Thanks for the advice. I was hoping to do the repair with out the lazarette kit. I don't think they look good but it sure will make the repairs much easier. ...
Order from victor a new main hatch cover....cut a hole in the deck above the rudder post make your repair. Then unthe the underside of the deck gluein some...
I once lost a hatch cover. While sailing in strong winds the boat went nose first into a wave, and took green water over the hatch. (Actually, it was pretty...
I went out and got the 3m fine line tape to make better edges....Now my dilemma is that the fine line tape pulled up already cured paint, right off of the...
I did Wet sand the primer with 600 grit.... to smooth out the orange peel.... maybe today when I retape, again, I will only burnish the very very edge of the...
FWIW..... Interlux web site used to have some free how-to documentation on painting boats Also, Don Casey's Boat Finishing book (or his This Old Boat book) has...
Marc, I'm building a data base of paint problems. I'd like to know: What brand of paint you used. Type of paint used. Acrylic lacquer, plasticoat, enamel, two...
Marc, I think the 600 grit was the problem. While paper that fine does a good job of making things very smooth, it almost polishes the surface. Especially when...
Funny this should come up today. Just yesterday at the pond, two sailors in my club lost hatch covers - one from a Soling one-meter and one from a Santa...
John I'll outline the problems and the paitn codes in a Private email for ya... but I have been using the duplicolor paint on the S1M and If not for the...
I think it was the 600 grit. I won't go any finer than 400 grit between coats for the epoxy enamel paint that I use. With the primer coat I won't go any...
Yeah I learned about the chemical side on the vicky.... I should have left the darn thing primer gray with a clear coat. it was so nice and smooth...Boring...
Highwaysailor writes: I have been using a light shock cord to hold my hatch covers in place on both our Soling onemeters. Haven't lost any yet. And by...
The Sarasota Club uses floating plastic duck decoys as race markers. They do not even look like a buoy, and are in the hot Florida sunshine. A Duck decoy...
Thanks for your information, I have had several good ideas. If I can get the fuddy duddies in our park to agree to something we will be all set. Gib Loesel ...
http://www.sailingusa.info/sail_shape.htm I honestly can't say that Ive seen any cunninghams on any S1M in person or in pics.... But it woudl not be hard to...
Take a look at these two links. They show an automatic cunningham. It uses the offset from the pivot of the boom to tighten the luff as the boom is pulled in...
I use an even simpler one on my EC12, but I have been told the Soling rules indicate no control can be on two spars, thus allowing an adjustment not intended...
... John unless I missed something I think 5.0 states that you could do a cunningham rig. the "ect." leaves a hole big enough to drive a truck through. I...
The proposed (voting closed a week or two ago.) rewrite of the rules removed the “etc.” from 5.0 (while adding things to the list.) and added rule 5.8: 5.8...
I believe that the re-write of the rules if approved, creates the opportunity for the automatic cunningham. Here's my thinking. The original design drawing...
I have a question regarding application of Class Rules 2.1 "The Hull and Keel shall be as supplied in kit" and 2.4 "The construction, layout, materials and...
... OK, apparently the rules don't disallow this as clearly as I thought, but I still believe they make it illegal. ... Depending on the definition you use, a...
John, 1. Show up with a self adjusting Cunningham and see how long it takes the CD to disallow it. It doesn't matter if YOU think it's legal... It's weather...
Don, If I were ruling on the use of a carbon spar for the keel, I'd say it's OK. It doesn't enhance performance or make your boat any faster. Technically, I do...
I find that these posts and others are very discouraging. Is the S1M class a "one design class" fleet or is it a developmental fleet? I started building an S1M...
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