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- Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:52 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: rudder pintles
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3053
Re: rudder pintles
I may well do that - it would be extremely relevant since the boat in question is actually a rondar built contender - sorry to sneak in a non cvrda question, but I like the level of expertise in here!
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:01 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: rudder pintles
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3053
rudder pintles
What is the best way of checking these are in alignment, and if they are out of alignment, altering them so that they are?
Thanks
Thanks
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:56 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Unknown dinghy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6989
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:01 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Unknown dinghy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6989
Re: Unknown dinghy
According to my Sailing Dinghies of the World pub 1973: Nipper: 12ft x 5ft2in with 110 sq ft sail in Bermudan sloop rig. Hull hard chine wood or GRP. Crew 2. Designer Ray Greene. Numbers 2500. General purpose boat with ample decks. Sailed throughout the USA. Nymph: 11ft6in x 3ft6in with 50 sq ft sai...
- Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:14 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Lifting veneer
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2275
Lifting veneer
In amongst our fleet is an oldish wooden streaker. It is a nice boat but has suffered from a poorly fitting top cover which means that some of the varnish is lifting away around the shroud plates and taking the veneer with it. Clearly I need to deal with this, but what is the best way without damagi...
- Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:12 am
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: More Dutchman doodlings
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5447
Re: More Dutchman doodlings
What I find interesting is to find old sailing books in charity shops or second hand shops. They have some great stuff - I've just got one called 'Dinghy Sails' and it talks about the introduction of the cunningham as a control and how to use it! There are some fabulous photos too. I fear a collecti...
- Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:01 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Tis me again
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2956
Re: Tis me again
I am with you on all of this Phil - the forum has been fantastic in offering excellent advice and a friendly welcome. I hope they keep up the warm attitude though - I know I have many more stupid/how do I questions to come!
- Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:57 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: councilling needed
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7691
Re: councilling needed
I raced a pico quite recently in big winds and did very well - but I did find I kept sliding longways down the side tank and into the water. As for the kids, surely the classic option has to be a cadet?
- Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:09 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6730
Re: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
And I think my boat proves this!JimC wrote:No, it would always have been possible if they'd been prepared to look at the right boat building techniques...PeterV wrote:whereas a Phantom was always too light to last until Epoxy foam construction came along,.
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:41 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Agamemnon - i14 869
- Replies: 65
- Views: 20289
Re: Agamemnon - i14 869
I knew that would be the answer re the patching. :( I will do it properly then, but as we are moving house at the moment it may well take quite some time. I did think about replacing the entire bulkhead for exactly the reason you describe. One thing I think I need to know is, what are the protocols ...
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:17 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6730
Re: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
On the question of value, I'd have to agree - I can never expect to get back the equivalent worth of the hours of toil that went into the restoration of my phantom. I can only expect to get what people feel they should pay for such an 'old' boat. As to it's soundness, well, so far as I know it is th...
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:01 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Agamemnon - i14 869
- Replies: 65
- Views: 20289
Re: Agamemnon - i14 869
That sounds like just the job ACB, but it is well beyond my woodworking capability. How much - roughly - would something like that cost to get professionally done, and where would the panel recommend I go for it? With regard to the epoxy, need I take off all of it, or can I leave the good bits and p...
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:54 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6730
Re: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
That cat, aka Fidget the fiend, is a specialist in walking in fresh paint/varnish/gelcoat and has a particular talent for investigating open hatches and disappearing underneath as you put the boat cover on.
Oh and she loves stray ends of shockcord.
Oh and she loves stray ends of shockcord.
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:19 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6730
Re: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
My phantom is of the ye olde type - it is K88. It is in pretty good nick really but the mast and boom let it down.
There are photos here:
http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/hh13 ... 88_photos/
and I am hoping to take more tomorrow.
It is in Bedford.
There are photos here:
http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/hh13 ... 88_photos/
and I am hoping to take more tomorrow.
It is in Bedford.
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:46 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6730
Re: A request for advice - a Finn - ish singlehander?
I have a nice, cheap wooden phantom....