Centerboards and the lack of mail:A direct corelation to the price of bread.
I am writing my doctoral thesis for the University of Wazoo....okay I'm not. I am having some ceramic coating done to my old truck resto & will ask the folks at Jet-Hot if the marine applications would be suitable for the intended use also any ability to fair the cast iron (what will/will not work as fairing material if any) prior to coating. Stay Tuned- (great name for a boat BTW) don't hold yer breath. M-17 #316A 62% of topsides coated and slowly changing from yucllow to white. Looking Good!! Gary Oberbeck ABR C-21 Arizona Foothills 602 943-7252 Office 602 703-7245 Mobile 800 528-8962 www.GaryOberbeck.com
By way of procrastinating on paying work, here's a progress report on M-15 #412, "Chimpanzee." Don't worry, Doug, I've recorded all of this in detail with the digital camera. 1. Substantial rerigging. I've changed out all of the halyards and the topping lift, replaced the masthead fitting, and installed roller furling. On the boom I've added a vang and a new outhaul system. I was able to find a 0.75oz reacher/drifter in A+ condition at http://www.baconsails.com/ for $200. It will set from a halyard just below the masthead for light air work. I rigged the boat in the parking lot to locate the proper sheet leads for the new sails; I'll install new jib sheet tracks this weekend. The new mainsail should be finished today. 2. Faired and refinished the rudder. The original rudder was in good shape save for some dings, and a few scabby coats of varnish that appeared to have been applied with a broom. I carefully sanded it smooth, filled the dings, and I'm building up coats of varnish. I dig the kick-up rudder design of the M-15. 3. I'm working on a screened companionway insert for hot summer nights. 4. This weekend I hope to hoist the boat off the trailer with the forklift to remove the centerboard for refurbishment. I might also get to the slow work of compounding the gelcoat and renewing the teak trim. 5. New outboard, hurray! Chimpanzee came with a rattly old 2.2 Mercury. I've never had any luck with Mercuries, especially old ones. I carried it next door to the outboard repair shop, thinking that if it could be made to run, I could at least sell it in the newspaper. But wait! On the floor of the repair shop was a 9-month old, twice-used 2HP Honda 4-stroke! The proprietor said I could have it for $400 plus the trade-in on the old Mercury. That was just too good to pass up, so I plunked down my much-abused credit card. Such luck! I hate engines on sailboats in general, preferring to sail when possible and to row when not. But in my opinion the Swiss-watch quality and cleanliness of the 4-stroke Honda takes a lot of the sting out of having an engine on a small boat. Cheers, John Chesapeake Light Craft The Best Boats You Can Build http://www.clcboats.com
Appropriate (don't know how to spell the French word) to all the recent discussions about CB revival, just received a notice from the National Park Service that might be interesting to folks in the SF Bay area. It seems that the Small Craft Department of the SF Maritime National Historic Park operates "classes, workshops & events", among which this year is a session called "Introduction to Bronze Casting". It's billed as an opportunity to learn how to do it all yourself. There are several other classes dealing with such subjects as oar & spar-making, principles of lofting, half-hull modeling, etc. Looks like a great lineup, but I hasten to add that I have no direct experience with the classes. They don't appear to do Web contact, but the telephone number of the Small Craft Dept. is 415.561.7120 Werner Pels (lurker and luster after M15)
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