Recent content by tabaka

I carry in my kit a block of wax. Go to home despot and get a few wax toilet seal rings. Store them as is or warm them up a little and pour into a tupperware container. That stuff will stick to anything and doesn't harden. It's great for sealing leaks around hard to reach spots and next to...

Thanks. The gloves and sleeves didn't help me much. I think it was the steam that aerosolized the old diesel volatiles that got me. Between the glass fibers shredding the gloves, the vapor getting up into the sleeves of my suit, and combined with it being 120 degrees inside the boat... ugh...

Ugh. The years of accumulated slime and diesel from the leaking tank have turned into a type of tar that just won't come off. I cut the sole out yesterday and got to work cutting out the iron mast step and bulkheads. I spent a couple hours in there with a steamer and shop vac making no real...

Interesting idea. A buoy would fit in them but I'm pretty sure these were just cabin vents of some kind. They have about 6 feet of 4 inch aluminum pipe then there is a reducer and another 4 or 5 feet of inch and a half pipe that runs through the wall and into the space behind the cabinets...

Thanks everyone. It's good to see an active community for these. I shouldn't have be surprised that so many of you have seen this one kicking around. My plan is to cut the cabin sole close to the antiskid border molded into the floor. That should give me a good 2 inch border all the way...

It was the one listed at passion yachts. Hasn't floated in at least 3 years from what I can see. Looks like it was a live aboard then left unmaintained. The previous owner full of stars in his eyes put it on the hard to start a blister treatment about 3 and a half years ago and hadn't touched...

I'm new here but I've been lurking for a few weeks already. I've already found a lot of valuable information and want to say thank you to everyone that puts up pictures and how-to's. My last sailboat was a MacGregor 19 powersailer and right now I'm feeling a tad overwhelmed but still managing...