Just a list this time to make it easy:
Everything I read is all about using high-strength adhesive for a bedding compound. Whats the point of high strength adhesive over a peel layer like paint or plywood?
If a bolt is to long either put the right one in or cut to length, bending it is not a good alternative. Is there a reason you wouldn't cut bolts to length in boats, or was this just done on our boat?
Don't encapsulate mild steel in fiberglass when you know it is going to get wet! That isn't a question just a statement. If you are using a steel that will rust someday at least make it easy to replace, making a fiberglass pocket for it is just letting it sit in water and makes replacement a lot harder.
Don't use untreated lumber in a vital spot that will get wet and is impossible to reach! That is a straight rant but I understand money pinching is normally the cause.
Take care of expensive wood that is left in the sun and water everyday! So, is oil or varnish better? It seems varnish tends to lure in people with the promise of less consistent maintenance but at least in our case if someone had been checking the wood parts consistently they would have found problems as they occurred and not neglected them for years to come.
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Cape Dory probably thought it would be fine . It was a hot topic back then when they started failing. When I bought the boat back in the late 80s the first thing I had to do was replace the chain plates on the mast. They re-bar was rotten and in some places not holding the tabs for the main properly. There was hogging visible. That was a good fix. If you have not already done it for the mizen, I would recommend it.
ReplyDeleteCape Dory does seem to have a few areas they slacked off in when building but over all it sails amazing!
ReplyDeleteMia Xapa was a great sailing boat. She reefed well, and I used to reef the club as well. I sailed lots of heavy weather over the time I was with her. I mostly single handed. That silly little colored sail I would rig as a misen staysail across the cabin top. Worked very well. I also rigged a line as a traveler for the mizen to flatten it out. Gives the mizen new life.. I wish you many years of happiness on board. Maybe we will cross paths. I am in the Bath area during the summer visiting.
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