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DanBerger

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 08:26 AM

Got the A together and went sailing on Monday. While wheeling it to the beach, I put a huge scratch in my new paint
coastrat

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 08:53 AM

now you don't have to worry about scratches!

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bill harris
hattiesburg, mississippi
prindle 16- "BLUE RIBBON"
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captedteach

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 01:07 PM

This is what I'm working on now - A Harstil 31 This is a 'camp' model which is a huge beachcat with a small cabin stuck on it

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Lee - On the BIG Lake in MS

Harstil Kaulua 31 - Current Project Boat
Cal 25 - What ? Time to freshen it up again??
MC Scow 16 (1 in the water and 1 parts/project) SOLD
Capri 22 - What do you mean you wont deliver it??
Chrysler Pirateer 13 - new addition to the fleet
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MN3

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 01:40 PM

coastratnow you don't have to worry about scratches!

I agree, but the first ones hurt the most!
golfdad75

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 03:37 PM

Dan what a good looking boat and thanks for the rudders

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coastrat

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:12 PM

captedteach...like the boat! is it asymetrical hulls or does it have daggers? looks like a huge prindle 16! with cabin...

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bill harris
hattiesburg, mississippi
prindle 16- "BLUE RIBBON"
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captedteach

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:50 PM

Hey Bill

Looks more like a P18-2 or 19 just a bit bigger. It has boards and as designed has under hung rudders. I'm building transom hung cassette rudders so I can get her into shallow waters. When I slide her in the water I'll let you know It's only three hours from H'burg to here so you can come up and hang out for a day or so. I'm shooting for an August relaunch. I'm also hoping to take this to meet Hokulea when she comes around this big ass marble we all live on..............

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Lee - On the BIG Lake in MS

Harstil Kaulua 31 - Current Project Boat
Cal 25 - What ? Time to freshen it up again??
MC Scow 16 (1 in the water and 1 parts/project) SOLD
Capri 22 - What do you mean you wont deliver it??
Chrysler Pirateer 13 - new addition to the fleet
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coastrat

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 08:03 PM

your on lee! are you around sardis/greneda? i have family in laws in batesville so we get up there time to time...that boat will look great with some paint, love the design. you might have to drag her down and do some camping out at the islands, would love to get her in the gulf on a honking day!

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bill harris
hattiesburg, mississippi
prindle 16- "BLUE RIBBON"
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captedteach

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 08:15 PM

I'm looking at a place down there - I used to hang out at OSYC quite a bit when I raced my H16 a lot I'll be down later this month for a few days around the 20th. Got some motorcycle stuff to do down there and will be visiting a few friends - possibly the realtor too. Yes I'm in Grenada so stop and give me a shout on your way thru to Batesville

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Lee - On the BIG Lake in MS

Harstil Kaulua 31 - Current Project Boat
Cal 25 - What ? Time to freshen it up again??
MC Scow 16 (1 in the water and 1 parts/project) SOLD
Capri 22 - What do you mean you wont deliver it??
Chrysler Pirateer 13 - new addition to the fleet
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captedteach

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Posted: May 02, 2012 - 09:01 PM

As Damon can tell you - the beer is always Kold at my shop!! AND if you catch it right the parties are pretty good too!!

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Lee - On the BIG Lake in MS

Harstil Kaulua 31 - Current Project Boat
Cal 25 - What ? Time to freshen it up again??
MC Scow 16 (1 in the water and 1 parts/project) SOLD
Capri 22 - What do you mean you wont deliver it??
Chrysler Pirateer 13 - new addition to the fleet
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BadKitty

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Posted: May 10, 2012 - 11:30 PM

JESTER ~ Mid '80s Fesenmeyer designed, Old Wooden Boatworks 'Sea Lion' lapstrake sailing dinghy ...

BANGARANG! ~ Welsford Navigator ...

Current Project Boat ~ Early '60s Hurley Silhouette Mk ll ...

AJ

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Barefoot 12 Proa Outrigger
Coastal NC, USA
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optikid

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Posted: May 12, 2012 - 06:15 PM

My laptop has a virus and i havent been able to get online often..

Nice boats every one!
i painted my blades and got a stiffening kit on them, also i have pics sailing it on the bay now!!
keschwa

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Posted: May 14, 2012 - 04:23 PM

yurdle
havliii48 rattle cans of rustoleum, play sand in the paint for the non -skid areas. Kathy (in crew seat) designed the logo.

Whoever rigged the mainsheet on that Prindle should not do that.

soulofasailorYes that mainsheet looks all mangled up, Not a good thing! It needs to flow nicely

Yurdle & Soulofasailor,

Above is the offending mainsheet that is apparently reeved incorrectly. Havlii alerted me to my grave error, but neither he nor I while looking at the main sheet could figure out what the problem was. Perhaps it was because we were busy wiping the smiles off of our faces at 15 knots, but I really want to ask the experts what I have done wrong. I have included a screenshot of Souls mainsheet that was featured prominently in his youtube video for you two to use an an example. I really at a loss. Could you sit down in your easy chairs and diagram where I went wrong? Camera angle? Nah couldn't be.
benedict

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Posted: May 14, 2012 - 05:28 PM

At first glance it looks like the main with the green line has the top block rotated 180.

Ideally you want all the lines running through a set of blocks to look like they're going around an oval race track. Round and round and round, always turning the same direction. But never crossing in the middle and never reversing the turn direction. This keeps everything running cleanly.

I'd take a picture of mine and post it, but... It's still in my yard. (Hey, I got my trailer back from the welder today and got it registered! There's hope!)

Tom

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daniel_t

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Posted: May 14, 2012 - 06:06 PM

keschwa,

Your mainsheet may or may not be reeved incorrectly. It could be simply twisted.

It looks like a 7:1 setup, with four sheaves on the bottom and three on the top.

I would reeve it as follows:
1) run the bitter end through the cam cleat ring and into the bottom-middle sheave.
2) then up through the back of the top middle sheave.
3) then run it down through the front of the bottom left sheave
4) then run it up through the back of the top left sheave
5) then run it down through the left side of the lateral sheave
6) then up through the front of the top right sheave
7) then down through the back of the bottom right sheave
8) then up to the ring and tie it off.

Hope this helps.

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Taipan F16 - USA 213
Clearwater, FL
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daniel_t

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Posted: May 14, 2012 - 06:14 PM

keschwa,

I just found a link to a 7:1 system online and it seems to be reeved like yours. http://www.murrays.com/archive/20-21.pdf

1) through cam cleat and into front of bottom middle sheave
2) up through back of top right sheave
3) down through back of bottom right sheave
4) up through front of top middle sheave
5) down through back of bottom left sheave
6) up through back of top left sheave
7) down through left side of lateral sheave
8) up and tie off on ring.

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Daniel T.
Taipan F16 - USA 213
Clearwater, FL
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yurdle

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Posted: May 14, 2012 - 06:22 PM

I went back and looked at the original pic, and I think the bowline on the boom is deceiving -- it looks (and looked) like you had it run through that tang up and back down.

With that line in front of the blocks, there's no way from the pic to see if they're reeved correctly; however, I was just commenting on that line you have tied separately.

I would still, just for the sake of ease, swap your upper for a triple w/ becket so that you don't have to do that, and you can detach blocks from boom w/ one snap/soft shackle.

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daniel_t

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Posted: May 14, 2012 - 06:43 PM

benedictIdeally you want all the lines running through a set of blocks to look like they're going around an oval race track. Round and round and round, always turning the same direction. But never crossing in the middle and never reversing the turn direction. This keeps everything running cleanly.

Unless your cam cleat is on the far left or right side of the block, I don't think the above is doable. If the cam cleat is in the middle of one of the blocks, then it is better to work your way to one side, then use the lateral sheave to switch to the other side, then work your way back to the middle again.

If you don't have a lateral sheave, then it is better to turn one of the blocks 90 degrees and reave it like in this video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXibVitpnRo

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Daniel T.
Taipan F16 - USA 213
Clearwater, FL
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havliii

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Posted: May 15, 2012 - 06:05 AM

Is the Harken Company a respected authority? Harken blocks which we all know and love. See this link and scroll to the instructions for rigging a 6-1, blocks turned 1/4 to one another is the recommended method, no oval race track here. You can also reference US Army field manual FM 5-125. I would defer to either of these authorities. A 7-1 adds one additional sheave and ties at the becket (top block) or the boom.

http://www.harken.com/pdf/4451.pdf scroll down after PDF loads.

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motivated

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Posted: May 15, 2012 - 07:21 AM

The first pic below is of my 1974 Red White and Blue Hobie 16 sitting on Caladesi Island, FL in 1978 alongside my friend's Keoke 16. That boat was sold in the late '80's after a major hull failure.

This second pic is of my 2011 Hobie 16SE (Stayin' Thirsty) sitting on Jacksonville Beach, FL. Buying this boat was one of the best decisions I've ever made. She will be carving up the seas in the Atlantic Ocean this weekend.

Edited by motivated on May 15, 2012 - 08:22 AM.

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