Oh, I almost forgot: as for "simple" projects.
When your boat is 63' and weighs in at sixty tons, while some projects may be
simple, none are easy.
And yes, most of the boat's many parts came from industrial supply sources.
Tomorrow, for example, I will spend the day driving from Ft Myers where I am
attending my elderly Mother, 6 1/5 hours to Jacksonville where the boat is,
picking up seven Kyocera solar panels at St Brendan's to replace the defective
ones on my pilothouse roof, carrying them out to the boat in the dinghy,
replacing the seven bad ones, and then shipping the bad ones back to Kyocera..
Then I need to finish removing epoxy paint from a portion of my main deck prior
to fibergalssing a trouble spot there. The "spot", due to the general size of
the boat, is 3 1/2 feet by 12 feet. Then I need to apply two layers of
fiberglass there, then apply the second layer of fiberglass to the other side
of the boat. Then sand and paint all the fiberglass.
Then I need to finish the ER vent job by applying insulation on the bulkhead
around the vent, obtaining (try carrying a 3/4" 4x8 foot sheet of plywood a
mile from dinghy dock to poop deck via 10" RIB dinghy by yourself sometime),
then cutting, varnishing and installing the plywood.
Then I need to enter the aft fuel tank, clean it out, and apply fiberglass to
stop a suspected tiny leak. This will involve sandblasting, volatile solvents
and putting my naked body (clothing tends to hang up on things) into a space
that can hold 130 gallons, about half the size of a phone booth. Oh, yes,
there is also a large hunk of steel, a lifting eye (to pick up the boat with),
to keep me company inside the tank.
Then I need to ..., well you get the idea.
The rig is not on page one of my To Do list. And the maintenance that comes
with it is not very attractive either.
But I would love to be able to pick up the dink and put it on deck for service
and transport so I may have at least a mizzen sooner rather than later.
BTW, please give me detailed directions to Don's Recycling Facility in St
Pete. I would love to visit there and it would be right on my way as I go up
I-75 from Ft Myers to Ocala on my way to Jax.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
----- Original Message -----
From: bella
To: [email protected]
Sent: 10/3/2008 4:19:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Dinghy towing was Re: Dragon Lady,Ruff Times and High
Times
have you looked at the rig that garhauer has for lifting engines on thier
website..
It would be simple to duplicate, as would davits for that matter..
pick up your parts in a junk yard... as I said, think outside the box for a
fix..
I am not wealthy either.. What I get or have, I have to either save for or
find away to create it on my own. Hence my comment of thinking outside the
marine box..
btw...don's salvage in st pete is an awesome place to wander... get billy, if
he is still there, to price
for you though..the geezer behind the desk uses the west marine catalog as his
pricing guide.
fair winds..
what happened to your mast, if I may ask?
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Norm of Bandersnatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't have a boom or any other standing rigging.
Bandersnatch is a sailboat without a rig at this point.
I will try to heed your advice to "think outside the box" in the future. Thank
you.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
bject: Re: [Liveaboard] Dinghy towing was Re: Dragon Lady,Ruff Times and High
Times
Norm try using your boom as a crane... I am five three and weigh 124lbs.. have
a messed up shoulder from
falling during ernesto.. Or use your main halward... think outside the box...
Garhauer makes a really great stern mounted crane.
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