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Right now it’s cold and foggy and blowing about 30 knots out of the west. But all is quiet and warm in our boat, with the furnace running and the many layers of insulation proving to be well worth the grueling hours we spent installing them. Sue and I …
Right now it’s cold and foggy and blowing about 30 knots out of the west. But all is quiet and warm in our boat, with the furnace running and the many layers of insulation proving to be well worth the grueling hours we spent installing them. Sue and I …
Bill cut open the main primary racor to see if it was okay.Consulting with Bob Senter on Racor filters
We made the run from Long Beach to San diego in about 10 hours. It was still dark as we pulled away from the dock and headed south. It was comforting to see Spring Day traveling in our wake. The weather and seas where very pleasant. We had several dolp…
Sojourner is undoubtedly getting ready for a winter season of cruising and as her former crew, we (Carolyn and Susan), wish her the very best!! We are moving on as well, and we’ve started another blog through which to share our new adventures! If you are interested, check it out @ www.whynotww.wordpress.com It is called […]
Week 5 – October 21-26, 2013
Below is some of what we accomplished this week:
Dana Lebo and Bill Kennedy, owners of All Points Marine (APM), along with their crew made good progress on the glassing of the top deck extension.
The top deck form that Randy and I built was PVA primed, waxed and then gel coated.
The gel-coated mold
A layer of 1-1/2 oz matt went down followed by 2 more layers of 2408 biaxial matt.
We are using a 50 gal. drum of vinyl ester resin. If you want to know more detail about resins you can read this:
http://composite.about.com/od/Resins/a/Vinyl-Ester-Vs-Polyester-Resins.htm
The second layer of 2408 biaxial cloth
Paul Fredrickson, our consultant, was onboard Starr helping to detail the fiberglass connections.
Paul Fredrickson, Randy Madison, and Dana Lebo solving problems.
Paul has been a yacht designer and fiberglass yacht construction expert for many large vessels in the Pacific Northwest, and is a great help with our refit.
Paul detailing connections
We progressed in our work on the Deck drains with the inset of 1 1/2 in green thread FRP pipe.
Randy gluing together the green thread FRP
1-1/2 inch FRP deck drain inset on the port side
We reused the original back rail cap. This involved trimming in some areas and building up in other areas.
Chris from APM prepping port rail cap.
We re-attached the rail caps using Pro-Set ADV-276 & ADV-176 adhesive.
http://www.prosetepoxy.com
One of the workers said that he thought the adhesive was strong enough that we would be able to lift Starr from her railing.
Setting the rail cap
Randy made up templates for the new stern bulkheads.
Randy making the bulkhead pattern
The stern is ready for our mold to do the 24 inch extension.
The transom is ready for the extension
Dana Lebo is a hard working business owner who works with his guys; Dana takes on the more difficult tasks. While Dana was doing the glassing, others on his crew were either grinding out old cracks or doing masking in preparation for priming and painting.
An Update:
Steve D’Antonio sent me his 20-page report, accompanied by over 500 photos. There are many valuable observations that I will be addressing, and I will be sharing them with you at a later date.
Sharry and I are off to Ft Lauderdale on Wednesday to attend the boat show.
Don
Week 5 – October 21-26, 2013
Below is some of what we accomplished this week:
Dana Lebo and Bill Kennedy, owners of All Points Marine (APM), along with their crew made good progress on the glassing of the top deck extension.
The top deck form th…
You know how you refuse to give up on a favorite pair of pants when they get damaged? I’d patched these Burmuda shorts a couple of times already by hand. Then realized I could really get serious by asking fellow-cruiser Sharon on Allegro if I could u…
Week 5 – October 21-26, 2013
Below is some of what we accomplished this week:
Dana Lebo and Bill Kennedy, owners of All Points Marine (APM), along with their crew made good progress on the glassing of the top deck extension.
The top deck form that Randy and I built was PVA primed, waxed and then gel coated.
The gel-coated mold
A layer of 1-1/2 oz matt went down followed by 2 more layers of 2408 biaxial matt.
We are using a 50 gal. drum of vinyl ester resin. If you want to know more detail about resins you can read this:
http://composite.about.com/od/Resins/a/Vinyl-Ester-Vs-Polyester-Resins.htm
The second layer of 2408 biaxial cloth
Paul Fredrickson, our consultant, was onboard Starr helping to detail the fiberglass connections.
Paul Fredrickson, Randy Madison, and Dana Lebo solving problems.
Paul has been a yacht designer and fiberglass yacht construction expert for many large vessels in the Pacific Northwest, and is a great help with our refit.
Paul detailing connections
We progressed in our work on the Deck drains with the inset of 1 1/2 in green thread FRP pipe.
Randy gluing together the green thread FRP
1-1/2 inch FRP deck drain inset on the port side
We reused the original back rail cap. This involved trimming in some areas and building up in other areas.
Chris from APM prepping port rail cap.
We re-attached the rail caps using Pro-Set ADV-276 & ADV-176 adhesive.
http://www.prosetepoxy.com
One of the workers said that he thought the adhesive was strong enough that we would be able to lift Starr from her railing.
Setting the rail cap
Randy made up templates for the new stern bulkheads.
Randy making the bulkhead pattern
The stern is ready for our mold to do the 24 inch extension.
The transom is ready for the extension
Dana Lebo is a hard working business owner who works with his guys; Dana takes on the more difficult tasks. While Dana was doing the glassing, others on his crew were either grinding out old cracks or doing masking in preparation for priming and painting.
An Update:
Steve D’Antonio sent me his 20-page report, accompanied by over 500 photos. There are many valuable observations that I will be addressing, and I will be sharing them with you at a later date.
Sharry and I are off to Ft Lauderdale on Wednesday to attend the boat show.
Don
