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  1. Lennie: the gussets are shown in the Aft Deck Plan. I can't remember which arrangement you are building but I realized yesterday that the forward part of the coaming is a little different than in the open version so the gusset would be different. With the aft deck, there are two types of knees or gussets. The forward one goes against the foredeck beam and the other one is back a few feet. I hope to get some solid boat time this weekend so I can stop thinking about it and just do it.
  2. I just pasted a clip of the gusset detail into AutoCAD to get a rough idea of the angle and I get 6 to 7 degrees from vertical so I assume you mean 15 degrees cumulative from side to side of both coamings. Is this correct?
  3. Thanks, Graham. Does that mean that the seat back leans 15 degrees back from vertical?
  4. Wow Lennie, thanks for the offer! The piece that would be the most helpful and the one I think you are describing is called the gusset in the plans. There are two types in my plans. A few key dimensions would be sufficient, I think. If you tell me the distance between the 4 points, I can solve for the angles.
  5. Interesting. Has it worked out well for sailing conditions with heel? Maybe I could induce some heel on my boat stand. Or more likely, I will just blow up the drawing and copy the angle with a bevel gauge.
  6. Brief update: Sails and hardware received! Fore deck started. Seat hatches nearly complete. Mast steps next to be figured out. And a question: I don't see a dimension for the angle of the coaming. Is that just a builder preference kind of thing?
  7. Temporary for us (except for maybe one). We yanked them out the next day while green.
  8. mattp

    CS 17

    Nice action shot! Keep them coming please.
  9. Overdue for an update: Tiller varnish in progress with Le Tonkinois No. 1. Product was selected by googling "easy varnish". Sanding not required between coats. So far so good after 4 or 5 coats. Will add a few more. Test fit with centerboard. Good news. It fits! Aft hatch and seat hatch cutouts. I am sure one of the fundamental rules of boat building states to never use your boat as a saw horse. For the aft hatch, I printed out a full size template and glued it to the bulkhead and 3/8 ply for the backing frame. This saved a lot of time, I think, and is a technique I used for the rudder. CB case cap.
  10. I think I read where Graham recommends setting the gunwales in a non adhesive bedding compound and anchoring with screws. This way, they are easily replaceable.
  11. Sail track: My original plan was to drill and tap 6-32 for every available hole in the track and fasten with SS pan head screws with a dab of tefgel. As I was doing this, it occurred to me that since the upper sections are only .065" thick, I will only get two threads in the soft aluminum which I find concerning. Anybody use only screws in their track without issue? So now I am thinking about using SS rivets in the upper thin sections except for about 12" above the joints to allow some adjustment for the diameter change. Last night I tried a 5/32 dia. rivet and a 1/8" dia rivet. The hole size will accommodate either size but only the head of the 1/8" dia. will lie flat in the channel of the track. What is the best size for this track? Is 1/8" sufficient?
  12. 2 row stations? Or 1 row station and 1 parasol?
  13. I'd also recommend picking up a book or two on the subject just to get an understanding if the fundamentals. Then just go for it (assuming safe conditions, of course). As they say, learning how to sail comes quickly. Mastering the craft can take a lifetime.
  14. This is the answer I really want to hear. Because I'd like to skip any unnecessary epoxy work. Of course, I am fully counting on epoxy for protecting my soft okoume from dings and scrapes.
  15. Do you have experience with real peel ply to compare with? If not maybe somebody here would be willing to send you some scrap in the interest of science. I love that you are trying to clear up what many of us only speculate.
  16. I am still in progress with this boat and am certainly not an expert but I'll give it a shot: 1) I can't see why this would be a problem. It would put your cb further off center by 1/8. 2) top of trunk frame should be on same plane as bottom of seats. Forward seats will attach to trunk. 3) I haven't gotten there yet but I think the cap attaches to top of the trunk flush with the seats 4) I marked my pivot from the plans and double checked clearance with cb 5) Hard to tell. Seems like your biggest problem is the frame not lining up with the seat tops but I wonder if you can have the problem side float above the bottom and filled with thickened epoxy.
  17. A question for the seasoned experts: Is there any point to epoxy coating solid wood such as the tiller and thwart before varnishing? Will this make the finish tougher or make it easier to refinish later?
  18. Thanks for all of the helpful replies. I spent most of the day today driving to fetch my new to me trailer. It's pretty much what I have been looking for all along, I just had to broaden my craigslist horizons a little.
  19. Well, we've been evicted from the greenhouse and it's back to the dungeon. On the bright side, I got the masts back from powder coating and they look amazing. They will likely be the best looking parts of the boat.
  20. The boat shop is greening over. Finally, some place to sit.
  21. Wow, you are moving quickly! On the cs17 it calls for two layers of tape. I substituted full glassing for the second layer. I think if I were back at that point I would do two layers plus glass just to have the extra wear resistance for beaching. To me that sharp chine seems vulnerable to wear.
  22. Hey, that looks great! I like how the tires are set wide so the boat sits low in between. This would not be the case with the jon boat trailers I have been looking at. I am trying to picture whether this would require more or less wheel submersion while launching. For two of the three boats I've owned, I've been able to avoid submerging the bearings at launch and I would prefer this boat to be the same.
  23. Today's visual progress report. No explanation necessary.
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