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[Hank]

Bill,

That's a good idea.  I'll talk to the yard and see if they can do that for
me.  She'll spend the rest of the winter on jack stands and the drier I can
get her, the better.

Hank

On 11/14/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
> Hank,
>
> If you store the boat on jack stands with the bow much higher than the
> stern you can reduce the damage, no matter where the water is coming from.
>
> In my boat all the water that gets into the boat will collect in the
> fiberglass lazarette, and most of it will channel toward and exit
> through the stern self bailing scupper.  Make sure the stern seat holes
> go somewhere self-bailing.
>
> I don't wind up with a whole lot of water in the lazarette, and I always
> have blocks under the trailer so the boat can't kick up from the added
> stern weight.
>
> Check and bail the lazarette periodically.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> Hank wrote:
> > Hi Gang,
> >
> > Just wanted to give an update on what we are doing with the boat we
> > bought
> > off of eBay back in September.  We got the IMF out this last weekend
> with
> > only one problem.  The PO had installed a cleat on the mast and the
> > screws
> > protruded in and wouldn't let the IMF slide past.  The screws were
> > frozen to
> > the cleat and we ended up having to cut the cleat off with a sawzall.
> > After
> > that it was a breeze.  Both sails are in decent shape and we plan to
> send
> > them to Sailcare for cleaning and re-resining.  The Jib needs a new
> > sunbrella, but is a good North sail and it even has a foam luff pad.
> > Overall, the sails are in better condition than I had hoped.  We also
> > stripped the bottom paint off using peel away.  Came off pretty good
> > and the
> > bottom underneath looks in great shape.  In the spring we'll sand it
> down
> > good and apply a good barrier coat followed by the bottom paint.  All
> the
> > rigging looks in good shape so there is not really a whole lot to do
> > to get
> > it ready to sail.
> >
> > Are next big task for her is to get the cabin cleaned up and to figure
> > out
> > where all the rain water is coming in from.  In about a month sitting on
> > Jack stands, she collected about 50 gallons of rain water (10 5 gal
> > buckets), so I am concerned about where it's coming in.  Apparently
> > this has
> > been going on for awhile as the flooring is shot from being water
> logged.
> > We'll need to pull it up and replace it.  Not sure what we will use
> > for the
> > new flooring, but suggestions are welcome.  The cabin also needs a good
> > cleaning up but that is mostly elbow grease.  The only electrical on
> > it so
> > far is the nav lights.  I'll be thinking about what to do with that
> > over the
> > next few months.
> >
> > I'm still shooting for a mid spring splash and a lot of good sailing
> next
> > year.  Much of the work she needs can be done in the water, so we can
> > still
> > sail on good days and work on windless days.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hank
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