DSK wrote in message . ..
Bart Senior wrote:
The boat was orginally black gelcoat, followed by royal blue,
then navy blue. Now it is Caribbean white to keep it cooler.

I preferred the Navy blue it had when I bought it, but it was
too hot inside.

Makes a bigger difference than people would believe.

Make a big difference here in Texas. Being a X navy man I had to have
haze gray deck when I bought my boat. Once it got to hot to walk on I
decided to go with white. Now the AC's keep the boat cool and acually
cycle off once and a while. The temp inside dropped 20 degrees the day
I painted the decks white.

Joe





DSK

You have a mast on your trawler right?

You can substitute a thick mast for a long one.

DSK wrote

Women seem to like a big mast...

Dang and here all this time I thought it was the rigging.

"Bart Senior" wrote:
DSK wrote
Mercenary wench?

Women seem to like a big mast...

So what is it exactly that you are trying to tell us here? hehee

LP

Lady Pilot wrote:

"Bart Senior" wrote:
DSK wrote
Mercenary wench?

Women seem to like a big mast...

So what is it exactly that you are trying to tell us here? hehee

LP

Why do you seek to know? Are you having a mast year?
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Flying Tadpole

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I have the biggest mast at the yacht club! Come for a visit and
I'll prove it to you.

Lady Pilot wrote


Women seem to like a big mast...

So what is it exactly that you are trying to tell us here? hehee

"DSK" wrote:
katysails wrote:
Wow, that was a LOT of work....looks like it was worth it, though...100
pts.
for you.

C'mon, I'd say more like 500 easy.

Bart, Echo is *beautiful*. The colors you chose are great.

I agree! But what were those red marks all over the bottom of the boat
before it was painted? Looks like he drove across Davy Jones locker. ;-)

BTW, Lady Pilot might switch her allegiance when she sees pics of both
you
and your boats....

Mercenary wench?

Hehee. Not since my Ollie North days... ;-)

LP

Theboat had a number of blisters, voids in the laminate. The
flexing of the hull caused the gelcoat to crack and leave
behind star shaped crack which looked crappy.

The repair is to grind out the voids, and all the gelcoat, and
fill the voids with epoxy thicken with an easy to sand filler. I
used various colors to help show where more work was
needed. The early stage was red.

The outside of the boat is done. The inside still needs a bit
of work. Drop me a line, I like mercenary wenches.

Bart

Lady Pilot wrote

I agree! But what were those red marks all over the bottom of the boat
before it was painted?

BTW, Lady Pilot might switch her allegiance when she sees pics of both
you
and your boats....

Mercenary wench?

Hehee. Not since my Ollie North days... ;-)

Last winter I couldn't get a date. Now I have women
chasing me and no time for them.

katysails wrote

Wow, that was a LOT of work....looks like it was worth it, though...100
pts.
for you.

BTW, Lady Pilot might switch her allegiance when she sees pics of both you
and your boats....

--
katysails

Last winter I couldn't get a date.

That's weird....you seem like a nice guy...maybe you weren't looking in the
right places? Know what you mean though...a lady stopped Mr Sails in the
parking lot of the grocery store when she saw our yacht club parking sticker
on the rear bumper of my car...she started yammering to him about how much
she enjoyed sailing yadyada and didn't see me crouched down behind the door,
picking something up off the ground....I stood up and he immediately said "
It's my wife's boat...."

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

I find that if I act interested in a woman, the woman will lose interest in
me.
When I am not interested at all, like when I have a steady girlfriend, or
I'm
just too busy to date, they suddenly get interested. It's proof that women
don't think logically, but rather react to being ignored by turning up the
heat. Any man will tell you that.

Lately I've been telling women I have no money to date. The inside of the
boat is a mess--I really don't want visitors right now. Yet twice in two
weeks women have dropped by the boat with a bottle of wine and romantic
notions. This time of year boats are better bait than a Corvette.

Now if I could only get them to stop by with West Marine gift certificates!
Perhaps I should post a sign--no women on board without a WM gift
certificate! I bet they would bring them.

Bart

katysails wrote
Last winter I couldn't get a date.

That's weird....you seem like a nice guy...maybe you weren't looking in
the
right places? Know what you mean though...a lady stopped Mr Sails in the
parking lot of the grocery store when she saw our yacht club parking
sticker
on the rear bumper of my car...she started yammering to him about how much
she enjoyed sailing yadyada and didn't see me crouched down behind the
door,
picking something up off the ground....I stood up and he immediately said
"
It's my wife's boat...."