My thoughts on taking a CHB 34 on long coastal trips. Though I am not what most would consider a seasoned offshore sailor; I have cruised in the ocean a fair...
The shop manual that we purchased for our 1984 Taiwan-built trawler does not include the location of zincs on our Perkins 6-354 engine. Can anyone tell us...
I have 6.354 engines and placed zincs in the heat exchanger . Find a plug on the RAW WATER side , remove it and put the zinc in that hole. They are an off...
Hi all, We ran across something worth sharing with the group. As you know, the battle between the sexes can certainly escalate during those tight docking ...
But a friend of ours turned us on to a $20 (that's right, $20) children's walkie talkie set that you can get from Toys-R-Us (or maybe another toy store, we...
I posted a question to this list a couple of weeks ago about location of grounds on a CHB 34. I received much good advice about electrical wiring but none...
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ken harris
kharris3@...
Jun 3, 2002 11:44 pm
I'm in the process of stripping the varnish from the "eyebrow" on the fly bridge of my 34'. I tried West Marine's fiberglas friendly stripper since I was...
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Ron Niemi
niemi6135@...
Jun 4, 2002 12:45 am
Ken, I just stripped varnish off of the bridge eyebrow this past weekend using a heat gun and paint scraper. On advice from some local old timers, I masked ...
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Wally Olsen
wallypeggy@...
Jun 4, 2002 1:02 am
I agree with Ron. You'll be happy with the heat gun treatment. Just don't let the heat gun tarry too long as the burns are hard to remove. I would never use...
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parentifred
parentifred@...
Jun 5, 2002 3:05 am
Heat gun and a scrapper made for this purpose is the only way to go. ... From: "ken harris" <kharris3@...> To: "CHB GROUP" <CHB@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Sandy Floe
steamer@...
Jun 5, 2002 12:58 pm
Minority report (I guess). I use a palm sander with several different sanding discs. I believe it's faster for the larger jobs and that there is more control...
... Me too... except I used a detail sander in the tight spots :-) Of course that has been entirely to long ago... But good varnish seems to last under covered...
TO All Just incase some of you have not discovered a really great tool for scraping paint and varnish off visit www.razortools.com , product index, then go...
The first rule of varnish is that if you want it to stick it will peel off in a matter of weeks. But if you want it to fall off so you can apply Cetol over...
Keith Regardless of how compelling your varnish philosophy is, and who you want to be signed as, You will always be "Jake Brake" Johnson to me. Rick Megenity ...
Dear : "Pretending varnish will fall off on it's own in Portland" I think we are almost on the same page. We have been waiting for 3 years for the cetol which...
Dear Ken and Judy, I'm sure you will be bombarded with response. My wife and I have stripped virtually every stinkin' exterior wood surface on our 36' CHB over...
Dear John, Have you replaced any of the little red indicator lights located next to the circuit breakers on the panel? If so, where did you get them? All my...
Dear Mike and Elaine, I tried removing Cetol (4 coats) with my heat gun the other day. Using a scraper, it came off just like varnish. Thought you might want...
I'm curious (not having done mine yet) what effect the heat gun method has on Thyakal chalk on deck surfaces, does it break it down? Also wondered if anyone...
Found this great site about fiberglass. Everything we all wanted to know. Got any repairs you need to make. Read this first. ...
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ken harris
kharris3@...
Jun 6, 2002 6:08 pm
WOW!!! I didn't expect the overwhelming response to my question!! Thanks to everyone for their thoughts, experience and convictions. I think I will attempt to...
My wife Anja, is comfortable at the upper helm if I'm at her side talking calmly. I always have to promise to take the controls if things get out of hand, ...
Hello CHB Group: WE have been trying to track down information on the CHB Chung Hwa sail boats the company built. Ours is a 36ft ketch, in beautiful shape [if...
My circuit breaker panel does not have the red indicator lights, only the circuit breakers, so I can't help you there. Jon Hamilton 1978 34 CHB The Other Woman...
Hello everyone, Well, after the single vs twin question, I want to thank everyone for their input. I did go to San Diego and look at the boat but it had not...
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bajabobsv@...
Jun 9, 2002 12:09 am
Hi Everyone, Having just returned from 8mo. in Mexico and having a bad case of CRS, I can't remember who the member who orders the burgee's for CHB's. My wife...
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Sandy Floe
steamer@...
Jun 10, 2002 1:45 pm
Doug wrote: <snip> We did purchase a 1977 chb tri cabin that is ... The typical surveyor wouldn't have a clue......(At least the ones I know) You may want to...
