Chrysler Sailors Forum

EE, My bilge got full of rain water and soked the bottom of the sole real bad so the sole is soft and spongy and I am probably just walking on the carpeting ... soo... do you think I should replace it with "STARBOARD" so it won't rot out again or does Starboard have a tough time getting &q...

I can now confirm.. my suzuki 4 stroke 9.9 "long shaft" is 20". I have that on a movable OB bracket and if you mount the bracket any lower, the OB won't clear the wate when inthe UP position and also in the DOWN position the motor head is vulnerable to wave action and following seas.....

thanks for the quick reply.... I was thinking Awlgrip, or Perfection but will definately go two part as I was told if you are allready paying a pro then go the extra for the two part paint ( this is how budgets get blown) as it is much harder and will last longer. I figure I paid very little for my ...

UPDATE; this whole project became needlessly complicated and my boat is not yet in the water... I now have a freelancer ( a pro) who will spraypaint the topsides of my boat for fair money... so this is a offer I could not pass up. It will be cheaper he says if I buy the paint... So.. what is the bes...

this is a good thread...


I am about to get my boat paintied and was in a quandry as what to do with the logo... the OEM it is a pretty boring block font.

I was just going to repaint the stripe and say goodbye to the logo ( don't think I would miss it.. )

I have a "long shaft" suzuki and it pops out when the boat hobby horses... and you go even slower than ususal..it seems we need a extra long shaft that really is not readily available anymore. I think it goes 15-18" (short shaft) 20-22" (long shaft) and then 30" ( like a sai...

in short - generally no. as was said earlier .. with proper prep and training .... anything is possible and you may make history and be teh first to sail a c22 to the carib... but this issue is well trodden territory. the general rule of thumb for blue water is 30 feet and fixed keel... there is als...

Hmmmm.... isn't this a salvage job and now you own his boat? that would have woken him up from his blase attitude. I read with great interest a BoatUS multipart feature...it is VERY important with anyone who tows your boat to state right up front "NO SALVAGE" Even then I think maritine law...

I was thinking of the same, but a water jug ( to supply the galley) originally went there and I was also thinking of putting the battery under the stairs but if the bilge got above the sole the battery would be the first to be submerged and thus cut out -- the bilge pump! If I do.. put it in that ar...

I have the original coooler and it is a joke... it is very thin insulation as well... I will measure it when I go to the boat this weekend. I think there is room for a small one under the stairs as well and is closer to the galley, also thinking of somehow building in a more proper ice box...maybe f...

SHE IS GORGEOUS... I can't stop looking at her.... you should be so proud! what a beautiful upgrade to the fleet.. a few more details as I pull this together for MD weekend ( I hope the weather works out... 1) what brush did youuse for tipping? I hear that a cheap foam brush is best and then I read ...

A reliable motor will cost you, unless you catch someone moving from a 2 to four stroke, be careful about craigslist.. people unload lots of junk there and an old poorly maintained 2-stroke might give you real problems. I picked up a like new one year old 9.9 hp suzuki 4-stroke for 900. Be sure and ...

are you painting the stripe, if so how -- you use tape, a level, a laser? I called a few sign painters and they all just a order decals.. still looking for a guy to really paint it when I am done.. unreal... I might as well oder my own name "sticker" on line, stripes too, but I would surel...

I do have to say, I keep looking at the pic in your avatar and I like the way it came out... I really like the blue what color is that on the easyepoxy chart? and are you goin gto add a cove stripe ( sticker or paint -- what color... I was thinking of going with gloss white.. and navy cove stripe. I...

thanks for the quick and complete response...I am getting confidence that this won't be so terrible....

What size (width roller(s)) did you use and they make a big deal to use the dense foam ones... are those the very low pile black foam ones?

THANKS... I always wondered about the idea of a solid "fixed" glassed-in tube and concluded that the hose provides for some "flex" in between the two ( cocpit and hull) structures and thought a solid tube might crack under stress. with wheel sterring, however, I won't be going al...

THANKS! great advice! It took a while but I am over the "make it perfect" attitude and into the "just get 'er done" and in the water attitude. From the research I have been doing...I come to the same conclusion as you re: Pettit. I want this job to go easy with a satisfactory res...

thanks... I was thinking interlux or pettit , I also heard imron makes a brushable paint.. did you consider interlux.. seems to be popular too. also I will be doing this with my wife so any recommendations would be welcome on how best to work with two people ( who really would like to stay married a...

Thanks! is that what you used... your pic looks great..

how many finish color coats? I am goiong to go white over ...well... not so white.

DO you need a primer first? If so what paint did you use?

How many top coats?

Hi,

I am planning on doing just this very job.....so I will let you know..

but all the ideas already mentioned are impt. I am most concerned with the stuffing box I will have to make somehow to replace the OEM radiator hose tiller thru-hull set-up...

don't want leaks!

nice web site.. thanks

OMG! what a beautiful boat!! what paint did you use?? also where did you get the boat name graphics... How did you paint so tight to the rub rail? How did you do your stripe (is that a graphic too) Did you paint your deack? your wheel console? what paint... thanks I am now a sponge for all this info...

thanks for the step-by-step, the tips, and the encouragement... I am pretty certain I am going for it... I like the tweezer idea as well...... what do you do with the "chrysler " logo on the aft sides of teh hull, remove them? paint around them? are they stickers? how do you repaint them? ...

This is great! exactly what I needed to know as I am doing thsi job this weekend or next.... I have the OEM fabric just dangling from the ceiling ( cabin walls of a sailboat) throughout the boat with the ugly glue foam mold mix showing underneath.... I was thinking of paint, doing a wood slat ceilin...

wow, thanks...I have the confidence to go for this... was getting caught up in the perfection and doing it right if I was going to do it at all...instead I should just think how lousy my boat looks now -- it looks like a 30 yo boat!... I got to get over thinking my c-26 has to become perfect again.....

Alan, You have the right can-do attitude.... get started - do something and congrats! I too am surprised, c'mon, it is not alot of work to do the cushions for a 26 foot sloop, you get a mark-up on the fabric, mark-up on the foam, your labor charge -- work at night, work weekends if you are getting b...

Thanks! practical real expereince info from a DIY'er.... I don't think I have a choice anyway... it seems I can't find ANYONE "professional" to take my money anyway so if I want my wife to sail.. ( if I don't get this C-26 project going she is a few weeks from going out and buying a powerb...

thank you everyone.... great concise specific info.... does anyone know if we have head room in the c-26 v-berth for 4" foam .... I am planning on using this site to get my cushions.... pricey but seems easy I am thinking 2" memory foam on top of 1" dense foam... but now may go to 4&q...

THANK YOU! I am in a quandry.... it is May already and my boat is not in the water...my C-26 is somehow "beige" and looks terrible. my wife says that if it goes in the water "as is" she disavows any knowledge of the boat and won't sail her... she wants it all fresh painted white ...