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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 25-03-2018, 11:31
Replies: 79
Views: 66,782
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: StarBoard vs Marine Plywood ?

Starboard: Take a piece of 1/2" Starboard and cut off a 1/4" strip. Now try to break that strip with your bare hands. Most of us can't do it, but not so with the best I/4"X1/2" strip of the best ply....
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 11-11-2016, 20:26
Replies: 47
Views: 17,197
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Electric Motor and a Honda 2000 Generator?

Cruisers and Sailing forums,
I have a few minutes now waiting for daylight, to go outside and work. My electric motor was a success, but sadly not really practical for all conditions. e.g. I could...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 09-01-2016, 06:33
Replies: 8
Views: 17,424
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Blackwatch 24 / 19

It has been 5 years since the last post about the Blackwatch 18. I presently own the last one, the only gaff cat that was built and I'm entranced. She sails beautifully and is very easy to balance...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 06-11-2015, 16:32
Replies: 704
Views: 91,957
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Richardson Bay liveaboards, heads up!

Back in the late 1950's Richardson bay was beautiful. Old derelict ocean cargo schooners, brigantines, barges and misc. craft lay rotting along the waterfront. People (happy people) lived all over...
Forum: Forum Tech Support & Site Help 23-04-2015, 06:25
Replies: 6
Views: 3,120
Posted By Capt.Fred
Annual Cruisers Forum Fee

I don't mean to be impolite, but whoever collects the fees, has been charging me double for the past couple years. I am now paid up until 2019. I'm 81 and this rate, I may not be able to catch up....
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 13-11-2013, 05:19
Replies: 34
Views: 9,932
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: varnish issues on exterior teak

For the past forty (40) years I just go sailing and let the salt spray take care of my teak. Once and a while depending on conditions, my teak and I need a bath, so I do both with soap, lite...
Forum: Challenges 24-10-2013, 10:05
Replies: 31
Views: 4,366
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: End bird droppngs

I tried the fishing line in many conceivable configurations. Plus I spread around a couple fancy rubber snakes. The snakes actually move in the wind. NO LUCK!! I will spend a half hour removing the...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 20-10-2013, 11:40
Replies: 26
Views: 24,040
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Bowsprit Design

Hi Sam Plan B, Of course you know, we will believe want we wanna believe. With all due respect, I can overcome most all if not all your objections above. Toy boats that are just designed for racing...
Forum: Challenges 17-10-2013, 20:01
Replies: 31
Views: 4,366
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: End bird droppngs

Now that sounds like a good one. I will test it on the forward section first. Thanks, Ralph :popcorn:
Forum: Challenges 17-10-2013, 13:43
Replies: 31
Views: 4,366
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: End bird droppngs

Thanks everyone. Cheoah, I hadn't thought of a ground. I'm going to think about how to overcome that detail. I wonder if I can strip the outside of a two wire cable, except where it is supported. At...
Forum: Challenges 17-10-2013, 12:07
Replies: 31
Views: 4,366
Posted By Capt.Fred
End bird droppngs

How about a low voltage electric fence set up through all the rigging, not to hurt, but only a discouraging tingle. Any suggestions, :confused: besides forcing me to walk the plank?
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 09-09-2013, 03:40
Replies: 502
Views: 126,300
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

Until you've sailed a ketch or yawl one doesn't realize what he is missing. I could do circles and figure 8's with my 50 footer in a crowded anchorage to the amazement of the other boat occupants....
Forum: Forum Tech Support & Site Help 01-09-2013, 09:21
Replies: 21
Views: 3,082
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: CF's photo management stinks!

Please, I just want to be able to rearrange my photos in my albums at will. Am I the only one that wishes to do that?
Forum: Forum Tech Support & Site Help 30-08-2013, 20:20
Replies: 21
Views: 3,082
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: CF's photo management stinks!

The photos cannot be rearranged to suit a sequence of events, If I add more photos, they again cannot be placed, other than at the end.

Am I doing something wrong?
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 13-08-2013, 04:51
Replies: 319
Views: 49,539
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Any Classic Car Enthusiasts on Board ?

Bunches of wows....what a dream...across the Continent in a '36 MG.
I gotta sit down!
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 11-08-2013, 09:36
Replies: 319
Views: 49,539
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Any Classic Car Enthusiasts on Board ?

James S, thanks. I'd sure like to see photos of some of your stuff. The '38 Ford Cabriolet is one of my favorites. Evokes lots of memories of my old neighborhood in NYC. Dual pipes with spark plug...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-08-2013, 23:52
Replies: 11
Views: 2,063
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Foam Sandwich or Aluminum Vessel

My glass boat I designed and built with my wife alone was launched in 1977. She has been a daily charter boat for almost 28 years without let-up. No corrosion, no bubbles, no delamination. Lived...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-08-2013, 21:36
Replies: 4
Views: 1,258
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Water spouts and lee shore sailing

Thanks zeehag, it would be an honor for me if you'd look up my profile and peruse my first 3 albums. I designed and hand built the Daedalus myself in Santa Barbara and launched her in '77. After that...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-08-2013, 15:48
Replies: 4
Views: 1,258
Posted By Capt.Fred
Water spouts and lee shore sailing

Please don't consider this as advertising. This are just daily sailing events when you must go out each day for to earn a living aboard.
While trolling for passenger along Orange Beach, The Daedalus...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-07-2013, 14:53
Replies: 24
Views: 7,439
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Cutter Efficiency Sailing as a Sloop

[QUOTE=roverhi;1298690]I very strongly disagree on having a staysail boom. The way they are typically rigged, they end up with a sail with a big sag in the leach as soon as you crack off./QUOTE]
...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-07-2013, 05:26
Replies: 24
Views: 7,439
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Cutter Effeciancy Sailing as a Sloop

https://cdn.cruisersforum.com/forums/images/attach/jpg.gif 16, 1976 Fred removing the mold from tha Daedalus. Party time!.jpg...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-07-2013, 03:56
Replies: 24
Views: 7,439
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: cutter effeciancy sailing as a sloop

Paul you have a very beautiful boat. However, I prefer a self tending self furling club staysail cut low, with both booms visually close to the same angle. The foresail would be a furling yankee, A...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 30-07-2013, 18:10
Replies: 24
Views: 7,439
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: cutter effeciancy sailing as a sloop

I've preferred cutters for many years. In heavy weather you can reduce sails efficiently. In every day weather to about 15 knots of wind the dbl hd sails are very exciting as I approach about 16...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 26-07-2013, 05:30
Replies: 1,322
Views: 437,599
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Nautical Oddities

Most likely these folks are Vietnamese, who fought on our side and were invited to join the melting pot. They naturally went into the shrimping industry, which sadly was all but destroyed by the BP...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 25-07-2013, 17:59
Replies: 1,322
Views: 437,599
Posted By Capt.Fred
Re: Nautical Oddities

Most everything in your home was made in China. I'm pretty sure that ladder was made in the USA, LOL Cudda found it lying around. Jes sayin.
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