Chrysler Sailors Forum

The steps sure are heavy. We have been looking at alternatives or modifications to lighten the steps.

Do you have the boom vang?

Here is a photo of my set up it is set up so no one has to get out of the cock pit to sail the boat.

http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j37 ... 100138.jpg

I am looking forward to the brotherhood sailing brings. good vidio

My dogs love to herd ducks!!

I am single I think I know who made the hottie comment but am not sure. The white dogs you saw are Maremma's they are a cousin of the Pyrenees. Maremma's were breedi on the Italian side of the Alps the Pyrenees on the French side. They are smaller and stay closer to the herd than the Pyrenees. And t...

My dogs are working dogs. They will be working when I am playing.


http://videos.missoulian.com/p/video?id=1965015

We were working in the cabin and needed more light. The lighting reveled another crack in the sole. It is between the table and the bench on the port side, near the head. It looks to be wet still like the crack near the bilge area.
Have any of you seen this?

Dingy question? I will be mooring my boat and need a dingy. What type of dingy do you guys use? Some of the things I am looking for are. Stability I want to stand up easily and get hold of the boat ladder. Light weight easy to load in my pickup and will have less drag on my boat while in tow. It nee...

Here are the promised photos of my mast step hinge.
I think you will like the compromise have come up with.

http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j37 ... %20repair/

After working on my boat I have decided not to put an access hatch to the bilge in my sole. If you want to get the water out block up your trailer so the boat is nose high. Remove the bilge pump and stick a shop vac hose down it and suck away. The problem we are having with our boats is that wood un...

Just an up date I got the mast hinge set up from the metal shop and it looks good. I will get Photos posted as soon as I can.
I after looking at this thread I redesigned my mast hinge the hinge is allot different than I have shown on this forum.

and the yellow bikini

Lets see round flight tickets from Montana to Nashville $280.00
car rental $200.00 hotel i may be able to use the time share
Meeting the chrysler Sailers priceless.

this is doable

It looks like a spool brade to me. I did this as a kid http://makeyourowngear.com/Articles.php?action=detail&g=content1206328968 it is also called french knitting here is a vidio on how to french knit. http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A0S020pntSBNI0UAG2yJzbkF?ei=UTF-8&p=French...

Is a VHS license still required?
The antenna jack is in good condition so I can keep it separite but that still leaves three wires coming through the roof. What can I do with them?

I have been working on cleaning up the mast step there are four wires going through the roof on the cabin to the mast. I want to consolidate the wires so there is one whole in the cabin and one plug to plug in.
The four wires are to the Lights, antenna weather vain and ???
Any suggestions

I think most of the wood work is done here are the photos of the things we have done.
look at the teek wood album

http://s1082.photobucket.com/home/fivemoremiles/index

we are making more progress on the sole repair

check out the sole repair album

http://s1082.photobucket.com/home/fivemoremiles/index

welcome aboard Justin
Thanks for down loading those photo for me.
Justin is my 1st mate and I am having a great time working on puffin with him.
I will also post this on my sole repair thread.
John

I have never had the boat in the water
do you think I should before i get too far in my sole repair.
this should be moved to my sole repair thried how do we do that?

we have been working on the door to the cabin today. here are some photos

Is there a way I could add a hinge to the existing post?

I have not raised the mast yet so I have no idea how she moves as she goes up.
That is why I have all the questions.

What mast hinge and block set up would you prefer?
Blocks left on the boat?
Blocks on the mast?
Why?


http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j37 ... omfigs.jpg

I was going to add a poll but i can not get it to post

Terrence
I am in the boat with you. I never even took a drafting course in high school. I am a self taught engineer

To prevent cracking of the aluminum all you do in increase the radius of the bend from .25" to .5".

I forgot to put the radius of the holes in the drawing. The top plate pivot holes are 3/8 the radius of the bottom plate pivot holes is 1/2. So I have some play in the hinge. I will make the correction to the drawing The holes to attach the base are an unknown to me and I can do that when id know th...

Oooo I like it!
I really like the mast plate idea. I want to redo the foredeck and having all that hardware out of the way will really clean the new deck up.

Scot
The hinge has real merit.
How long have you used a hinge?