"Bart" wrote in message
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On May 14, 12:59 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Bart" wrote in message
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On May 13, 11:51 pm, Joe wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjWQNwv-GJ4&NR=1

Any sailing yet this year Rob? Don't fall off that sugar scoop
staircase!

Or you still busy puting together that jungle jim?

Joe

I've been out 6 times so far. Great weather the last two days.

I just got back from two days... wish it had been six. Fantastic weather.
Friday we went to Angel Island, a short hop, then sailed for the rest of
the
afternoon. Winds were in the mid-20s. Saturday, day, I took her out for a
few hours mid-afternoon single-handing. Sailed up to Red Rock then down
the
channel to Tiberon, then back, then went to the fuel and pumpout in
Richmond, then home. Again, mid-20s air. Sat night had a bunch of friends
over and we went down to the Ka-Boom fireworks just south of the Bay
Bridge.
Sailed down, motored around during the show (very, very crowded), then
motored back due to head-to-wind conditions most of the way... get there
speed. Got back and put the boat away by about midnight.

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"j" ganz

I really miss that Bay Area sailing. Here we have some serious
sailing
here this time of year. It is extremely gusty--so you really need
extra
crew weight. When the current and wind are against you, as it was
this weekend--we had a rare Northerly with the ebb, it made me wish
I had my Etchells in the water.

I'm really anxious to get it down to the club, but I decided to
redo the decks this year. I'll see how long that takes before I
decide if I want to paint the whole boat. So it will be about two
weeks or more before I take her out. It will be very nice to have
the boat perfect.

I did some more work gutting the interior of my big boat, and I'm
tempted to rip some more of it out. My next project there is building
a cofferdam as a collision bulkhead forward of the rudder post. Time
for more itching and scratching.

Do you have any projects going on your boat Jon?



Projects... I'm never without projects. g

At the moment, I just finished straightening one of the bilge boards. It was
warped when I bought the boat, and it always squeaked when stepped upon. I
got two 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 3' pieces of oak, cut them to fit the board, then
glued
and thru-bolted them to the board. I brought it down to the boat after I let
it dry, and it was so straight that it was actually a bit long (maybe 1/8").
So, back to the garage to fix that. Since it was fine except for that, I
counter sunk the holes on the bolt side. I'm going down tomorrow to see if
it now fits, then I'll get some sealer and be done. I didn't want to use a
completely new piece, because matching the sole would be difficult.

http://sailnow.photosite.com/Excaliburbilgeboard/

I think the next project will be to see what's up with the stuffing box...
seems like too much water comes in... more than a slow drip... when the prop
shaft is moving. I may move to a dripless, but perhaps I can just tighten it
a bit. According to the manual, the stuffing material can't be replaced with
the boat in the water. This is an odd statement, since I've seen it done on
other boats. I'm going to give them a call if I need to go that far.

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