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Keel Winch Cable Eye Bolt – trouble in paradise | CapnRehab

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Adventures in repairing and sailing boats (and other stuff). Keel Winch Cable Eye Bolt – trouble in paradise. May 11, 2015. So you know how well the welding went fixing the hole for the keel pin. I’m still very excited about it. Sometimes I go out to the garage and just stare at it. It’s so perfect. The pin fits solidly, yet spins easily. Then I look at the other end. Things didn’t go so well there. Not a disaster, but not fixed either. Here it is before we started. Clearing rust around the keel eye bolt.

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Happy Keel day | CapnRehab

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Adventures in repairing and sailing boats (and other stuff). May 10, 2015. It finally happened. The day we’ve all been waiting for. I found a welder to fix the keel. I went back to my old standby, Craigslist. There I found 3 welders and emailed them all. One never replied. I got into a discussion with the other two about the job. I sent them both pictures and asked about welding cast iron. One said welding cast iron couldn’t be done and he wanted to build a brace around it:. I watched most of this remote...

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T.V. ‘On The Water’ | 'Mia Noi'

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039;Mia Noi'. TV ‘On The Water’. January 28, 2016. January 28, 2016. In the great little sailing book – ‘Sailing Big On A Small Boat’. The author Jerry Caldwell. Writes about the pitfalls of weighing down your ‘small boat’ with unnecessary ‘stuff’! Lucky for me, I didn’t read Jerry’s book until after I’d installed a 12 volt television in the cabin. And I’m glad I did. (I know you’re not supposed to start a sentence with ‘And’ – but I did). The TV works, Thursday Night Football. The work area with tools i...

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Upgrade to a Bimini Top on a Budget – The $tingy Sailor

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DIY trailerable sailboat restoration and improvement without throwing your budget overboard. Upgrade to a Bimini Top on a Budget. Posted by $tingy Sailor. June 13, 2014. January 3, 2016. Last summer was our first aboard. During this past winter’s refitting, I found what looked like an excellent value for a new bimini on eBay and clicked Buy it Now. I’m very pleased with the purchase from Marine and RV Direct. 1″ thick-walled aluminum frame with nylon fittings. Matching rear support poles instead of straps.

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Projects – The $tingy Sailor

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DIY trailerable sailboat restoration and improvement without throwing your budget overboard. Below are links to all projects organized by category. Control Mainsail Draft with a Boom Downhaul. Control Your Mainsail Shape Better With a Boom Vang. Flatten Your Mainsail Foot with an Outhaul. Lazy Jacks for the Trailer Sailor. Make This Boom Tent: the Poor Man’s Bimini. Make Your Boom More Useful with a Topping Lift. A Quick and Easy Sliding Hatch Fix. Above Galley Storage and a Tamer Stove. How to Install a...

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Refinish Your Swing Keel for Best Performance – Part 1: Removing – The $tingy Sailor

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DIY trailerable sailboat restoration and improvement without throwing your budget overboard. Refinish Your Swing Keel for Best Performance – Part 1: Removing. Posted by $tingy Sailor. March 21, 2015. January 30, 2016. Does your swing keel look like it has leprosy? Does it make a disturbing klunking sound when you switch tacks? If it has exposed rust, do you know for a fact how extensive it is? Want to learn how to refinish a metal swing keel for best performance and the lowest cost? I do point out two se...

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Splice and Dice | The Bonnie Boat

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About the Pearson Ariel. Today I Poked a Squirrel With a Stick →. July 23, 2015. Ryan here. As Chris mentioned recently. Things are coming together over at the boatyard, and. Looks like she’s wearing her Sunday best. All she needs now is her mast. Let’s see one of those photos again:. Chris got the shiny new standing rigging all hooked up to the mast and then informed me that I would have to learn to splice double-braided line so we could get the running rigging ready to go. You’ll recall. I was pretty e...