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Oops, you are absolutely correct, I fell for that! I guess it is a slow print week so they are recycling! There are some more current comments in the comments section of the article. In the back of my mind I was wondering why no mention of the MK3 series of the Core Sound series…
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Did y’all sea this month’s issue of Small Boat Magazine? Nice article on the Core Sound series.
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Beautiful cruising area! Like more pictures is possible, we planned to cruise this area next winter with our CS20.3, now maybe the Flinders. Can you suggest a place to launch and leave truck an trailer in a secure area?
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Looks super nice! Isn’t it great to use the boat a season to see what would make the boat more comfortable!
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Beautiful boat, and your website is really good! Takes a lot of effort to document your build, nice!
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Thanks for the good news on this type of bottom anti fouling. Almost like a oil thread on a motorcycle forum! I shouldn’t have been surprised but was on the weight, the shipping weight was 42 lbs for the kit.
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Ever notice how everything we mess with is sticky and takes a while to dry? Going to try Coppercoat for the bottom protection, boat will be trailered but likely live at Keesler AFB marina in the water quite a lot. Hope it works!
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Beautiful! Shiny and very fair!
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Yea, know what ya mean, I find myself a sittin quite a bit! Sometimes I am thinking, sometimes just a sittin!
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Me too Steve, that is my plan and I am looking forward to seeing your boat! The outside is ready ( and has been for several months) to prime/paint. The fiddly stuff takes time, as we all know! I probably should quit changing my mind on things, several areas have been remodeled even before I finish.
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Well, I have completed my B&B designed windvane prototype for the Flinders. Take a look! Still got some clean-up and priming and painting to do but the basic structure is completed. It will kick up both if it hits something and can be manually pulled up to reverse around the docks. The horizontal link from the bellcrank to the rudder trim tab has a magnetic connection so it can be disconnected when the vane rudder is retracted. The main rudder is fixed (doesn’t fold). The disc on the lower end of the vane tower is for steering adjustment lines. May just cleat them to the coaming initially but after all the adjustments and general tinkering is done might consider running them around the perimeter of the cockpit just for some added bling!
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Hi all, might want to consult the web site “the ultimate hang”. As some may know, I motorcycle camp quite a bit with a homemade hammock. There is a calculator on that site that give the angle and the weight exerted on the tree (or mast). I think I would consult our favorite marine designer before I subjected my masts to a point load. It is more of a load than I thought!
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The overhead will have another coat of (not shiny) varnish. I looks kinda red in this photo, but it is actually white oak, much lighter than it appears in this photo. The cabin sole will soon have Plasteak, but I think I will wait till MOST of the paint, varnish and even epoxy blobs are dropped. Still have several more electrical items for the motor bay, house batteries are in the stub keel, so there will be still mo wires!
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Just letting the world know....still at it! Really enjoying the build. This is the overhead at the nav station and galley area, radio installation is completed and the motor bay, not much to see there. The blue bundle in the motor bay is the Torqeedo battery, just layed a old yoga mat over it so I don’t short out as I crawl in and out. Soon I will be starting the disassembly project for final coat of varnish. Boy, there are a lot more wiring projects than I initially thought! May have gone “overboard “ on some of it!
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Congratulations Alan an Taylor! Henry is starting a wonderful adventure! and I hope you guys are all caught up on your sleep for a while! Fun times!
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A new library of B&B builders Logs, photos
Jknight611 replied to Alan Stewart's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Congratulations Alan an Taylor! Best wishes to the family addition! -
Core Sound 20 Mk3 #23 - Williamsburg, VA
Jknight611 replied to Todd Stein's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Hi Todd, boat is looking good, I really like the colors you chose! I had the same problem, I couldn’t get the “form” out of the layup. I think my problem was the plastic sheet was too thin, when I pulled it did the “Chinese fingers” trick. I had to cut a thin relief cut to get it off. Boat is almost 5 years old, and I still have shards of light plastic inside my tube. I made another for the Flinders project with the same weight plastic that the contractors put under a concrete slab and it pulled right off. -
I tried twisting the wires with a pair of safety wire pliers left over from my workin days. Good idea but it was more fiddling than just grabbing with this type of pliers. These work just fine!
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Yea, Russell not Larry Brown, that is what happens when I post my “first thoughts “. The boat really is looking extremely nice! Late reply, we are traveling.
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Hi Don, just catching up with your build, that method surly looks like it cuts sanding, which on my current build is the “prime directive “. If you have access to the videos on Off Center Harbor Larry Brown has some good videos, but by your description, looks like you got it going on. I have used his technique on some sub assemblies with good results. I am absolutely sure the person that commissioned you to the build will be super happy with the results!
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Electric Motor for Spindrift 10s . .
Jknight611 replied to Pete McCrary's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Well Joe, how is the Torqeedo working for you? My Core Sound 20.3 may get one when Project M is completed. -
Thanks Joe, as we discussed, The Joerails are nice!
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Completed toe and rub rails today! Laying out water line soon, then on to primer. I have a lot of the fiddley items “prefabricated “ and assuming they fit.......
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I know I speak to my boats and boat projects, sometimes in a manner not to be published in this forum, but in my favorite anchorage with the winds blowing through some tall pines they speak to me.
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The lead was cast at “The Mothership “ right after the 2019 Messabout. A perfect fit! The boat is “All Electric “ just like some of the home kitchen advertisements from the early ‘60’s. The Torqeedo drive system battery was originally intended (by me only) to provide the house loads in addition to the drive system but the good folks at Torqeedo explained that wasn’t a good plan so it will have 2 independent electrical systems using 2 Battleborn batteries and the associated clutter.