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In the past I have used Sikaflex to hang a door without any other mechanical fasteners! We just coated the hinges with it, and wedged it in place until it set...We also used Sikaflex to build some quick/dirty rowboats one year for our family boat building event at the Toms river, NJ boat show. It's great stuff because it has a fast tack, and is tenacious ( which is also it's only down side as you NEED to have some "orange goop" ready to get it off of you when you get a little too enthusiastic with it's use...). I've always preferred it over the 5200 stuff ...

Tom, I've sent you an e-mail with the owner's contact info. I hope that You/He can post some info here on the Forum as I only know what I heard in one of about 30 boat related conversations going on over the weekend. The rationale behind the twin boards is that this is a "working" boat he uses to haul crab traps on the Chesapeake, and he wanted a clear forward area. He also has a SECOND CS 17 for sale ( standard configuration) .....( and ten other boats...)

Ooops, I doubled up on one image and left out the twin dagger board CS 17 version, so here it is....(Is there a way to remove one image from a group Frank?)

Many thanks to Graham and Carla for hosting this event again. There were more people, and more boats than last year. One of the best images of the day Saturday was seeing four CS 17's sailing at the same time with everything from reefed main/mizzen, furled main/third mast position stepped mizzen, single third stepped main, and full main and mizzen flying. here are few more pix to add to the collection...

It's usually not the winds, it's the Gulf Stream that gives people "issues"...Coming FROM Cuba it's in your favor, going South, it can really build up with a contrary wind. While I was running my salvage business down there a few guys even "sailed" up from Cuba and got within a few miles of the local reef by building a raft, and then"McGyvering" an outboard motor for it from a gas powered weed whacker! They replaced the cutting cord with a propeller they built out of a beer can.....SO a well sailed boat, in the right weather pattern should be able to make it. In fact I'm thinking it might be time to get back into the salvage business as soon as they "reopen" access to Americans because there's going to be a LOT of people who have NO business leaving the marina , but they'll have all sorts of sales guys selling them "Havana hot rods"...

Graham, Yes it IS working now ! Thanks !

Same here. However I think most of us will be able to find the place. I was looking for the map you had posted last year to show someone else but can't find that thread.....I'm gonna take the "scenic coastal route" down from NJ via the Cape May ferry, etc. so I hope to get there before dark/dinner to set up camp.

I'll be there, but "Petunia" isn't quite ready yet for the trip, so I'll be volunteer movable ballast if anyone needs an extra hand or two... Since I have all of my "camp cruising" gear ready I'll just camp near the water's edge and test everything out on this trip !

The "ILinc" live forum is pretty interesting. Great way to get a lot of info pretty quickly. Congratulations Graham, looks like you're going to be even busier !!!!!

Bob, I think a number of us would REALLY like to see pix of the interior layout of your CS17. Thanks !

Be SURE to get the extended warranty.......

Ken, If there is ANY way to squeeze it in,be SURE to go to the National Maritime Museum, in Greenwich ! ( http://www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/ ) Exceptional !!! Short boat ride from London...

Greg, Ray is probably speaking about the Fulton foldaway hinge which Paul Stewart wrote about on this forum back in July;http://www.messing-about.com/forums/index.php?topic=5825.120 He also has a link to some great installation pictures...(Page 9 of that thread...).

I'll pop in the pivot pin and drive down to the Bay in the next day or so, just to see how she floats when suspended in the water, thanks!

I've spent waaaaay too much time on the center board. Got a bunch of coats of graphite/epoxy on her now and after some more wet sanding I'm gonna call it quits. At the moment she weighs in at 23 pounds. Anyone else have a weight on their boards?

Wasn't that "Orca"where they hung the killer whale off of a ship's gantry and she miscarried a little Orc while the Daddy Orca watched and got pissed? And for revenge he ate Richard Harris?

Rod, If you like Farley try to find a copy of either "Grey Seas Under", or "The Serpents Coil". They have been out of print for awhile, and I got lucky enough to find copies in a used book store down in Key West a few years back. Resources like Amazon.com have been making it easier to find a lot of the older classics over the last few years.....

A number of earlier posts mentioned that there was an issue with the boards lifting while underway, and making speed. A few people mentioned the possibility of using added weight to keep the board down, and since I was at that point of the building process I thought I'd give it a try....

Since I am slinging a lot of graphite glop in all directions these days I thought I'd try to incorporate the stuff into the building of my mast tube. I started with a 3'section of 6061 which I had bought to align the mast step, and wrapped it in some plastic. Then I just rolled on some 6 oz cloth and used a brush to apply the glop as I turned it on a 3/4"dowel mandrel. The theory is that if this works I'll get a slick face on the inside of the tube which will facilitate both stepping the mast, and allow it to rotate as much as it wants to...

Tom, Good point, thanks! I think what I will now try is a "dummy"assembly where I'll use some scrap wood as temporary king posts and then try to somehow suspend the entire case in a way I can measure the gap at the lower edge. Once I get a real feel for my clearances I can do whichever fix(es) will give me minimal slop, but solid support. I have a little advantage in the fact that I have embedded 5 pounds of lead near the bottom of the board so between the graphite case and board, (plus the weight) I'm pretty sure I'll be able to dial this in to the point the where the board glides up and down cleanly, and evenly.

Norm/Paul, Thanks for the info and hint. I'm probably going to try a combination of the two thoughts and take a little off the king posts as there is waaaaaay too much play for my liking, but I will also use something slick as a washer in order to fine tune the final gap.

I know this is an old post but it was the most applicable topic when I ran "centerboard trunk"through the search engine. My (latest) question is this; I've just finished coating both the insides of the centerboard trunk, and the centerboard itself with multiple coats of graphite/epoxy glop. The board is a little wider than "spec"and so I've widened the trunk spacers accordingly to get the 3/16"gap which Graham suggests in the plans. However when doing a dry fit it seems to me that there is much more "play/slop" possible for the board than I feel comfortable with. SO I am asking anyone who has used the graphite coating whether or not they thing I can narrow the gap down to 1/8" ( or even less) without a binding issue...Thanks!

I asked Roger to forward me his pix, and I reduced their size in Photoshop. Here is "Mermaid"

Larry, Ahhhh, so maybe THAT'S why you (and Wyvern) weren't showing up on my screen. It gave you a race position, but you weren't visible. Dave, I think I'm gonna end my virtual racing in St. Petersburg, and get back to building "Petunia" so I can really get out on the water later this year (?)

Ken, Thanks! I wasn't sure if "local"meant GMT or Stockholm time....I'm glad they weren't doing the 2AM wind changes for all the legs...