Good morning. In my quest to reduce teak maintainence I have thought aobut replacing the teak eyebrow trim with stainless. Many of the newer boats today,...
What is an eyebrow? Henry Williams _____ From: niagara35sailboatowners@... [mailto:niagara35sailboatowners@...] On Behalf Of Ray and...
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Henry, Th eyebrow is the thin teak strip that runs along the cabin trunk above the portlights. Robert Payne Marine Management, Inc. 228-348-1300 EMAILING FOR...
I've been thinking about the eyebrow problem for years so any ideas we can share would be most welcome. I've used Cetol M for most of the exterior wood on the...
I painted all my exterior team trim with brown single part polyurethane and am able to just touch up where needed. Looks great compared to teak in near of...
Hi Chris, I too have been thinking about a synthetic wood product for the eyebrows. (Don't get me wrong; I love wood, just hate the maintenance). A premium...
On Sunflower, when we received our new deck, we asked the factory to skip the eyebrows. Instead, we painted algrip stripes where the teak strips go. They had...
Hey Barry, The material comes from a Montreal company and I'm not at home until later tomorrow (which is where the material is). I'll send you the name when I...
Ray, I feel the same way you do. Teak looks great when it is varnished and well maintained, but I would rather spend my time sailing than working on it. I...
Hi Chris, The product is Lepage PL Premium. It is a polyurethane construction adhesive used for exterior construction. Among other things it is used to build...
My fellow Niagaraians, The last ten or so emails have me very distressed. I have spent my entire life in, on and around boats. I learned the traditions. I...
Thanks, Robert. Henry _____ From: niagara35sailboatowners@... [mailto:niagara35sailboatowners@...] On Behalf Of Robert Payne Sent:...
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Ray, attached are two pictures (one next to the boat and one about 15 feet away) of the PlasTeak handrails and dorade box, as well as, the painted eyebrow. ...
After just receiving my own email from yahoo with the pictures I can see they didn't come out all that clear. I will try to remember to take my camera the...
Rob, Ha ha ha! The boat looks great! I've been pondering a sheer stripe on mine. Does it help lower the hull visualy? Robert Payne Marine Management, Inc....
Rob, I am glad you took it in good humor. Thanks for the compliment on the boat. As with so many things, the attractiveness of the sheer stripe is a matter of...
When I hoist our cruising spinnaker I use the spinnaker halyard block above the forestay but I haven't yet figured-out a good way to attach the tack line so it...
On Kestrel we attach a block to the bow pulpit strut with a shackle. We run the tack line through this block back to one of the big forward cleats and cleat...
Don, I am not sure exactly what you are referring to as the "bow pulpit strut". The bow pulpit itself is only attached to the bowsprit with a hex screw so I...
Rather than rely on my memory,I will go out to the boat and look at the arrangement now that I am in Maine where the boat resides. We attach it to the bow...
Rob, I just came back from Kestrel. I don't know if your sprit is configured the same way, but ours has a thick horizontal stainless steel plate welded to the...
Don, thanks for checking it out for me. I too have been able to come up with several ways of attaching the tack line inside the roller furler, but I was...
Actually, if you play out a bit of scope on the tack line the kite should fly forward of the jib anyway. We don't seem to have any problems. Let me know how...
Does anyone know the fuel consumption curve for the w27? We apparently went thru an almost full tank of fuel motoring for about 15 hours at 2200-2300 rpm. Is...
No. That is far more too much comsumption for the W 27. Are you sure the tank was full and not a faulty reading ? Just a thought George ... From: Van Miller ...
Hey everyone, hope you are all well and you boats are happy! I've reached a Milestone in my project and wanted to post an update. I am very near (1 week)...
Thanks for sharing your experience and those tales, Robert. The lengths Niagara people will go to! I also have lots of saildrive and volvo md11 spare...
Morning Van,  I dont have that engine but it seems way high... I have an md11 and I run it about 1900... I use between 1/3 to 1/2 per hour.. This would...
