Re: Hurricane Ike
Thank you for the info Brian. Good advice. Glad to hear you made it through alright. Bob SV Gabba Hey 1964 #90 were a storm. an fixed boats. back but my
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Bob <screeminbob@...>
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Hurricane Ike
I was very lucky that my boat suffered no damage at all. There were a few things I wanted to share that might help others when facing a storm. 1) I was on a floating dock. This single thing seems to
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brian@...
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Re: coring
Bob, ? Thanks for responding. I was only thinking about maybe 5 feet of your thick?matt?for say 10 -20?feet of my thinner matt. That much would probably last me for years. I''ve finished about 98%
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backstay13
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Re: coring
Billy Ray, I kinda way overestimated the amount of mat I would need. The caption was more of a joke, but when I'm done with the decks I'll probably be looking to get rid of it. I don't need anymore
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Bob <screeminbob@...>
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Re: Cutlass Bearing... bad link sorry...
http://www.keeldragger.com/Projects/CutlassBearing.aspx
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Richard Shearley
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Re: coring
Bob, ? I?saw a picture?posted of rough glass matt?which I believe you posted with the caption, does anyone need chop matt cloth? ? I have a about 900 feet of medium to fine cloth fiberglass matt
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backstay13
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Re: Cutlass Bearing
The old site had so much great info on it... Here's a link from a from a former T-27 owner... http://www.keeldragger.com/Projects/CutlassBearing.aspx I pulled the prop shaft last year to polish it
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Richard Shearley
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Olin Stevens
It is sad news, that of Olin's passing. I owe him a great amount of thanks for the joy he's brought to me, my family and friends. We've shared some wonderful times on my old Tartan 27. The joy he's
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chrisd4700
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A Legend
Seems this group is slightly late to the news.? Maybe too much fiberglass dust. He was a big influence on both my dad and myself. Kyle E. The End of a Legend Not many people deserve the title of
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Kyle Erlandsen <kerlandsen@...>
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Re: A4 engine removal
Hi Mark As far as I know it comes out the companionway. Just to be safe and not damage the hatch I'll be removeing mine when I pull my A4, just a couple screws on each side that hold the trim on also
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Steve
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A4 engine removal
Hi, Quick question before I get into something I can't really get out of. It looks to me like the A4 will fit through the companionway and out of the hold. Does anyone know if I need to remove the
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Re: coring
Chris, One Layer of wetted out 1.5oz fiberglass mat above and below will compress enough for a good fit. Thickened epoxy as well just to make sure. Nice thing about plywood coring is you can almost
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Bob <screeminbob@...>
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coring
Bob, Are you going to put the wetted out matt under the side deck coring as well? Doesn't look like you have the room for that? Or...are you just going to do thickened epoxy, core, more thickened
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chrisd4700
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Re: Deck Recoring Project
Starboard Side Deck has new coring cut and dry fitted. I cut top skin in half so as to break it up into two sections. Whole side deck was too big an area to epoxy all at once. More photos posted. I
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Bob <screeminbob@...>
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Re: Ike
Agree. Been watching the news and thinking about all of you in Ike's path----hoping you're safe and your property/possessions survive.? R/Tom & Kathy in Titiusville, Fl Irish Miss T27 #258
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troyal67
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Ike
Just want to send regards to Brian G, who I think sails out of Galveston, and anyone else down there.? 1900 was a long time ago; let's hope it stays that way.
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Re: Bilge Pump
I was doing some work on the engine today and since I have a 3/4 garden hose hooked up to the water pump, I watched how fast the 5 gal bucket emptied... I was impressed. Even though I've made fun of
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Richard Shearley
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Re: Deck Recoring Project
I got the starboard side deck cut out today. I posted some Photos of the area with the old coring and the chain plate area. Most of it is balsa core. A little bit of ply extending up from under the
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Bob <screeminbob@...>
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Recore
Hey Bob, Man, you're kicking butt on that stuff. Let me ask you if: 1. you've done the chain plates 2. If not, are you going to just lay in core around them and glass Around them or are you going to
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chrisd4700
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Re: Coring
Side walls are diffinitly not cored as I have removed all ports and also patched a crude hole that was hacked out for a shore power plug in the hanging locker. Some if not all of the cabin top is
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Bob <screeminbob@...>
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