Charlie Jones

Thanks Ken that looks much better. What lengths do you need a have two very nice birdsmouth sprits avaliable Dunno- I'll have to measure. It would be a while anyway, since I have two dinghies to build,and am working to bring my 21 footer up to snuff for cruising, now that Tehani is gone from me. Lot's of small details to upgrade for comfort Boy has that gal grown since that BEER Cruise!! But then they don't shrink to they?

Congratulations. It's always a thrill to see one you built take to the water.

And I am preparing to rebuild the sprits on my CLC Sharpie- need about 4 to 6 more inches.

My mold for the Princess 22 was wooden.I shaped it inside with wedges, and poured it full of hot lead, then planed the upper surface flat. Times three on drilling slowly.

almost always, the mold face, control edge or what ever, is the flat side, or smooth side as you call it. THAT edge goes on the line (almost always anyway) because THAT is the edge you cut the frame ( bulkhead) to when laying it out. That corner of the ply is the only TRUE point, corresponding to the station line on the plans. The edge with the cleating, or whatever, gets beveled (so the planking will lie fair) and is now smaller than the station line.

Not familiar with Jim's plans-haven't built one of his boats. But NORMALLY, the wooden parts on a ply frame or bulkhead, are towards the decreasing curve of the boat since a boat gets smaller as you go towards the bow, and again as you leave amidships and move aft. That is- from amidships, all bulkheads (frames) forward would have cleats on the front face. Those aft of amidships have the wood on the aft face.. That is so the beveling can be done on the wood part, not the frame. Usually the side towards amidship is the control edge. Also known as the "molded" face The transom of course is a special case, since the plywood needs to be smooth on the outside Hope this helps.

The forward face on plans means that face that is toward the bow of the boat. Good tip on the parchment paper- waxed paper is a pain.

Frank- I don't see any of this showing up on the B and B Board. I assume the changes will affect that one also, but many there don't look at this one. Might need a heads up there also. Was quite a shock to see the "unavailable" I tell you for sure. Good luck

Laura once cooked an entire Thanksgiving dinner- ham, baked sweet potatoes, hot rolls (premade), green beans, on a one burner SeaCook while at anchor . The pumpkin pie was pre made also though. Pressure cookers are great things on small boats-You can cook stews, etc, but you can bake bread, biscuits, cakes, potatos (sweet and white) and use them as a canner. We canned many jars of meat while cruising.

"I have yet to meet the person who could drink a LITER of coffee LOL! Boiling water on a Trangia takes 7 minutes out of the wind for 1 quart of water IME. If you make that hot there is enough for 1 person's coffee, breakfast, and some to go in the thremos...2 people? Boil a pot of water after breakfast for the Thermos..." I'm coming in real late on this, but a liter of coffee isn't that much. I do it almost every morning Cut down from a 10 cup pot too. On the stove- too bad the Sea Cook is no longer made. The Sea Swing is a poor second. And gimbaled is nice even at anchor, when some jerk in a deep Vee passes you at half throttle, at 0630 in the morning. But for inshore sailing and cruising, can probably be lived without. I'll be doing without on my trailer sailor. Boat looks Great too

Well, brought'nyo'self on down Bring a chunk of that wood and we'll slap it in the lathe, and you too can have a mallet. And get her ready to sail and maybe we can work up a small cruise to Army Hole this fall.

Bought my previous sailboat back. Necessity, a Lindsey 21 on a trailer. Originally got her in 1982,, did a complete interior rebuild, sailed her til I got Tehani, sold her to pay for Tehani rebuild and outfitting, now she's mine again. A picture of her under sail, and one of the pear wood mallets

Bought my previous sailboat back. Necessity, a Lindsey 21 on a trailer. Originally got her in 1982,, did a complete interior rebuild, sailed her til I got Tehani, sold her to pay for Tehani rebuild and outfitting, now she's mine again.

Looking good Pete. And that Pear wood is some HARD stuff. I used some taken down by Hurricane Rita, to make some mallets for chiseling. SOLID Mallets.

WOW!! But I guess I really don't comprehend We sometimes get 6 or 7 inches in a three hour thunderstorm, ditches get full, then in a few hours it's all gone.. I can't visualize having that after 7 inches.. Was in Jacksonville Florida once, on the Naval Air Station, when we got 6 3/4 inches in 33 MINUTES. The aircraft parking spots were two, three feet deep, but in 2 hours it was gone Different parts of the world I suppose. As I said, I simply can't imagine.

Though my eyes were going bad Somewhere I have a pic of my first MiniPaw with 600 (* edited- 500 pounds)pounds in it at a BEER Cruise. I'll try to find the CD it's on. ALL great little boats. Found it. Here's a 6'6" MiniPaw with over 500 Pounds aboard Mike claim's 325 and I was at about 170 or so

Git'r'done and bring her on down. I'll launch Necessity and we'll have a cruise

LOL- Yeah- I spent an afternoon with John Harris at CLC, talking about this and that. He told me about the origins of the design, and no longer sells the kits, nor does he push the design. A little too HOT for many, so he deemed it wisest to let it fade. Nice guy. Interesting place. He knew me by name as the person who turned it into a trimaran, and was sorta pleased it was a great boat.

ME?? Get a wild eyed look? On a 14+ knot boat? Not me This chamber was VERY well sealed, because when the boat was built it was a primary flotation tank, and the boat NEEDED it. NOW it's a trimaran, and the tank isn't nearly as critical, which is why it's now a stowage area-Nee - floatation chamber. Already added a new watertight box as stowage/floatation up in the bow. Cause it was critical- couldn't bail the boat after a capsize as designed, so unless you were in stand up depths, you needed help rescuing- much like the SeaPearls are. It just really surprised me to find THAT much water, after the boat had only been sailed twice in 5 years, and was stored under cover.

I suppose so Tom, but the last time this boat got capsized was about 7-8 years ago. Really can't figure it out. It was sailed in the Tex200 in 2008, again in 2009, then stored. So if it leaked in, had to be 7 or 8 years ago. Sure surprised me to find it. But for sure I'll never have another "sealed" space I can't air out. Edited- Thinking back, that one capsize was the ONLY time this boat has been over since being built, back in 2002. We did that on purpose to see how it self rescued, and found it didn't. That's when we first started making mods, and a few years later, Laura suggested the tri modification. So it beats me. But now I can dry it out

Hi Pete- you doing the 200 this year? Don't see your name on the list.

Just made an interesting discovery. My Sharpie, Traveler was built with a sealed tank in the stern, of about 4 -6 cubic feet. Since I have converted the boat to a trimaran, that tank is no longer quite as important as floatation, and becomes more attractive as stowage. So I'm adding a hatch in the deck, which will still keep it fairly watertight, but allow access. Traveler has bee stored in a shed for the last three years, unused, and when I cut into the deck, I was quite surprised to find several pints of water in there. This in a chamber carefully epoxy coated when I built the boat. I expected total dust. I figure it to have come from condensation, since it's been dry stored for 3 years. Point is-I'd advise having some sort of access opening in sealed wooden tanks, to allow air in the when the boat is unused- small effort to avoid rot inside sealed sections. Deck plates, whatever.

And here's another idea- foam rollers cut into chunks and held in a notched stick ( or hemostats). Make 'em as wide or narrow as needed

Years ago, I was working in Cracker Boys yard in Ft Pierce Fl. In addition to we contractors, they allowed do-it-yourself jobs. Two guys were installing a new sole in a fair sized power boat, sitting on a trailer. After they screwed the soles in, they got ready to launch. Boat would NOT come off the trailer. So they ran it into the Travel-lift and hoisted it -trailer came up with it til the sheer weight tore it loose Turns out they had done pretty much the same thing, only THEY had screwed into the bunk boards. Had about two dozen screws each side. Some REALLY red faces, and many many grins at their expense.

Wondered that myself. I ran into some US made stuff, labeled " Marine", with 4 plys in 1/2 stuff. I passed.