Forum: SparTalk
12-01-2009, 06:28 PM
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Forum: SparTalk
12-01-2009, 02:25 PM
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Forum: SparTalk
11-30-2009, 05:08 PM
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Douglas,
My knowledge is limited to what I've...
Douglas,
My knowledge is limited to what I've read about it recently, mostly in N. Calder and D. Casey as well as B. Toss's book. Authors characterized Delrin, a trade name for acetal plastic, as...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-30-2009, 01:14 PM
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Douglas,
It looks like a press fit, with no...
Douglas,
It looks like a press fit, with no insulating layer that I can see. I'd surmise that the fit is tight enough to exclude water, and I don't see any corrosion. Just a little soft black surface...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-29-2009, 01:49 PM
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Forum: SparTalk
11-25-2009, 08:40 AM
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Sheave/rope priority
Hello--
I have to replace the worn-out rope halyards in my recently-acquired Alajuela 33.
There are 3 pairs of bronze-bushed aluminum sheaves in the masthead, and they are grooved for wire/rope...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-25-2009, 07:24 AM
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SC 31's
I looked at 3 or 4 SC 31's in the past couple of years before I settled on my Alajuela 33. I recall seeing a couple of boats that had problems in the mast step. I had none of them surveyed.
One...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-23-2009, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 2
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Forum: SparTalk
11-20-2009, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 2
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Odd shrouds
Hello--
I have an Alajuela 33 cutter that has rigging components that I'm not familiar with: below the 5/16" upper shrouds are smaller shrouds of 1/8" 1x19 wire. They extend
from several feet below...
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