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Blog update with lots of A25 photos
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SalishAire
- First Mate
- Posts: 110
- Joined: Sat May 29, 2021 12:33 am
- Home Port: Olympia WA
Blog update with lots of A25 photos
Here is a link to our blog that talks about getting Hyacinth ready for her maiden voyage and why it involved a towline. https://claricenorman.blogspot.com/
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DesertAlbin736
- Gold Member
- Posts: 2729
- Joined: Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:58 pm
- Home Port: Peoria, AZ USA
Re: Blog update with lots of A25 photos
Nice blog!
Just got off Lake Pleasant after 2 nights anchored out with a sailing club raftup. Update:
Yesterday I just took a quick glance at your blog & didn't really read through it until this morning. Glad to see you really know your way around diesels and was able to MacGyver your way home with a jerry rigged fuel source. Yep, as Roseanne Rosannadana would say, there's always something with old boats and issues left behind by the DPO (Dreaded Previous Owner).
On the hardtop issue I took a slightly different approach to fabricating mine. I've posted on that project here in the past. My idea was to make a one off mold out of lumber and masonite. I dealt with the curvature by using 1/2" styrofoam insulation panel to mark & make patterns, both the horizontal shape and the fore and aft vertical curvature by tracing with a Sharpie. Then I did a 3/4" thick layup consisting of an outer layer (top) of gelcoat & glass cloth followed by alternating layers of 1/8" diviny cell foam core & chopped strand mat using isothalic resin. That allowed me to frame 18" square roof hatch openings that I topped off with classic looking teak opening hatches. Once fabricated off the boat I installed it (it weighed less than 50 lbs), through bolting on 8" centers with #8 X 3" machine screws & lock nuts, then sealed with 3M 4200 removable adhesive. That was 6 years ago & it's held up well. Also totally water tight including the hatch openings when closed up. I keep Sunbrella covers over the teak veneer hatches to preserve the varnish over epoxy resin finish. Of course we never had the issue with the sagging arch, which is interesting because our boat is an early 1971 model, one of the oldest A25's of any among the owners in this group.
Just got off Lake Pleasant after 2 nights anchored out with a sailing club raftup. Update:
Yesterday I just took a quick glance at your blog & didn't really read through it until this morning. Glad to see you really know your way around diesels and was able to MacGyver your way home with a jerry rigged fuel source. Yep, as Roseanne Rosannadana would say, there's always something with old boats and issues left behind by the DPO (Dreaded Previous Owner).
On the hardtop issue I took a slightly different approach to fabricating mine. I've posted on that project here in the past. My idea was to make a one off mold out of lumber and masonite. I dealt with the curvature by using 1/2" styrofoam insulation panel to mark & make patterns, both the horizontal shape and the fore and aft vertical curvature by tracing with a Sharpie. Then I did a 3/4" thick layup consisting of an outer layer (top) of gelcoat & glass cloth followed by alternating layers of 1/8" diviny cell foam core & chopped strand mat using isothalic resin. That allowed me to frame 18" square roof hatch openings that I topped off with classic looking teak opening hatches. Once fabricated off the boat I installed it (it weighed less than 50 lbs), through bolting on 8" centers with #8 X 3" machine screws & lock nuts, then sealed with 3M 4200 removable adhesive. That was 6 years ago & it's held up well. Also totally water tight including the hatch openings when closed up. I keep Sunbrella covers over the teak veneer hatches to preserve the varnish over epoxy resin finish. Of course we never had the issue with the sagging arch, which is interesting because our boat is an early 1971 model, one of the oldest A25's of any among the owners in this group.
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La Dolce Vita
1971 Albin 25 #736
Yanmar 3GM30F
Gig Harbor Boatworks Nisqually 8 dinghy
Residence: Peoria, AZ
Homeport: Lake Pleasant, AZ & beyond
1971 Albin 25 #736
Yanmar 3GM30F
Gig Harbor Boatworks Nisqually 8 dinghy
Residence: Peoria, AZ
Homeport: Lake Pleasant, AZ & beyond