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- Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:11 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: A small electrical system for Bolero
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1603
Re: A small electrical system for Bolero
I didn't want to rain on your brand new parade because I really do like your new system (the volt and ammeter are GORGEOUS!!), but now that Tony has broken the dam... that SeaDog swich panel is total crap. I never had a problem with the switches, but those infuriating fuse holder caps have a 60/40 c...
- Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:36 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Power inverter install
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1041
Re: Power inverter install
"wire it directly to house battery" vs. what? A fuse or breaker is mandatory. I'd connect it downstream of my ammeter, just because I'm a nerd and don't like un-tracked loads. I don't think it's necessary to have a cutoff switch, but again I'm a nerd and I like to know that NOTHING is draw...
Re: Building a wood Spinnaker Pole…have a couple of questions…
Figment: I’m with you on the “The traditional bridle method” or possibly just a topping lift on the outboard end? So what do you think…a 1/8”-3/16” piece of line or a small diameter coated piece of 7x19…like life line material to tie the two triggers together?? Having an "outboard end" of...
- Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:28 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: A Reefing System Question
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4503
Re: A Reefing System Question
I rarely use the reef cringles, and never EVER tie them around the boom, only to gather the reefed sail to itself.
The only time I ever bother with them is when sailing in heavy rain or spray. That pocket of sailcloth can hold a LOT of water weight in a really unhelpful place.
The only time I ever bother with them is when sailing in heavy rain or spray. That pocket of sailcloth can hold a LOT of water weight in a really unhelpful place.
Re: Building a wood Spinnaker Pole…have a couple of questions…
NICE project. The birdsmouth section is stronger than the square upon which that table is based. I think your scantlings are fine, particularly if you do NOT rig the pole as shown in that "spin.gif" image. That "rings lashed to the pole" method is very tidy and convenient for the...
- Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:59 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: A beautiful sight yesterday as the rains let up.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3033
Re: A beautiful sight yesterday as the rains let up.
Great. Now I need to go find a nice hollow miter-cut 130.
- Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:22 am
- Forum: Sailing and Cruising
- Topic: Herreshoff Fish
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2408
Re: Herreshoff Fish
Nick and Abby?
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:27 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: Bolero Sailing into Fisherman's Bay
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1282
Re: Bolero Sailing into Fisherman's Bay
She looks SO much bigger than 30'. Must be the depth of cockpit.
- Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:25 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Painting the Hull
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1126
Re: Painting the Hull
Bottom paint only.
unless you count "barrier coat" as primer.
I'll get my coat....
unless you count "barrier coat" as primer.
I'll get my coat....
- Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:00 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: More from the Snobbery Department
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1280
More from the Snobbery Department
That's a Walker Bay. It just has to be a Walker Bay.
![Image](http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/129188475429544350.jpg)
![Image](http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/129188475429544350.jpg)
- Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:23 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Jibsheet Blocks and other stuff
- Replies: 5
- Views: 828
Re: Jibsheet Blocks and other stuff
The outhaul. A bowline is fine. Typically it goes from the end of the boom, to a turning block on the clew then to a turning block on the boom then forward to a winch or a cleat. Without some mechanical advantage you will never get enough teniion if you have to adjust it tighter in a blow. On a boa...
- Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:10 am
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: We ordered a new headsail this winter.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3682
Re: We ordered a new headsail this winter.
I love tales of money well spent.
That cabintop winch with the 3-strand line.... what does that control?
I had a 3-strand dacron halyard for a while but quickly shifted it to mainsheet duty. Way too much stretch for a halyard.
That cabintop winch with the 3-strand line.... what does that control?
I had a 3-strand dacron halyard for a while but quickly shifted it to mainsheet duty. Way too much stretch for a halyard.
- Fri May 28, 2010 1:49 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Light/wiring escutcheon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2245
Re: Light/wiring escutcheon
Dammit, now that I've gone and said that, it's nagging me.
"Cabin Sole" just made The List for 2011.
For attachment, I like the hot glue idea. Anything flexible and nonpermanent.
"Cabin Sole" just made The List for 2011.
For attachment, I like the hot glue idea. Anything flexible and nonpermanent.
- Fri May 28, 2010 9:46 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Pros & Cons of Installing a Deck Plate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 967
Re: Pros & Cons of Installing a Deck Plate
Don't think, just drill. We're all leery of putting holes in our boat at first. You'll quickly get over this. Instead of a little deck plate, why not install a 12x12 or 12x18 hatch? In addition to actually making the through-hull installation easy, you'd have the ability to stow (lightweight) gear. ...
- Thu May 27, 2010 11:17 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: If I didn't have a triton....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1002
- Thu May 27, 2010 8:26 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Light/wiring escutcheon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2245
Re: Light/wiring escutcheon
Well my cabin sole is rotting plywood covered in nonskid-painted fiberglass with several different colors of paint and epoxy dribblings.
The cabin sole in the photo, I don't know. It's just a photo I came across on facebook.
The cabin sole in the photo, I don't know. It's just a photo I came across on facebook.
- Thu May 27, 2010 8:13 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Light/wiring escutcheon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2245
Light/wiring escutcheon
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Isn't that just a sweet little detail?
Just thought I'd share.
- Mon May 24, 2010 1:59 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Removing the ghost of vinyl graphics
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1667
Re: Removing the ghost of vinyl graphics
Paint a funky fat cove stripe.
- Tue May 18, 2010 10:55 am
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: A4 sticking valves, haulout
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7416
Re: A4 sticking valves, haulout
the Pequot! Branford to Fisher's is a moderate day's sail. The return trip is usually a long day against the summer southwesterly. I have a loose plan/thought to bring the boat down there 4th of july weekend or the one after, and then leave it on JollyMon mooring for a couple of weekends in which ot...
- Mon May 17, 2010 7:55 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Advice please on glassing over fixed portlight openings
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1600
Re: Advice please on glassing over fixed portlight openings
or buy some 1/4" G10, cut to fit, goo in place, proceed with a lot less laminating and subsequent fairing work.
S&S 35???? We need pics!
S&S 35???? We need pics!
- Sat May 15, 2010 10:49 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Power Washer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 516
Re: Power Washer
I've seen powerwashers blast chunks of mortar out of a stone wall, and blast the sand face off bricks. Yes it can hurt the gelcoat if the gelcoat is crazed or cracked or loose, but (one might assume that) you are NOT a blind orangutan, so you'll probably back the spray head off an inch or two if you...
- Sat May 15, 2010 10:11 pm
- Forum: Sails, Rigging, and Systems
- Topic: A4 sticking valves, haulout
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7416
Re: A4 sticking valves, haulout
Without the Spring OS, when shall I collect said Mudslide?? All's well that ends well. Replacement engine obtained, rehabbed, and installed on launch day. A bit of tuning here and there, today was the first real run. Apart from some shaft vibration (the late-model A4 sits a good 3/8" higher tha...
- Fri May 14, 2010 11:27 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Speakers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 660
Speakers
I think this might be the year I install an actual stereo in the boat. Getting tired of hearing the ipod-external-speakers thingy smash to the cabin sole while riding a big wake. Where does everyone have their speakers? High on the forward bulkhead of the "salon"? Kinda tough to find a pla...
- Fri May 14, 2010 11:23 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Marina Etiquette
- Replies: 3
- Views: 737
Re: Marina Etiquette
Depends on the marina. Is it a boatyard or a resort?
I've been places where it was odd to NOT hear someone running a sander or a drill.
I've been places where everyone gathers on the docks sipping daquiris in beach chairs while the kids run around with Super-Soakers.
Spend your goodwill wisely.
I've been places where it was odd to NOT hear someone running a sander or a drill.
I've been places where everyone gathers on the docks sipping daquiris in beach chairs while the kids run around with Super-Soakers.
Spend your goodwill wisely.
- Wed May 12, 2010 2:15 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Ugh - bottom paint problem
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1152
Re: Ugh - bottom paint problem
West marine has a paint shaker?
- Mon May 10, 2010 11:04 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: butyl caulk
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1035
Re: butyl caulk
Don't use it for a fillet. It will collect dust and other grime from the air for WEEKS and look like hell. Mask well for ease of cleanup and leave the least possible amount showing. The elastic properties of the material really obviate the need for a fillet anyway. It's not going to fail by cracking...
- Fri May 07, 2010 9:36 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Another outstanding bad boat name
- Replies: 111
- Views: 39667
Re: Another outstanding bad boat name
A name once proposed yet thankfully never employed: A Lackey of Judgement :D
- Wed May 05, 2010 4:21 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Raw Water Intake for Sink, How Necessary?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1076
Re: Raw Water Intake for Sink, How Necessary?
That tee will also be a handy place to introduce antifreeze solution to your system come winterization time.
- Wed May 05, 2010 11:58 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: 2 recore questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1651
Re: 2 recore questions
Hard to tell from the photos, but are the missing chunks greater than 3/16" in any direction? If not, then do nothing. You'll want to chamfer out about that much as a sealant bed anyway. If so, then still don't do much. Clean up the chunked-out area with a chisel or something, reinsert the chai...
- Mon May 03, 2010 2:48 pm
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Use never-seize on diesel manifold?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2001
Re: Use never-seize on diesel manifold?
Yes, but after time in service with a coating of loc-tite, you need only break the fairly predictable bond of the loc-tite, which has probably done a fair job of preventing the completely unpredictable bond of corrosion and/or galling of the threads.
- Mon May 03, 2010 2:46 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: 2 recore questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1651
Re: 2 recore questions
hmmm.... saran wrap would allow easier remover of the whatever upon completion. Nice idea.
Bear in mind that you don't want the hole to be precisely the size of the chainplate, you need some room for sealant, so a bit of thickness built up by a dozen wraps of plastic would be a good thing.
Bear in mind that you don't want the hole to be precisely the size of the chainplate, you need some room for sealant, so a bit of thickness built up by a dozen wraps of plastic would be a good thing.
- Mon May 03, 2010 8:50 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Use never-seize on diesel manifold?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2001
Re: Use never-seize on diesel manifold?
I dunno about "consensus", but my own personal practice with such things is to either use never-sieze, or to use loc-tite. One or the other. If it's the kind of thing you're going to undo periodically (more than once every few years), I'd go with never-sieze. I know a lot of people are lee...
- Mon May 03, 2010 8:41 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: 2 recore questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1651
Re: 2 recore questions
strips of HDPE or similar plastic, cut to the same size as your chainplates and clamped in place, make great avatars for the real thing to keep the slots in place and open during this process, eliminating the need to recut the slots later (which can be a pain) and leaving you with nice neat opening...
- Mon May 03, 2010 8:38 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: West Systems 410 fairing filler on Topsides?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1196
Re: West Systems 410 fairing filler on Topsides?
410 is the "microlight"???
That stuff is SOFT. (yes, I know you know that)
I'd use it for pinhole-filling only, not for bulk fairing.
That stuff is SOFT. (yes, I know you know that)
I'd use it for pinhole-filling only, not for bulk fairing.
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:25 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Ebay Triton on the rocks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2506
Re: Ebay Triton on the rocks
Hmmmm. Actually it looks like a fine restoration candidate to me. It doesn't report that she was holed. The rig and the interior are probably fine. The keelbolts are worth inspecting, but really I'd be surprised if they were compromised. That hull work is ugly as the day is long, but in many ways th...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:23 am
- Forum: Pearson Triton Specifics
- Topic: Foam filled mast?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1437
- Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:50 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Hull Transducer Removal/Replacement
- Replies: 3
- Views: 333
Re: Hull Transducer Removal/Replacement
Removal: A blowtorch and a pipe wrench.
Replacement will be the product of a whole-system selection you'll make much much farther down the road.
Replacement will be the product of a whole-system selection you'll make much much farther down the road.
- Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:40 am
- Forum: Classic Sailboats
- Topic: Channel cutters
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12274
Re:
It is a shame though because I was just perusing an old calculus textbook last night ( anyone feel the need to comment?) and was in the mood for some no nonsense, left brain, clear logic, straightforward answer to a question. Mike, I take rain checks. Just for you, Britton! (King of the Dredge!!!!!)
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:59 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Stop antenna cable clang?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1158
Re: Stop antenna cable clang?
Don't go poking holes in the mast for something that can so easily be properly addressed next time the mast comes down.
For now, ballast the boat to induce a bit of a list to one side.
For now, ballast the boat to induce a bit of a list to one side.
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:02 pm
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: New-to-me B29
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11289
Re: New-to-me B29
I'll jump in here so Tim doesn't need to soil himself on the A4. The gate valve is the one in the bottom left of the photo with the blue enameled wheel. This is your cooling water inlet. This hose leads aft to the engine's water pump (dismount this to change the impeller. really.) The water then cou...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:01 am
- Forum: Boat Photos
- Topic: New-to-me B29
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11289
Re: New-to-me B29
Interesting setup for the mast step too. Nice way to keep things dry and a handy attachment point for the vang. I disagree. Stretching the vang attachment aft means that it will flatten the sail more as the boom swings out. Just like the mainsheet. (so why have a vang?) Particularly odd since I can...
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:16 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Triton shift lever
- Replies: 7
- Views: 965
Re: Triton shift lever
Are you still running the Atomic 4? Be aware that it is a challenge to cable-operate the transmission lever on that engine, since it was designed for mechanical activation. Tim is being polite. I'm less so. The A4 came with a big clunky shift lever for a reason. The elegantly simple gearbox is a fu...
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:06 am
- Forum: Technical Data and Boat Nerdery
- Topic: Orientation for Self Tailers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2907
Re: Orientation for Self Tailers
hmmm. All I read is "The winch must be mounted such that the loose sheet falls correctly into a secure stowage position". A perfectly nonspecific punt of an instruction which roughly translates to "mount it however you like, but don't come crying to us if you foul it all up because yo...
- Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:50 am
- Forum: Boatbuilding and Repair Techniques
- Topic: Water Inlet Through Hull
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4753
Re: Water Inlet Through Hull
Yes, please.sail_fix wrote: BTW, I have some photos of our installation from '02 on another forum if you want the link.
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:00 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Circe sea hood
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1240
Re: Circe sea hood
I'm quite confused.
- Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:01 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Circe sea hood
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1240
Re: Circe sea hood
well yeah, but what kind of mahogany?
Like asking what's for dinner and being told "meat". :D
Like asking what's for dinner and being told "meat". :D
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:33 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Another outstanding bad boat name
- Replies: 111
- Views: 39667
Re: Another outstanding bad boat name
What is that smoky green hull to windward?
- Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:44 am
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Another outstanding bad boat name
- Replies: 111
- Views: 39667
Re: Another outstanding bad boat name
full disclosure... I was on a charter called "Pro-Fish-In-Sea" at the time.
- Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:35 pm
- Forum: Ramblings
- Topic: Another outstanding bad boat name
- Replies: 111
- Views: 39667
Re: Another outstanding bad boat name
Having trouble getting the pic off the camera(phone), but spotted in FL last week: Wasted Seaman
- Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:39 pm
- Forum: Boat Shops and Facilities
- Topic: Another Stimson
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3809
Re: Another Stimson
Those wind-driven vents are fine for a shrinkwrapped boat, but a shrinkwrapped boat doesn't have the ground moisture source that the shed has. I'd install those 2x2 vents right away. Devise some sort of closure for them for the times when you want to hold heat, but the default situation needs to be ...