Charlie Jones

Howdy Shane. In your usual rare form I see. Good ta "see" ya again :wink:

Problem with the pics . The two shots were virtually identical. Both scaled exactly the same, both the same size pixel wise. One was 17 k the other 18 k so they were'nt too large. The picture acted like it was loading, taking quite a while, and it spaced the message as if the picture was there, but that part then showed a blank. I think there is an error with the thing on my hard drive.

I've gotten all the seams filleted and taped, bulkheads are all in, cleats installed for cockpit and motor well fronts, and the forward (aft) deck beam is in where the cabin front ends. Working today on centerboard case and side deck hanging knees, then deck/cabin carlins . I have a second picture, taken same time, downloaded same time, same size as the first one, and it flatly will not download to this BB. I cannot figure why, so settle for the one for now. [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

Great shots- congrats to the builders. By the way- had that crowd all been over on that left dock and been forced to move?

When the rudder stalls it is ventilating, not cavitating. Cavitation occurs with high speed movement in the water, such as props on very fast boats, where O2 gets literally pulled out of the water, creating bubbles. It is an explosive sort of happening and usually blows chunks out of propellers when it happens. AIN'T gonna happen on a Weekender rudder. Ventilation is when some surface piercing thing sucks air down from the surface, which causes loss of water flow. The little plate above the prop on an outboard motor is there to prevent that and is properly called an anti ventilation plate. And 30 to 35 degrees is all the rudder movement you ever want, so you are fine. Many boats have rudder stops built into them to limit the angle to 30 degrees.

There are still lots of Trout and Reds around Port L and Port OConner In fact, we're planning to take our 21 foot sloop out to Pass Cavallo for the 4th of July long weekend. Or maybe to South Pass. I probably will even tote the fly rod along Many many people fishing from kayaks these days around the Texas coast too.

Phil- where are you in central Texas? My woodshop is in Victoria and we live on Matagorda Bay 12 miles out of Port Lavaca.

Are you installing a wheel? If so, install the pintles one up, one down so the rudder can't be removed. Otherwise it's quite a pain to re rig the steering each time. If you are using a tiller, then go with them both the same way. By the way- I was through Slidell just a bit ago (the 14th)coming back from the TSBB BEER Cruise. Do you make the Wooden Boat show in Madisonville? We're gonna try to get there this year.

Laura and I just returned from our two weeks of cruising aboard our 21 sloop in the Pensacola area. Here's a shot of our MiniPaw dinghy with a pretty good load aboard I'm the guy rowing. I weigh around 170 and Mike at 6'3" is a good bit over 200 We figured there was a tad over 400 pounds in the dinghy and we have plenty of freeboard left. The dink got towed everywhere, including through a pretty serious squall, with absolutely no problems or bad habits. The oars I'm using come from our 12 foot inflatable and are a bit too long, but I haven't had a chance to make shorter ones as yet. Travis, I'll be back in the shop in the morning, back working on YOUR boat. See ya [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

#2 bulkhead (Cabin back) installed, all seams from there aft filleted and taped. And there it'll sit for two weeks--- BECAUSE- - - - Our 21 foot sloop is loaded, and we are dropping the hitch on the ball, heading for 14 days in Pensacola, Florida. 10 days sailing, 4 travel. 4 days with grand kids aboard, 6 with just my bride- HOOHAH This is the annual Trailersailor B.E.E.R. cruise put on by the G.R.I.T.S (Gulf Region Interstate Trailer Sailors). Here's a link so you can read and drool 33 boats signed up so far http://www.knology.net/~ballen1/BEER2003.htm

anyone who thinks this country isn't going metric hasn't bought a sheet of plain old plywood lately Go get a sheet of 3/8 or 1/4 ply and lay a tape on it. Did it measure 3/8 or 1/4 really? No it didn't. If you lay a metric tape on that sheet you'll find what it's REALLY sized to. The US companies can't sell Imperial overseas, so they make things metric, call them the nearest imperial size and we buy it!!! The companies who built router bits even have new special bits sized TO THE PLYWOOD so dado cuts will actually FIT. If you route a dado for 1/2 inch ply with a 1/2 inch bit, the fit will be so sloppy it's an embarrassment. Not to mention the fact that every bolt and nut on both of my vehicles is metric. Which isn't bad - What WAS a PITA was when I had a truck that had a mixture of sizes :evil:

Air circulation is good in any boat, but particularly in a wooden boat. Even one that's well coated with epoxy. Fresh air is a great enemy of mold, mildew and rot. So any steps you can take to promote that air circulation EVERY where in the boat is a good deal. Something a lot of trailerable boat owners are doing is putting one of the small pancake computer fans in a hatch board or someplace so it can be moving air at all times. Runs off 12 volt and consumes micro amps.

basically it a filler piece that goes between the keel and the hull bottom way up in the bow. Look at the plans and you'll see the added wood just under the notch where the bottom plywood goes into the keel.

I was camping with Chuck (of Duckworks) at the Messabout on Padre Island last weekend. We were discussing his site. He told me that his hosting company had begun charging him $160 per month due to his bandwidth usage so he was forced to either go subscription or quit. He wasn't particularly happy about it, but could not afford to keep running the site at those costs.

Sounds great Shane- but just HOW are ya gonna tell her later? huh? ever think about that mate?? I guess the yin and yang of the universe means that for each toilet bowl day there has to be a gorgeous one to off set it. Otherwise the entire universe would get out of kilter and slide off into a black hole or summthin

Understand Paul. I have never really figured out why the "powers that be" consider it cricket to stick it to businesses. My electricity at the shop is almost exactly double what it is at the house. The phone is about triple, just to have it sitting there, never mind any calls on it. And the deposits were both double also. But today the sun is shining, I'm off for the rest of the weekend, and there are two sailboats outside that need some attention Have a great Memorial Day- gotta go run the flag up the pole

Tell me about it- Tuesday of last week, my wife taught a computer class to a older woman who had become a good friend. Wednesday night or Thursday morning the woman died in her own garage- apparent heart attack. My wife was doing laundry Thursday and while hanging out clothes, a bird crapped on her. I came home to find her sitting on the couch, not in a great mood. She had just heated a cup of coffee in the microwave, which I got out and handed to her. As she was taking the first sip, she spilled it right into her lap- Yep- direct hit. Later that evening she drove over to visit the woman who had found the body, and THAT womans' dog bit her as she was leaving the house. Tell me about your bad day

right side up Total elapsed time from first hauling on the chains - 10 minutes!! [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

coming down [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

Half way over - Travis (the owner) gets his first look inside [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

in the air, hanging from the lines [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

got all set today and rolled the Princess right side up. Had the owner show up unexpectedly, so let him help. With my other helper, we had 190 years of experience at work and at 62 I was the kid First shot is the boat all rigged and ready to lift- Chain falls set up above temp frame and just at bulkhead 3. Harken blocks hanging from hooks and a heavy line run through the blocks and tied into a loop. 1x2s clamped inside and out at the sheer to protect the plywood edges. [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

see the response I just made under the thread "Sail design.. CS20" for a description of how it works on my boat.

on my boat the snotter position is fixed. The sail just lowers down the mast, and the end of the sprit is connected into the reef clew grommet, instead of the normal clew grommet. Then the foot is rolled and tied. You just wind up with a smaller sail but the sprit doesn't move. The sprit DOES need to be slacked because the sail is shorter when reefed, so the end of the sprit is further out in front of the mast.

Mike- as you can see in the pic, we set the sprits on opposite sides on each mast. The sprit doesn't seem to hit the track because the snotter tightens up and holds it off. There is only so much play in it when it crosses the mast, so it can't touch. Plus the track is very close to the mast.