Hola K1W1, The "rift" would probably have been a "looking for another job" if my sentence hadn't been nearing full term anyway. Months before,...
Hola, What a kafuffle indeed! In the end we gave up on trying to find a water-soluble grease that met the specifications demanded in the...
Thanks Fishtigua I'll give the Interstrip another try. I had some old stuff in an open can that didn't make a dent but maybe new stuff, applied...
I've just stripped the clearcoat and topcoat from a mid size sailboat and am ready to apply 545 epoxy primer. Now I've turned my attention to the...
Just to make sure we are all on the same page, the boat is not plank on frame. It's strip planked. Edge glued and edge fastened. There are no...
Not to worry Pascal. Always appreciate your input. Different theme this time around. And thanks to the other contributors. So here is the...
Hey Guys, Thanks for the input. Here is the situation. Beautiful old yawl. +/- 37' LOA. Planking 1 1/4 Mahogany strip planking. Frames 1 1/8 x...
Hola, Anybody out there with real life experience with epoxy sheathing and strip planked construction that could offer sound advise on laminate...
Looks like we just suck it up and head offshore. Leaving from Nova Scotia, Florida bound via the east coast. Have had our fill of heading out to...
I just found out that this boat was ordered with an optional deep keel and is 7 ft draft. That, I suppose ends any thought of going inside past...
Is it possible to transit the ICW from Norfolk to Wrightsville Beach with a sailboat drawing 6' with an air draft of 63.5'. Heading south, with...
Marmot, You hit it to a tee. You are precise in your description of our Hundested Model FROA installation. My problem is that none of the...
K1W1 Just got to take a minute to say thank you for the great guidance you provide. Your advise has proven itself to be very accurate and well...
There were plenty of KY Jelly jokes around here. Everyone laughed except my employer. There was a discussion about the $70k retrofit kit...
Hi K1W1, Here lies the problem with this particular (antiquated) instalation. There are no water feeds to the stern tube. The lubrication of...
$60k and counting. Not including the rum that I've been forced to use for stress management most evenings.
Hola, To my surprise, there are no hoses of tubes to introduce cooling water. Nor are their any of the protuberances on the cutlass that I am...
Thanks K1W1. I hoped you would continue to weigh in on this one. Here is some of the missing info... Hundestad instructs that the +/- 10'...
So, we are up and running again. After replacing the output coupling and the associated bearings, seals etc we realigned the engine and ran...
Just completed a five hour seatrial yesterday and had good results. Interestingly, when we realigned the engine this time it ended up almost...