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by kfz
Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:55 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Firefly Gunwhales
Replies: 6
Views: 3960

Re: Firefly Gunwhales

Hi Tom, Welcome to the forum....

Kev
by kfz
Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:23 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: one off/mystery on the bay
Replies: 11
Views: 7239

Re: one off/mystery on the bay

trebor wrote:I Had first sail in this boat, not intentionally, I was helping to rig boat, I looked up from fitting something in bottom of boat, (the painter had come undone), I had drifted about 50 yards from shore, fortunately it was not windy.

Ha ha superb
by kfz
Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:43 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734
Replies: 52
Views: 25137

Re: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734

Can you shed any light on the 2"pieces of wood at the stern? Need to know about this before replacing / cutting any expensive marine ply (I got some prices from Robbins which made me feel quite sick. Has anyone heard of Lathams in Exeter?) not without a pic. Not well up on Ents. One of the Ent...
by kfz
Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:42 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734
Replies: 52
Views: 25137

Re: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734

Thanks Kev. I won't lie, each step from now is new ground for me that will need skills I am going to have to learn as I go. I was planning to go as original as I can, so brass screws was what I had in mind. The reason I thought the original screws were copper was the blue copper sulphate looking co...
by kfz
Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:38 pm
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734
Replies: 52
Views: 25137

Re: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734

The screws won't be copper, though they might all that's left if they where brass. Moreover likely they will be bronze, Si Br. Unless you a doing a completely authentic restoration you will probably want to replace with stainless. Make sure you use a marine quality stainless, A4 or 316. I've found t...
by kfz
Fri Oct 04, 2013 10:11 am
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734
Replies: 52
Views: 25137

Re: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734

One trouble is that names for all the boat parts were invented well before light plywood dinghies came on the scene. For me, as well as Jim's description, the inside floor stiffeners are also called stringers, even though they aren't part of the main structure. And the rubbing strip is the outer pa...
by kfz
Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:28 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: mast floats....thoughts
Replies: 20
Views: 11817

Re: mast floats....thoughts

Hi Kev, What is the smallest boat that sails this course? Do you have safety boat trailing you on a cruise? The idea of sailing through a major city centre as opposed to countryside is interesting, do you have a quieter area for racing or do you dodge Ferries? excuse all the questions. Downriver? R...
by kfz
Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:55 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: mast floats....thoughts
Replies: 20
Views: 11817

Re: mast floats....thoughts

Obscured by clouds wrote:
Pat wrote:Standing invite - this would be a good time to set a date - maybe to fit with other events that bring us north such as Clywedog, Blithfield or the Birkett.
the Marine Lake where they used to sail the 24 hour race... Southport? West Kirby?
Still do.

Southport, West Lancs Yacht club.
by kfz
Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:55 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: mast floats....thoughts
Replies: 20
Views: 11817

Re: mast floats....thoughts

Hi Kev, Brilliant photo, sailing with a city backdrop. I have a bouyant mast top section, so no choice in the matter. Oh yea. Pier head and the 3 graces, world class. Never tire of the view. Pretty tight at this spot well lots of commercial traffic so not a great pace to capsize. Standing invite fo...
by kfz
Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:47 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: mast floats....thoughts
Replies: 20
Views: 11817

Re: mast floats....thoughts

[quote="Rupert"]Needs to be gold, really, to blend in with the mast! At first glance, it looked like it was standing straight up in the air... that would be a neat trick if you could do it! Then I realized just how reefed the sail was - must have been a lot windier than it looks in the pho...
by kfz
Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:16 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: mast floats....thoughts
Replies: 20
Views: 11817

Re: mast floats....thoughts

On monohull dinghies the problem of turning turtle is a mere trifle compared to a catamaran turning turtle... Hobie cats do have external halyards and (hopefully) sealed masts but they do turn turtle and rarely come back unless some powerboat hemps towing downwind (generally putting the boat in tje...
by kfz
Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:16 am
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734
Replies: 52
Views: 25137

Re: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734

Jimmylovescake wrote:If I was to end up patching the ply on the floor / hull of the boat. Is there a way of doing so without having to have the nasty looking backing plate on the inside?

Yes you can put in a scarf joint, Check you tube, but now your separating the men from the boys!

Kev
by kfz
Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:51 am
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: what might this be?
Replies: 5
Views: 4572

Re: what might this be?

This boat coming to LSC. Should be interesting coming up with a PY.
by kfz
Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:29 am
Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
Topic: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734
Replies: 52
Views: 25137

Re: Another Enterprise Restoration of boat number 1734

Not an enterprise expert by a long way but try and help..... I certainly wouldn't try and reinforce the floor, it should be plenty strong enough as long as you're son isn't jumping up and down in her while she's one the trailer. The mast is deck stepped so you put up the mast without getting in the ...