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A head was added and interior cleaned up. All of these photos are from quite a few years ago. Hopefully I will get inside of her again soon to see if there was more to document.

Earlier (years ago) I referenced planning on opening up the motor well, which also required rebuilding the transom locker as it had been closed off by previous owner.

Some other work included building above the anchor locker where there had been damage blow fittings.

Way back when there was painting going on

Just posted a photo in my gallery, can't tell whether it resized or not. Have an appointment this morning so won't be around till later.

Working on posting a photo here, not being too successful...ah without description tag it worked

I will post some photos of #331's refit when I get some time. But in the meantime here is a link to a photo gallery. Mariah's refit

Good to hear from you Ebb, glad to see you are as feisty as ever. And I would like to see more pics too. Make a deal with you, post a few more pics and I will pull the tarp off of Mariah and post a pic to prove I still have #331.
Busy with another boat project  at the moment.

Thanks for dredging that up Kyle, though it does make me chuckle at my and Craig's expense

Ugh, that is what I was afraid of, mine has been removed. Guess I have some more glasswork ahead of me (I thought I was done  

Thanks Jerry, BTW, love the work you have done on yours, though curse you for setting the bar so high I can no longer reach it

Thanks Kyle, but you are right, I need to see under that edge to see what actually keeps the cover from lifting off. From that perspective mine looks exactly like that but will lift up when closed. Not completely off, as the front edge is locked on, but I am sure that the rear of it should not be able to lift.

Does anyone have, or could draw me a crossection of the companion slider. The PO of my boat had removed whatever  pieces that kept the companion hatch from lifting off the metal slides. So some kind of description looking straight on from the cockpit would be extremely helpful.

I am closing in on completion of a total refit of Hull #331 and will make a post of the process when I am done.

Thanks Tim

Craig, How has the seaming with 5200 worked out? I am getting close to doing the same with #331 before bottomcoat. Did you strip the rudder of bottem paint before applying the 5200?

Tim

Thank you Bill for merging this thread into the other one...

  WRT the rudder in post #329.  These rudders are misunderstood.  The assumption (as I might have made) was that the planks seeming to separate indicates failure.  The fact is that you can go out and buy the most beautiful new components and assemble your rudder... and if you build it out of wood it is going to wind up looking just like the one you remove.

  The mahogany planks are drilled through, and a 'sintered' bronze rod has been placed lengthwise through the socket.  This is a pretty sound construction method.  Now, after the boat has been in the water and water has gotten into the grain of the wood it starts to do what it did when it was in the woods and surrounded by it's friends.... it absorbs water and swells into a wonderful solid unit.

  The problem comes when we haul the boat, and the rudder starts to dry.  The planks get gaps in them which we long to fill (I know, I did).  Some construct elaborate systems of straps or fiberglass coatings to ensure the planks will stay together.....

  They (mostly) stay together on their own anyway.  

  Wow, I am getting long winded here.  

You can make your own out of fiberglass.  Make sure not to put too fine of a trailing edge on it.  First it is not necessarily as hydrodynamic, but second the fine edge produces a turbulence that WILL make your rudder / tiller hum and vibrate.

  Keith did an absolutely masterful job with the rudder on Ariel Spirit (Hull #3) (I believe you will find it mentioned earlier in this thread).  When my wife and I delivered her from MD to NC we found that the rudder would hum and lightly vibrate near 5 knots.... not a terrible issue, but I would not have chosen this... especially given the miles we have sailed our little ship.

  Yes, in this long and rambling post I need to get to my point.

On Faith's last haul out (pre-cruise) we removed the sealant from between the planks, we fared some of the trailing edge with epoxy, then we filled the gaps back in with a bead of 3M 5200 that was then scraped so as to produce a thin 'link' between the boards.

  THis is tough to describe, but basically we wanted to fill and secure the planks but also allow them to swell when the hull was splashed.  I wish I had taken some close up pictures, but picture filling in the gaps and then removing and smoothing the sealant with 'valleys' between the planks.  That way the sealant was adhering to the edges, but not completely filing the void.



  I can type more on this if it is helpful... I suspect I may have typed too much already.

I will say that I did dive and scrub (caress?) the rudder often since.. and have not found any weakness.  I will likely do a haul out after the oil spill clears and will update things then.


 

So far it has cleaned off with just a brush and water, but then I haven't spilled anything bad on it.

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