Re: [Cal_Boats] projects

Well misery loves company so I'll chime in to make you feel better cuz that's the kinda guy I am. I think I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had one leaky traveler bolt on my ''80 Cal 39. Well the only way to get that bolt out was to remove the entire companionway cover and port dorade box. I got a case of the "while I'm at its" and decided to repair/and fair all the excess holes and nicks in these two pieces which I have done. Now we have a low pressure system sending rain showers over us for the next week and my garage has too much crap in it to work on anything so I am in a holding pattern until I can spray gel coat outside. Meanwhile racing started tonight and we had been planning on doing the Miles River Race on Memorial Day weekend. So as not to waste time I decided to de-winterize the engine and water system and found that one of nuts holding a water line to a tee had cracked. It is that old gray butyl yada yada crap that they don't make anymore and no one seems to have any old pieces left so now I get to re-plumb at least one of my tanks and knowing me . . . while I'm at it will decide to do the whole damn boat. Did I mention I removed all my handrails and still need to varnish them as well? There . . . feel any better Reggie? Paul BTW Allen thanks for the tip on the screw removal . . . that is yet another project <sigh> In a message dated 5/18/2011 9:30:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, my… [at] hotmail.com writes: So, a previous owner painted the mast, very nicely. Then hardware was installed without galvanic corrosion protection. No hardware cannot be removed even with penatrating oil and impact driver. leaving the machine screws alone is tempting, but seems to me that corrosion will continue and cause more problems. Would heat help? A different PO took the opportunity to install all new fresh water hoses. Unfortunately, it was brand new heater hose. anybody like the tast of rubber? So, we've been tearing the boat apart to get to the hoses to replace them. did you know you cannot find a Whale RT2007 mixer faucet? and that the cutout for that faucet maks it horribly difficult to install others? So much for the list of fun things to do on a rainy dayA Reggie

Some time I will have to tell the story about changing a running light. That was one of my first projects and where I learned the term "unravel" I also learned about Get-rot, which btw, I will never use again. When you use the impact wrench on the screws, if they are phylips head screws make sure you are using the correct size. Lots of marine stuff is #1 and we all try and use #2 drivers on them, which work, but probably would not work with an impact wrench. Allen On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:52 PM, <pw… [at] aol.com> wrote: > > > Well misery loves company so I'll chime in to make you feel better cuz > that's the kinda guy I am. I think I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I > had one leaky traveler bolt on my ''80 Cal 39. Well the only way to get > that bolt out was to remove the entire companionway cover and port dorade > box. I got a case of the "while I'm at its" and decided to repair/and fair > all the excess holes and nicks in these two pieces which I have done. Now > we have a low pressure system sending rain showers over us for the next week > and my garage has too much crap in it to work on anything so I am in a > holding pattern until I can spray gel coat outside. Meanwhile racing > started tonight and we had been planning on doing the Miles River Race on > Memorial Day weekend. > > So as not to waste time I decided to de-winterize the engine and water > system and found that one of nuts holding a water line to a tee had > cracked. It is that old gray butyl yada yada crap that they don't make > anymore and no one seems to have any old pieces left so now I get to > re-plumb at least one of my tanks and knowing me . . . while I'm at it will > decide to do the whole damn boat. > > Did I mention I removed all my handrails and still need to varnish them as > well? > > There . . . feel any better Reggie? > > Paul > > BTW Allen thanks for the tip on the screw removal . . . that is yet another > project <sigh> > > > > In a message dated 5/18/2011 9:30:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > my… [at] hotmail.com writes: > > > > So, a previous owner painted the mast, very nicely. Then hardware was > installed without galvanic corrosion protection. No hardware cannot be > removed even with penatrating oil and impact driver. leaving the machine > screws alone is tempting, but seems to me that corrosion will continue and > cause more problems. Would heat help? > > A different PO took the opportunity to install all new fresh water hoses. > Unfortunately, it was brand new heater hose. anybody like the tast of > rubber? So, we've been tearing the boat apart to get to the hoses to > replace them. > > did you know you cannot find a Whale RT2007 mixer faucet? and that the > cutout for that faucet maks it horribly difficult to install others? > > So much for the list of fun things to do on a rainy dayA > > Reggie > > >

yes! cause you made me chuckle To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com From: pw… [at] aol.com Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:52:30 -0400 Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] projects Well misery loves company so I'll chime in to make you feel better cuz that's the kinda guy I am. I think I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had one leaky traveler bolt on my ''80 Cal 39. Well the only way to get that bolt out was to remove the entire companionway cover and port dorade box. I got a case of the "while I'm at its" and decided to repair/and fair all the excess holes and nicks in these two pieces which I have done. Now we have a low pressure system sending rain showers over us for the next week and my garage has too much crap in it to work on anything so I am in a holding pattern until I can spray gel coat outside. Meanwhile racing started tonight and we had been planning on doing the Miles River Race on Memorial Day weekend. So as not to waste time I decided to de-winterize the engine and water system and found that one of nuts holding a water line to a tee had cracked. It is that old gray butyl yada yada crap that they don't make anymore and no one seems to have any old pieces left so now I get to re-plumb at least one of my tanks and knowing me . . . while I'm at it will decide to do the whole damn boat. Did I mention I removed all my handrails and still need to varnish them as well? There . . . feel any better Reggie? Paul BTW Allen thanks for the tip on the screw removal . . . that is yet another project <sigh> In a message dated 5/18/2011 9:30:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, my… [at] hotmail.com writes: So, a previous owner painted the mast, very nicely. Then hardware was installed without galvanic corrosion protection. No hardware cannot be removed even with penatrating oil and impact driver. leaving the machine screws alone is tempting, but seems to me that corrosion will continue and cause more problems. Would heat help? A different PO took the opportunity to install all new fresh water hoses. Unfortunately, it was brand new heater hose. anybody like the tast of rubber? So, we've been tearing the boat apart to get to the hoses to replace them. did you know you cannot find a Whale RT2007 mixer faucet? and that the cutout for that faucet maks it horribly difficult to install others? So much for the list of fun things to do on a rainy dayA Reggie

Good stuff, Paul. Just make sure not to forward your note to anyone who is thinking of buying a boat. The fraternity/sorority is shrinking enough as it is. Are you out of Miles River race? Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of pw… [at] aol.com Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:53 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] projects Well misery loves company so I'll chime in to make you feel better cuz that's the kinda guy I am. I think I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had one leaky traveler bolt on my ''80 Cal 39. Well the only way to get that bolt out was to remove the entire companionway cover and port dorade box. I got a case of the "while I'm at its" and decided to repair/and fair all the excess holes and nicks in these two pieces which I have done. Now we have a low pressure system sending rain showers over us for the next week and my garage has too much crap in it to work on anything so I am in a holding pattern until I can spray gel coat outside. Meanwhile racing started tonight and we had been planning on doing the Miles River Race on Memorial Day weekend. So as not to waste time I decided to de-winterize the engine and water system and found that one of nuts holding a water line to a tee had cracked. It is that old gray butyl yada yada crap that they don't make anymore and no one seems to have any old pieces left so now I get to re-plumb at least one of my tanks and knowing me . . . while I'm at it will decide to do the whole damn boat. Did I mention I removed all my handrails and still need to varnish them as well? There . . . feel any better Reggie? Paul BTW Allen thanks for the tip on the screw removal . . . that is yet another project <sigh> In a message dated 5/18/2011 9:30:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, my… [at] hotmail.com writes: So, a previous owner painted the mast, very nicely. Then hardware was installed without galvanic corrosion protection. No hardware cannot be removed even with penatrating oil and impact driver. leaving the machine screws alone is tempting, but seems to me that corrosion will continue and cause more problems. Would heat help? A different PO took the opportunity to install all new fresh water hoses. Unfortunately, it was brand new heater hose. anybody like the tast of rubber? So, we've been tearing the boat apart to get to the hoses to replace them. did you know you cannot find a Whale RT2007 mixer faucet? and that the cutout for that faucet maks it horribly difficult to install others? So much for the list of fun things to do on a rainy dayA Reggie

From: Chris Campbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:08 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] projects On 5/18/2011 9:30 PM, r good wrote: So much for the list of fun things to do on a rainy day Well, today is a partly rainy day here, too, and we launched Cal 20 #1220, the lovely Martha C, between bouts. I rowed out in the dinghy the night before last to put my mooring float on the chain. The chain sits on the bottom all winter so it doesn't wear and is marked by a winter float (a foam-filled orange detergent jug). The ice stole my winter float but I've learned my lesson about that and use a 2d float, a foot or so under the surface. My boat hauler works me into his schedule on short notice because I'm always prepared and sliding a Cal 20 off a trailer isn't exactly a major undertaking. So now I've got 2 boats in the water without masts. The other boat was launched Monday, which we will call her 50th birthday since she came out of the factory some time in 1961, but the wind was excessive--gusts over 50 mph the day before, and in the 40s Monday--so they wouldn't step the mast. They'll squeeze me in on Saturday. The Cal 20 just needs a second hand, which I'll rustle up soon. Happiness is having [The entire original message is not included]

Well, I was gonna go visit Reggie today. My office is near BWI and about 20 mi from where he has the boat outside of Baltimore. The sun would come out and I'd head out the door. Black clouds come immediately and the rain starts. I little thunder in the background. I go back in. 20 minutes later, more sun. After two rounds of that I gave up. There was a reported tornado on the Eastern Shore and another in the area. As John Lennon once said "Strange days indeed... most peculiar momma..." Cheers, Anyway Charlie From: Chris Campbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:08 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] projects On 5/18/2011 9:30 PM, r good wrote: So much for the list of fun things to do on a rainy day Well, today is a partly rainy day here, too, and we launched Cal 20 #1220, the lovely Martha C, between bouts. I rowed out in the dinghy the night before last to put my mooring float on the chain. The chain sits on the bottom all winter so it doesn't wear and is marked by a winter float (a foam-filled orange detergent jug). The ice stole my winter float but I've learned my lesson about that and use a 2d float, a foot or so under the surface. My boat hauler works me into his schedule on short notice because I'm always prepared and sliding a Cal 20 off a trailer isn't exactly a major undertaking. So now I've got 2 boats in the water without masts. The other boat was launched Monday, which we will call her 50th birthday since she came out of the factory some time in 1961, but the wind was excessive--gusts over 50 mph the day before, and in the 40s Monday--so they wouldn't step the mast. They'll squeeze me in on Saturday. The Cal 20 just needs a second hand, which I'll rustle up soon.