I hope my fellow Tartan 26 owners will find this a useful resource where we can share T26-specific information without having to sort through too much...
Hi, Jack Yes, on the forward bilge. My plywood panel was pretty ragged, so I went ahead and satisfied my curiosity by tearing it out. The fiberglass pan that...
Well, I think I only have three keel boats in my boat. If your keel is wobbly in the travelift then you have a problem! We've owned our boat for about four...
Thanks, Michael Yes, I definitely need to get the keel squared away. When I brought the boat home for restoration this last fall, I blocked the boat up extra...
Jack, I wonder what the theory was behind that? Protection against holing (a sort of double bottom with the sole? I think it would kind of bug me if I ...
I think when spring comes I will drill a hole with a keyhole saw and check it out . Another question? If you don't mind.Being a novice sailor working with...
Jack, I'll take a couple of photos if we get a halfways decent day here sometime. As for the bridge deck, I'm thinking I'll be doing that to my boat, although ...
Jack, I've uploaded two photos of my mast-step area. I apparently saw a wooden block on a different boat; you can't tell what it is on mine since everything is...
... Tod, I removed the bridge deck traveller from my boat and am replacing it in the original position. Bad points 1) it made the companion way to confining 2)...
Bill, About how wide (fore and aft) is your bridge deck? It sounds, from #2 & #3 it must be about 6", just enough room to mount the traveler track on it? I ...
Tod, My traveller was not on a bridge deck. It was on the cabin top,in the middle of the companionway, fore to aft. Sorry for the mistake, in shop terms that...
Bill, Your clarification explains much! I was aboard a 26 in CT that had a drop board "permanently" installed as a sort of bridge deck. Below was only the...
I've reworked the one sketch of the cockpit with bridge deck and the other of that area inside the cabin if anyone is interested. Hopefully they are a little...
Seeing I'm starting from scratch this will be my first of many questions.I was wondering if the sreaders on this mast i pick up will line up properly wih the...
Jack, I just added two photos to the Yahoo page (and brought my boat's folder up front with Bill's....I messed up when I first created it, wasn't sure what I ...
Tod, Are you just going to tease us with the fact that this article exits,or are you going to either link us to the URL or upload it as a file. Thanks Bill...
*grin* Hi, Bill I only have a photocopy of the articles. However, today a good friend of mine who has a scanner offered to scan them for me. Hopefully I'll...
If anyone is interested, I've posted an article about the origins of the Tartan 26 that appeared in Coastal Cruising Magazine back in '89. It was a 3-part...
Hi guys, Has anyone changed the thru hulls in their T26? I started that job this week. I am changing from flush mount to mushroom to increase strength of thru ...
Bill, I have not, but am planning on removing and glassing all thru-hulls near or below the waterline and going to outboard power. I was surprised at how small...
