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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:
909 561 4245
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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:
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.
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This is George Henderson, owner of "Faith," Hull #69 located in the Boston area. Just letting the community know that she is on the market since I now live in CO. She is priced to sell. Makes me sad but I'd like to see her legacy continue. If you know of a potential buyer I can be reached at georgehenderson.usa@gmail.com / 857-221-1581. She is in great condition and has been lovingly restored. There are pics on my members' page and a link to a Google Drive folder is below, where you will find pics and a survey.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1rIBwFD2-o9rJCVKsPaEcLq9jj8A54fJl
John! Welcome!
I went over and looked at Kaomi - besides some cosmetics, she looked like a great boat: glad she found a new home so quickly!
John,
Your remark "soft spot inside hull on zinc plate. zinc repaired. can we fortifie from inside?" concerns me. I know of no zinc plate so positioned on the Newporters we built that had access from the inside. The only zinc I remember was a zinc collar on the propeller shaft between the propeller and the stern bearing. There was also a Dynaplate grounding unit on the port side, low on the keel so as the mounting fasteners were screwed into the lead ballast. Neither of these are accessable from the inside.
The big problem I have run across on these boats is that a lot of them have had several owners any of whom has made modifications that are of his own making. I do not argue against this because an owner should be able to do to his boat what he wants. The "problem" multiplies when subsequent owners buy a boat and find these modification they tend to believe the boat was designed and built that way.
To make good answer to your question we need to know where this zinc plate is in relation to what is just inside of it. Any answer should add the fact that any fortification on the inside can only be a stop-gap and not a repair. Any place a zinc is located has to be below the waterline and any true repair will require removing any soft wood and replacing it with good wood. That can not be done while the boat is in the water. But if a soft are is accessable from the inside can be doubled up so as to put off for a while the coming leak.
I wondering where that zinc is and what is it protecting?
Clyde
Congratulations on the new boat. I am jealous. Please keep us in the know about hull 18.