Hi! Thanks for all the input on covering your boats for winter storage. My Tahiti Ketch is dressed in blue (tarp) for the winter. She is in wet storage, and...
Arthur, I alternate between wet and dry storage. Last winter, THORA was on the hard, but this winter she is in the water. On occasions, she has gone 3 years...
THORA is the boat that was gutted and refinished? She is the boat that there are so many great pictures of on the web? And she has not been re-caulked?...
With Gratuity, what I've done most winters is haul her out of the water and do some work for a month or two or three. Because of a few winters of neglect...
Yes most Tahiti's can be sailed solo- even with a great rig and top-square. Even with a broken arm nothing is too heavy that it can't be replaced, hauled,...
I think that is Thora out there in such visual profusion. I used to search for pictures of Tahiti's and I'd always run across the same few of a nice boat with...
There is some confusion on Tahiti's. THORA has never been gutted, and, to my knowledge, the only photos of her on the web are in this forum. Perhaps you were...
You must have seen photos of a different Tahiti. THORA has never had red sails. ... search for pictures of Tahiti's and I'd always run across the same few of...
Paul, Thank you so much for pointing that out. I am new to wooden sailboats and have a lot to learn. You used a term "payed" out. What does that mean? And,...
Get those decks protected from fresh water ASAP Arthur. If you put plywood over them the rot will continue- and it does not just end with the board- but...
I have a problem with my deck leaking. She is teak over plywood. The previous owner reefed all the seams and re packed with new cotton, then finished with a...
Hey Arthur! How thick is the teak topping on the plywood, and how thick is the plywood? I know it might be hard to figure out (like where do you SEE without...
Hi- we have had lots of trouble with leaking decks when we had a Peterson Coaster Schooner. The plywood subdecking naturally rots and it spreads to beams etc. ...
Marilyn, I believe the previous owner would agree with you. He believes the teak has got to go, the plywood sub floor is sound and fiberglass is the way to...
That's not a bad thickness but too thin for just using it as the deck (1.2" or thicker would be good for removing the plywood and just having the teck re-laid...
Thora's deck was built the way John Hanna recommended: tongue and grove planks (fir), which originally were canvas covered. The original canvas was replaced...
Hey Paul- I heard about that solution, never dealt with it. How does it stand up to heavy blue-water stress? My biggest concern with any deck covering that is...
Sounds like a good job. I think plywood is a good substrate for fiberglass since it is more stable dimensionally than individual planks. paul_b_dahlgren...
I realize I am answering an old post, but I have lots of experience adding sail area to my Tahiti, jib boom and flying jib, fided topmast. Huge overlaping jib,...
Hey I know I am- I haven't seen hardly any Tahiti's and the ones I HAVE seen have all had traditional rigs. Gratuity has the whole 9 yards (no pun intended)...
I was at the local hardware store the other day looking at the plywood selection and saw some plastic sheething made just like the plywood. anyone ever thought...
It might work if the resin holding it together is "marine strength" water proof. If not, it would create more problems than it might solve! decristofaro3...
I can't imagine that heavy seas would cause a problem. At least no more problem than they could cause to the entire boat. With the random orientation of the...
The biggest problem in boats of differing materials isn't the material so much as the difference between them in HULL construction... they all have their uses,...
JP, I don't have much in the way of photos at the moment. It is always tough to get photos of your own boat, as I am sure you know. I do have one nice one...
Gratuity has fir TIG as well. *grin*.... I had some friends make the pacific-Northwest-to-baja jaunt in their dutch ketch (re-rigged to bermudan-/gaff)......
!!! The boat is up there but I only am there half the time... 3 days a week I am south in Seattle. I'd love to see your boat! I'm working on putting mine back...
Just a thought on leaking decks. We have a 1 1/4" laid fir deck over ply. The seams are done with Detco two part. Over everything we put down Spantex. It is...
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