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Try a Truss head as it has the slot but a sleeker profile!!
Jack

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Try APS in Annapolis , MD

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If you can, install/ bolt, a 1/2 delrin sheave, as this would create minimum friction....Relieve all boom weight if possible.

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If you need to make it clear, you can mix epoxy resin with the main wood sawdust....it can be sanded and flow coated to bring it up to the level to sand smooth.

Jack

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I believe the Enterprise is/was made in England?? Is about 14-16 ft long?? lapstaked sides, sloop rigged?
We used to import them back in the early 60's, but can't recall the Mfg.

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$10 huh,
Nothing like a piece of fresh Haddock, 2 Baked potatoes, rubbed with oil and salt, and some veggies...
Coat fish lightly with Mayo, (keeps moist), Use Ritz cracker crumbs and...

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The Foam is lighter by itself, but requires a fibreglass laminate (depending on strength needed) of several layers of cloth, and Resin...
Cedar strip, if thin enough, with an exterior only...

Use a nice 3/8" X 3/8" X ? length of Hi Density polyethylene stock....epoxy wont stick to it....at all. just butt against it...

Jack

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I had this keel/hull joint issue with a Cal 30 , best solution was to glass it with 15 oz.? bi directional woven mat & roving., laying it Fore / aft, and criss cross over the crack....

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Splintered bung holes?
Try some fine matching sawdust and clear West epoxy (with 207 hardener)
Make a paste, it should look good under varnish!

Jack

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Is this the same as the 3M "Finnesse it" polishing compound?

If your bedding to seal the top deck and the coaming edge, a slight wavy bead on the top of the 3" flat portion should be sufficient. If your gluing, then you can wave the full 3" X 24 ft. If...

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Interlux Brightside enamel lays down like glass!!

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If you can't use chemicals, try coke, at !! 50% it should get it off, in a couple of days...

Jack

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That picture sure looks like a gallon, not a quart....Whew,.... really thought you got screwed..:mad::pmad:...can use the 2333 N for pre wipe down also.....not acetone.

Jack

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Paint removal from brass fittings?? Coca cola works fine!!!:ycool:
Jack

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You can also glue/Screw a 3/4" verticle stiffener piece where the motor clamps on.

Jack

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You can also check with McMaster Carr, (tech help) in Robbinsville, NJ..609-259-8900..if the old bearings have a serial # somewhere , or calipher them .

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Use the spraying thinner, recommended by Petit, but only thin by about 15 to 20%.,.....as recommended on the can.

50% thinning is generally for acrylic lacquers and primers...I use to...

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I have used Kirby and Interlux Brightside paints foam rolled with penetrol @15%, and had great results....tipping vertically, and then finished horizontally, brush leaving the surface in the...

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Once you set up the proper jumper tensions, it should remain pretty constant....should not need to shinny up the mast again! at least for a while? install seizing wire to keep shrouds in the...

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The finer thread has better tension grip. I installed a bracket for a 9 Hp, on an Etchells, (owners request, not mine!:confused::(:confused:) Laminated three 3/8" plywood laminates, separately...

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Depending on existing step, Maybe you can add a 3/4" plywood piece (oval?) to existing step? block it with fore & aft crescent shaped blocks.....
Picture would be nice.

Jack

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You can get vinyl molding, West Marine, etc. that is made to hold your gunwale line. This will make it look professional, stabilize it, and hide the screws...

Jack

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Used to build them back in the 70's (in Fibrglass though) Duplin's..
with aluminum Kenyon spars...If the hull is plywood, and not "Tempered Masonite"
board, then you stand a good chance of...

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Remove any rust...?
You can use two coats of a Zinc Chromate primer, and then a coat of 2 part Epoxy Primer over that.....then the finish paint coat.

Jack

Move out of Ohio.....that's rediculous!! Send a digital of it.....Isn't there a minimum length for a State number???

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Could be the only available bolts were a tad short?? or it's a keyway fit for the athwartship log.
If you need to keep them from turning (carriage bolts I assume)?
weld a 5/16" rod between...

Whats the secret to the gorgeous finish?

Hand rubbed ? no doubt....

Jack

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Ruins the look!
Rivets are for metal work! Not wood work...r<

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A 2" thick closed cell Ethafoam is firm, yet dry, and I think, comfy.....you can call a local foam supply co./ supplier (i.e. packing materials).

Jack

Looks like maybe a or Lightning/ or a comet mast?? Is it square all the way?

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Depends on your older prevous base coats....If you want to paint each year, you may get by with one coat. But two would be better...recoat within 24 hrs, and no sanding prep needed...wipe...

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Make it a 90 Deg cuts, and use sawdust with epoxy, you'll hardly notice the joint....

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Easiest to get a Dwyer mast piece (in Branford Ct.) DM-1 section, and use masthead and base fittings.
You can use plastic 3/8" sail slugs, eliminates a lot of aggravation. say about 12 ft....

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G-10 Epoxy tube is the way to "put it to bed".....
Not sure where you are, , But Mc Master Carr carries everything!! you probably only need only an 1/8" wall dim.
Other supplier is ALtec...

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This looks like it could be similar to an earlier Penn Yan runabout, maybe 21 ft.?
They still make them/ or restore them, in Maine, I believe.

Jack

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I notice the upper attachment to the mast for your fwd jib is considerably lower than other boat's?? (See Pics of heeled boat) This can affect overbend in the wrong places. You could also...