Boat Babe on Strike!
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Re: Empty Pocket update
Hi there, I am a new boat owner (hunter 30 1979), May I ask what are all the blue tape for?
Hi there, I am a new boat owner (hunter 30 1979), May I ask what are all the blue tape for?
Oh yes. Empty Pocket is getting a once-a-decade overhaul including a fresh paint job. We opted to save ourselves some labor costs by pulling off all the hardware, snaps, screws, etc ourselves. It was tedious, but helped us identify what needed replacing, what holes are no longer needed, and gave us the ability to label where everything goes when its time to put the boat back together......Looks like our May sailing adventure is back on schedule!!!......I have to go shop for bikinis now....
Sounds like a full project. Where are you off to in May?
And the results of the shopping are.... ;-)
And the results of the shopping are.... ;-)
Empty Pocket Rehab...
...and it is turning out to be a major one. New paint (top & bottom), rigging, electrical, etc, etc, etc!
We plan to do a complete account of the overhaul once we get her splashed, and of course share lots of photos, but in the meantime, we'll try to provide snapshots when we can...
New mast head with Lopolight Nav/Anchor LED, Triax UFO TV antenna, lightning protection, VHF antenna, and TackTick wireless wind information system.
...and it is turning out to be a major one. New paint (top & bottom), rigging, electrical, etc, etc, etc!
We plan to do a complete account of the overhaul once we get her splashed, and of course share lots of photos, but in the meantime, we'll try to provide snapshots when we can...
New mast head with Lopolight Nav/Anchor LED, Triax UFO TV antenna, lightning protection, VHF antenna, and TackTick wireless wind information system.
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You mean lighting collector/attractor rod... That is what we called them when installed on cell towers. When (not if) the tower would get hit, you would hope that rod would attract the lighting away from your equipment, and keep it routed a safe distance away on its way down... They didn't work.h2ocruizers said:
I was going to delete your post for being inapproriate pictures for this thread....... but as a sailor I still find those sexy......
Lightning and Forest Service Lookouts
Personally, I don't like being around lightning, especially in a boat with a tall aluminum mast. I just like it to keep it's distance! However, there are some pretty brave people who work for the Forest Service and do duty in the fire lookout towers.
The "cabs" are square (the "standard Forest Service design) and typically are raised up so the lookout observers can see down the slope of the mountain they're on top of. There are come cabs that are on the ground but they're in the minority.
The cabs have solid copper wire, looks to be about 3/16 to 1/4" in diameter that run down each ridge and down each corner of the square cab, and of course they're grounded. The azimuth table, or what ever they call it, is also grounded and I think the surface on the floor around the table. It's been a long time since I've been in one but this is from memory.
During a lightning storm the lookouts have to be very careful about what they touch, and in a way, don't touch. While a lightning storm is going on, if they see a "smoke" they have to get the Township and Range of the smoke then radio it into a dispatcher who then sends a fire crew out to put it out.
In the past couple decades many of the lookout towers have been decomissioned in favor of, I think, satellite positioning.
After a storm has passed, sometimes the Forest Service will send a small plane with a spotter out and they would fly up and down ridges and canyons looking for "smokes".
Personally, I don't like being around lightning, especially in a boat with a tall aluminum mast. I just like it to keep it's distance! However, there are some pretty brave people who work for the Forest Service and do duty in the fire lookout towers.
The "cabs" are square (the "standard Forest Service design) and typically are raised up so the lookout observers can see down the slope of the mountain they're on top of. There are come cabs that are on the ground but they're in the minority.
The cabs have solid copper wire, looks to be about 3/16 to 1/4" in diameter that run down each ridge and down each corner of the square cab, and of course they're grounded. The azimuth table, or what ever they call it, is also grounded and I think the surface on the floor around the table. It's been a long time since I've been in one but this is from memory.
During a lightning storm the lookouts have to be very careful about what they touch, and in a way, don't touch. While a lightning storm is going on, if they see a "smoke" they have to get the Township and Range of the smoke then radio it into a dispatcher who then sends a fire crew out to put it out.
In the past couple decades many of the lookout towers have been decomissioned in favor of, I think, satellite positioning.
After a storm has passed, sometimes the Forest Service will send a small plane with a spotter out and they would fly up and down ridges and canyons looking for "smokes".
It was in response to post #948, the lightning collector rod
Guess I could have referenced it.
Can I ask what she was shot with............(cmon guys......... the boat)
1 part epoxy? two part epoxy? some sort of gelcoat fairing?
Looks great so far. I don't see any paint on BB, Did Brian do that?
1 part epoxy? two part epoxy? some sort of gelcoat fairing?
Looks great so far. I don't see any paint on BB, Did Brian do that?
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