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I've added another little album showing more details on the restoration. I finally took all the battens off the hull in the berths. The paint was peeling off the hull, there was some tabbing that had come loose and there was a lot of dirt. We also found a leak site up in the v-berth. If you look closely (the spot is marked with green tape) there is an area where the hull glass is peeled back at the joint and the toe rail above out of sight has a couple of cracks. This leaked like a sieve when we ran a hose on the bow. There is another, smaller, leak just forward of this where a bolt is leaking. One of the photos of the port pilot berth shows some heavy duty glass added to the tabbing between the bulkhead and the hull. This has to be some of George Griffith's work back in the 70s. It's not painted and is just next to the chainplate. He sailed 4 Bermuda races aboard this boat when it was owned by Avery Seaman of Rhode Island. He told me that each time he would arrive early and check all the tabbing. I took the battens and sanded and varnished them. In one photo they have been replaced in the port pilot berth. I replaced all the old brass screws with new stainless screws and finish washers. Some of the old ones had to be drilled out. The hull was painted with Kilz primer and Sears kitchen and bathroom enamel. It's supposed to be resistent to mildew and stick well in damp spots. Up in the bow and a few places in the pilot berths, I retabbed with glass and epoxy. I don't know how much interest this has but there it is. I'll add some more as I go along in hopes that it will be helpful. The page is at: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtkennedy1/my_photos MIke Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96

Mike, Wow it looks like a lot of work. I am sure that when it is done you will have a really "cherry" 40. Can I ask where you buy all your materials for the refit, in San Pedro? James Munsey --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "mtkennedy1" <mtkennedy1@c...> wrote: > > I've added another little album showing more details on the restoration. I finally took all > the battens off the hull in the berths. The paint was peeling off the hull, there was some > tabbing that had come loose and there was a lot of dirt. We also found a leak site up in the > v-berth. If you look closely (the spot is marked with green tape) there is an area where the > hull glass is peeled back at the joint and the toe rail above out of sight has a couple of > cracks. This leaked like a sieve when we ran a hose on the bow. There is another, smaller, > leak just forward of this where a bolt is leaking. One of the photos of the port pilot berth > shows some heavy duty glass added to the tabbing between the bulkhead and the hull. > This has to be some of George Griffith's work back in the 70s. It's not painted and is just > next to the chainplate. He sailed 4 Bermuda races aboard this boat when it was owned by > Avery Seaman of Rhode Island. He told me that each time he would arrive early and check > all the tabbing. > > I took the battens and sanded and varnished them. In one photo they have been replaced > in the port pilot berth. I replaced all the old brass screws with new stainless screws and > finish washers. Some of the old ones had to be drilled out. > > The hull was painted with Kilz primer and Sears kitchen and bathroom enamel. It's > supposed to be resistent to mildew and stick well in damp spots. Up in the bow and a few > places in the pilot berths, I retabbed with glass and epoxy. > > I don't know how much interest this has but there it is. I'll add some more as I go along in > hopes that it will be helpful. > > The page is at: > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtkennedy1/my_photos > > MIke Kennedy > Conquest Cal 40 # 96 >

On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:36 PM, James wrote: > Mike, > > Wow it looks like a lot of work. I am sure that when it is done you > will have a really "cherry" 40. Can I ask where you buy all your > materials for the refit, in San Pedro? I buy as much as I can online. Jamestown Distributers is one. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com For example; the local West Marine stores are all out of 3/8 x 3 inch stainless flat head bolts. If they did have them, they would be $2.40 each. I bought 20 from Jamestown for $ 1.00 each and even with shipping from Rhode Island, they were about half of the West Marine price. I bought all my stainless screws for the battens from Jamestown. They also have a large section of manuals for various subjects like Epifanes varnish. A case of 6 1,000 ml cans is about $21.00 each or about $120 a case. Another is Hamilton Marine. http://www.hamiltonmarine.com/ Bosun Supplies is good for hardware. http://www.bosunsupplies.com. I was looking for the bolts from them but they only had boxes of 100. That's a lot of 3/8 x 3 bolts ! I bought a beautiful boarding ladder from them. I hope to use it soon ! I bought a lot of stuff from Sailnet. West Marine is the source for small stuff but not big ticket items. Deck rigging I get from Mauri Pro Sailing http://mauriprosailing.com/index.html and Annapolis Performance Sailing. http://www.apsltd.com/ I put 28 Barient stainless winches for both primaries and secondaries. Got them from Minneys. I also found a nice new spinnaker pole there. I had new pulpits and lifelines made in Costa Mesa. The pulpits and my new ladder were made by SS Metal. They aren't cheap but did good work and installed them. The lifelines were by Furling and Rigging in Costa Mesa. When the boat was in Newport Harbor Shipyard I got a lot of stuff from the chandlery there. They have everything or will get it for prices about the same as WM. The water and holding tanks are being made by Berry Sheet Metal in Costa Mesa which, interestingly enough, made the original water tank for Jensen Marine in 1968. They are almost across the street from the old Jensen plant which is unchanged from photos in 1965. Canvas is being made by Harbor Canvas in Long Beach. I have a thick stack of invoices. If you have a specific question let me know and I'll look up where it came from. I've gotten a huge amount of help from Fin Bevan on ideas for stuff. I had an engine box made like his and now I find he's changed his. Some local guys made the engine box for me. I chucked the old ladder/ engine box which had been chopped up to fit the Pathfinder engine. The boat had a racing ladder of stainless tubing and teak steps. Fin had one like it and I modified the racing ladder to use for everything. The top step is backed with stainless to take big guys who might stand there working halyard winches and it has the boat name carved into it. That was an idea from Fin. MIke Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 96 > > James Munsey > > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "mtkennedy1" <mtkennedy1@c...> > wrote:

Mike, great list of sources for marine supplies. Thanks. I notice that among other projects that you built an engine box. I'm looking at a re-power job on my 1979 CAL 39 and I'd like to improve on this feature of the engine installation as part of the project. In the original installation the back of the engine is completely open to the area underneath the cockpit, so getting any real sound deadening was essentially impossible. Whatever change I make would have to allow for easy disassembly to gain access to the rear of the engine, but I'd be very interested in suggestions from you (and others) who have been down this route. Bob Andrew CAL 39 Nereid Norwalk CT From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:16 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: more photos On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:36 PM, James wrote: > Mike, > > Wow it looks like a lot of work. I am sure that when it is done you > will have a really "cherry" 40. Can I ask where you buy all your > materials for the refit, in San Pedro? I buy as much as I can online. Jamestown Distributers is one. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com For example; the local West Marine stores are all out of 3/8 x 3 inch stainless flat head bolts. If they did have them, they would be $2.40 each. I bought 20 from Jamestown for $ 1.00 each and even with shipping from Rhode Island, they were about half of the West Marine price. I bought all my stainless screws for the battens from Jamestown. They also have a large section of manuals for various subjects like Epifanes varnish. A case of 6 1,000 ml cans is about $21.00 each or about $120 a case. Another is Hamilton Marine. http://www.hamiltonmarine.com/ Bosun Supplies is good for hardware. http://www.bosunsupplies.com. I was looking for the bolts from them but they only had boxes of 100. That's a lot of 3/8 x 3 bolts ! I bought a beautiful boarding ladder from them. I hope to use it soon ! I bought a lot of stuff from Sailnet. West Marine is the source for small stuff but not big ticket items. Deck rigging I get from Mauri Pro Sailing http://mauriprosailing.com/index.html and Annapolis Performance Sailing. http://www.apsltd.com/ I put 28 Barient stainless winches for both primaries and secondaries. Got them from Minneys. I also found a nice new spinnaker pole there. I had new pulpits and lifelines made in Costa Mesa. The pulpits and my new ladder were made by SS Metal. They aren't cheap but did good work and installed them. The lifelines were by Furling and Rigging in Costa Mesa. When the boat was in Newport Harbor Shipyard I got a lot of stuff from the chandlery there. They have everything or will get it for prices about the same as WM. The water and holding tanks are being made by Berry Sheet Metal in Costa Mesa which, interestingly enough, made the original water tank for Jensen Marine in 1968. They are almost across the street from the old Jensen plant which is unchanged from photos in 1965. Canvas is being made by Harbor Canvas in Long Beach. I have a thick stack of invoices. If you have a specific question let me know and I'll look up where it came from. I've gotten a huge amount of help from Fin Bevan on ideas for stuff. I had an engine box made like his and now I find he's changed his. Some local guys made the engine box for me. I chucked the old ladder/ engine box which had been chopped up to fit the Pathfinder engine. The boat had a racing ladder of stainless tubing and teak steps. Fin had one like it and I modified the racing ladder to use for everything. The top step is backed with stainless to take big guys who might stand there working halyard winches and it has the boat name carved into it. That was an idea from Fin. MIke Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 96 > > James Munsey > > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "mtkennedy1" <mtkennedy1@c...> > wrote: Yahoo! Groups Links

On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:17 AM, Robert Andrew wrote: > Mike, great list of sources for marine supplies. Thanks. > > I notice that among other projects that you built an engine box. I'm > looking at a re-power job on my 1979 CAL 39 and I'd like to improve > on this > feature of the engine installation as part of the project. I just posted a photo of Fin Bevan's engine box. His is located a little forward of mine because he has a different transmission arrangement that moves his engine forward. I copied his with the same sound insulation that you see in the photo. It is available at West Marine. The skin of the box I built is thin plywood with a frame the same dimensions as the foam is thick, about 1 inch. My top is heavier than ideal for racing but has a formica top and is already becoming the place everyone puts things for "a moment." I have a small second box over the v-drive and the steel ladder attaches to lugs just forward of the v-drive box. Fin's top can be seen in his hand just at the lower edge of the photo and mine is copied from it. My son is in the picture. I have a second photo posted showing the engine box and ladder. MIne is quite similar although the engine is farther aft. That's my son's fiance' in the photo. Link: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtkennedy1/album I hope that helps. Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96 > In the original > installation the back of the engine is completely open to the area > underneath the cockpit, so getting any real sound deadening was > essentially > impossible. Whatever change I make would have to allow for easy > disassembly > to gain access to the rear of the engine, but I'd be very > interested in > suggestions from you (and others) who have been down this route. > > Bob Andrew > CAL 39 Nereid > Norwalk CT > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf > Of Michael Kennedy > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:16 AM > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: more photos > > > On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:36 PM, James wrote: > > > Mike, > > > > Wow it looks like a lot of work. I am sure that when it is done you > > will have a really "cherry" 40. Can I ask where you buy all your > > materials for the refit, in San Pedro? > > I buy as much as I can online. Jamestown Distributers is one. > http://www.jamestowndistributors.com > > For example; the local West Marine stores are all out of 3/8 x 3 inch > stainless flat head bolts. If they did have them, they would be $2.40 > each. I bought 20 from Jamestown for $ 1.00 each and even with > shipping from Rhode Island, they were > about half of the West Marine price. I bought all my stainless screws > for the battens from Jamestown. They also have a large section of > manuals for various subjects like Epifanes varnish. A case of 6 1,000 > ml cans is about $21.00 each or about $120 a case. > > Another is Hamilton Marine. http://www.hamiltonmarine.com/ > > Bosun Supplies is good for hardware. http://www.bosunsupplies.com. > I was looking for the bolts from them but they only had boxes of 100. > That's a lot of 3/8 x 3 bolts ! I bought a beautiful boarding ladder > from them. I hope to use it soon ! > > I bought a lot of stuff from Sailnet. West Marine is the source for > small stuff but not big ticket items. Deck rigging I get from Mauri > Pro Sailing http://mauriprosailing.com/index.html > > and Annapolis Performance Sailing. http://www.apsltd.com/ > > I put 28 Barient stainless winches for both primaries and > secondaries. Got them from Minneys. I also found a nice new spinnaker > pole there. > > I had new pulpits and lifelines made in Costa Mesa. The pulpits and > my new ladder were made by SS Metal. They aren't cheap but did good > work and installed them. The lifelines were by Furling and Rigging in > Costa Mesa. > > When the boat was in Newport Harbor Shipyard I got a lot of stuff > from the chandlery there. They have everything or will get it for > prices about the same as WM. > > The water and holding tanks are being made by Berry Sheet Metal in > Costa Mesa which, interestingly enough, made the original water tank > for Jensen Marine in 1968. They are almost across the street from the > old Jensen plant which is unchanged from photos in 1965. > > Canvas is being made by Harbor Canvas in Long Beach. > > I have a thick stack of invoices. If you have a specific question let > me know and I'll look up where it came from. > > I've gotten a huge amount of help from Fin Bevan on ideas for stuff. > I had an engine box made like his and now I find he's changed his. > Some local guys made the engine box for me. I chucked the old ladder/ > engine box which had been chopped up to fit the Pathfinder engine. > The boat had a racing ladder of stainless tubing and teak steps. Fin > had one like it and I modified the racing ladder to use for > everything. The top step is backed with stainless to take big guys > who might stand there working halyard winches and it has the boat > name carved into it. That was an idea from Fin. > > MIke Kennedy > Conquest Cal 40 96 > > > > > James Munsey > > > > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "mtkennedy1" <mtkennedy1@c...> > > wrote: > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "Cal_Boats" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > >

Mike, Give me a call when you have a chance. 951-255-8020 James Munsey Cal 29 Blustery Days San Pedro, CA --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Michael Kennedy <mtkennedy1@c...> wrote: > > > On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:36 PM, James wrote: > > > Mike, > > > > Wow it looks like a lot of work. I am sure that when it is done you > > will have a really "cherry" 40. Can I ask where you buy all your > > materials for the refit, in San Pedro? > > I buy as much as I can online. Jamestown Distributers is one. > http://www.jamestowndistributors.com > > For example; the local West Marine stores are all out of 3/8 x 3 inch > stainless flat head bolts. If they did have them, they would be $2.40 > each. I bought 20 from Jamestown for $ 1.00 each and even with > shipping from Rhode Island, they were > about half of the West Marine price. I bought all my stainless screws > for the battens from Jamestown. They also have a large section of > manuals for various subjects like Epifanes varnish. A case of 6 1,000 > ml cans is about $21.00 each or about $120 a case. > > Another is Hamilton Marine. http://www.hamiltonmarine.com/ > > Bosun Supplies is good for hardware. http://www.bosunsupplies.com. > I was looking for the bolts from them but they only had boxes of 100. > That's a lot of 3/8 x 3 bolts ! I bought a beautiful boarding ladder > from them. I hope to use it soon ! > > I bought a lot of stuff from Sailnet. West Marine is the source for > small stuff but not big ticket items. Deck rigging I get from Mauri > Pro Sailing http://mauriprosailing.com/index.html > > and Annapolis Performance Sailing. http://www.apsltd.com/ > > I put 28 Barient stainless winches for both primaries and > secondaries. Got them from Minneys. I also found a nice new spinnaker > pole there. > > I had new pulpits and lifelines made in Costa Mesa. The pulpits and > my new ladder were made by SS Metal. They aren't cheap but did good > work and installed them. The lifelines were by Furling and Rigging in > Costa Mesa. > > When the boat was in Newport Harbor Shipyard I got a lot of stuff > from the chandlery there. They have everything or will get it for > prices about the same as WM. > > The water and holding tanks are being made by Berry Sheet Metal in > Costa Mesa which, interestingly enough, made the original water tank > for Jensen Marine in 1968. They are almost across the street from the > old Jensen plant which is unchanged from photos in 1965. > > Canvas is being made by Harbor Canvas in Long Beach. > > I have a thick stack of invoices. If you have a specific question let > me know and I'll look up where it came from. > > I've gotten a huge amount of help from Fin Bevan on ideas for stuff. > I had an engine box made like his and now I find he's changed his. > Some local guys made the engine box for me. I chucked the old ladder/ > engine box which had been chopped up to fit the Pathfinder engine. > The boat had a racing ladder of stainless tubing and teak steps. Fin > had one like it and I modified the racing ladder to use for > everything. The top step is backed with stainless to take big guys > who might stand there working halyard winches and it has the boat > name carved into it. That was an idea from Fin. > > MIke Kennedy > Conquest Cal 40 96 > > > > > James Munsey > > > > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "mtkennedy1" <mtkennedy1@c...> > > wrote: >

Mike, Give me a call when you have a chance. 951-255-8020 James Munsey Cal 29 Blustery Days San Pedro, CA --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Michael Kennedy <mtkennedy1@c...> wrote: > > > On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:36 PM, James wrote: > > > Mike, > > > > Wow it looks like a lot of work. I am sure that when it is done you > > will have a really "cherry" 40. Can I ask where you buy all your > > materials for the refit, in San Pedro? > > I buy as much as I can online. Jamestown Distributers is one. > http://www.jamestowndistributors.com > > For example; the local West Marine stores are all out of 3/8 x 3 inch > stainless flat head bolts. If they did have them, they would be $2.40 > each. I bought 20 from Jamestown for $ 1.00 each and even with > shipping from Rhode Island, they were > about half of the West Marine price. I bought all my stainless screws > for the battens from Jamestown. They also have a large section of > manuals for various subjects like Epifanes varnish. A case of 6 1,000 > ml cans is about $21.00 each or about $120 a case. > > Another is Hamilton Marine. http://www.hamiltonmarine.com/ > > Bosun Supplies is good for hardware. http://www.bosunsupplies.com. > I was looking for the bolts from them but they only had boxes of 100. > That's a lot of 3/8 x 3 bolts ! I bought a beautiful boarding ladder > from them. I hope to use it soon ! > > I bought a lot of stuff from Sailnet. West Marine is the source for > small stuff but not big ticket items. Deck rigging I get from Mauri > Pro Sailing http://mauriprosailing.com/index.html > > and Annapolis Performance Sailing. http://www.apsltd.com/ > > I put 28 Barient stainless winches for both primaries and > secondaries. Got them from Minneys. I also found a nice new spinnaker > pole there. > > I had new pulpits and lifelines made in Costa Mesa. The pulpits and > my new ladder were made by SS Metal. They aren't cheap but did good > work and installed them. The lifelines were by Furling and Rigging in > Costa Mesa. > > When the boat was in Newport Harbor Shipyard I got a lot of stuff > from the chandlery there. They have everything or will get it for > prices about the same as WM. > > The water and holding tanks are being made by Berry Sheet Metal in > Costa Mesa which, interestingly enough, made the original water tank > for Jensen Marine in 1968. They are almost across the street from the > old Jensen plant which is unchanged from photos in 1965. > > Canvas is being made by Harbor Canvas in Long Beach. > > I have a thick stack of invoices. If you have a specific question let > me know and I'll look up where it came from. > > I've gotten a huge amount of help from Fin Bevan on ideas for stuff. > I had an engine box made like his and now I find he's changed his. > Some local guys made the engine box for me. I chucked the old ladder/ > engine box which had been chopped up to fit the Pathfinder engine. > The boat had a racing ladder of stainless tubing and teak steps. Fin > had one like it and I modified the racing ladder to use for > everything. The top step is backed with stainless to take big guys > who might stand there working halyard winches and it has the boat > name carved into it. That was an idea from Fin. > > MIke Kennedy > Conquest Cal 40 96 > > > > > James Munsey > > > > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "mtkennedy1" <mtkennedy1@c...> > > wrote: >

I've purchased a lot from Fastenal. multiple graes available. They are so much less expensive that I often buy larger quantities than I need, 25 or 100o0r 500, because it costs less than what I would have paid for what I needed. Then I have somnefor next time or for fellow sailors. Reggie l >For example; the local West Marine stores are all out of 3/8 x 3 inch >stainless flat head bolts. If they did have them, they would be $2.40 >each. I bought 20 from Jamestown for $ 1.00 each and even with >shipping from Rhode Island, they were >about half of the West Marine price. I bought all my stainless screws >for the battens from Jamestown. They also have a large section of >manuals for various subjects like Epifanes varnish. A case of 6 1,000 >ml cans is about $21.00 each or about $120 a case. >

Thanks, very helpful. Bob From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:56 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: more photos - Engine Box On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:17 AM, Robert Andrew wrote: Mike, great list of sources for marine supplies. Thanks. I notice that among other projects that you built an engine box. I'm looking at a re-power job on my 1979 CAL 39 and I'd like to improve on this feature of the engine installation as part of the project. I just posted a photo of Fin Bevan's engine box. His is located a little forward of mine because he has a different transmission arrangement that moves his engine forward. I copied his with the same sound insulation that you see in the photo. It is available at West Marine. The skin of the box I built is thin plywood with a frame the same dimensions as the foam is thick, about 1 inch. My top is heavier than ideal for racing but has a formica top and is already becoming the place everyone puts things for "a moment." I have a small second box over the v-drive and the steel ladder attaches to lugs just forward of the v-drive box. Fin's top can be seen in his hand just at the lower edge of the photo and mine is copied from it. My son is in the picture. I have a second photo posted showing the engine box and ladder. MIne is quite similar although the engine is farther aft. That's my son's fiance' in the photo. Link: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtkennedy1/album I hope that helps. Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96 In the original installation the back of the engine is completely open to the area underneath the cockpit, so getting any real sound deadening was essentially impossible. Whatever change I make would have to allow for easy disassembly to gain access to the rear of the engine, but I'd be very interested in suggestions from you (and others) who have been down this route. Bob Andrew CAL 39 Nereid Norwalk CT From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:16 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: more photos On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:36 PM, James wrote: > Mike, > > Wow it looks like a lot of work. I am sure that when it is done you > will have a really "cherry" 40. Can I ask where you buy all your > materials for the refit, in San Pedro? I buy as much as I can online. Jamestown Distributers is one. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com For example; the local West Marine stores are all out of 3/8 x 3 inch stainless flat head bolts. If they did have them, they would be $2.40 each. I bought 20 from Jamestown for $ 1.00 each and even with shipping from Rhode Island, they were about half of the West Marine price. I bought all my stainless screws for the battens from Jamestown. They also have a large section of manuals for various subjects like Epifanes varnish. A case of 6 1,000 ml cans is about $21.00 each or about $120 a case. Another is Hamilton Marine. http://www.hamiltonmarine.com/ Bosun Supplies is good for hardware. http://www.bosunsupplies.com. I was looking for the bolts from them but they only had boxes of 100. That's a lot of 3/8 x 3 bolts ! I bought a beautiful boarding ladder from them. I hope to use it soon ! I bought a lot of stuff from Sailnet. West Marine is the source for small stuff but not big ticket items. Deck rigging I get from Mauri Pro Sailing http://mauriprosailing.com/index.html and Annapolis Performance Sailing. http://www.apsltd.com/ I put 28 Barient stainless winches for both primaries and secondaries. Got them from Minneys. I also found a nice new spinnaker pole there. I had new pulpits and lifelines made in Costa Mesa. The pulpits and my new ladder were made by SS Metal. They aren't cheap but did good work and installed them. The lifelines were by Furling and Rigging in Costa Mesa. When the boat was in Newport Harbor Shipyard I got a lot of stuff from the chandlery there. They have everything or will get it for prices about the same as WM. The water and holding tanks are being made by Berry Sheet Metal in Costa Mesa which, interestingly enough, made the original water tank for Jensen Marine in 1968. They are almost across the street from the old Jensen plant which is unchanged from photos in 1965. Canvas is being made by Harbor Canvas in Long Beach. I have a thick stack of invoices. If you have a specific question let me know and I'll look up where it came from. I've gotten a huge amount of help from Fin Bevan on ideas for stuff. I had an engine box made like his and now I find he's changed his. Some local guys made the engine box for me. I chucked the old ladder/ engine box which had been chopped up to fit the Pathfinder engine. The boat had a racing ladder of stainless tubing and teak steps. Fin had one like it and I modified the racing ladder to use for everything. The top step is backed with stainless to take big guys who might stand there working halyard winches and it has the boat name carved into it. That was an idea from Fin. MIke Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 96 > > James Munsey > > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "mtkennedy1" <mtkennedy1@c...> > wrote: Yahoo! Groups Links _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "Cal_Boats <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cal_Boats> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! 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I posted a few more photos to show the engine mounts and how they were attached to the molded ones for the old engine. It also shows our ladder. A couple of people enquired further about it and I hope this helps. It was the racing ladder (we assume) and mounts to steel clamps below the companionway and to lugs attached to the v-drive platform in the pan. The photo showing the v-drive and base of the ladder shows this. Fin has an almost identical ladder and I modified mine to allow a larger top step. I took out the old engine box/ ladder combo as it had been cut up to allow the larger Pathfinder engine to fit and was too heavy. The link is http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtkennedy1/album Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96

This information is very helpful. As I start putting my CC36 into shape I have many questions. One was what to do with the peeling white interior paint. Now I have an answer. --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "mtkennedy1" <mtkennedy1@...> wrote: > > I've added another little album showing more details on the restoration. I finally took all > the battens off the hull in the berths. The paint was peeling off the hull, there was some > tabbing that had come loose and there was a lot of dirt. We also found a leak site up in the > v-berth. If you look closely (the spot is marked with green tape) there is an area where the > hull glass is peeled back at the joint and the toe rail above out of sight has a couple of > cracks. This leaked like a sieve when we ran a hose on the bow. There is another, smaller, > leak just forward of this where a bolt is leaking. One of the photos of the port pilot berth > shows some heavy duty glass added to the tabbing between the bulkhead and the hull. > This has to be some of George Griffith's work back in the 70s. It's not painted and is just > next to the chainplate. He sailed 4 Bermuda races aboard this boat when it was owned by > Avery Seaman of Rhode Island. He told me that each time he would arrive early and check > all the tabbing. > > I took the battens and sanded and varnished them. In one photo they have been replaced > in the port pilot berth. I replaced all the old brass screws with new stainless screws and > finish washers. Some of the old ones had to be drilled out. > > The hull was painted with Kilz primer and Sears kitchen and bathroom enamel. It's > supposed to be resistent to mildew and stick well in damp spots. Up in the bow and a few > places in the pilot berths, I retabbed with glass and epoxy. > > I don't know how much interest this has but there it is. I'll add some more as I go along in > hopes that it will be helpful. > > The page is at: > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtkennedy1/my_photos > > MIke Kennedy > Conquest Cal 40 # 96 >

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Regan James" <regan.james@...> wrote: > > This information is very helpful. As I start putting my CC36 into > shape I have many questions. One was what to do with the peeling > white interior paint. Now I have an answer. This was a miserable job but you knew that. Now the new toe rail is going on and the hull- deck joint has been firmly sealed with epoxy covered with fiberglass. The interior paint is on a year and I have seen no signs of trouble. Once the carpenters are finished, I'll go back and finish some wiring and plumbing. They broke some of the strips that supported the wires behind the battens lining the hull and I will have to replace those to avoid flexing of the wires and cracking. I'm thinking I'll take a couple of lengths of 3/4 PVC pipe and run them through the table saw to cut them in half. That will hold the wires between the strips that hold the battens. I am just statrting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Mike Kennedy Conquesy Cal 40 # 96

Who was looking for a photo ?? It's not great, but I so have a scan of the photo from "The Great American Yacht Designers". Fin.

Cal 40 battens, behind teak railing at berths. We replaced these battens with 13 ply okume plywood on California Girl, and tabbed these in with knytex (sp) biaxial tabbing glass (@22oz). Now these locations are structural to help keep the beam from oil canning when we are hard on a reach. I'd like to do this to the bottom, in the bilges, to stiffen the bottom a bit... I bet that it would improve getting to a plane faster... a stiff verses a soggy bottom. I understand that Illusion has some form of this bottom stiffening done, as well as I think does Seafire... Both known as fast (and heavy) boats... does stiffness overcome weight???? appears so. dEmO From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Regan James Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:32 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: more photos > > I took the battens and sanded and varnished them. In one photo they have been replaced > in the port pilot berth. I replaced all the old brass screws with new stainless screws and > finish washers. Some of the old ones had to be drilled out. > > The hull was painted with Kilz primer and Sears kitchen and bathroom enamel. It's > supposed to be resistent to mildew and stick well in damp spots. Up in the bow and a few > places in the pilot berths, I retabbed with glass and epoxy. > > I don't know how much interest this has but there it is. I'll add some more as I go along in > hopes that it will be helpful. > > The page is at: > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtkennedy1/my_photos <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mtkennedy1/my_photos> > > MIke Kennedy > Conquest Cal 40 # 96 >

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Fin Beven" <finbeven@...> wrote: > > > Who was looking for a photo ?? > > It's not great, but I so have a scan of the photo from "The Great American Yacht Designers". I am . I have a copy of the article and photo but not a good copy. I've been working on the book a bit lately and have found a couple of other old-timers. I was going to ask George if he had a picture since I think he sailed on it but yours may be good enough for the web site. A book would require higher resolution but a book is a few years off. Mike Kennedy > > Fin. >