Jknight611 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Well, that makes a "Duh" moment for me, how come I didn't think of the radius blocks in the cockpit! Nice touch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Thanks, Jay. I like fun little touches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Silsbe Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 I'd call it a mizzen crutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ok, Don, like, it's a crutch. Just been epoxy coating and doing some little details. I'll be working on the "small parts" while waiting on epoxy to cure enough to sand. Meanwhile, finally got my transom wedge from Graham. The little blocks on the port side are to screw into to mount the ladder. I can't through bolt it because of the cooler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 I would add some elastics and a bucket to it for a hatch accessible mast mounted slingshot, fer slinging pebbles and whatnot. The mast deal, that is. Er, crutch. Sorry. I would not do that on either side of the transom. You're getting close to napping by that cooler... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Silsbe Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Robert-- it should be two loops of bungee cord attached to a large funnel. You use it to launch water-balloons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Tiger Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 It could be the InterVesselSweetTeaTransferSystem. Or sammich passer. He's gotta cooler in there, you know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 After considerable research and development, I've found surgical tubing makes the finest slingshot engine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Oh, you guysssss. Actually, maybe I will add a "funnelator". Don, some of the guys had them on their M.O.R.C. boats down in good-ol St.Pete."back in the day". (For you other old duffers that don't keep up with modern slang, "back in the day" is the same as "back in the good old days".) And, PAR, we knew about surgical tubing way back then, too. We youmg-uns used to go to the land fill over behind Lake Maggiore, where the hospital dumped their junk, to find cool stuff like surgical tubing, test tubes, and such. Don't know why we didn't die of some horrible disease... By-the-way, Lake Maggiore used to have one of the fastest boat race courses in the world. Lots of world records were set there. We kids would go every year to watch the stock and alky races and inboard hydroplane races. Later, I raced my BSR (B-stock runabout) there, too. Robert, as clever as your idea for a IVSTTS is, I ain't sharin my sweet tea with ANYONE. Especially with folks like PAR who don't show proper appreciation for our fine southern sweet tea standards. Well, I MAY share a spam sammich wif him. It'd been fun reminiscing with y'all, but now I've gotta go build a rudder. See ya later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jknight611 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Chick, what do you need a crutch for, I trust you haven't had another "unfortunate " event? I made my mizzenmast crutch from a bit of the tube left over from my bow sprit build. If you think I was hard on docks before, watch me with the rinho attachment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Jay, another wise guy! "STAND BY TO RAM!!!!" is your new mantra? Hey, you may have just invented a new Olympic sport. Sailboat jousting... Still haven't gotten to that rudder, but while your waitin', here is a picture of the ladder. It folds up and sticks up in the air just like Mr. Zuki on the other side. Now I'll have matching mizzen sheet snaggers on both sides. Whooooopie! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 I'ts been raining all day so I couldn't move stuff outside to give working room. I've got small parts scattered all over everything with wet epoxy on them. Here's a picture of my rudder cheeks with a layer of glass on them. These will be facing inward to give some scuff resistance where the rudder blade swings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 I tried to delete this post, but got a note saying: You must enter a post., so here it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Niemann Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Chick How could you possibly glass/epoxy anything with the amount of plastic shown in your photos without getting it all over the shop? That looks like something I would do. I know from experience believe me. I would have little rivers of epoxy running off the plastic making nice little pools on my garage floor. dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Dale, yep, I know what you mean. Over many years of doing this stuff, I've gotten to where I don't have much epoxy running off. I squeegee over glass and move the "pool" around. I can just push any extra resin off where I want it. The main time I make a mess is in glassing the hull. Then I put cardboard or something down on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Well, good buddies, I tried to sand all of that epoxy coat that I slathered all over everything, but the sand paper just clogged itself all up. As they say Down East along the North Carolina coast, "It's all mommicked up!" It was applied on a couple of damp, cold mountain days and had a good coating of blush. The only thing that an old cracker boy could do is to pull the durn thing as far out of the ga-rage as I could before the casters rolled off of the pavement, and then wash the blush off with Mr. Garden Hose. Of course, water got EVERYWHERE! On the boat, in the boat, walls, ceiling, tools, floor---EVERYWHERE! But at least the blush is off---and the boat is clean, too. Now all I gotta do is wait for things to dry out so I can sand. Maybe after CHRISTmas---I dunno. Got a fan blowing into the cabin. Yep, got some spray in there too. Alan, said that they just go through lots of sandpaper until it quits clogging. Heck, y'all, I ain't no rich corporate giant---I gotta PAY for all that sand paper... note: Mommicked From Down East North Carolina= Means to be worked to a frazzle,to be beat to a pulp,worn slam out. as in: Ya'll, I've been mommicked today, I have! (It also means "all messed up" to some of those folks.) Here's some pictures of the mess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Hey y'all---I done lost it. Somewhere there is the name of the supplier for the "one-legged" wing nuts to hold the mast in the raised position in the tabernacle. I can't find it. Can one of you good folks remind me where to get em? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrary Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Chick,... Could you sketch or describe the cross section of your rail? And what fasteners and spacing did you use? What backing, if any, other than the fillet and fiberglass along the sheer joint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Pete, from my Dec.4th. posting: "I made and installed sheer clamps (For lack of a better name for them.) in the cabin between the anchor well bulkhead and aft cabin bulkhead. These kinda match the more traditional "theme" of my cabin. Their actual purpose is to give something to screw my rubrails into, In the cockpit area, there is already a "cleat" that the seats rest on that should be in the right place, and in the anchor locker forward, I'll screw from the inside out into the rubrails. The rubrails will be 1/2" wood with a SS cap." Here's the picture. The "sheer clamp" is 1/2" x 1" temporarily screwed from the inside with the screws later removed (See the discussion below.) and the holes filled. I made the rubrail 5/8" thick and 1 1/8" wide. It is "trapazoidal" shaped. 1 1/8" on the backside and 3/4" on the face. The ss. rubbing strip just fits on the 3/4" face. I screwed the rubrail from the outside with sheet rock screws which were removed after the epoxy glue cured. The screw spacing is 12". As planned, I screwed from the inside of the anchor locker. By-the-way, sometimes if you leave the screws in until the glue totally cures, they will break off when you try to remove them. My trick is to back them out one by one and screw them back tight while the glue is not totally cured. This breaks the bond on the screw threads. For me, that means that I go out before bedtime to break them loose, and then I remove them the next morning. Anyway---works for me. You could just leave the screws in. Whatever floats your boat. If you do, counter sink the heads and fill over them, or use ss screws. Just be sure that your screws haven't projected all the way through and stick out the other side! (Don't ask me how I know.....) Hey Pete, ya outa make a "quick run" over to Hendersonville. I'd love to show ya around the boat building "complex" and talk boats with ya. I got a spare bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAR Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 A little bar soap on the threads before driving, will make withdrawing a lot easier. Also, try not to use those damn black phosphorus drywall screws. They break very easily and rust with the mentioning of any moisture. I use the coated deck screws, which are much stronger and can used over and over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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