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April 2009 Blog Posts (4)

Rebuilding Wilson (hull 113) blog 2 First blog had so much material it was slow

CONTENTS

PLYWOOD HULL REPAIR AND SOP (SEAT OF PANTS) TESTING

INSIDE PLYWOOD TEST 2

PLYWOOD HULL REPAIR AND SOP (SEAT OF PANTS) TESTING

HOW FLOORS ARE CONNECTED TO KEELSON

CARRIAGE HEAD KEELSON/FLOOR BOLT TORQUE TESTS

THIS IS A TEST.

Let's say your boat is in a great, cheap, slip, and it is not leaking below the waterline, but you are replacing the lower frames that hold the main mast step, and you find a dry rotted area in… Continue

Added by bob mitchell on April 16, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Mast Repair on Sirenuse #9

Well I sure am glad this site is here. It sounds like there is some good experience working with wood here, which I'd like to tap into. I have started working on my mizzen mast and am dealing with several worrying issues. Moisture got under the fiberglass, causing massive delamination of the fiberglass and spots of rot on the surface of the wood 4-5 inches across each. Even worse, the moisture caused the glue to release around the top third of the mast. The spots of rots I think I licked--I dug… Continue

Added by NPen on April 14, 2009 at 9:16pm — 4 Comments

INFORMATION FROM CLYDE A. PHILLIPS

Clyde A. Phillips was a foreman at the Newporter boatyard in New Jersy. His knowledge and understanding of Newporter 40's, as well as his willingness to share with everyone, is an invaluable resource for us all.

Any information from Clyde, regardless of where else it might appear on the site, will also appear on the "Information from Clyde Phillips" BLOG, readily available to everyone. The blog format was chosen because it is easiest to organize and to add accumulating…

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Added by bob mitchell on April 9, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

REBUILDING WILSON (hull #113)

Contents:

Introduction

Newporter Masts Postmortum Analysis

Underneath the Main Cabin Floor: Main Mast Step, Rotten Framing with Rusty Bolts, Keelson and

keel bolts, inside views of chainplates.

Framing Bolt Anaysis and proposed seat of the pants Testing

Mast scarfing jig

INTRODUCTION

The reason I am switching to a blog is that I have so much energy and I am so involved in my boat that I feel out of sync, movin fast. Plus I really enjoy… Continue

Added by bob mitchell on April 2, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

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THE ROSTER

Muf, our Keeper of the Roster, has updated it. But he still needs information on boats out there that he doesn't have, like new owners, old owners, where any of the boats are. We don't post the roster on the web site, it is only sent to owners. Please send him anything you might have, or call him at:

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Captain Clyde's Newporter sites:

newporters.blogspot.com

and

newporter.ning.com

The Ning site has been given a reprieve. I have transferred my Ning site to the blogspot site and will leave it there. I am keeping my Ning site open as a home for my photos and drawings.

Many of my photos there do not relate to Newporters, but a search through my collection may prove useful for your studies.

My drawings are not accurate in many respects as a result of the PAINT program used to draw them, There is no accurate scale and at best they are only useful to indicate some specific detail. Some are inaccurate because of my poor memory. Use them to help you think, not as a detailed presentation of the subject matter.

If any of you want to start a web site I suggest you remember what has happened to both my Ning site and this site (which is a Ning site) and remember that my Blogspot site is free and Blogspot's owner (Google) has promised to keep it that way.

Clyde's email:

camgphil@msn.com

Put 'Newporter' on Subject Line. Email is the best way to contact me. I do not regularly look at this site or its messaging system. Email will get to me post-haste.