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I was inspired by a local circumnavigator on his wooden Lapworth 48 (Nalu 4). His and now my set up for 20 years is an anchor of choice, 30ft 3/8 SS chain, 5/8 double braid. Led back to the cockpit primary (65:1) and hauled in by a 28 volt 90 degree Milwaukee drill motor

Expanding foam is open cell. If you break the dried surface, it become a sponge. Sounds like a job for Divinycell H80 and a gallon of 5200. Where are you going to attach the inner forestay to the mast? Are running backs included?

Hope you get a good person to report to. Will you stay in the Bay Area?

Do I have to report this to the committee? How many seconds will I loose?

Hooo Boy! All the machinists I knew are long departed. Cree should know one. Take the shaft and the prop to him or Svendsen's or KKMI. There is a solution. I had to shorten my shaft at anchorage with a carbide blade many years ago. By doing so I gave up the coupling keyway, but the set screws...

Mitchell, My boat came with rope halyards in '78. I replaced the main with high tech line with the cover stripped. The smaller diameter came back to haunt me. A crew member let the halyard run free on a drop and the line jumped the sheave. It was a little hard to hoist and drop after that...

Don’t forget a drip less packing!

Diameter and blades? The long hub reduces the space available for collar zinc and cutlass bearing clearance. Do you currently have a drive saver flexible coupling.

I have 6 Vetus Mitstuen mounts specially designed for 3 cylinder engineshttps://defender.com/assets/pdf/vetus/vetus_motor_mounts_catelog.pdf

I agree, I use 1 gallon of paint/3 quarts thinner/1 quart Penetrol/3/16" nap roller. Almost as smooth as a spray job

After all those Kiwi spikes are knocked off, it's back to skid. It's just thickened acrylic paint. Just what I need in a dip pole jibe on the foredeck in a blow.

I was concerned as well. I started with the cockpit floor and seats. I liked it so much that 2 seasons later I did the whole Monty. Treadmaster is another product that was standard on the Nordic 44 back in the '80's I tried a small area on the anchor locker but didn't care for it. I think...

Seadek has captured the wakeboard and fishing boat market. You can buy it in bulk and cut it to fit or have them custom make pieces. I used 5mm embossed grey sheets. It's peel and stick. I made "traction pad areas. Generally about 2 or 3 square feet but placed where needed. In the cockpit on...

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Seadek for the win. Kiwigrip is terrible! Mitchel, I'm out of the yard and back in Emeryville. You need to at least see my deck after five years Grippy, great on bare feet, walkable bare foot on a hot day. Peel and stick

the existing overhead was secured to bonded plywood strips. I followed the screw line and used these to secure the teak battens that supports the smaller pieces. The Eucatex finish is fragile, that’s where the glow in the dark stars help. I added more of course.

It’s used, no issues, about 1200 hrs since 1978. Stored for the last 10 years

Coastie has the over/under configuration. I started with a 36"x36" Lewmar hatch (NLA). Inspired by the large hatch on the Frers 58 "Swiftsure" as it made sail handling (setting and dousing) much easier. On our boat it more like an atrium. The ceiling strips are Eastern hard rock maple. A...

Mitchel, Did you make it back? If so give me a call. 510-719-0227 will be here till Monday the 16th

Where do I start? Anchors in the engine bed? I used a 1” hole saw down about 3 inches. Inserted 3/8x16x4” stainless steel HCMS upside down and filled it with epoxy (x3) for each bulkhead. I did the same for the engine mounts. I added mounts to the rear of the engine to make a total of 6. The...