Ron,
You have got an old T27 if I am not miss taken.? It is a beautiful old boat and needs some of the interior perhaps replaced.? A picture or two of what had been removed or damaged might have been useful but I will refer you to a few Files on this website that has the original specifications for the T27 as well as the original owners manual.? My boat still has the alcohol stove and galley on the starboard or right side of the boat facing the bow with a bunch of nice interior varnished teak that still looks nice and my boat is from 1967 so I feel bad for you that your boat was vandalized and hurt.?
I am sorry to say that I dont have any pictures of the cabin interior of the Taran 27 on this website but there are some photos of us and aour boat at my webste http://www.odalisque.us/??
I will also refer you to the Links section of this website for information about fibergalss (otherwise known as epoxy and cloth or matt) , your current engine which is probably an Atomic 4 which you might be able to get running if you havent tried much and encourage you to continue to ask about your boat project.?
There is an inherent problem with the T27 where the transom slopes in towards the hull makes mounting an outboard motor platform somewhat problematic but not impossible with the use of tools and epoxy and fiberglass.?
Even with the best motor you would only be able to go about 6+ mph over water minus current. Are you sure you want to turn this sail boat into a motor boat?? Does it have any sails that the crackhead did not make off with?? Maybe the old gal can still move on her own,
Keep us posted and good luck with your project.
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To get the replacement aftermarket thermostat replacement kit #401 (original t-stat cost $140 or so and aftermarket $30) from Moyer Marine and install.? Finish replacing new 2 1/8" hole in hull (I dont like using a hole saw on the hull of my boat) to install a new Moor knotmeter #LKD digital readout.? I should have got the model with the log (as in how many nm you have travelled, cumulatively) but being a cheapskate I bought the one without the distance log for $180 from defender.com (WM sells the Raymarine line only).? I am considering replacing our depth transducer next year though, too many holes all at once to fill.? I am looking forward to knowing what my sail trim does to our speed through water with more accuracy than our old VDO Sumlog propeller unit.? And then there is a bottom painting looming in my future in about a week as we are scheduled to launch on 4/22.

Regarding the winch bases on Lola (I am referring to the ones outside the cockpit coamings) are they in bad enough shape that they need to be painted?? Can they be cleaned up a bit first with a wire brush, dremel tool and/or some Naval Jelly (phosphoric acid gel - keep off everything but the metal)?? I think that 3M also makes a so called 'marine grade' aluminum polish and cleaner for aluminum as well.? Your mileage will vary.
If you have just finished sanding your exterior teak I would oil it with Teak oil right away as it will protect it and make it look amazing and evaporate fairly slowly. You can still use Cetol or the varnish of your choice if you first wipe the oiled Teak surfaces down with acetone before finishing.

About painting; I think you meant that you wanted to paint Lola from the waterline up so I will only add that I got a decent ablative anti-fouling paint for the hull below the water line at WM for nearly $50/gal after mail in rebate (have you priced this stuff lately?).? I bought the CPP Ablative paint by the gallon and intend to have several inner coats of one color (black) and outer coats of another (red) so that I can determine how much paint has sloughed off.

I too have considered painting the topsides of Odalisque to cover the spiderweb cracks in the freeboard gelcoat, above the water line.? I remember the detail of Peter Youngblood's account and photos of how he re-painted his topsides; the final product looked great and took a considerable effort to pull off but I may just try Poly Glo or similar 1 year finish for around $50 + labor (no buffing involved) versus $$$$ this season and save that expense for later.? We are already looking at having a new mainsail cut which will cost $$$$ of which my share would likely be $$$$/2=$500+ dollars.

I have found some good tips and postings on the sailboatowners.com website under their 24 hour activity button.? My aim is to build up the bulk of the knowledge that was on the old site so I encourage everyone here to check out sailboatowners.com and search their archives on subjects that you have trepidation or worries about.? There are lots of people in the same boat and their forum includes a lot of active users who have cut a few holes in hulls of various boats!? A sailboat is a sailboat whether it is made by Tartan (which is special BTW - they were the Cadillacs of their time) or Hunter or whatever.? The Hunter owner's hull might be thinner but their knowledge is what we want after all, isn't it??

How is your A4 if you have one?? Tips on running the engine on the hard? and servicing it can be found at moyermarine.com and you can call them and they will speak to you.

Congratulations on the addition to the family and I hope you can splash in before August as that is kind of late, but not too late as the fall can be a great time to sail.

Good luck to all on your springtime boat projects and preparations.

I have said too much; I haven't said enough.
Caleb
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Thanks Richard.? I had forgotten about the owners list on the tartanowners.org website.? I suspect that it is fairly current.? How is Lola faring this latest cold spell?

The bad news is that the archive.org website has only a little more than the owners list and information page that is of any value.? The archive shows the topics in both the Projects and Discussion forums but rarely contains anything more than the first post if that.? There are none of the helpful answers available to the initial questions.? In short, the archive is incomplete but a few pictures come up if you are feeling nostalgic and have too much time on your hands (as I seem to).

Caleb
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Thanks Bob.? I cant believe how much of a boat geek I have become.? I used to be in IT and should have known that there are always backup copies of everything somewhere.? I found the old owners list there that I will post to the Files section of the T27Owners group website.?
Brian, if you want to send out a group email to all of the old tartan27owners folks we have the list thanks to Bob.
Caleb Davison
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