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Bonzai

Bonzai

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Jun 23, 2009
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Chris-Craft SailYacht 35 St. Simon's Island, Ga.
Finally got to bring the boat home.Hauled it 79 miles thru the N.Ga. mtns on a trailer that I haven't gotten the brakes fixed on yet:).Still, had no trouble at all,followed great.Hit 70 mph once, was running 60-65 a good bit when terrain allowed,good bit slower on the steep and curvy stuff.Once I finish work on the trailer brakes hauling long distance should be no real strain.
Here are some very rough pics Don! It seems I forgot to take pics of the aft cabin area so included a pic I have of someone elses boat of that area. Hope to have her looking better by April/May with a new interior and gear.Exterior work is mostly cosmetic and rebedding.Just sent pics of engine to a local dealer for ID.
 

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caguy

caguy

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Sep 22, 2006
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Catalina, Luger C-27, Adventure 30 Marina del Rey
How do you plan on finishing the walls?
 
Bonzai

Bonzai

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Jun 23, 2009
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Chris-Craft SailYacht 35 St. Simon's Island, Ga.
It's another big project I agree...lol.This being my second and least difficult rebuild I think I can have it looking close to the brochure in 2-3 months.I do intend to build the double vee berth back as factory more or less.There is alot of room in the bow section and I want to make max use of it for storage.The engine is a Volvo MD7 that is in apparent decent shape.Just found all the workshop manuals etc for it.It appears to have been recently serviced.Some portlight (deadlight) work and alot of painting and rebedding to do also.The money I didnt spend on a ready to sail boat can now be used to get this boat in decent shape.
 
mark_swart

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Sep 25, 2008
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Harpoon 5.2 Honolulu, HI
With the Volvo, go to marinepartsexpress.com. Volvo is weird in that you have to give your dealer the part numbers for what you want, it's not like most others where you just call and go into the engine by model/year. So do a little homework on that website and it will make it less painful.
Are you going to redo the walls with carpet? That might be the quickest easiest way to get her looking good again.
 
caguy

caguy

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Sep 22, 2006
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Catalina, Luger C-27, Adventure 30 Marina del Rey
A friend of mine used an automotive liner to redo his interior upper walls. He was pretty happy with the way they turned out. If you scroll down to 3/14/10 you will find the entry pertaining to the hull liner.
http://voyager30.blogspot.com/
 
Bonzai

Bonzai

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Jun 23, 2009
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Chris-Craft SailYacht 35 St. Simon's Island, Ga.
Thanks guys.Will look at the Volvo site and headliner threads.I do NOT want carpet in my boat so will go with either a hard formica type material or vinyl.Plan to insulate the boat first with sheet styrofoam, 3/8 in., unless someone knows a better material to insulate with.Have discovered that these boats have a good bit of styrofoam already used in them.Appreciate all the input.
 
woodster

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Sep 15, 2009
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S2 9.2a Fairhope Al
Bonzai said:
Thanks guys.Will look at the Volvo site and headliner threads.I do NOT want carpet in my boat so will go with either a hard formica type material or vinyl.Plan to insulate the boat first with sheet styrofoam, 3/8 in., unless someone knows a better material to insulate with.Have discovered that these boats have a good bit of styrofoam already used in them.Appreciate all the input.
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if you are willing to drive to atlanta ....i have a roll of vinyl (56" wide and 8" in dia ... color is white to a sail white) you may have for the taking ...... pm me if you like......

regards

woody
 
Bonzai

Bonzai

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Jun 23, 2009
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Chris-Craft SailYacht 35 St. Simon's Island, Ga.
Thanks Woody!May contact you about that as I am pretty sure I will be using white vinyl.A friend told me it was easy to attach to the foam with upholstery spray glue.Plan to experiment with some scrap from my upholstery buddy.
 
WayneH

WayneH

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Jan 22, 2008
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Tartan 37 287 Pensacola, FL
Good luck with the boat, Bonzai. A friend of mine (who has more skill in his little finger than I have in my head) took a boat that had been flooded on the hard due to bad companionway boards and turned her back into a BEAUTIFUL lady. When I first saw hi boat I wondered if he was perhaps a little crazy to attempt a restoration but the finished product was glorious. Keep us informed.

Only advice I can give you is pick ONE job, do it right then go to the next job. Don't look at the whole picture until it's done.
 
Ed Schenck

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Jun 2, 2004
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Hunter 37-cutter, '79 41 23' 30"N 82 33' 20"W--------Huron, OH
Wondering if anyone besides your friend has glued on insulation and then glued the vinyl to the insulation? One reason for many of us removing carpet is to rid the boat of a moisture/mildew trap. Will you not be duplicating carpet with the foam insulation? My interest lies in the fact that I still have the original carpet. :(
 
caguy

caguy

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Sep 22, 2006
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Catalina, Luger C-27, Adventure 30 Marina del Rey
I plan on using the polystyene from Lowes. It looks nearly finished by it's self.
 
Sumner

Sumner

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Jan 31, 2009
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Macgregor & Endeavour 26S and 37 Utah's Canyon Country
Could you use 1/2 inch or even 3/4 inch Styrofoam? The more you can insulate the cold hull from the interior moist air the better chance you will have of cutting down on condensation. I used .....



.....1 inch when I built my teardrop and covered the interior ceiling with carpet and I've never had a condensation problem even when using it in sub-freezing temperatures and it is small inside so the air gets very moist from breathing and cooking.

I've done a fair amount of house building and you always want to put a vapor barrier (plastic) between the interior finished wall and the insulation. If not the moisture inside the house will go through the fiberglass insulation and hit the inside of the exterior wall and condense and then soak the insulation.

Since the Styrofoam is closed cell moisture isn't going to go through it so that isn't a problem, but if the interior side of the 3/8 inch becomes cold from contact with the hull then you will have condensation there.

Good luck with the project. I looked at another one....



here.....

http://www.sailingtexas.com/sbayliner27103.html

and had a couple questions. They have the displacement as 6000 lb without the trailer. How much do you think your total towing weight will be with the trailer and loaded for a trip? What are you pulling it with? The draft isn't that much, but for some reason the boat.......



...... seems to sit high on the trailer if those are 24-27 inch tires. Will you be able to launch from most ramps?

It sure does have a lot of interior room and I like the fact that it is 8 feet wide so can be towed without legal concerns. It might be a really good boat for you and your wife,

Sum

Our Trips to Utah,
Idaho, Canada, Florida

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Bonzai

Bonzai

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Jun 23, 2009
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Chris-Craft SailYacht 35 St. Simon's Island, Ga.
Not sure Ed about the gluing...figured with good pressure while setting and one of the better glues....and the polystyrene has R value of 4 so gonna try 1/2 in sheets.Will do experimental areas overhead and vertical to test.If it doesnt look like its gonna do the job will just glue the vinyl to the FG.
Got started on recoring the passageway floor.Have removed the inner skin and am cleaning out the mush.Wasn't super bad mess,but needed fixed.
Sum, am hoping the closed cell polystyrene will make a good moisture barrier as you said.Will use 1/2 in.I just towed the boat rough fit on this trailer almost 80 miles on mtn roads.My tow vehicle never strained except from a stop sign at one intersection that precedes an immediate steep climb for about 3/4 of a mile.Pulled and stopped the boat and trailer just fine.At times held speeds of 60-65 for several minutes and even touched 70 in one stretch...still felt good,no shimmy at all.The interstate should be a breeze, and am getting the trailer brakes repaired soon so that will help also. As for launching...I made prelim adjustments on the trailer...loaded the boat with my rear wheels barely touching the water using the 7 foot tongue extention,pulled the boat out of the water to the top of the ramp,measured,backed back down the ramp and relaunched the boat with zero difficulty...a one man job..:).Made new adjustments,reloaded the boat again with no difficulty.Regular boat ramp.2 wheel drive F250 Superduty 7.3 Turbodiesel single axle.But you can tell the boat is very heavy.I expect to be able to comfortably avg. around 65 mph on the interstate.
I like this strange boat a bit more each day I mess with it!
 
Sumner

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Jan 31, 2009
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Macgregor & Endeavour 26S and 37 Utah's Canyon Country
Bonzai said:
..... As for launching...I made prelim adjustments on the trailer...loaded the boat with my rear wheels barely touching the water using the 7 foot tongue extention,pulled the boat out of the water to the top of the ramp,measured,backed back down the ramp and relaunched the boat with zero difficulty...a one man job..:).Made new adjustments,reloaded the boat again with no difficulty.Regular boat ramp.2 wheel drive F250 Superduty 7.3 Turbodiesel single axle.But you can tell the boat is very heavy.I expect to be able to comfortably avg. around 65 mph on the interstate.
I like this strange boat a bit more each day I mess with it!
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The launch and retrieval sounds great and yes the turbo-diesel should handle that boat fine. Looks like it might be a really nice boat for you :). We tow between 60 and 65. Could tow faster, but would it be worth it :cry:. I tow my teardrop between 75 and 80 on western interstates, but it is only 1700 lb..

Have fun and keep posting pictures,

Sum

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dscribner

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Nov 9, 2008
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Pearson-O'Day 290 Portland Maine
Bonzai,

How does this compare to your Lancer 25? It's 3400 pounds empty. On the trailer with gear probably about 5000.
 
Bonzai

Bonzai

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Jun 23, 2009
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Chris-Craft SailYacht 35 St. Simon's Island, Ga.
dscribner said:
Bonzai,

How does this compare to your Lancer 25? It's 3400 pounds empty. On the trailer with gear probably about 5000.
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This boat is quite a bit heavier Don, but loads and pulls as easily as the Lancer. Haven't sailed it yet so will have to report on that in a couple of months. I am no racer so not hard to please so long as it gets me there...lol.
 
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Forrest15112

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Jan 22, 2008
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Catalina 30 Mandeville, La.
Seeing your bow area photo reminded me of a project in my H23.5. Hunter covers most of the walls below in a gray fuzzy carpet that reminds me of the stuff found in automobile trunks. It started to peel slightly in one area and I decided to pull the entire V-berth area off. It was just glued to the inside of the hull. I don't have any condensation problems and didn't even consider insulation. What I did looked dynamite and was very reasonable price wise. I took 2-3 2X4 ft sheets of luan plywood and cut into 4' planks. I sanded the edges to round them over, stained and coated with 3-4 coats of polyurethane. I glued them directly to the walls and used extension poles to hold pressure on them while the glue set. It took a few days of adding a few rows each day but came out beautiful and has been perfect for ten years now. It didn't add any weight or take any real space away. I am considering the rear "berth" area which is much larger. Luan is a low grade mahogany and has a nice grain. I think I used a red oak stain and like I said before, it cost very little and really looks great. Not sure if this is really where you were going but you've got a big job going there and this could something you might consider.
 
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