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When I acquired this 79 H16, the blue gelcoat had turned opaque from oxidization. On this pic you can see where I had begun to remove the oxidization using 800 grit waterpaper and an electric sander to remove dead gelcoat.
Date: 09/01/2008
Views: 1023
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I bought a smaller jibsail on e-bay, ordered the pigtail from Murrays, bought a Harken furling drum with swivel and converted to a roller furling jib
Date: 03/10/2010
Views: 885
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I was very fortunate that this H16 came with the newer style jib blocks.
Date: 09/01/2008
Views: 913
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I very quickly figured out that the steering system is most important, can mean the difference between a pleasant day sailing or wrestling with the rudders, so I serviced my rudders adding new cams and taking out rudder slop using nylon shims from Ace Har
Date: 07/20/2009
Views: 1028
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Ordered new tiller connector kit from Murrays....notice the marks on the tiller crossbar, this was to align the rudders with a slight toe-in setting
Date: 07/20/2009
Views: 945
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rudders are slightly discoloured but very functional, I also acquired a spare rudder just in case
Date: 03/10/2010
Views: 923
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I replaced the original tramp with a mesh tramp from Tampa Catamarans, I quickly found out that mesh tramps cannot take the tension used on vinyl tramps. I also replaced the old carpet rail kit with a new non-slip kit
Date: 07/21/2009
Views: 959
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Trailer came with a full length sail box, great for storing all sailing equipment, can even store the rudders for those long trips to the coast
Date: 07/21/2009
Views: 875
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trailer came with a tilt feature which I never use, just back the whole trailer into the water and float the cat off.
Date: 09/01/2008
Views: 904
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I did find that these rollers have sharp edges and if you don't load/offload your cat just right, they will leave deep scratches in the gelcoat. I plan to swith these rollers out with a 6" long piece of 12" PVC pipe cut in half to make a cradle,
Date: 09/01/2008
Views: 940
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I finished removing the oxidization from the hulls and used Poliglow, a clearcoat, to finish off. I opted for a clearcoat over wax as most of the lakes around the midwest are muddy and would stain the hulls even through the wax, no more stains
Date: 03/10/2010
Views: 986
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If you look carefully at the transome, you will see the old oxidized color, I removed a sticker and found original color, that was when I decided to refurbish hulls, they look awesome now.
Date: 07/21/2009
Views: 971
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awesome shine and lustre of the original gelcoat protected by Poliglow clearcoat.
Date: 07/21/2009
Views: 916
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these hulls just gleam now, all that hard work paid off with the result being most satisfying.
Date: 07/21/2009
Views: 1041
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