You got enough dinghies there Phil?
Antipodean Boats Connection
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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.Comment
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I was just about to post this myself. Very sad.Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.Comment
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.Comment
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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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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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