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I also remember my attempt at a submersible. A cardboard drum, just large enough for me to sit in. I wasn't heavy enough to make the thing sink to the rim so my friend started handing bricks for ballast. Well we managed to bring the water line down to the rim and just about then the bottom gave out,...

I've gone out on REDUX a dozen times in the last month, almost half of those trips were single handed and I really appreciate the PO,PO effort to set the boat for this kind of sailing. The boat came with an older NAVICO Tiller pilot 1800 which is a great when you are by yourself. The unit is easy to...

This was my first boat, must have been 50 years ago in the protected waters of our above ground pool. Notice the early SunBrella.
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Welcome nzhub

Very cool!

lecker68 I sent you a PM but it doesn't show that it was sent. Anyway, go to http://www.bricycles.com/chrysler_c26 and you can save the pics from there.

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I avoided REDUX last weekend until Sunday late afternoon. The marina gets pretty wild on the weekends and those days are over for me. I did get a chance to witness the docking skills of many power boaters. The older couple, in their 70's, on a 20 or so foot SeaRay. Coming in too fast, yelling at her...

Photos came out kinda small, the material is .093" thick.

This is the setup on the Maudie Kay.

STA-BIL Ethanol Treatment. I actually found the stuff at AutoZone at a few buck cheaper than West Marine. 8oz. will treat 80gal for $8.99.

I mixed some of the Ethanol stuff to the tank and managed to get a few drops in the fuel line before I attached it to the motor. Started first pull after priming and ran the way it did last fall.

Ethanol. REDUX has a 8hp Nissan that at idle was so quiet and smooth running we actually left the boat twice last season with the motor running. This year the thing has been very unreliable, starting, idling and running. I replaced the fuel from last year with "fresh" gas. Got a flyer from...

My dad is on the right, Jules Lipski center and Dan Dante, somewhere up in Alaska, 44 or 45. I met both men and their families in the late 50's and my dad corresponded with them up into the late 60's. My dad wrote a letter to someone every day for as long as I can remember and two of his buddy's wro...

Well is not the "Maudie Kay" but I finally got REDUX launched today. Some clean up, get the interior organized and I'll be ready to go.

The shackle I removed has 5/16" pin, 11/16" opening and is 1 1/4" from the center of the pin to the inside of the throat. I plan to use the heaviest thimble I can find for a 3/16" cable.

This is probably not a good sign. I was down at the lake this evening installing the new outboard bracket I made for REDUX. Gulls are always around and a few Canadian geese and some unusual goose like bird, could be Cormorants, anyway large flocks of these long bodied, short wingspan birds started f...

Thanks a bunch.

One thing to think about if you plan on using a electric winch is propane. If you use propane for a cooking stove or even store propane below decks, the stuff is very dangerous. It is a heavy gas and collects at a low point, one spark from a brushed DC motor and it's good night, forever. A couple of...

LeatherneckPA, Solid bar would be stronger to point, but there is just so much 1" diameter SS stock, tube or solid can take.

I would agree with tgentry. My biggest concern is sealing around the fasteners, and keeping water out of the deck core material.

As desirable as a 36" tall stanchion might be it is probably not a good idea. It will bend more than a 24" stanchion of the same material and wall thickness at the same load. A ran a test in Solid Works on 300 series SS tube, 1" OD with .120" wall for both lengths. With the base ...

Cleveland might be a starting point. There are 3 public marinas and about as many yacht clubs. Whiskey Island Marina is where I keep my Catalina 25 and I know they have transient dockage. The city is finally going to make improvements for recreational boaters which will include transient dockage dow...

I recall reading somewhere that bunks are better than rollers for supporting a curved hull. Power boats tend to have flatter sections and the triangular running strakes that run along the bottom add to the strength of the bottom. On a curved section if the load is not evenly distributed you will end...

It might be possible that a previous owner switched to a tall rig. The tube on my C26 measures 29' 3" so I would consider 28' 9" a tall rig for a 22 footer.

My wife said she'd be happy if I finished the "Maudie Kay" in two years. I like the color combination, is the hull a beige or is that a pale gold?

Checked at http://www.dwyermast.com/ and they do not show a replacement gooseneck. I did check out their mast extrusions and the closest to the size for a C26 is a 3 1/2" X 5" oval and that puppy is $37.00 a foot, something like $1100 for the C26 and then you need to get it home from CT.

Welcome aboard rasemans.

The pan head screws hold the hull/deck joint in place until the toe rail is attached. The problem as I see it with the setup is that water wicks its way around the screw and into the plywood batten. As far as the ridge along the deck, I would run a bead of whatever on that ridge, which would help ke...

Bhacurly, this is a project I worked on two years ago. We were asked to design and fabricate a system that can used to accurately locate a hypo needle into the spinal cord to deliver stem cells to treat various Central Nervous System disorders. I was given a few napkin sketches with a basic size env...