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Topic: What Have You Done To My Boat?
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SuperPiper
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posted April 10, 2005 12:54 PM
  
Two weeks ago I was working under the blue tarp in the cabin of Sapphire. Jo came by to tell me that she was going out to visit her mom and to pick up some groceries. To my surprise, she didn't even notice the radical modification to the 'Piper. Wow, that was curious.This morning, I was working on "The Project" and she peaked in again. "What have you done to my boat?" It's always HER boat when I do something radical. "Why did you do that?"
"Because I love you, Honey!"
"How am I going to fit through that?"
"A skinny thing like you should have no problem." Good engineering design, eh? 
There were a couple of setbacks. There was some delamination of the cold-weather glasswork. However, I believe the problem was more related to poor surface preparation. I had not adequately roughed the gelcoat finish of the cabin ceiling nor the underside of the re-installed hatch cover. I was able to peel the glass off with my chisel. I had experienced this in the cockpit floor repair.
Then, I attempted to perform 2 epoxy tasks in parallel. One of the jobs started to set up before I got done. In the end, it turned out OK. I just had to pump a couple extra portions of PATIENCE into the mix. Listen, we don't have enough photos of Sandpipers underway. I am surprised to see the bow knuckle out of the water on 2 of the photos on this forum. At rest, the knuckle is underwater: it is definitely below the boot stripe (or bathtub ring). But once underway, the Sandpiper looks to be trying to plane. The Farr-designed J-109 has the knuckle above the floatation plane to make the boat more maneuvreable. What do you think? [This message has been edited by SuperPiper (edited April 10, 2005).] IP: 64.230.162.6 |
CL14-CentralAir
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posted April 11, 2005 12:43 PM
Can you provide some more info about what you modified? It's probably just *me*, but I can't tell exactly what I'm looking at in the photo, within the context of the entire 'Piper.Thanks,
Christy IP: 12.16.164.205 |
Shortstay
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posted April 12, 2005 09:06 AM
Well for starters, Christy, he reduced the companionway entrance size and moved it port by about 6".IP: 198.115.167.13 |
whited
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posted April 12, 2005 09:32 AM
And sealed up the sliding hatch. You gotta be lean & trim to crew on that boat. (unless you stay in the cockpit)IP: 142.177.154.253 |
Ken
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posted April 12, 2005 12:20 PM
Superpiper:
Personally speaking....I'd be afraid to be inside your modified cabin at any time with such a restricted hatch for emergency egress.Fire, a severe leak, CO buildup from the engine, or just bumping your hear inside....Unfortunately this stuff happens.
How would anyone be able to extricate you from the cabin. If the boat were ever knocked down on the port side, the hatch would be very low and possibly under water. If knocked down on the stb'd side, one would have to climb upward to exit, only to fall across the cockpit to the starb'd coaming. How could a child or less agile person ever squeeze themselves out? In addition, you've reduced the amount of companionway area for good ventilation of any possible fumes, or fresh air in very hot weather. Sorry....but the whole cabin now appears to be very claustrophobic to me. ....Ken
[This message has been edited by Ken (edited April 26, 2005).] IP: 141.117.228.250 |
CL Staff
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posted April 13, 2005 09:34 PM
think contessa... looks great! when is the bow sprit scheduled for install?Cody IP: 24.150.77.51 |
Patrick Crooks
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posted April 13, 2005 09:52 PM
I don't see any problem with the opening being over to the side. Grampian did this with there 23 footer albeit it has a sliding hatch. This hole size looks to be about the same as the Sirens.Patrick
"Barefoot" IP: 206.45.178.176 | |
