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#31
Boat Discussion / Re: Propeller has seen better ...
Last post by Godot - April 14, 2026, 09:43:11 PMQuote from: CapnK on April 07, 2026, 08:46:45 PMYabbut if'n I've got one that'll work, then you can have it as a spare. :)
Very generous, but I my lockers are over full with stuff I probably will never use, so I will sadly, but respectfully decline your kind offer. I suppose we could trade a bunch of winches I have hanging around or something.
In the meantime, the prop is back where it belongs.
#32
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by Frank - April 13, 2026, 02:16:24 PMWell...
The ole girl is dry.
Bottom cleaned and am stripping more deck things off for hurricane season
Kind of sad the season is winding down, but looking forward to getting home too..
The ole girl is dry.
Bottom cleaned and am stripping more deck things off for hurricane season
Kind of sad the season is winding down, but looking forward to getting home too..
#33
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by Frank - April 12, 2026, 05:46:16 PMWinding down....
It's the time of year of "good byes".... Sorta hard.....
Always hope to see everyone again.... As we age, departing becomes more poignant...
Several friendships here go well over 20 years with many people above 80 now.
Everyone has a story, unique....
I'll be hauling out tomorrow morning. started the work today.
Cleaned out several closets, too off the dodger, Bimini, side curtains, genny, and put the auto pilot away.
Much nicer to do out here rather than baking in boat yard.
A massive bird with an excavator on it is up against the shore over where I typically anchor in town.
A friend was nice enough to let me tie up to his dock.
It's the time of year of "good byes".... Sorta hard.....
Always hope to see everyone again.... As we age, departing becomes more poignant...
Several friendships here go well over 20 years with many people above 80 now.
Everyone has a story, unique....
I'll be hauling out tomorrow morning. started the work today.
Cleaned out several closets, too off the dodger, Bimini, side curtains, genny, and put the auto pilot away.
Much nicer to do out here rather than baking in boat yard.
A massive bird with an excavator on it is up against the shore over where I typically anchor in town.
A friend was nice enough to let me tie up to his dock.
#34
sailFar.net Discussion / Re: I'm about to buy a GIANT f...
Last post by CapnK - April 11, 2026, 12:25:00 PMUpdate: I've been having a hard time determining if this pole would work well enough for offshore use. I'm pretty sure it would be fine for coastal work (even on the A-30), but not so sure about offshore, because I cannot really get any hard data or feedback, given the info I have.
Only 2 boats of all of the JRA users have GRP masts, so not much hard info there. I emailed the one guy I could get an address for to ask him some Q's, not heard back from him.
Have spent hours & hours for the last couple weeks, doing some deep research, thinkin', and figurin'. Pretty much concluded my best option is to: 1) sell I-36 for funding*, 2) live on the A-30, while 3) I refit the Ariel w/rig as a sloop.
Only major thing I don't have for it is new sails, and checking price on those, a new main and a 135 will be very close to the cost of conversion to junk (if I were able to source a sub-$1K pole for the spar), yet without the Q's about suitability and durability.
Other than that, over time I have accrued all the parts I need - fabbed up some beefy external chainplates, got a Monitor vane, Alado roller snarler, my buddy Rick of Sail Ready Rigging is going to help me with standing rigging at wholesale cost, etc... I've got pretty much everything except for some electronics (AIS, lighting).
The goal is to be able to have her sailing later this year, complete or near so. That's "Plan A".
* A note on that, or "Plan B": The above is also dependent on the amount for which I can sell the I-36. If, by the time I'm ready to buy new sails and install the expensive add-on goodies which have market value (vane, furler etc), I cannot sell the I-36 for good value, then it makes more financial sense to pivot that way. Tho I am *much* more comfortable and feel 'at home' in general on the Albergs, the I-36 is a proven capable vessel, and only a few short jobs and new standing rigging ($2k or less, the most & only major expenditure) away from being able to travel. I've got good sails for years for her, the Perkins only has about 1K hours on it, and they're built stout enough that one has passed the 3 Capes non-stop.
Only 2 boats of all of the JRA users have GRP masts, so not much hard info there. I emailed the one guy I could get an address for to ask him some Q's, not heard back from him.
Have spent hours & hours for the last couple weeks, doing some deep research, thinkin', and figurin'. Pretty much concluded my best option is to: 1) sell I-36 for funding*, 2) live on the A-30, while 3) I refit the Ariel w/rig as a sloop.
Only major thing I don't have for it is new sails, and checking price on those, a new main and a 135 will be very close to the cost of conversion to junk (if I were able to source a sub-$1K pole for the spar), yet without the Q's about suitability and durability.
Other than that, over time I have accrued all the parts I need - fabbed up some beefy external chainplates, got a Monitor vane, Alado roller snarler, my buddy Rick of Sail Ready Rigging is going to help me with standing rigging at wholesale cost, etc... I've got pretty much everything except for some electronics (AIS, lighting).
The goal is to be able to have her sailing later this year, complete or near so. That's "Plan A".
* A note on that, or "Plan B": The above is also dependent on the amount for which I can sell the I-36. If, by the time I'm ready to buy new sails and install the expensive add-on goodies which have market value (vane, furler etc), I cannot sell the I-36 for good value, then it makes more financial sense to pivot that way. Tho I am *much* more comfortable and feel 'at home' in general on the Albergs, the I-36 is a proven capable vessel, and only a few short jobs and new standing rigging ($2k or less, the most & only major expenditure) away from being able to travel. I've got good sails for years for her, the Perkins only has about 1K hours on it, and they're built stout enough that one has passed the 3 Capes non-stop.
#35
Boat Discussion / Re: Maintaining 4 Sailboats
Last post by wolverine - April 09, 2026, 02:29:28 PMTook her out for a 2 hour sail. She was heeling most the time with 18mph winds gusting to 24. I had a heck of a time raising the main. The battens kept catching the lazy jack lines. On the way in the auto helm would steer off course enough the alarm would sound. Something else needing attention. The main has mud dauber stains on it and the stack pack filthy inside. Took me an hour and a half to remove both from the boom. At home now getting ready to wash them.
#36
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by CapnK - April 09, 2026, 12:16:49 PMHere's what I see in Frank's pics:
SAILBOAT SUNSET
SCALLOPS MORE SCALLOPS
;D
SAILBOAT SUNSET
SCALLOPS MORE SCALLOPS
;D
#37
Boat Discussion / Re: Maintaining 4 Sailboats
Last post by CapnK - April 09, 2026, 12:15:17 PMQuote from: Godot on April 09, 2026, 10:48:05 AMoverfill/vent
Bugs love to inhabit them things...
#38
Boat Discussion / Re: An old girlfriend just cal...
Last post by Frank - April 09, 2026, 12:06:53 PMHung around Manjack a few days visiting old sailing friends and neighbors..
And getting visited by sharks and rays...
And getting visited by sharks and rays...
#39
Boat Discussion / Re: Box boat
Last post by Frank - April 09, 2026, 11:58:36 AMQuote from: CapnK on April 07, 2026, 08:51:54 PMI think you should do The Loop with it. You'll be Famous!
This tiny gal will be a "calm water only" boat...
Pretty sure the inevitable sport fish flying by would topple it...
#40
Boat Discussion / Re: Maintaining 4 Sailboats
Last post by Godot - April 09, 2026, 10:48:05 AMQuote from: wolverine on April 07, 2026, 10:51:56 PMThen there is the stern water tank. I flushed the pink stuff from all the lines, then filled the bow tank. While filling the stern tank, instead of running out the overflow, it came up through the lid and wetted everything in the quarter berth. The same berth I just stuffed all my gear for an overnight sail. Sleeping bag, sheets, pillow, clothing, foul weather gear, wetsuit, extra lines. Now I need to empty it, dry everything out, and find why the overflow didn't...overflow.
I have had a problem with overfilling my tank. It would bulge up, lift the berth cushion, and eventually leak out of the inspection port. My overfill/vent is probably clogged somewhere. It still works, but probably not as well as it should. Not a trivial issue to replace the tube, though. That said, I can use the tank just fine and have taken to filling it by bringing the hose inside the boat. Just as well as the deck fill seems to have seized shut (I'm guessing because I put in extra bleach one year to "shock" the system, went sailing to stir it up, but got called away for a couple weeks before I had a chance to flush the system...I'm guessing the chlorine gasses are corrosive to the deck fill alloy). At least this way no water will accidentally make it's way in from the deck fitting. And, when I get around to installing another tank I won't been tempted to drill another hole in my deck for yet another deckfill.