in their wide sterned monsters. This is a two leg around alone race in open 60's and 50's, Robin Knox Johnson , a man with two large salt crystals in his trousers, is racing at the age of 67. The fleet got slamed by a big Bay of Biscay st...

Robert The Gray

sorry for the loosness of my vocab. it is the life caulk that i have used. thanks for the clarity.

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Robert The Gray

I used the life seal. worked fine but the white will turn yellow under the sun's UV so clean up all the excess or paint over it. it is nice that it comes in white black and brown.

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Robert The Gray

I think the main advantage of the pilot house motorsailor is the possibility of an interior helm station. hence, I suppose, the term pilot house . If this station is just used for motoring for longer distances in inclement weather than it would be fairly simple to create good visibility. A great cha...

Robert The Gray

Great comments Tim. I would add that it is best to really empty the boat, Tim is right about dust getting everywhere. Have no fabric or rope on board, cover your inboard engine if you have one. cover back of the electrical panel, empty all the lockers in the section you are working and seal off the ...

Robert The Gray

This may not be the thread but I have always wondered why sailboat engines use a key for the ignition. Two switches and a starter button seem less likely to snag things and there are no keys to lose or get broken off in the lock. I would assume most boats are stored with the engine battery switched ...

Robert The Gray

I too would say that the dream of sailing should never be let to die. It is a dream of human freedom and trancendence, but the actual vessel of sailing may be passed on to another state. Many people attach their dreams to an object just to get the dream out if their head, but objects, except a garde...

Robert The Gray

Tim wrote:From the photo, the chainplates look to be in generally good shape. .

Is it just me but that photo looks like an old marilyn monroe post card

http://www.marilynfineart.com/pose1v2.html

Robert The Gray

sweet looking vessel.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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Robert The Gray

I feel that if you wish to own your boat for a while, and can let all those Vanguards, Le' compts and other sexy beasts pass by un-purchased, and you and your overnight partners are under 5'- 8". Then you could do quite a bit with the Triton. For any one approaching 6 ' 0'' I think it is actual...

Robert The Gray

all, Having just seen the Blue Angels performance jet team a few weeks ago, I wondered if any one has ever seen any formation sailing and close order drills. Not quite as fast as the jets I suppose and only in two dimensions, but I used to be in my high school marching band and I thought it would lo...

Robert The Gray

thanks john

Robert The Gray

One of the attractions I have to water is it's otherness and it's risk. We do not belong there for long, our species needs land to sleep. For humans to go out on the water for any time we must take a bit of the earth with us. We untie the tether and step off into a suspended state. This earth bit is...

Robert The Gray

nice thoughtful posts, guys.
thanks
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Robert The Gray

my 1960 triton was repowered with an volvo penta md7b in the 70's. I have no idea if the mounts were modified. you may be able to find one used. but that may be more trouble than it is worth. just a suggestion
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Robert The Gray

I my self have been thinking of ways to use my two main headsails, an 80% blade and a high cut genoa. Both hank on. We have two wind seasons here on the bay. Every summer afternoon it is 20+. for 4 months this is damn near guarenteed. The mornings are often light but by 1pm I have to use the blade. ...

Robert The Gray

The search for purity is a noble pursuit. In avoiding the trite and the easy one can begin to cleanse oneself from the mental clogs of unconscious assumptions, and hone our ability to percieve Truth. But there is always the edge where the holding onto the purity of an idea can lead to fundementalist...

Robert The Gray

I have posted a comment linked to this thread on the ramblings section.

Robert The Gray

I suppose we all worship somewhat at the altar of fine shear, and the Vanguard is very fine indeed. We3lcome and best of luck.

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Robert The Gray

All right! That's IT!! I will now have to go right out and take a starboard rail wet picture. It seems to be the view of the day. pretty shots guys.

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Robert The Gray

Hate to dissapoint, but the boat is in Berkeley, not oakland. I DO live in oakland though. and bleed every week the silver and black blood. I tried the estuary but I missed the powerful winds of the central bay and grew tired of dodging tugs and container ships. I have a Canon Elura 100. It uses bot...

Robert The Gray

Great fun!! The acyrlic was welded with acyrlic cement. I had thought of bending it but it is 1/2" thick and it would not do the radius I needed. The TAP plastic guys said the welding is as strong as the material around it. I routed the edge with a roundover bit, then brushed it with a propane ...

Robert The Gray

please be mild in your assessment of my presentation skills. I forgot my tripod

http://web.mac.com/robertthegray/iWeb/T ... 0film.html

Those home show guys have a bit of practice.

Enjoy

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Robert The Gray

great work george
congrats on the savings!

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Robert The Gray

Just to finish up with my original post. I ended up with the leading all my controls aft. The PO had never attached any winch to the mast, it is a non-stock mast section, so I was left with the task of attaching a winch to the mast or leading things aft. They had all the blocks set up to turn things...

Robert The Gray

I did all the work on my triton at the dock, and with the long walk back to the car if I forgot something, the pile of small hand tools that line the bottom around the boat, and having to put all the tools back on the boat at the end of each day so the marina guys would not get upset, I really envie...

Robert The Gray

I used an off the shelf igloo ice chest as my basic ice box and then built around it with more riged insulation. I just put a piece of fabric covered foam over the top of the existing lid. The lid fits snug, there is a drain hole and the interior is easy to clean. no fiberglassing. Works fine for my...

Robert The Gray

I have found a small 10 oz. water filled spray bottle, with a trigger pump handle, to be a great little gadget. Spay the counter, or the dishes, or ones salt encrusted visage, then wipe with a paper towel. presto showero. I too use a 2 gallon garden sprayer. If you like music you can also try old ti...

Robert The Gray

hey tim I have found this stuff to be helpful. Novus # 1

http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=113&

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Robert The Gray

Ouch! 6 plus hours for what amounts to maybe 3 square feet of gold paint. I remember boat work. Like the greek guy who gets his liver eet out every every day by a bird, or is it the guy who is always is rolling the rock. I think it is the rock guy. the liver guy is fire. Anywaaaay......... Best of l...

Robert The Gray

PS
Are those BIG men or do I have a smaller boat than I thought?

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Robert The Gray

The caliber of your work and high level of finish standards set a high instructive bar for us all. This is as it should be, quality work must be acknowledged. It is nice to know that even with the incredible creative power of the electronic age, where by we of course see this wonder of a boat, a sim...

Robert The Gray

I have no tender and feel like a kid without skates. boo hoo. I have been thinking about two person inflatable kayaks, with a twelve volt air pump on board. What do you guys do with these inflatables and outboards when beating to windward in 25 knots? I have a Triton and have no idea of where to sto...

Robert The Gray

I have often wondered why more enterprising photographers don't set up "photo zones" with a motor skiff. Have any one who wants one go through the zone on the point of sail that has with good lighting angles and back drop, I would sure pay $50 or a $100 for a nicely set up photo of my boat...

Robert The Gray

I imagine that if you found out what boat builders are going to be there to display their boats. Then break it down by where they would be coming from. Call the manufacturers. I imagine that the person who would actually hire/use you would be the delivery skipper. The one with the bonding and insura...

Robert The Gray

The mizzen staysail has been built and flown. I have been involved in sail trials for about two weeks now. I have used the mizzen itself in various conditions as both additional downwind sail area, and as part of the jib and jigger rig. I have used the J&J to great affect in the process of comin...

Robert The Gray

thanks figment.

Robert The Gray

It seems that with the availability of the gps, celestial navigation may go the way of sundial making, charming antiquities. So books that include celestial work may be thick with info that most of us do not need. I distinguish between ocean navigation and coastal piloting. The information in Herres...

Robert The Gray

Mark Access to both ends of the engine that allow you to swing a standard ratchet handle? No deep bilge pit of screw and socket death under the engine, unreachable except by lithe and wily 4 year olds with freakishly long arms? Very nice. Very nice indeed. There are so many wonderful solutions to bo...

Robert The Gray

We sail! The mizzzen works great. no creaking in any bad places. The mizzen is quite small but seemed to push me a bit off the wind. I was able to take it up to a good close reach in 15 knots with one reef in the main. After that it was just like a flag. I am remembering how to sail a yawl. I wish I...

Robert The Gray

recent photos: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/robertthegray/P5300001.jpg I am begining here to lay out the deck mounted box. I have never built a box using the rabit technology so this seemed like a good oppourtunity. I will be using solid teak for the corners and teak plywood for the sides a...

Robert The Gray

re:
party in two weeks
Whisper sets her mizzen!
"we hope", said the man with the lovely wife....
We will have mostly beer and salami, I suppose!
The stoli box is the epoxy storage box, salvage from dumpster at the yard.

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Robert The Gray

the results of more thrashing: This shows the vectrus shrouds with as of yet inadequate lashing of spectra. I will add more line during the final stepping to acceive the proper tension. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/robertthegray/P5190004.jpg This is the beginning of the rough boom install. ...

Robert The Gray

Figment, I have secondary winches just aft of the primaries. I will lead the mizzenstaysail sheet from its clew to a block at the end of the mizzen boom, to the block at the corner of the boomkin then to the secondary winch. The mizzenstaysail can generate a good load, so I will need a winch. I woul...

Robert The Gray

recent work on whisper. I have built the boomkin to take the sheets from both the mizzen and the mizzen staysail. To be attached through the deck with 5/16" bolts. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/robertthegray/boomkin1.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/robertthegray/boomkin2.jpg h...

Robert The Gray

We have finally had a break on the rain and I have made progress on several fronts. In reviewing the situation with the mainsheet beam I determined that I would need much more room between the traveler and the mizzen mast. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f11/robertthegray/miz0614.jpg This will not...

Robert The Gray

Several people have told me that oak is so prone to rot they do not want it near anything structura that might come into contact with water. I do not know if you are fabricating your own spreader sockets, but at that connection I would guard against any water penetration into the end grain of the wo...

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