Update on my 222

[48dodge]

One thing I recommend is if you feel like you are having trouble with one aspect of the build, move onto something else. I had it in my mind that I had a certain order in which I had to do things. Painting the hull had to be done before I moved onto anything else. Murphy paid several visits and I just got burned out. When I finally got back to it I painted the deck. Since white was much more forgiving and the kiwigrip went down well it provided the motivation I needed to move on.

 

[Happy Dolphin]

Looking at your pictures, have you applied a gunwhale (edge guard)? We applied a replacement to our 22 this winter and with a little patience and practice the new application went smooth... Purchased from D&R Marine...
Regards, John

 

[48dodge]

Yes I have some ready to go on. Just need to get the boat out of the water and finish a few more things up. I got the semi rigid made by taco. Hopefully I didn't mess up. It is still pretty stiff but nowhere near at stiff as the rigid.

 

[Indysailor]

Yes I have some ready to go on. Just need to get the boat out of the water and finish a few more things up. I got the semi rigid made by taco. Hopefully I didn't mess up. It is still pretty stiff but nowhere near at stiff as the rigid.

Do you have a reference for the type of rub rail your are using from Taco?

 

[48dodge]

Do you have a reference for the type of rub rail your are using from Taco?

Funny you should ask this question. I was just getting ready to post about the rubrail installation.
What I bought
http://www.jamestowndistributors.co...ilyName=TACO+Marine+Semi-Rigid+Vinyl+Rub+Rail

The insert looks like an inner tube on my boat. It may look better on a different colored boat.

The size covers up any waviness, but I got my old insert and I'm using that. I screwed and glued with 4200. If I were to do it over again I would get the rigid for a couple reasons. The size of the insert most of, much less likely to have waviness, conform to the corners better. Even so, I think what I've got should last as long as I plan to keep the boat.

With my old insert. The only time you notice any waviness is when you sight down the boat. Looking straight on it looks pretty good.

 

[48dodge]

I've finally started putting some finish on the interior wood. Using the same stuff as Trinnka. Red Mahogany stain covered by spar varnish. I've done the drop boards and they look awesome.

 

[48dodge]

Got the boat back in the water on the 3rd. I did a few minor tweaks to the trailer and it went in a little smoother this time. I fixed the outboard so it settles down to idle in gear. Much easier to dock. I was able to put the mast on in my driveway. It took me raising it about 5 times before I got all the stays and halyards in the right place and adjusted. I dropped the mast fairly easily and drove to the ramp. I've got to build some good mast supports for towing.

I christened the boat last night before our maiden voyage. I still need to get the name put on. Anyway, my wife bought me a bottle specifically made for christening boats. It had lines scored in the bottle to make it easier to break. It is also in a little mesh bag to contain the broken glass. I've been treating this bottle with kid gloves since she got it for me thinking it could shatter at any moment. Well when the time came I decided to hit it on the metal beaker of the rudder (aluminum but very sturdy) Swing 1, nothing. 2 nope. I hit it hard a couple more times and dented the aluminum! The pressure was on so I went to the bow and figured the bow eye would make short work of it. It took 3 or 4 good whacks to finally break it! I thought I was going to cave the bow in.

Our maiden voyage was just motor out to the river to watch fireworks from the Yorktown in Charleston harbor. 6 adults and 6 children. Boat handled it very well. We had 2 chase boats just in case. I had a really bad scare when we first took off. There were probably 5 adults and 2 kids crammed into the cockpit. Water started gushing into the cockpit from the thruhull. I had just replaced a bad hose clamp 2 days before so i was sure that busted loose. I told everyone to move towards the bow and checked under the cockpit and it was bone dry. We were just overloaded. After moving everyone around a little better all the water drained and we were good to go. Everyone had a great time and I can't wait to get the sails up!

 

[bear62041]

Can I ask: What is IPE ?? Thanks. My teakis so weathered since 1986 thta to smooth it up I'd be sanding 1/2 of it away. I loke the teak color, and thought about painting it with teak colored paint.

 

[Joe11688]

Can I ask: What is IPE ?? Thanks. My teakis so weathered since 1986 thta to smooth it up I'd be sanding 1/2 of it away. I loke the teak color, and thought about painting it with teak colored paint.

It's called HDPE. It's a plastic made from recycled materials. Ed K. just posted a new thread on this material on "Ask an O'Day Owner." Check it out. My friend Wayne has been using this stuff on his Seaward 22 for years and he swears by it. They're starting to manufacture it so that it looks like Teak.

 

[48dodge]

I think he was asking about the ipe that I used. If so, ipe is an extremely dense and heavy wood usually used for high end decks. Really has beautiful grain and color. Both when stained or left natural (turns silver). I'm still monitoring it on my boat. Some seems to be doing OK, some is checking worse than I wanted but still in one piece. I varnished one piece of toerail to see if it holds up better and it does seem like its doing a little better, but I wasn't really looking to varnish my wood. It machined really well, but nearly impossible to sand (hence the other name of Ironwood). When I redo the wood I'll probably try using one of the solid trex-type materials. I've seen it used for handrails and it looks pretty decent after "kissing" it with a propane torch.

 

[Joe11688]

I think he was asking about the ipe that I used. If so, ipe is an extremely dense and heavy wood usually used for high end decks. Really has beautiful grain and color. Both when stained or left natural (turns silver). I'm still monitoring it on my boat. Some seems to be doing OK, some is checking worse than I wanted but still in one piece. I varnished one piece of toerail to see if it holds up better and it does seem like its doing a little better, but I wasn't really looking to varnish my wood. It machined really well, but nearly impossible to sand (hence the other name of Ironwood). When I redo the wood I'll probably try using one of the solid trex-type materials. I've seen it used for handrails and it looks pretty decent after "kissing" it with a propane torch.

Oh OK. He was asking about Trex. I think you were the one who gave me the idea of using Trex to replace the Teak under my mast tabernacle. I did that job a couple of weeks ago and it came out great.
In fact, I had to cut 2" off the bottom of my mast because it was all corroded and ready to blow out. Rig-Rite had made up a stainless steel mast plug for the stainless steel hinged tabernacle they installed. Through the years, the two metals set up corrosion.
I took my mast to a marine fabricator on the river and the guy quoted me a price of $300 in labor for sleeving a piece of mast and welding flat stock around it. So I went home and thought about it and decided to have my son cut 2" off the bottom of my mast and I made up the difference with two 1" pieces of Trex between the tabernacle hinge plate, and the mast plug. I gave the 2" piece of my mast to Rudy and he's going to have some mast plugs made up for the Z-190 masts and hopefully made out of Aluminum. So the Trex under my mast tabernacle plates is permanent but the Trex in between the top plate and the mast plug is only temporary. I'm going to need to make up 2-1/4" in order to get my stays to come right when I get the new mast plug from Rudy.
Right now, my mast looks kind of "fugly" but she sails great! Sometimes you need to just "think outside of the box."
Joe

 

[bear62041]

Thanks for both answers you guys. I used HDPE to replace my companionway boards and they came out great.