Charlie Jones

Mark- it probably would cause a problem if we were to try to use it underway. On our 21 footer we seldom would use the table except at anchor. Then I don't think we'd have a problem. We also use plates and bowls with a ring of rubber around the bottom- they don't slide . Of course, if we eat while sailing on that boat, it's from a bowl, clutched tightly in hand. On the 25 footer I'm restoring any table will definitely have fiddles- she's a seagoer

Steve - sounds great. The hitch is gonna hit the ball sometime Tuesday after noon- Laura is SO up for this she's been working on getting the boat ready for over a week now. Emptied it all out, scrubbed it down inside and out, washed every thing and has completely reloaded the boat. I think if we could she would have us leaving in the morning I think I'm getting kicked off the boat for one day of the trip. A female friend is flying in from Ind and I think the two of them are gonna have a "ladies day" one day. I have a choice of several boats to sail aboard that day. Should be a blast

Discovered a minor design flaw this morning. The aft leg (the single one) is very wobbly with just the single hinge- the table is going back to the shop tomorrow to have a wider piece of wood added so I can use two hinges about 5 inches apart. Should stabilize it quite a bit. Otherwise the whole thing is working just as expected

I'm also using Mozilla and the only difference I can see is that the Forums button overlys the Users button. Here's what my Mozilla says- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208

here's a link to the posting with pictures I made on TSBB earlier. Perhaps it will generate some ideas for some of you. http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/trailersailor/index.cgi/read/337785

Laura downloaded Mozilla some time ago and switched us to that. MUCH better than I.E. OR Netscape. I really like it, particularly the tabbed windows.

plus sometimes the ones from Home Depot ( the black or dark grey ones) will just totally come apart on you. The ones from Gougeons aren't THAT much more expensive and well worth the bucks. Those are all I use, particularly since I always cut them down to 3 or 3 1/2 inches anyway, so I get double the use from a package. Can't remember when I last used a full size roller.

The easiest, quickest way to get rid of any bubbles when rolling epoxy is to just stick a gloved finger out onto the roller to stop it from rolling and lightly dragging it over the surface. Make sure you do it lightly, evenly and from one end to the other. I usually do this immediately upon completing rolling a surface.. Why use a foam brush when you've already got a foam roller in your hands, right there as needed.

I also save all those "just start the card now" credit card apps with real plastic cards inside. I've got quite a collection and they work really well for spreading both glue and epoxy . Haven't figured a use for AOL CD's as yet, although a lady I know hangs them in her fruit trees to help keep the birds away.

Absolutely on Ingram's and Pirate's Cove. We're going as a part of a thing called BEER. That stands for "Backwoods Environmental Escape Rendezvous" Put on by another acronym group- GRITS. THAT stands for "Gulf Regional Interstate Trailersailors" We'll be headquartering at Pensacola Marine Shipyard Complex. Laura and I will most likely arrive on Thursday the 10th. This is the 4th year and this year we have 50+ boats signed up from all over the SouthEast. As far as us from the west and a buddy from Hollywood Florida from the southeast. Also people flying in from Illinois and we MAY have a boat coming on a trailer from Chicago. Here's a link- http://www.knology.net/~ballen1/beer2004.htm Saturday night, (the 12th) we're supposed to all be at LuLu's The actual event only lasts four days but we'll stay the rest of the week. Kinda silly to tow the 21 footer 1800 miles for 4 days huh?

Very very nice looking job. Leaving for Mobile Bay on Weds- DAMN!!! Laura and I are going to be leaving for a week or more in P'Cola on about June 8th. Hauling our Lindsey 21 over for a cruise- don't use up all the good weather Steve. Enjoy your boat- she looks nice

LOL- I know Graham- I saw the pictures But I just HAD to rib ya just a bit !! I still haven't sailed the Sharpie since I installed the floatation box in the bow. Maybe this afternoon? At least it hasn't rained in *2* days now, but the highway I drive getting to work is still closed due to high water.

Don't know how I missed this thread earlier, but here's our boat names. Our 21 foot Lindsey sloop was in my barn in east Texas for 15 years until I met Laura and she decided she really loved sailing. We treked up there and got her, brought her to our place here in south Texas and rebuilt her totally. We had been pondering names for quite some time when one day Laura called me to come look at something- she had penciled the name Necessity on the transom. I asked her why that name and she said -"because it is" So that's "NECESSITY" I built a B and B yachts Minipaw dinghy for use with Necessity, and of course it had to be named "INVENTION" since NECESSITY was the mother ship. I built an 18 foot CLC Sharpie for Harmony Boatworks which we loaded into a truck and hauled to Chicago for display, along with others, in Strictly Sail. The boat didn't sell and after some negotiations with other principals, we decided to take her back for ourselves. She had her maiden voyage up there though, sailing in the Chicago area. We decided that it would be neat to meet the boat somewhere half way, so the guy who had it hauled her to Kentucky Lake where we met him. The boat was sailed for the second time on Kentucky Lake. We then trailered her down to Mississippi to visit a friend on our way home and sailed along with he and his wife in their catboat, on the Escatapaw River in Mississippi for the boat's third sail. We then trailered on home and the next week or so, sailed her on Matagorda Bay here in Texas. So- the boat has been across country (north to south) twice, through many states and her first four sails were in four different bodies of water, in four different states. What other name could we possibly choose but "TRAVELER" Oh- and Laura, after having broken in to sailing on first a Hobie 14 and then a Prindle 18, acquired a Sunfish. Sailed the boat a couple of times and dubbed it "ESSIE". From escargot, or sloowwwww

And on the phone today you told me you had been working SOOOOO hard- I see- working hard sailing Boat looks really nice Graham. Laving a pretty fair wake too.

Thank you Steve. Yes - there's a stowage space port and starboard. From there forward to the cabin. the remainder of the under deck area behind the rest of the coaming port and starboard is stuffed with foam.

I don't think the #18 has been made in quite some time. All I see anymore (except in expensive tool catalogs ) are el cheapos. Some kind of hard wood with a wing nut on the side. I guess there must not be that much demand for quality hand type tools these days. Best look at used or antique tool sources.

At the forward end there are these laminated Okume blocks- 4 layers of 9 mm, glued and screwed to the cabin side and to the coamings. Of course this has all been filleted and sanded , ready for glassing. [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

I gave the boat an access opening in the last section for stowing dock lines or what ever. [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

The coamings are installed on the Princess and she's all ready for glassing on the cabin, decks and cockpit. Hopefully today I can start and with any luck finish Sunday or Monday. Here's what the coamings look like. [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

I suspect he is referring to a bevel guage. The older ones made by Stanley- the #18 - had the lock screw in the end of the handle rather than on the side like the newer ones do. That enabled you to lay the guage down on either side to take a bevel. The newer ones prevent you from laying the guage flat on one side because the lock is there. I have an old Stanley with the thumb screw that I treasure. I'd love to have one more. My others are all older rosewood handled ones with lever locks, so I kinda like them too. They are all older than I am and that's pretty old

I added a drain quite similar to that in my Sharpie. mine was a plastic one rather than brass, but it works fine. I had to trim a tad off of the screw in part so it would be flush with the bottom. On the Anderson bailers- why not just pour a cup of water inside the cockpit if you want water in there ? I've NEVER seen one of those bailers that didn't leak while the boat was at rest. Me - I'll use a milk jug with the top cut off to get water out while sailing !!!

not hard to sand either if you catch it early- the longer epoxy cures, the harder it is to sand. I like to do any rough sanding as soon as the epoxy is cured enough to be able to sand it. If I've filled and have some piles of epoxy/filler I'll use a surform or a scraper to knock down any high spots and then sand. Even a few days can make a huge difference.

John- yes you can use it straight over well sanded epoxy. That's what our dinghy has. You can use most paints right over a well cured, well sanded epoxy according to the Gougeons. Matt- the humidity there can't be any worse than here on the Texas gulf coast- we swim in it all year long. I'd suspect you had some other reson for the paint not hardening. There IS a problem with some paints over some epoxys, I know. That may be one of them. But on the dink, it's 20+ year old Easypoxy over WEST SYS epoxy and worked just fine. Is it possible you had some amine blush on the inside of the trunk? That would sure keep the paint from curing.

Scot- I coat all the cabin top plywood inside, but the mahogany beams and trim is NOT coated- I'm just laying on 4 coats of Z-Spar 2015 on that part. I'll be taping off where the beams land on the underside of the cabin top plywood so I can finish that completely before installation. Goes MUCH faster that way, rather than trying to cut around all the beams without getting white paint every where. I can tape off the edges of the beams and on the plywood to keep glue off too.

Thank you ma'am I really enjoy doing it.