Antipodean Boats Connection

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  • WX
    Uki NSW Australia
    • Feb 2002
    • 35916

    Re: Antipodean Boats Connection


    You got enough dinghies there Phil?
    Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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    • WX
      Uki NSW Australia
      • Feb 2002
      • 35916

      Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

      Originally posted by Phil Y
      Define chilly

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      Not by any stretch was it THAT cold! Didn't even have a light frost.

      Waaaay back in the 80s I bought a double cassette recording of Blue Water- Seagoing Australians by Peter Fry. It's the only cassettes I've kept. Well I bought a little cassette recorder that converts cassettes to MP3 files...it arrived today and I've started recording them. Sadly it looks like one side is corrupted, which doesn't bode well for the other 3.
      Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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      • RFNK
        Port Stephens, Australia
        • Feb 2007
        • 26941

        Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

        Sad to see this today:

        Two grandparents and another sailor die after a catamaran capsizes off the coast of Newcastle in rough conditions, with the father and daughter surviving by clutching onto the overturned yacht.


        Rick
        Rick

        Lean and nosey like a ferret

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        • WX
          Uki NSW Australia
          • Feb 2002
          • 35916

          Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

          Originally posted by RFNK
          Sad to see this today:

          Two grandparents and another sailor die after a catamaran capsizes off the coast of Newcastle in rough conditions, with the father and daughter surviving by clutching onto the overturned yacht.


          Rick
          I was just about to post this myself. Very sad.
          Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.

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          • RFNK
            Port Stephens, Australia
            • Feb 2007
            • 26941

            Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

            The boat looks a lot like the cat standing next to us when we were last out at Oyster Cove. I'm hoping it's not that one but I'm worried it might be. The owner's a really nice guy and I know the shipwright who'd been working on it for a very long time.

            Rick
            Rick

            Lean and nosey like a ferret

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            • Phil Y
              Banned
              • Apr 2010
              • 21066

              That's a thing that worries me about cats. Sad indeed.

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              • Phil Y
                Banned
                • Apr 2010
                • 21066

                Originally posted by WX

                You got enough dinghies there Phil?
                I keep a couple outside as well.

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                • Phil Y
                  Banned
                  • Apr 2010
                  • 21066

                  Originally posted by RFNK
                  Aluminium corrosion usually occurs where you have SS fastenings. There are a few solutions. One is to use monel fastenings but they can be hard to find. I have some so if you only need a few and I have the right size, I can send you some. Another way is to isolate the SS fastenings from the aluminium by making or buying little dish-shaped washers. Ronstan supply these with their track. Another way is to set the screws through the aluminium with Tefgel or Duralac. If you use bigger screws and Duralac, the track should be okay for a few more years at least. Don't use bronze screws - they're worse than SS with aluminium.

                  Rick
                  Thanks Rick. They were and will again be bolted through the deck beams. Stainless bolts until now. I'll probably reuse them because they have specially made flat heads.

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                  • RFNK
                    Port Stephens, Australia
                    • Feb 2007
                    • 26941

                    Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                    I'd be making up some little fibre washers and using plenty of the goop, as above. I reckon they'll be okay. If not, make some bigger washers from tufnol or fibreglass to span corroded areas.

                    Rick
                    Rick

                    Lean and nosey like a ferret

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                    • Neil C
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2011
                      • 160

                      Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                      Phil, on my mainsheet traveller track I cleaned the corroded areas around each bolt hole with one of those scotchbrite disks that fit on an angle grinder, then a thin coat of 2 part Altex etch primer on each bolt hole. A few wraps of plumbers teflon thread tape under the head of each bolt , some lanacoat or tefgel for good measure and then plenty of Sika SBN butyl sealant on the bolt and under the track. Try not to turn the bolt once its through the deck.

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                      • Phil Y
                        Banned
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 21066

                        Thanks, the bolts have square heads so they won't be turning. So that's good. Got some Rustoleum gloss white enamel while I was looking at Jeff's new boat at Paint Supplies SA. Painting the underside of the deck starts tomorrow.

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                        • auscruisertom
                          Senior Member
                          • Mar 2011
                          • 3521

                          Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

                          Spectacular day for all aboard Wee Barkie, surrounded by whales.

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                          • Phil Y
                            Banned
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 21066

                            Jeff, I wouldn't buy it, but I'm not you. Several cracked ribs and planks. Transom has been replaced sometime with ply and is not wholly intimate with the planks. Boat has sat on its keel for 50 years or so, and the bilges have quietly settled down to ground level. It doesn't show so well in the photos but the centre thwart is actually bowed up an inch or two in the centre. It's maybe not complete wreck but it's a significant rebuild.

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                            • Phil Y
                              Banned
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 21066

                              And more

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                              • Phil Y
                                Banned
                                • Apr 2010
                                • 21066

                                And even more

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