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(To the tune of the landlubber version of Happy Birthday)
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
May you get to go sailing
Happy birthday to you!

Cheers!

Yes, the cockpit is huge - 10 feet long. The tradeoff is that the cabin is small, but for sailing the boat should be great. Now, how far away is Spring?

EE is correct about the location of the mast. It is stepped aft of the companionway, on the step. The keel winch is located inside a small compartment in the companionway step. The boat is designed to make single handed sailing very easy. The cabin is small, good only for a place to get out of the ...

Thanks for all the congrats on my new C20. Here are the first photos of her when we arrived home with her. http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy314/denap_photos/C20/IMG_0001.jpg

http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy314/denap_photos/C20/IMG_0003.jpg

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Having decided that I would do a complete restore on my C-22, I decided to look for a C-20 to sail in the meanwhile. I found one for sail less than 2 hours away, and yesterday, we drove up to see her, and ended up bringing her home. In the photos the PO sent me the boat appeared to have been well ...

Yeah, after I thought about it a bit I realized that "sanity" and "boat restoration" don't belong in the same sentence. Thanks for the link to the C20 in your area, I would be interested if it were closer.

I will have to start a restoration blog - I think it is going to be fun, and now that I don't ...

I've spent most of the weekend honestly evaluating the condition of my C22, especially after examining the keel bracket yesterday. The bracket is corroded beyond a point where it is safe to put her in the water, and after close examination of the standing rigging and the lifelines, they all need to ...

Dena,
Looks like you guys are getting a lot more grief out of Ida than we did on the Gulf !

Oh, boy, you aren't kidding! Tides have been really high, wind gusts over 65 mph, and oh, lest I forget, the unrelenting rain! This has been going on for 48 hours! Fortunately, the flooding didn't get into ...

Banshi,

Thanks so much for the photo! Your bracket looks like I fear mine might. I will get under the boat as soon as the nasty weather in Virginia passes, and I'll make sure to have my camera - we might have matching photographs! Also, thanks for the link to the other pics.

As usual, the Chrysler ...

Thanks Fran.

I have a feeling that the keel brackets are in very poor shape. Yesterday, I looked inside the boat in the area(s) you mentioned and what I saw was pretty sketchy, including a piece of wood screwed to something, so I surmised something that flimsy couldn't be the keel bracket!

I ...

I've been following the posts about the swing keel brackets, but not too closely since I thought they had been replaced by the PO. So, imagine my surprise this weekend when I looked over my notes and realized he had only replaced the keel pin!

The boat has been on the hard since I bought her in ...

While you have your rudder out I would appreciate an outline of the top and bottom profile. I have the basic plans off the lizzard web site but am not sure of the width as the profile moves down the rudder.

Here's what I'm thinking. I did part of a composit aircraft and still have the wire saw ...

While you have your rudder out I would appreciate an outline of the top and bottom profile. I have the basic plans off the lizzard web site but am not sure of the width as the profile moves down the rudder.

Here's what I'm thinking. I did part of a composit aircraft and still have the wire saw ...

Removing the rudder is easy - just remove the center bolt and disconnect the lines attached to it. The more challenging task is removing the rudder shaft which is attached to the rudder cheeks. When I removed mine in Jan/Feb, the collar screw had seized (just like Gus mentioned), and I had to drill ...

I did get off easy. I would really have gotten mad if my "new sails" fund had taken a hit! The sails that came with the boat when I boat her in January are the originals and I swear I can read a newspaper through them. They definitely have to be replaced before I can put her in the water.

I love this forum, and have learned so much that I wanted to share an experience in hopes of preventing others from "sharing" it.

I recently discovered that some of my on-line accounts had been hacked, and those that had credit cards on file were used to purchase merchandise that was then billed to ...

Fran,

You are in for a smooth ride! Wooden boats are more stable and I have found they have less of a weather helm. Let me know how you like it.

Cheers,
Dena

She's been out of the water for several years, always a concern with a wooden boat, but we will splash her on Sunday and see if she is water tight.

Fran,
My husband and I have a large wooden boat, and you will be amazed at the difference in the ride of a wooden boat vs fiberglass. One piece of ...

Hi Billy,

Thanks for the reply and the good advice! Don Casey's book is wonderful, in fact I am using the first section on boat survey's to find potential problems with my C22. I bought the boat on E-Bay in January and I want to make sure it is in good shape before I put her in the water.

I plan ...

Yesterday I removed the starboard side portlights on myC22. The core around both is wet on all four sides (yes above the opening too!). When I say wet, I mean dripping wet! I taped plastic over the portlights since the forcast called for rain. I then removed the chainplate on the starboard side ...

Tim,

The angle is 60 degree. As for pricing, you might check www.jamestowndistributors.com and www.wholesalemarine.com.

Also, this type of question would get more replies if you post it in the general discussion section.

Cheers!

Gads! The whole episode sounds like a nightmare....However, in my professional life I deal with contract and procurement issues all day and I have found that once a vendor has all of your money, you have lost all of your leverage. The most you should give a vendor up front is 50% of the total cost ...

The bow eye on my C22 was loose, so this weekend I attempted to tighten the nuts on the bolts to make it snug. Surprise - there were no nuts on the bolts! Fortunately, she hasn't been in the water since February when I bought her and has been on a trailer while I work on her. Needless to say, I ...

Hi Tim,
Don't worry about getting hardware to match the deck holes. The existing holes can be easily filled with epoxy compound, allowing you to get mounting hardware that is available/affordable.

I believe it is a keel lockdown apparatus, which can be used to keep the keel from banging in rough weather. The one on my C22 is rusted shut, which is fine because I don't plan on using it.

EE, sorry about your mishaps. At least you are safely in the yard.

I spent some time this weekend making a list of the repairs I need to make on my C22, and fortunately the transom wasn't on that list. I did find a problem in the cockpit - the aft area were the fuel tank for the outboard is stored ...

Today I removed the rudder and rudder assembly from my recently acquired C22. It was fairly straight forward, except for the bolt going into the upper bushing. It is probably the original bolt, and quickly broke off under very light pressure! I ended up having to drill it out to get the bushing off ...

I'm the only one thinking in sealing with a bulkhead the space under the cockpit? After all there's the rudder hole in there, and the cockpit lockers, and a failure in the rudder assembly, or on the cockpit leads, it'll mean a sunken boat.

I am considering doing something similar. My current idea ...

Banshi

The winch bracket is mounted directly thru the step, with no other support.

Banshi

Thanks so much for the photo and thanks to all of you for all the information.

Now I see how it should be mounted. It is currently bolted thru the step, not into the bulkhead. As you might imagine, the step is cracked and leaks like crazy. Also, there is no support for the bulkhead on my ...