K-50 Happy Talk blitz restore day 15 update...

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May 5, 2006
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Knutson K-35 Yawl Bellingham
Here are some shots of Happy Talk, our Kettenburg 50 project on day 15 of the blitzrestore.
We've done 2,100 of the 4,300 fasteners to be done and have started bunging her back up.






All of the seams, both above and the necessary ones below the waterline, have been reefed out and are ready for compound.





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The old paint has been faired and the Starboard AWL planks longboarded, since a PO had sanded from a dinghy and put divits in the planking.


We are on track and under budget thus far:




More to come....
 
Jun 29, 2010
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Beneteau First 235 Lake Minnetonka, MN
Nice! I bet the owner likes the under budget part a lot....
 

Gunni

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Mar 16, 2010
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Beneteau 411 Oceanis Annapolis
Charlie:
Dumb question: How does the custom wooden boat builder know where to scribe the boot stripe / water line? On a production plastic boat they carve it into the mold, but that clearly would not work on Happy Talk.
 
May 5, 2006
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Knutson K-35 Yawl Bellingham
A good NA can pinpoint the waterline within millimeters. I consider Paul Kettenburg to be a very good one.
 

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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1976 formosa 41 yankee clipper santa barbara. ca.(not there)
those are such beautiful and fine looking hulls..kettenburg did goood work.
 

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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1976 formosa 41 yankee clipper santa barbara. ca.(not there)
they sail AWESOME!!!!!!!!! i sailed a 43 to ensenada and to lost angeles in 1998---awesome boat!!!!!
 
May 5, 2006
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Knutson K-35 Yawl Bellingham
I still have Seasmoke, K-40 number three, commissioned and raced by James Arness (Marshal Matt Dillon).
 
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