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Firstly, the cockpit work would include stringers under sole and a little reinforcing of side walls to stiffen it up. Secondly to answer Tims quentions, skill level is fairly high, over winter of 04/05 I gutted and rebuilt interior, with replacement of all systems. Which I was able to complete becau...

I realise there are a lot of vairables that need to be factored in but generally what would be a ball park estimate to do the following work: Remove deck ware Repair areas of core rot two section, one cabin top, 12 x 36 one side deck 10 x 12, others? Reinforce cockpit sole, Prep deck for painting Pa...

I having been looking for an over the boom sun shade/awning for our PY26 and the only ones I have found are the Blue Perfromance and two from Defender, a light weight 4.5 OZ and a heavier cloth material, maybe 7 oz? Has any one purchased either of these and if so what do you think of them? Any other...

Has any one attended the clearance sale at Defender in the past? Did you find it worth while to go? I dont have any must haves for the boat this year other than headsail and furler, but there are a few nice to haves, so we are undecided if it is worth the 400ml round trip. Is it more of a vendor sho...

We went to check on boat on Sunday and found that the bilge was full of ice. Boat is stored with mast up and covered in tarps. The boat is a keeled step mast and I suspect the water ran down the mast. I thought I had sealed it up good enough but I guess not. We have had a lot of rain this fall andd ...

We are preparing our boat for the long winter season here in upstate NY and this is first year the boat will be stored at the marine since we purchsed it. Last two years it was hualed home for refit work. This past spring I purchased a Lifeline AGM Group 27 battery and my question is, is it best to ...

I am wondering what the best method to bond a new plywood floor down would be. The old coring and top layer of nonskid was removed and replaced with plywood and fiberglass. I have cut, fit and top finished a 1/4 thick veneer ply wood to go over the repaired area and am wondering if I should use 3M 5...

Last year at newport boat show there was a cabin flooring coating displayed there and it has been mentioned here. It is a semigloss finish that is non slip. It has a very high solids content. I cant remeber the name and lost the brochure. Does any one know who it could be? Thanks Ted

Last year I rewired boat completely with all new wiring, DC Pannel, lights ect. I also added a Blue Sea 110AC 30A distrubtion panel, but did not wire it up. no power at dock last year and no time. So now I am in process and need help. First off I have Centaur 20 charger, AGM Group 27 battery(1) , ou...

The bearings on existing car are trashed, Grooves wore in sides of car, sheaves on control lines trashed, cracked and frozen, track is wore also. Generally the thing is scrap. It didnt work very well last season but we muddle through.

I need to replace the old Kenyon traveler on our Paceship 26. The traveler track is mounted in recess groove across the bridge deck. The recess is about 1 3/4 wide 1 1/2" deep. I would perfer that the new travel track stay flush with deck level as is the case with the kenyon. But it looks like ...

West Marine is having a pretty good sale on running ring today only, prices are even better than Rigging Only! and I would like to order new jib sheets and spin sheets. So how do you figure the lenghts of each? I dont have spin sheets now so I cant measure and the two jib sheet sets that came with b...

Were do people feel the best place for shore power inlet is? Boat is a 77 paceship 26' with outboard tiller, if that matters. I was thinking of placing it on the outside of the coaming towards the aft end, port side which is teh same side as battery and electric panel. Any comments?
Thanks Ted

Our boat a PY26 77was purchased with a wet core in the cabin sole. In the fall I drilled a whole bunch of holes in it to dry it out over winter. My plan is to mill mahogany flooring for it. 2" x 3/8 and bond to floor after holes are filled and floor is level and stablized. Additionally I am thi...

What preparations need to be done to the existing non skid surface before painting with the interdeck? Sand non skid surface smooth, just go over it with paint as is, just clean with acetone? I have section of deck with wet core that should be fix, but have been putting it off due to I did not know ...

I need to put down a new floor over the existing cabin floor which is currently a wet balsa core fiberglass laminate. I drilled a whole bunch of holes in it, to dry it out. Plan is to fill holes or maybe even cut top skin out remove balsa and fill with ply wood to bring to correct height and cover w...

We will be sailing on Lake Champlian and it is a no discharge area. For the head sink I was thinking of running it to the galley holding tank, then when a head holding tank is installed I would possibly switch it.

I have a few basic questions in regards to holding tank plumping. First off the boat is a 1977 Paceship PY26 that we pretty much gutted and rebuilt last winter. One thing we did not do was install holding tanks for galleyand head sink, we used flexible 5 gal tanks for the season along with porta pot...