Jan 6, 2025, 11:47:13 AM
Three projects I worked on after pulling the boat out in the fall of 2024
Refinished the bow pulpit wood.
The teak looks great again after sanding and several coats of Sikkens Natural teak
Wood refinished on the cockpit coaming boxes.
I made several 1.5" extensions for the boat canvas to make it easier to put on.
The canvas is in good shape but has shrunk over the years in several areas.
Jim Lieder
Nonsuch 30 #350 “Sixpence”
Lake St Clair, Michigan
Jan 5, 2025, 11:46:08 PM
I like the above ideas (and the idea of posting ideas). So, let me add a few that I saw at the INA Rendezvous back at the end of July.
Pictures are in the attached, which includes:
A gimballed mast-mounted radar with no additional holes in the mast required (seen on Paul Boudreau’s Thistle)
An alternative to mast collar clamps for mast base fairleads (seen on Jamie Keating & Megan Long’s, Baroness)
Cleats relocated to reduce chafing (on Brian Knoll’s, On Location)
Folding padeyes providing harness attachments w/o barking shins in the cockpit (also on Brian’s boat)
Low friction rings for topping lift control (credit to J.P. Morch)
Bow protection plates (I believe I saw it on Xanadu, don’t know the owner)
Solid horizontal crossbars on stanchions (Paul Boudreau again)
And, last but not least, a $1.00 solution to UV-damaged plastic cowl vents (I’m afraid I don’t have notes on whose boat)
– Bob
Me Gusta
Nonsuch e26U #233
Jan 6, 2025, 6:51:25 PM
to INA Nonsuch Discussion Group
Dedication to maintenance is a calling i believe Jim.
I was recently in Antigua and met a shipwright turned wood carver who shared a few ‘wood tips’. One that surprised me was his regular habit of tossing finished wood pieces into a tung oil mix which he had a moderate quantity stored in an old cooler. He’d leave it there for a week or two. He found tossing the pieces into the oil (when possible) and having the oils soaking into the wood was his best method. He then ‘dressed’ up a piece (of course I bought one - a mahi mahi fish) with some Vaseline and a paint brush to enhance the luster. Crazy ideas? Seemed to work quite well.
Made me wonder how to soak the boat in the stuff. 
Best, Gary /Aloki
