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  1. Ned L

    Big wooden boat project [Splashed Sept 2017]

    This boat was abandon 15 years ago in a boatyard in NJ. She was built in 1957, and is 33ft long. She was outside and covered for about ten years before the cover fell apart. The boatyard moved her in to their shop in 2013 for a coat of paint and to try to find a new owner. About a month...
  2. Ned L

    A bit of wood for a new windshield

    I am making a new windshield for the rebuild of one of my boats and thought there might be some interest in seeing something that doesn't use polyester, epoxy, glass, etc. Start with a little stick of mahogany (2" thick x 24" wide x 9 feet long) Do some re-sawing on the band saw to end up...
  3. Ned L

    Need advise for glass cloth weight for trunk cabin top.

    A little different type of project for here. .. Rebuilding a 1957, 33ft lapstrake Jersey sea skiff and need to redo the fiberglassing on the trunk cabin top. The cabin top was originally canvassed, and years ago it was glassed. It is plywood and about 8ft x 10 ft. The issue is that I don't...
  4. Ned L

    Chrysler Crown M47 w/ hydraulic reverse gears - shift adjustment ?

    A long shot, but I figure i'll ask. .... Anyone have experience adjusting the F-N-R shifting on a Chrysler Crown M47 w/ hydraulic shifting. I have a pair that shift sluggishly. I have the manual and figure I'll look into it this winter. .... These are 1957, 265 cid flat head sixes that...
  5. Ned L

    Sealing wood with "Poly", Polyurethane (varnish), or varnish (spar) ????

    I read quite regularly here where people recommend to 'seal' new wood with 'poly' (polyurethane varnish) or 'spar' (tradional oil based varnish). ........... Can someone explain the reasoning behind this. If you are looking to seal wood with the easiest, least expensive, and longest...
  6. Ned L

    OK, show your age. - who remembers these??

    Who remembers when ... ..a "Boater" was truly nothing but a type of straw hat, a person experienced around a boat was a "boatman", and to call someone a "Boater" was an absolute sign of a 'newby'. .. 'Nuns' were red and 'cans' were black? Who remembers what "2182" and "2670" were? and who...
  7. Ned L

    Help needed to identify this boat

    Re: Help needed to identify this boat As soon as I read Stevens520's reply about Allmands that hit a tone of familiarity. I think there is a REAL good chance that's it. Look at the boat in the upper left hand corner here http://www.allmandboats.com/history/hp.jpg.html
  8. Ned L

    Boat makes wide turns.

    Re: Boat makes wide turns. OH, I don't know, ... I'm beginning to wonder if your strut & prop shaft may have been swapped out (in addition to the rudder). Your strut just doesn't look 'right' to me. I'm thinking that Luhrs struts have always had a lot more rake to them, which would also put...
  9. Ned L

    How 'real' boats were built on the Jersey shore.

    Last weekend I was graciously given access to scan hundreds of photos taken by the family of a three generation boatbuilding family near where I grew up. I thought there might be some interest here in seeing how 'real' boats are built. Unfortunately they have not built new boat in about 17...
  10. Ned L

    Why dont Inboards use U joints?

    Re: Why dont Inboards use U joints? Here are the pair of early 1960's Ulrichsen skiffs that were custom built for two Greek fishermen brothers. They were in Belford N.J. In the second photo youcan see the thrust bearing and spicer universal joint.
  11. Ned L

    Paragon reverse gear clutch plates

    I don't know if anyone will have a suggestion outside of a google search, which I've dione & now have a possible source. Anyone have an idea where I might be able to buy a set of clutch plates for a Paragon HF 25XE reverse gear? (Mechanical 1:1 gear about 45 yrs old.)
  12. Ned L

    Anybody remember when.........

    Cans were black & nuns were red. Calling & distress was '2182' and not '16' (which didn't exist yet). "Boaters" were straw hats and to use the term for anything else was a dead giveaway that you were brand new to the activity. We were 'boatmen'. -- Seriously, and the whole "manhole cover" vs...
  13. Ned L

    Supply a caption for this

    How about a caption for this (not all that uncommon for these Jersey speed skiffs).
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