Boat Forum / Building / August 2006

WHAT IS THE OLD SCHOOL METHOD FOR STARTING OUT SETTING A ONE OR TWO
BARREL ROCHESTOR CARB ?
SET BOTH MIXTURE SCREWS IN AND THEN BACK OUT HOW MANY TURNS ?????
I JUST DONT REMEMBER THE OLD SCHOOL TEACHERS ANSWER !!

    I have recently found an old (1960's?) Penn Yan boat, I think
about 21 ft. Under the false floor I can see that the ribs are rotting
as there is 1/2" of standing water in the boat. It looks to me like the
work to restore this and actually float it would be endless, though it

Hello;
I have acquired a small runabout that needs some work.  Gonna work on
upholstery, etc. for the next winter, and perhaps longer...  :-)
She runs OK at present, and has an integral gas fuel tank in the floor.

We're going to be heading down to Baja in a couple months and plan to
bring our 10' inflatable boat along.  It weights somewhere around 100
lbs and I'm planning on launching it over the beach.  My problem is
that hubby had a stroke a few years ago and I'll have to do it myself.

Westerly Tiger mainsail battens missing or broken.
Each batten is plastic and about 35 mm wide by 4mm thick.
Three of them; about one metre long.
Have made some identical battens from Canadian spruce.

I have some McCloskey "Man-o-War" that I want to use
on porch handrails for a handicapped man. We live in
the desert where daytime temps are generally over 100
degrees F for 3-4 months of the year (up to 118 degrees),

while back they were a few websites where you could share electronic
charts, software, tide info etc any popular ones still active??

As many of you know, we're close to splashing our 2-year refit.  It was
newly ablative bottom painted when we bought it.
A local asserts that the bottom paint is dead, and it will have to be
redone.

I saw this once using an off-on-off 3 pole switch (? it had 6 lugs)
and some diodes but I can't remember where. The switch is connected to
a 2 conductor wire that goes to a lense with two different bulbs in
it. In one switch position one bulb lights, in the other position the

I will do some repairs with epoxy (*), which will be exposed to the sun
all the time.
What should I put on that for UV protection?
Currently the alternatives are

I am considering building a sailboat,
and looking for some advice on what to build.
I am looking for something:
- That is easy to build. (stitch-n-glue??)

If I added 2 feet to an 11 foot sailboat  with a 5 foot beam, what else
would have to be changed in addition to adding an extra frame. Thanks,
Ted in Mich.

I am building an Arch davis design Penobscot 14 and I am at the point
to scarf plywood for the panels.  I am hoping there is a jig design to
cut the scarfs on 1/4" plywood.  I have seen jig for circular saws,
but I hoping there is a system to use with a laminate trimmer or a

A pal of mine is renovating a 1950s wooden 42-footer originally built
as a trawler but later fitted with a gaff rig.
He's currently tackling the deck, which is in a pretty rough state.
It's covered in old anti-fouling paint which is peeling and needs

New to the group, but it seems like this is a place with enough
expertise to answer the question I have. I'm attempting to make an
aqua-trailer for camping and exploring behind my personal watercraft.
Something similar to this http://www.hydrotrailer.com/index.html .