Chrysler Sailors Forum

Another Manowar! Welcome aboard.

Joe

http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1865/10669570/19033170/347719006.jpg Hey Chrysler Sailers, This is what i'm trying to sail now instead of the Manowar. It's just like the summertime only instead of waiting for wind I'm waiting for Ice. Anybody have any iceboating experience on the forum? Joe

Hey All, Got my trailer registered, lights working etc. I just have to install the new wheel bearings and I'm ready for the road. I broke my rudder last time out and its starting to cool off up here so I think im gonna wrap it up for the season. I put the boat upside on some sawhorses and covered he...

Hey Lee, I had been surfing the net on the wooden boat websites I mentioned a while back and they use white oak, western red cedar, larch and several other rot resistant types of wood, including some african and south american species which cost an arm and a leg. A guy I work with gave me some piece...

Welcome to the forum Skyhook,

I wonder how many Man-O-Wars were actually built and how many survive?

Joe

http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1865/10669570/19033170/328262340.jpg I wish I could catch some 22mph winds. Every time i can go out the winds are 5-10 and that doesnt get me going like i want. When im working the wind is always blowing like crazy. Im waiting for my trailer title so I can take her ...

Hey Everyone, Joe from the Manowar files here. A mechanic friend who was working on my Jeep this AM told me about an old sailboat that his uncle wanted to get rid of. We take a ride and look her over, 16-17 foot daysailer in fair shape both sails, mast, boom all there. Couldnt find any markings on i...

Welcome sailracer, My Manowar came as just a hull only. So had to fabricate the mast, rudder etc. I found good info on woodenboat forum and duckworks magazine online. Some wood boat guys are kind of stuffy ( wont reply re a glass boat) todd bradshaw on the woodenboat and jim michalak on duckworks ar...

Welcome to the forum Ricko. My boat had a hole in the hull where the self bailer was located so i just glassed it up. i think you have to be moving pretty well to have it work, Does she fill with water if the bailer is closed?

Joe

Hey Guys,
That manowar that Lee mentioned on ebay back in june was relisted and went for 760.00 a couple of days ago, great looking boat. Last time I tried to sail had no wind so i went fishing instead but i hope to go tomorrow. Weatherman is calling for 10 knot winds.

Joe

Im gonna try to hit the waves friday noontime fellas! The layer of skin i burned on my back has peeled away, i'll get the woman to coat me up with sunblock before I leave .

Joe

Hey All, Had a fantastic 5 hours sailing on the Man-o-War today. The only downside is the sunburn on my back where I couldn't reach with sunscreen. How well do your Manowars go to windward? I got mine without a mast or sail so I made a Lateen rig for it and I was amazed today how well it sailed upwi...

Lee, Mine had a plate on the transom and one inside the cockpit in back and was dated a 1967. Are one or both of yours missing? Maybe we can all compare serial numbers and get an approximate age for the Sea'chele. Are either of you guys gonna try to recreate the speckled black finish on the trunk, m...

Well I had a sailing window from 8am until 1pm today, unfortunately rain all am then no breeze. Gonna give it a go again tomorrow. How does everybody keep their boats clean and dry between sailing trips? Garaged? Tarped? Up in the northeast with all the rain my boat is getting filled up like a batht...

Hopper,
When I got mine the daggerboard trunk supports were broken also, that seems to be a weak spot. When I started to repair the trunk i discovered all the wood encased in the fiberglass was water soaked and rotted. Something to watch for.

Joe

Hopper,
Nice looking boat, welcome to the forum. I think you can find the info on its age on this website. Look below the owners list.

Joe




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Hey gang, I tried to compound the finish on the Manowar with so so results.I guess thats what 41 year old fiberglass is gonna look like. I don't know if I should try waxing it next as I don't want to be slipping off the side into the drink. Also a shot of the homemade mast with its 1st coat of spar ...

Lee, We must be in a Manowar groove cause i was thinking of doing something similar. The only difference would be to attach the pin cable to the daggerboard trunk instead of the daggerboard itself so it wouldn't have to be so long. I think i saw somewhere that a wood wedge on a piece of cable was us...

Yeah Lee, My girlfriend was scared to death on a Catamaran in the Bahamas(even when i pointed out the water was only 4 feet deep). No way shes going on this boat. EE, I have a buffer like mentioned in your post and some auto buffing compound, Gonna get on that when the rain stops. The horizontal sur...

I know, I thought television made you look 20 lbs heavier, not a still photo. I think it's a combination of the boat sitting so low in the water and the life jacket being so small...............and i am a large man also. I do plan on tripling Chris Farleys lifespan, However, I'm more than halfway th...

http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1865/10669570/19033170/317963581.jpg Well, I sailed the Manowar for the 1st time today. Everything went pretty good despite the 15 to 25mph winds, Things were moving very fast.( I lost my hat because the boom knocked it over the side). Then the rain and hail started...

Lee,
It looks like he just flattened the mast sleeve and put grommets in it. Then he made some rope grommets(loops) like I did on my sail to hold it on the mast. Some look like larger plastic mast hoops.


Joe

That boat on Ebay kind of puts mine to shame. I gotta get out the buffing compound. Lee, did you see the box around the daggerboard trunk? Might be something to think about. Joe

Lee, The portals look good. if i can't find a decently priced hatch i'll probably go the same route you did, i think those round ones are pretty affordable on Ebay. It's a shame the paint comes off on your deck cause it looks really good, Maybe you could seal it with something? Thanks for the measur...

Im not gonna paint the top lee, I have an old buffing wheel for cars so im gonna try some wax or maybe compound. Im going to replace those little portals also, Im thinking of just cutting out the cracked inside area and making a rectangular door about 9X15 inches. I'll see If i can find some kind of...

http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1865/10669570/19033170/316122877.jpg Lee, I braced the daggerboard trunk with some white oak sealed with epoxy. Glued and screwed to the hull. When you get a chance could you measure your daggerboard and rudder for me ? My board measures 12X 37 inches approx. 12X 27...

Hey Lee, I'm just about ready. The booms and mast are sanded and varnished. I attached the sail to the booms with rope grommets, I just have to figure out where i'm gonna permanently attach the blocks on the boom for the mainsheet. I did as you suggested and made a kickup rudder. upon further invest...

Live on NY, NJ, PA border near the Delaware river. The boom on the lateen rig is about 13'-8" long so I had to make it thinner due to weight restrictions. From what I gleaned off the 'net in order to keep spars from excessive bending it would be better to have sheet run as described. I think If...

I found a nice piece of stainless steel about 1x4 feet which i think will work well for the daggerboard after a little trimming. As for the rudder and tiller after hours of cutting and planing the mast and spars i find im enjoying the woodwork, so i think i will fabricate them out of wood. As for th...

http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1865/10669570/19033170/303774498.jpg Lee and all Chrysler fans, The Laser rig didn't happen so after much late night internet surfing this is what I came up with. The lateen rig is the same size as the original manowar (85 sqft.) I followed some threads on the woode...