Status Check - 07 July 02

[Ed Harrow]

Boy, nothing like a 60-year-old boat and a 2-month-old baby to really screw things up... Sleep, anybody got some spare sleep they can lend me?

Anyway, I did some summer cleaning and I've got both bow and stern tripods in place and secured, now I'm just looking for some cheap turnbuckles so I can tension the wire. Still looking for suggestions re the process of taking the measurements smile.gif

I settled on a sheet of 3/4 ply for the workbench, now if I can just secure the bench adequately it will be a handy addition.

Look forward to seeing some of you this weekend. I was hoping to have a "Phoenix" Tee shirt, but thus far the transfer has resisted all efforts to get it to leave the paper and stay on the shirt :(

[Art Read]

Ed... check "Home Depot" or the like. I seem to remember some cheap galvanised(?) turnbuckles in the "fastener/hinge/screweye" section for a couple bucks apiece. Bravo for the new "guest", btw... My sister just started doing the same thing. That's really "walking the walk..."

[mmd]

Hi, Ed. I think I missed something along the way .. what's the deal on taking measurements? Do I presume correctly that you want to take the lines of the boat? If so, I have done this task many, many times and have learned a trick or two that might benefit you. What do you want to measure, how detailed do you want the measurements (rough shape for displacement & statics calculations, rough linesplan so that a half-hull can be built, or as accurate as possible so that in later years the hull can be reproduced?), and what is the final product of your measuring (linesplan?, table of offsets?, a page of seemingly random numbers in a file somewhere that you can't remember?)? I'll help if I can.

[Ed Harrow]

Nope, nothing so fancy as that. Just want to have a datum of her shape as is (and assume it's as should be, LOL). Dave and Rodger suggested that taking measurements from wire to various points along the boat (and holding her to them) will be useful to ensure she still has the same shape when the work is done.

Seems to me that putting some tape tags on the wire, numbering them, and recording the dimension from the the tag to so some "landmark", would be appropriate. I assume that most any deck feature could be used as a landmark.

[Ed Harrow]

Well I know you've all been missing him (tho he is REALLY REALLY in the dog house right about now....

http://home.fiam.net/eeharrow/harrowhtm/2002/July_07_02.JPG

Naturally comments re the tripod are in order... Also, and I'm too tired and po'd at the moment, but if anybody wants to see the keel/gripe scarf picture, you can get to it thru my website, which you can get from my profile.

[RGM]

Wow, major wood boat rebuild, 2 month baby, you guys are really tough. What does Finbar think of the lastest addition? Anyway, the tripod looks great. It just needs to be something that can be saved and re-used (without re-building) when needed so that you can get consistent results over the years. It looked a little high, but I suppose you needed that to reach over the house, etc. Numbered tags, landmarks/features on your deck, aft rail,head of the stem. Any of that permament stuff that is well secured will provide good bench marks. Doesn't have to be to exact, just good enough to provide meaningful reference for the future. Good luck.

[Ed Harrow]

Originally posted by RGM:
...you guys are really stupid. ;) Ummmm, yup, you are right, stupid is a better choice of words, always dealing with hopeless cases and never learning any better - that's us. ;)

Finbar, always curious. We had a painted turtle in the yard yesterday morning and that certainly occupied Finbar for a bit. Unless it's a cat, however, the attention span is pretty short.

Thanks for your kind support Rodger, I need all the help I can get.

PS: Hmmmm, I bet none of you knew one can do that... :eek:

[ 07-11-2002, 12:26 PM: Message edited by: Ed Harrow ]