do you have the table posts? that would be a consideration on how to construct. Basically a box sitting on two posts with two storage areas and two leaves attached with piano hinge. I found that taking off the starboard leaf worked ok.
Consider the fact that on some auto racing circuits, the racers prefer to use lexan instead of glass for windshields. While I already have one scratch in one new Polycarbonate [lexan] window, done by impact with jaw of spin pole, all it is is a scrat
The answer is yes - the wood is put on top of the finished fiberglass floor. Below the fiberglass in the area is vermiculite which is probably waterlogged and the reason that you see delamination as it freezes and expands. Here is an interesting
Originally Posted By: CAN106Bob - you raise a good question. I assumed that the J's with the wooden floors were solid wood and not lam'd on to the fiberglass pan. Screwed and plugged and then maybe a bit of adhesive? .... BUT prior owners have a
Corey - The optional teak & holly sole was done with solid wood and looks beautiful. Similar to what Bob experienced on Mmmm, for Rhapsody the teak & holly on the step by the mast became waterlogged and split. I ended up removing it from th
You can buy sheets of laminated teak and holly from Jamestown Distributors or other places. It looks almost like a sheet of thin plywood. A friend of mine redid his J37 floor. It isn't cheap but it looks fantastic. I redid the head section of my
it is my understanding that the teak&holly sole is glued to the fibreglass pan? There are delaminated areas in hull#79 in approximately the same area that I have not felt a need to be concerned about, at some point I am planning to drill small ho
Looking for some j30.org wisdom here. The fiberglass cabin sole on HiJinx has some delamination at the base of the companionway. Would like to repair and wondering about approach, pull off part of the fiberglass floor and repair; or, pull out the
not included ... probably an expensive option not available via ebay. we don't use for navigation, just for wind shifts as they are easier to read than GPS and GPS averaging.
I've always wondered if the early boats were perhaps closer to design spec because production wasn't as flat out so perhaps more attention was paid to details. I don't like the idea of adding keel weight. We perform like a hot damn upwind already, a
Does the SR-2 have built in calibration magnets? I notice my compasses needed to be adjusted quite a bit so I would have expected to need to buy Ritchie's overpriced calibration kit as well if they are not built in.
Don ... you are opening a real can of worms here. think back at recent notes of fairing keels where lead is planed off the keel to achieve template exactness. We are probably looking at various keel weights depending on which day of the week the
correction ... photo of compass used in first entry to this thread was the HV-76 with the flat dial. the HV-77 has the vertical dial. The SR-2 combines vertical and flat. I took that top photo off an Ebay offer page ... obviously they used the wrong
Thanks for moving the Ron White interview to the Front Page I think it important to all J30 owners As to the SA site, there is some useful dialog there you just have to sort through it. I notice that the ORR listings of SI's has Falcon at 102.8. How
Ok, a relatively simple operation to move from HV-77 to SR-2 using Ritchie's over-priced adapter plate. Takes about an hour including wiring per compass. original hole required notching, then caulking adapter, and simple replacement. The new compass
Rafiki amd Madcap will race the HOOK. The HOOK is a great event same dates as the mac, but a little shorter and w/o all the B/S, Madcap is going with my fiance as skipper as I have other obligations on a Mac boat. I talked with several people Mac
Originally Posted By: D. BartleyThe magic number is 103. You must have an ORR stability index >= 103. J/30s seem to range between 98.9 (Circus) and 102.8 (Falcon). I'm pretty sure the difference between the 2 is the quality of the malt beverages
Though some here discourage posting on their mostly anonymous forum, there has been a fairly extensive thread on Sailing Anarchy over the past week on this issue. Several folks weighed in on the Rafiki team that was apparently planning to do the rac
So OK ... already the j30 is a bit too tame for some of the crew. How can I keep them interested in light wind and flat water. duh.... 25 mile afternoon day sail.
