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  1. Thanks again Tehani, Now it makes sense, but I will have to re-calculate those rear deck dimensions. ;0)
  2. THANK YOU! Tehani. What you have explained is what I had always thought to be true, and sensical. From mid ship forward or aft the cleats would have to be the face because the other side is what you will eventually see. One little clarification of terms the forward face "line" does the face toe that line on the plans? divide that line(to help drive screws) or sit in front of that line? Now that I have found the face I want to make sure I put it in the right place since I have to cut a rear deck to length that will ultimately land on this bulkhead and be screwed down. Once again thank you!
  3. O.K. Tehani, and thank you for solving one part of my dilemma. It seems I'm missing a piece of this puzzle. I get the face forward line on the plans now means the face oriented toward the bow. What I'm still foggy about is which side of the form or bulkhead is the "face" side, the smooth plywood side or the side with the solid wood pieces at the edges for setting screws or nails, because if you choose the wrong face your form/bulkhead will be the width of the attached wood away from the forward face line causing inacurracies. An example would be the transom. If I turned the transom around so that the smooth plywood side was facing toward the bow I would not be able to get a nail or screw to hold the sides to it, as the solid wood pieces would be beyond the length of the side pieces. Thanks again for your input and time ;0)
  4. Hi All, I know this might be petty, but can anyone tell me what Michalak means on his plans when he says "form 7 forward face, or bulkhead 10 forward face" which is the forward face? Is it the smooth plywood side of the form? Or the side with the sticks attached? Thanks Here is a tip I found, I had a hard time finding wax paper at the store, so I tried the parchment paper for cookie sheets over the epoxy butt joints. Presto! No stick! when I did try some wax paper I had to peel it off the joint leaving lots of wax.
  5. jackO

    Cat Ketch rig

    Hi Tom, I'm kind of disappointed not discouraged with the response for help that I have asked for. Graham agreed that the CS15 would probably work and gave me the price of the sails track etc. What he did not give me was any idea of dimensions of the masts, materials, or where to get them. I have since tried in vain to contact Graham without results, I guess he is very busy. Somehow I will prevail, this little boat called out to me and she was practically free, so I will forge ahead on my own. Thanks for the encouragement.....Jacko
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    Cat Ketch rig

    Thanks Ken for your quick reply you have gotten me one step closer. Let me give you the whole story about this little boat. I went to look at a power boat with my son in law, the guy he was going to see has about an acre of land in the mangroves that he uses for storage etc. While we were looking around I went behind a pile of construction trash and there she sat on a trailer with two flats. Overall she is in better shape than the trailer was and I have put in more effort on that than on the actual little boat itself. I asked the guy what he was going to do with the boat, and he said it would probably be broken up with the other construction trash and hauled away. I asked him then how much? He answered a six pack would cover it. Maybe that is what I should name her (Six Pack). Anyway, he did not know much about her, but he did have the main sail and the jib. The mast was on the boat, but the shrouds and the mast itself were in kind of bad shape and we could not find the boom. If this little boat did not look so sweet, I would have let him break her up, but that vertical bow and those sleek lines enchanted me. Much of the work to do is cosmetic as of now, but I made the decision right or wrong that I would change the rig to one a little more docile so I could teach my granddaughters the love of sailing. I took several pictures of the little boat and sent some to a couple of magazines, asking what kind of boat this is. One of the magazines was Small Craft Advisor. As it happens, they were willing to do a story, a before and after, then they informed me they were starting a new column titled the "mystery boat" and I found out that my little boat was a C-Lark. I have not had much time to work on the boat yet, but as I said I did get the trailer ship shape. I will be making some modifications for the new rig which will include a bridge just aft of the center board trunk from gunwale to gunwale to support the mast. The other mast will set through the front deck, I will have to tinker with this location maybe making more than one hole for different sailing conditions. The seats are raised from the bilge of the boat about 3 or 4 inches and are hollow, I will consider using them for water ballast if needed like the sea pearls. I also want to install oar locks and create a rowing position over the end of the center board trunk. Speaking of the center board trunk, I have not looked real close, but I'm puzzled by the way the board (metal) is just sitting in the trunk at this time. It does not seem to have a fulcrum pin or any way that I can see to be lowered or raised or fixed into place. I guess I will have to ask someone with a C-Lark to send me a picture of this. Anyway I do have some other improvements for comfort to consider, as I really would like to enter her in the Everglades Challenge next year. I' also working on parts for the kick up rudder and a tiller that were missing. Thanks for listening, its as much fun telling the story as it is living the story.....Jacko
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    Cat Ketch rig

    Hi everyone, I really need some help here. I found a little boat in the mangroves I knew nothing about, but if you look at page 36 of Small Craft advisory you will see my little C-Lark 14'. The original rig is kind of banged up and missing hardware and the boom. I would like to change this (135 sq. ft. sail area main and jib) from the more aggressive current sloop rig to the Cat/Ketch. I spoke with Graham through e-mails and he agrees that the CS15 rig will probably work with some modifications. I just looked back at the CS15 and the sail area is 100 sq. ft. but the CS17 is 119 sq. ft. would it be better to get the CS17 sails? or stick with the CS15. Now the last e-mail that I got from Graham and I know he is very busy was the price of the sails, but his answer about the masts was a little vague. Can anyone out there help me with this? I have seen in the B&B web site pictures of boats with the sails attached with a sleeve to an aluminum mast. Can anyone link me to where I can purchase sails and masts? I would like to enter this little boat in the Everglades Challenge in 2009, but I need sails to do it.....Thank you everyone for your help with this, all comments are welcome......Jacko...sorry wifey calling, gotta go....J
  8. Brent, where did you get your masts? I'm looking for aluminum or glass masts for the CS15 size boat....Thanks....Jacko
  9. Hi everyone, I really need some help here. I found a little boat in the mangroves I knew nothing about, but if you look at page 36 of Small Craft advisory you will see my little C-Lark 14'. The original rig is kind of banged up and missing hardware and the boom. I would like to change this (135 sq. ft. sail area main and jib) from the more aggressive current sloop rig to the Cat/Ketch. I spoke with Graham through e-mails and he agrees that the CS15 rig will probably work with some modifications. I just looked back at the CS15 and the sail area is 100 sq. ft. but the CS17 is 119 sq. ft. would it be better to get the CS17 sails? or stick with the CS15. Now the last e-mail that I got from Graham and I know he is very busy was the price of the sails, but his answer about the masts was a little vague. Can anyone out there help me with this? I have seen in the B&B web site pictures of boats with the sails attached with a sleeve to an aluminum mast. Can anyone link me to where I can purchase sails and masts? I would like to enter this little boat in the Everglades Challenge in 2009, but I need sails to do it.....Thank you everyone for your help with this, all comments are welcome......Jacko
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