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...and a few more pix.

Ahh, at last winter ends. Warmer weather brings out the sights, sounds, and smells of spring - the fragrances of magnolias, wisteria, legustrum, epoxy...



Having removed the interior overhead liner in Katie, I've begun laminating in 1/2 inch Divinycell, bedded in epoxy and microballoon paste...

And I found a composite light pole to use as a mast for a junk rig. Compared to aluminum, it is stronger, lighter, repirable, and said not to attract lightning. A buncha "win", hope its all true.

Hi Johnathan - I see you found the "For Sale" spot.

I'll forward the post to the Facebook A/C page, and also Pearson Owners, maybe one or two others, see if we can't find your gal a good home.

Yes, it converts uploaded images to .jpg format automatically, and resizes them in order to have broad compatibility and save on file space.

I see it, Tim.

[DOH!]

Holy cow, Tim. I had forgotten/never realized/lost the brainal link that your boat was the boat that Adam built the rounded dodger on.

DOH! 

VERY nice looking vessel there, Paul!!! Shipshape as well. Love the original teak sole on these boats, yours looks to be in great shape.

OK, seems to work well enough. It should resize your images down to within a 1024 pixel height or width, and can also rotate the image if needs be.

When you attach images, they will show at bottom of your post. If you want them to appear in the body of your post, after attaching the image, look at the thumbnail. There is a Blue up-pointing arrow there. Click in the body of your message where you want the picture to be located, click that blue arrow, and - violas - it will appear inline.

I added a built-in image resizer, so that the forum will do the work for you. Testing here to see how it works.

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A not so timely reply: I have used it, tho' not on chainplates, and can attest that it performs as advertised. Can't think of a reason not to do so; it should work fine for that.

Nothing to report WRT the site/forum. Last I heard, there was some difficulty in getting a reply from the person who actually controls the keys to the Kingdom (that is, the hosting server & database).

I have been working on the boat, taking advantage of the last bits of warm for laying up as much epoxy as possible.

Yep, I changed my Username, from the former "epiphany". (That was the name of my first monohull, a Com-Pac-23D which I owned way back before getting an Ariel.)

New beginnings, and all...

In that vein, I'll be giving the PA Association a new home in order to keep everything going. The move will happen gradually and over time, and should be relatively painless and effort-free for everyone.

Plans:
1) We will eventually be moving to a different forum software, likely Simple Machines Forum. As far as posting/reading/etc for y'all, it shouldn't be very difficult or too much different at all, once the move is made.
In that, I'll be attempting to move all the data from all the years - lock, stock, and barrel - as it is now. Meaning you won't need to re-register, or lose any pics, posts, etc..
That is the ideal, and what I'll be working towards.

2) A this point, everything else is up in the air. I will be looking to make some changes as far as Association Membership. but as with the Forum these should impact you minimally, and be better in the end.

3) I'm working it all through and with Bills family, with an overall goal of "future proofing" the knowledge here that we have all contributed over the years, doing it in a way that means there will be a Pearson Ariel/Commander Association even long after I've dropped my last anchor.

I think these fine Alberg vessels deserve that.

That's all for now.
Thanks for being a part of our Community!

I think pull it off, slightly pry apart at crack and insert glue or slightly thinned epoxy into the split, let that dry/cure (clamping to hold proper position?). That'd probably hold well enough if you got a good coverage inside the split, but you might as well go all out... ->  Once dried/cured, go for dowel insertion from the bottom. It's closer from there (so less drilling/dowel length needed), and will be 'hidden' when done, and that means a bonus - water will find it harder to get into.

Looks like some water got in already, so you might want to allot some drying time pre-repair. May be that removing some of the finish around the 'wound' will speed drying.

Thanks Kyle! I responded over there. I'll send Bill II a PM, as I doubt that checking in here is important right now.

Such a sad thing to read. Wishing peace for you and your family, Bill. I went though the same with my father in the last couple months of his life, just over 24 years ago. The pain of grief lessens over time, but has never gone away completely. We all still miss him to this day.

I'd corresponded with your Dad about the site back in 2020, when IIRC he was transferring everything to a new host and the current board software. There were (of course) some transitional issues, and I wanted to let him know that if he needed help or whatever I'd be glad to do what I can. The offer stands, always.

I run several sailing community sites currently, along with a dozen or so commercial projects. Msg screenshot posted below, so you can see his humor.