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Featured Blog Posts – April 2011 Archive (2)
SPRING TRIP TO HANG OUT WITH CAPTAIN CLYDE
In March Deb and I took a trip up the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake to Lewes, a very cool old town on the Delaware Bay, where we caught the ferry across the Delaware Bay to Cape May, New Jersy. At that point we weren't far from the home ground of Captain Clyde Phillips and the Dorchester Shipyard. Clyde, of course, worked at the Dorchester Shipyard building that most famous and loved (or cursed?) of all boats, the Newporter 40 (if you want more info there are articles by and about…
ContinueAdded by bob mitchell on April 16, 2011 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments
SHAFT COUPLING TO PROP DETAILS
While rebuilding the apron and upper layers of deadwood at the aft end of the boat I had the opportunity to disassemble the propeller/shaft system. Captain Clyde answered numerous questions I had, so he deserves credit beyond just the specific quotes of his that are included. The first two photos show the shaft coupling which connects to the transmission coupling, and next the stuffing box (aka. packing gland) with the heavy, but flexible, hose making it a "flexible stuffing box" (as…
ContinueAdded by bob mitchell on April 10, 2011 at 9:30am — 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:
909 561 4245
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Captain Clyde's Newporter sites:
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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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