Recent content by Mark Roberts

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https://www.marineoutfitters.ca/index.cfm?category=10047|11951&product=62056121&code=040011010995 I use these. Very easy to hang and remove. Won't scratch your stainless.

Thank you I did come across your article on the fixed port lights in my search of the EYO forum. That jig you created is an excellent method for squeezing the frames back together. So much incredible information here!

So much help! Thanks very much!!!

Thank you very much! Any chance you have a picture of your spreader work around for separating the frames?

That is very helpful, thank you. Were you able to re-use the the gaskets in the frame? What material did you use for lenses? I am leaning toward acrylic.

My fixed port lights leak and have crazed badly. I have removed one but I don't have the screws that everyone else seems to have holding the frame together. Looks like mine were crimped together somehow. I assume I will have to drill these out to separate the frames to get the glass out. Has...

I use VC17 in fresh water and have found it to perform very well. I really only find growth near the waterline that I can easily brush off a few times each summer. I can just spot apply each spring for a few years before I need to paint the whole bottom again.

I'm not giving up just yet. My son-in-law has worked with lead repairing old cars. He has also suggested to put some backing behind the bend where I'll be shaping. I received this from Marskeel which is why I am cautious: "I can suggest that you don’t use heat on the keel. Any heat could burn...

I share your concern about taking a hammer to the relatively thin wing. You would hear me swear over all the continent if I broke off a piece of wing! I am now leaning toward fairing and smoothing, working with the existing bend. She still does sail wonderfully because she is an Ericson! I...

That is an excellent thought. I have never heard of that option before. I will have to file that in the projects to do list. I have many other project expenses that will have priority over this one. But I will definitely get an estimate for future reference. Thanks Loren!

That's a great suggestion. I'll also talk to my boat yard who do a lot of bottom work. I am hoping a hammer method can do the job. It's still too cold in Canada right now, I would have to wait until summer when its hot and the lead will be more pliable.

I was with him. We were motoring about 1 mile offshore from Cobourg on the north shore of Lake Ontario. We missed a marker far offshore and the waves hurled us on top of a rock shelf. We were able to quickly come about and get off immediately with the help of the waves. This was before GPS...

I did contact Mars Keel and they don't do any remote advice due to liability issues. But he did warn me not to apply heat "Any heat could burn the gelcoat above the keel on the hull or you could melt right through the wing. " My main concern is breaking off a piece of the wing with repeated...

I have a deformed wing keel from a rock impact many years ago. It is a fairly significant bend upwards at the aft end of the wing on the starboard side. There is also a bend on the port side but not as severe. The impact happened about 25 years ago when my father owned the boat. We have sailed...