That's a good point. I always get Honduras boards for my Connie and have many left over that I'm using on the Roamer. But even then I've been...
One funny thing I've noticed about Dolphinite is that it remains soft and expands with heat. If that quarter round is painted, as it is on my...
I'm a fan of using original or better materials. The mahogany on my boat held up just fine for 40 years, so it's kind of hard to fault it. I...
Gotcha. I see from your original post that you're stripping it down to steel, so presumably you'll be applying an epoxy barrier coat once...
Things have been moving along with the Roamer. We applied Awlgrip Awlquik, longboarded with 120 and 220, then finished it off with three coats...
You can't just leave a tease like that and walk away!! lol OK...how much?
Hi. I'm the guy with the 46 Roamer with the aluminum rudder logs/plain steel shafts/bronze glands that turned to unimetal. A commenter or two...
After seeing extruded rubber hatch gaskets harden up, stick to the portholes, crack, fail to seal, etc, I started thinking about alternatives....
Hi John. The additional time it takes to nondestructively remove that quarter round is not worth it. There's no originality value in it. On...
Thanks, Mark! I'm into it 1.5 years so far, though it feels like an eternity sometimes. lol
Thanks, Doug. Keep us posted on your progress. As to my progress, I installed the prop shafts and put one more coat of epoxy on the bottom...
Driving the gear in reverse works, but only if the gear is designed for that operation. The Twin Disk 502s on my Roamer are speced to run either...
According to the USCG database (http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByID.html), that USCG number belongs to a 1968 steel boat...
The juxtaposition of these two shots just about makes me want to cry. :p [IMG] [IMG]
HA! Apparently the word that functions as an intensive but literally means "Condemned, especially to eternal punishment" is too naughty to be...
Thanks, revdcs! I would like to splash the boat as soon as possible and finish the project in the water. The tent it's in (there are pix...
Saturday morning, 5am. Dose of coffee, then left home in time to beat the Boatamalans to the Roamer. Slaved away until 11pm. Too tired to drive...
A photo from the future!!! What will stock prices be in August this year??? Primer did not happen as planned. I had to order up another 10...
That's an interesting aft deck enclosure...almost looks like a wisteria trellis! lol
Great looking boat!
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