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Ventilation?

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I wasn't really thinking in terms of structural applications. More in terms of "convenience of maintenance" applications. Silly little stuff, like the cable ties which secure my VHF antenna and masthead anemometer cables, which must be installed and uninstalled every spring and fall. It wo...

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Attaching the cabinet required special anchors known as threaded rivets, which I purchased along with the tool to set them from McMaster Carr. (Any project that does not require the purchase of a new tool is not worth doing.) These rivets are essentially set like a pop rivet, only when you relase t...

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ah, fuzzy memory. Yes, I think the large "cap" is supposed to spin free of the top of the barrel so that you can get the hull compression flange off and send the barrel out through the bottom of the hull. BUT, [/size] It's been on there for-friggin-ever. It will not surrender easily. You r...

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Disregard, it's a 35, not a 34.

http://www.bristolowners.org/35/bristol35.html

Nice lines, all the same.

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I'll take the Bristol 34 if they throw in the Beetle Cat. :)

Except that I don't think that's a Bristol 34. CC Apache-looking cabin, but with a full keel?

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This photo is from an actual ebay listing.

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I'm with Tim on this one, that looks just fine. Nothing a scotchbrite pad wouldn't polish up. How is is that you had no hard growth on your exposed-due-to-grounding areas? My cute little Haulout Day Surprise was that pressure washing of any kind is no longer permitted, so I had to attack my barnacle...

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wha? "simple" perhaps, but mine were not "easy" and certainly not "inexpensive"! :)

(all the same, he's right. If they need to be off, just get them off.)

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Good luck, Chuck.

Looks like it ought to clean up pretty nicely, but what's beneath the surface?
What's on The List?

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Just the thing for extending your season.

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I still love this boat, but oofah that's one harsh paintjob!

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That's ok. I'll still let him buy me a mudslide. speaking of which.... kahlua has a new thing now called "Kahlua Coffee Cream". Basically it already has the bailey's included. Just add vodka for lazy man's mudslide. mmmmmmm. Also, apologies for the lack of photodocumentation. I had a kille...

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Today was haulout day. (It's not the end of the season, it's the beginning of the off-season!) I was out and blocked around 09:30. I think the engine was down arouind 11:00. By noon I had dismounted the starter, alternator, water pump, and manifold and heaved the lot into the jeep. No pita nuts or b...

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Let's bear in mind that the engine will be HOT when this process begins.

oh there is absolutely enough room to swing overboard and let it go to ground
(but thank you for bringing that up, you've just reminded me of why I want to use the mainsheet tackle instead of the vang tackle)

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That's a fine location for the plug. The false keel (area aft) is foam filled. It may be water-filled as well, but unless that's creating other issues for you, I wouldn't sweat it. Yes, the first pic shows the joint between the ballast keel and the hull. It will move forever. No, it's not a real pro...

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I have some balsa leftover from my deck recore. Figure out what thickness you need and PM me.

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I have stuck valves in the rear two cylinders. Of course a few shots of mystery oil will probably do the trick, but the engine is 50 years old, and probably could do with a valve job. Pulling the engine is SO much easier with the rig up. It's a noon high tide, and I have relatively shallow draft, so...

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Ah, much better.
Glad to see that all is well again.

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that didn't make me laugh at all.

Robert, you need a boat.

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I don't know if that will work or not, but I dig the boat name!

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ok, I'll join in:

MRREEOOOOOOWR!
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

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I think the time and effort would be better spent on doing a Very Good Job with the soundown.

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http://plasticclassicforum.com/viewtopi ... lit=silent
The silent running thread.

A few years down the road, yeah I'll say it's effective. The foam/foil sandwich stuff is more so, but in an application where that stuff is impractical, I'd use the Silent Running again.

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What point of sail? I guess you could call it a close reach, but I usually heave-to before making a sail change. If you have someone on the helm, great, have them keep the very-eased main just full, more to steady the boat and maintain steerage than anything else. Not closehauled. Too wet. Not on a ...

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The whole reefing-jib thing sounds like a fine idea, but I'd hate to try rolling/gathering/tying the reefed portion of the sail on the foredeck of a Shields. What I would prefer is... A 2/3 hoist jib with a high-cut clew and hollow luff and foot. Maximum of 5 hanks, possibly with its own spectra sta...

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Given your general use of the boat, I don't imagine that you'll ever spend extended lengths of time in storm conditions. If wind is ever briefly strong enough that you don't want ANY sail up, it's anchor time anyway. Ride it out. How heavy is the construction of the current jib? Will it blow to piec...

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Dennis, what was the one we saw in Greenport? "Loose Knots"?

(think bart simpson prank calling moe's tavern)

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Shields vs. IOD? Bring your A-game!

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So very odd.

Why does the backstay go to that boomkin instead of the transom?
Why does it have running backstays at all? (it looks like the boom doesn't conflict, or at least it almost-doesn't)

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How tall are you? Stock settee height juuuuust about lets a 6' person sit without bumping their head on the underside of the side decks. 10 or 20 gallons of fuel doesn't mean much in terms of trimming ballast, particularly when located so low. Tanks beneath the settees would necessarily be broad and...

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and don't you forget it, missy.

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2.5 years later: No hasps, no hinges, no insulation on the underside of the icebox lid, and really no complaints on any of the three. The lockers are rarely opened while sailing. Only when a foresail change is required. The icebox lid is of inconsequential size. The gutters could use a scrub, though.

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More likely a case of previous owner's butchery.

#78 also has the solid wood "columns".

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Thanks to Britton for doing the searchy thing in my absence. Yes, I did the Tempo model 12S fuel tank. Making an elbow for the fuel fill hose requires some..... creativity .... in such tight confines. Looking back, I wish I had relocated the fuel fill deck fitting forward to have it closer to the ta...

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Never oil. It collects airborne dust, which becomes oily mud, which becomes sludge, which causes things to stick.

Dry silicone spray. Sparingly. Quick squirt, spin the block, move onto the next.

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I think I used two quarts or so of topcoat, but that's probably because it took me seven coats to get it right.

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Not double back stays, but a split one. The split will be at boom height. Pull the pin, or maybe pelican hook like on a solent stay... Connect back stay to the boom. Now the main sheet is all you need to lower the rig. Or shackle your spectra core main halyard to the end of the boom and let your ba...

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(I rather like ships and giggles too)

Spotted last night: "Sails Call"

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Are those new spreaders identical to one another? Funny camera angles?

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sawzall. life is short.

You probably bent or otherwise unbalanced it a bit with the pipe wrench episode anyway.

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Why on earth do they want you to cross-drill the shaft? What's wrong with setscrews?

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I think Tim is onto something with the thought that these bulkheads really aren't all that big in actual use.

If the plain clean surface seems too much for you, mount a series of before-and-after pics! (to be replaced, of course, by various cruise pics as the years pass)

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Wow, how much does that (telephone) pole weigh? Between that and the kneescraper.... oy, foredeck nightmare!

Sigh. I gotta get me one of those tartans someday.

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Without overthinking it, I'd probably use electrical tape.

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Tim wrote:
The Froon wrote:
Do not use a right angle grinder. Please.

Party pooper.

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aw, maaaaaan. I just made it a whole 6 months without splicing anything!

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I generally think it's a good sign when the driver wears deck shoes instead of workboots.

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For the record, I am using epoxy. I will pre-wet the next batch of balsa with a thinned mix before I apply the cloth and report back here. You will thin the epoxy with a solvent? I know of no brand of epoxy that was formulated to be thinned. I see no good coming of this. I've thinned epoxy with alc...

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