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[Guest]

Well, I am hogging the update department lately. :wink: So tell who is building, what stage you are building, and maybe a one line or one shot of your project, whether it be boats or house. Lets wake up the lurkers, old time posters, and just about anyone that can read my speeling. :twisted: Howabout those early members that have had a few seasons on their boats. We would probably like to hear from you, on what you would add or subtract to them for your needs and use. Maybe give Mike a little bit of feedback.

[tdrown]

I've been meaning to post pictures of the status of the dory I'm building but my computer keeps crashing when I try to edit the photos. The boat has been 3d for maybe a month now and the inside chines are filleted and taped and the outside chines are rounded and taped.

On my weekender I've added an electrical system, a fores'l, splash coaming, battery mount in the forepeak, new hatch, rerouted the sheets to the cabin roof, glassed the cabin roof, painted the cabin and deck (although unfortunatly I made the mistake of touching it up at night, when of corse, I could not tell the paint was one shade off color). I've also had an unsuccessful crusing attempt in the Weekender and made the realization that I need either oars or auxillary power, since having just a paddle is not enough.

[P Doug (WA)]

I recently started a Mini-cup. I have the plans for a Weekender and a CS-17 but I I figured that I have never built a boat before and I have never sailed before, maybe it would be wise to start smaller and cheaper. Looks like most all the techniques used to build the Weekender are used on the Mini-cup. So far I have the easy stuff done. I have the Daggerboard, rudder and tiller completed except the finish (epoxy and varnish). This weekend I go to Portland, Ore., to pick up some Okoume for the deck and transome (I want to finish that bright) and some fir for the longer stringers. I hope to get wet next spring, me and the boat.

Question on the forum. All my Emoticons, avitars do not show up anymore. Just the box with the red x. I recently installed Norton Internet Security software. Is it something I have set in that software or something I have set on my forum profile? I think it is somehow related to this forum because I don't have this problemm at the BYYB forum.

[Guest]

I can't answer your question about emotions. But you bring up the issue of starting small. Well the parts are most all the same, the steps are mostly the same. so you do learn and sometimes, with this procedure, you end up saving time and money, and frustration on your larger project. Plus you get to be on the water, during the process of building the larger project. Thanks for the contributions so far.

[Knut]

As most of you know I built and sailed FreeAtLast and established that the Weekender was not suitable for my use around the Florida Keyes. I then sold the Weekender in Nov. 03 and bought a Balboa 20 (plastic :oops: ). Executed restoration covers the deck which now looks like new + re-embedding hardware and filling some old holes etc. Next step is repainting the hull, but not until the Florida temp. drops a bit.

Otherwise, I am sailing as much as possible. This report from 6 August was sent to Barnacle Bill and is copied for information:

Today we had quite a good sail, going 24.3 nautical miles in total with an

average of 4.5 knots. Going from Matheson Hammock to Soldier Key we had a

nice broad reach and good wind and made from 4 to 6.4 knots. Very nice

going. Returning upwind turned out to be quite a task. The wind picked up

and with the main reefed to the first batten, the jib was still too big. We

got overpowered. I had to improvise a reef by lowering the jib and

tightening down the lowest hank with a line. Far from optimal since our

upwind pointing was as much as 60-70 degrees to the wind. We could go higher

with the main alone, but then with very little speed. Later on, we had to

get the jib up full again and we had 1 to 2 hours of sailing close hauled

with the rub-rail in the water to be able to get back to our launch at

Matheson Hammock. Great sailing for 5h 30 min.

I see that I need a smaller jib to balance a reefed main when the wind gets

up above 20 knots. For practical reasons and when the wind is strong but

less than 20 knots I think a reef point in the jib should work well. I am

going to install and see how it works out. The boat behaves very well in a

seaway and she is quite fast. It may be possible to squeeze out 6.5 to 7

knots, but today 6.4 was maximum. Going upwind, she is not so stiff, so sail

shortening will actually give more speed (or the same) with much less heel.

Especially when the wind is gusty, like today, this will be a good approach.

Thunder squalls are quite unpredictable, so it pays off to be a little on

the safe side to avoid being knocked down.

(Reef point in jib now installed, 65% jib ordered. Testing remains ).

[Craig]

What size is your existing Jib?

[Knut]

Actual size is 96 sqf or a 112% jib.

[Jan Williamson]

I am slowly figuring out the rigging. Varnishing the outer rails, which I will attach when I get the chainplates installed. I am waiting for them from the fabricater. I have a a little more painting to do inside the cabin and some trim. I have been studying the roller furler threads so I can attempt building one :oops: . I still have to make the cockpit hatches, and lazerette hatch. I found a trailer, but it won't be available till later this year. :?[/img]

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[Knut]

I meant to include a picture, but forgot.

Here it comes as a late bonus.

I don't know if this works, so I use attachment as well??

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[Barry Pyeatt]

I'm at the point where I need to apply the glass to the hull and get it painted. Been there for some time now and just awaiting the OK from my Dr. to allow me to go ahead. With a positive pressure mask he may go along with it. Not allowing me to use epoxy though, so vinylester will be the choice. I'll know at my next appt. in a couple weeks.

Meanwhile, I can work with wood and finish with polyurethane as long as I wear protective eye wear. That has been good news for me in that I've built a pair of grates to function as a bow pulpit for the extended bow sprit. I'm in the finishing stages with that now and have been taking photos to document the exercise. Been a fun/challenging project. But have to have them developed first to post.

I've also taken on two more writing assignments that will involve quite a bit of research so unfortunately that will have a priority over the boat building for the next two-three months. Will have a bit of travel involved in this as part of the research so it should be interesting.

I've also finished all the other add-on trim pieces that I can and am working on installing the rigging on the mast and boom. I'm embedding a sheeve within the aft end of the boom for my outhaul. The tracks are installed for the slide for the outhaul as well as for the gooseneck.

I have some work to do on the seats as I've changed my mind a couple times about how I want them to be. After sailing on Capt. Jake's "Fire Escape several times now, I've decided that the added foot room in the cockpit that he has is a really attractive modification. As a consequence, I've been considering building a bit of "toe" space along the bottom front edge of the seats. I've mocked it up in tag board and am playing with the dimensions that will satisfy my sons size 12's and longer legs of both him and my daughter. Just about got it the way we want it, I think. Will still have the built in cooler with lift lid but will probably change the lift lid on the other seat to a flat top with front access over a toe space.

I have the grab rails fitted to the top, the mast/tabernacle routed out to accept the hinge so it is flush with the surface and am finishing up the interior work. Electrical panel is next on the list. Wiring is cut and installed from the forepeak to the main cabin and then back to the lazerette.

My son and I will probably flip the hull over and I'll apply the Kevlar to the keel/stem bottom edge. We have a lot of rough rocky beaches up here and the keels almost always take a beating, I've used Kevlar before on keels and had great success with it so I'm going to do it again. I'm also considering running a strip down the chines for additional protection.

[adla]

ok ok i'll play....today since it wasn't 11million degrees...i worked on the gaff jaws...and i got the second rub rail on the starboard side....but i'm poOoped now.

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Jan, the boat looks nICE! :shock:

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[adla]

aack i forget how to post....

i also finished the rest of the spokes for the new wheel !

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[Charlie Jones]

OK- here's links to postings on TSBB about two of my recent ( in the last week) projects-

Non-skid application to the Princess 22 I'm building-This is my "during the day" work.

http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/trailersailor/index.cgi/read/354028

and cockpit drains made and installed in my own Rhodes Meridian 25-This is my "after I get home from work" work.

http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/trailersailor/index.cgi/read/354279

[Guest]

Well darn it, if you guys don't only talk about boats and stuff, you actually practice all that sutfffff. !!So many pretty things, that its hard to comment on it all. I hope some of our past members will chime in, hint, hint lurkers, along with some of the B%B quiet ones. Its neat to have a small catalogue thread that helps puts " Faces" so to speak with your words of progress of your projects. I will just add that I am slowly working my way back past the trunk, 3 1/2" at a time. I did get the keel cap on, back to the front of the centerboard trunk.

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[Craig]

Everyone is doing great and wondrous stuff. All I got done today was the first coat of color on the keel and new trailer lights. Big deal. I need to replace the bunks and the hardware. The salt monster got them. If I am lucky the springs will last another year. I broke the end on one of the center ones tonight. Looks like no sailing this weekend either.... Next weekend come hell or high water!

[Guest]

The new hardware that you install on your trailer, coat them with body undercoating. Your springs, coat them with a heavy film of cupgrease, or wheel bearing grease. I doubt that you will need to ever replace them again. It ain't pretty, but it works. The first few times out, you may get some angry looks from your fellow drivers on the road. A little speck of grease on the windshield ////////OH what the heck.

[Craig]

Thanks I will try that. Even the air is corrosive down here.

[Stump]

Just got back from a family gathering in OR on the cost and like to freeze my behind off. School season's starting again so work is interfering with my play time, that and harvesting my garden.

Still need to finish glueing and screwing the port seats down, installing the shelves then turtg her over to finish the bottom.

Seems like I've been here for a while now. :oops: :? I really need to get to work on the boat again.

[adla]

i should explain why my bottom rubrail is intentionally left short of the keel/stem...i am modeling my boat after this one:

i know but smaller....

i will do two colors only on the hull...and just red on the side like the boat in the pic....

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[Russ Sylvester]

I wouldn't do the grease trick. Every time you back the trailer in to launch the boat you will end up creating a mini oil slick.

I found that galvanize in a spray can worked out pretty good. Most auto parts places or home centers carry it. Just make sure that the surface is very clean and free of rust before spraying. I used a wire wheel on my drill and would work an area real good then spray. Later on some small areas would flake off or rust would push up again so then I would just hit those spots again. After two or three iterations it stabilized pretty well.

Russ