On Dec 15, 11:04*am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
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On Dec 14, 12:31 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
I had my fine, blue water sailing yacht hauled last week and applied three
gallons on Trinidad Pro bottom paint. It amounts to six coats on the
high-wear areas along the LWL, rudder and keel and four coats everywhere
else.
Here are a few photos that show the very clean and ultra-fast underwater
design.
http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238469
http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238471
http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238475
After viewing the photos, even you Brit ******s will understand how no
boat
with a similar LWL (23-feet) can expect to keep up with 'Cut the Mustard'.
You lazy sailors with your big diesels and big props dragging through the
water lack a knot or two compared to my real sailboat configuration. I
sailed back to my mooring in the company of a 1975, Dufour 30 - the one
with
the five-foot draft and racy bulb keel - and I put her hull down in an
hour
under working sail in 12-15 knots of wind on a reach. And the Dufour is
supposed to be a fast boat.
P.S. A special note to Capt. Joe of "Red Cloud" infamy. Where's the photos
of "Red Cloud's" new bottom paint? LOL!
Wilbur Hubbard
:: That's an ugly little cheap looking day sailor Neal. And whats with
:: the clunky heavy dink? That thing is half as big as cut the cheese.
I guess for a weenie-armed individual such as yourself a 45-pound dinghy
might well appear clunky and heavy. But, for us real sailormen it's a simple
task to pull it out of the water and flop it upside-down on the custom
carrier made from stainless steel tubing.
:: Here is the new bottom paint picture you are obsessed over.
:: *http://sports.webshots.com/photo/203...63212926pHGwrs
Seems like I recally you posted that about five or seven years ago
originally. I was wanting to see something a wee bit more current than that.
But, I suppose you'd have to get together a deep-sea diving expedition to
bet photos of Red Cloud's current bottom.
:: Had over 18,000 people look at RedClouds pictures there and almost
:: 20,000 hits on You tube.
Everybody likes a sob story these days. . . *Tales of woe, operations of
ineptitude. They all identify with other hapless incompetents, it seems.
:: Could you post a link to the purple interior and plastic clocks again?
:: Also it looks like you cheap plastic ports are crazing. You can do a
:: port fix on par to your boom repair and use saran wrap.
That would be very easy to do as I don't have to mount a deep-sea diving
operation to snap such photos. LOL! You are right about the dead lights. The
original plastic is badly crazed but what you don't see is the 3/16" Lexan I
installed on the inside beneath the frames. Sort of like what you see in an
airplane cabin.
:: I will post some pictures of the Why Me bottom job soon, I'm going to
:: pull her out soon.
:: Have to re-calk all the teak decks too. Going to replace the counter
:: tops in the galley and both heads, mount the LED TV and install a
:: larger water heater. Also have to tune up the twin 327's hard to get
:: her faster than 30kts now. Biggest problem is getting rid of 300
:: gallons of gasoline thats to old to use. Any suggestions?
Good grief don't tell me you now have a wooden motor boat. Will you never
learn. (Poor bloke goes from rust to rot. ROFLOL.)
Wilbur Hubbard- Hide quoted text -
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No kidding, but it's a sweet live aboard 1969 Owens Aruba.
Even has the Princess oven with roto attachments.
I told you about it, remember when Ron posted about the forward hatch
on his Owens, and then he told everyone about your rusty Toyota and
the screaming fights heard across the bay all the time coming from
your yellow boat and some Cuban girl? You have a very short selective
memory.
The Aruba is laid out nice:
http://www.owensmarqueclub.com/galleryaruba.htm
And here is Donna Reed showing off the princess oven. Just how
American is that?
http://www.owensmarqueclub.com/image...005_ad_450.jpg
It's just an tempory boat until I get the next coffee boat, but I will
have fun with her and take care of her until then..
Have any pictures of your boat ever going
anywhere?......ever.....serious.... ...
Joe