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8th March 2014, 07:38 AM #46
What's the worse that could happen? Simply take out the cb case and make another one
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8th March 2014, 02:19 PM #47Member
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I'm crossing my fingers that the centerboard will fit. It seems that there is enough room in the slot for the fiberglass. I've got the parts cut out for the rudder box but haven't glued it up yet. Can still fit the spacer to the rudder if necessary. Glassed the tips today. Might try to do the surfaces tomorrow.
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9th March 2014, 12:41 PM #48Member
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Waiting for epoxy to tack. The foils get a bit expensive between the glass and all the epoxy. Ran out of epoxy after the first coat and had to go get another can. Ouch! Jack helped me with flipping the boards with the wet glass on them. Bit messy and not the most enjoyable part of the build. Think it's coming out okay, though, and that it'll fit when it's done.
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11th March 2014, 12:55 PM #49Member
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Got the foils cleaned off and sanded. I put another coating of expoxy on the trailing edge today. Will put on a finish coat of epoxy tomorrow on the faces. Centerboard fits no problem. The rudder appears a bit tighter. Got the wood for the mast and spars today and bucked out the pieces for the spars.
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12th March 2014, 07:33 PM #50Senior Member
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Looks good!
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17th March 2014, 07:37 AM #51Member
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Glued up the mast ladder this afternoon. It's tall! Managed to get the parts down into the cellar via the stairs. Might need to go out the window. Here's a shot of the assembly. Oar stock doing double duty as a gluing platform.
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18th March 2014, 01:17 AM #52Dave
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28th March 2014, 04:42 AM #53Member
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I expect you're right Dave, but when I stood that thing up it looks a lot longer than when it's laying down. I was thinking about this and how smoothly most of the build has gone. Our house sale has been very smooth (knock on wood) and we credit our realtor for doing a great job. Our buying experience has been different and in this case we may have got the wrong person. Yesterday, I ran out of minutes on my phone due to dealing with it all and called the phone company. Got the right person! Cut my bill by $20/month, took care of the overage minutes, and got a new free phone upgrade. I'm feeling fortunate for falling in with the GIS crowd and think MIK and the community should be congratulated for making for a great experience.
Took a photo for posterity since we won't be here much longer. Mast going in through the basement window.
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31st March 2014, 02:17 PM #54
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Greetings fellow NH goat builder! There must be 6 (?) goats in this area now so hopefully we can all get together for a bit of sailing! I finished mine enough to get out on the water only twice and only under motor. I'm currently working on the foils and rudder assembly and I will be ready to sail once the ice is out. Warmer weather better be here soon.....It's been a loong winter
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31st March 2014, 07:24 PM #55Senior Member
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Holy Cow! You have water. Most of the snow is gone here, but there is 40 (over a meter) inches of ice on the lakes. Goat looks good. I'm thinking about painting like yours.
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31st March 2014, 10:11 PM #56
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1st April 2014, 12:02 AM #57Member
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It would be great to meet up sometime this summer for some sailing. I'm procrastinating on washing the blush off the mast and putting another coat on the glass. Need to pull it out of the basement into the sleet and wash it off in the barn at 38F. Then back down into the basement. The darn weather has been awful. We lost a lot of snow the last couple days as well and the pile from shoveling off the roof is much smaller, although the mud pit out back is much larger! I'm hoping to order the sail and components soon and purchase a motor. I was also hoping we would be ready for trolling at ice out, but I'm not sure it's going to happen. The cold weather is prolonging the ice but also epoxy and painting. I might try to get my skids glued on the end of this week. Those are the only pieces of the build I have left besides coating and painting the outside and varnishing the rails and spars.
I like the red goat. It looks nice with the clear finish on the inside and rails and can imagine it looking nice along the shores of the local lakes and ponds. What size motor are you using? I'm still unsure what size I should go with. I was thinking that one that has an internal tank might be nice for putting around and fishing on some of the smaller lakes and ponds up north. I'm also wondering if the motor size would make much difference out in some current on Great Bay?
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1st April 2014, 03:29 AM #58
I got my motor off of a buddy of mine. It's a 1969 Evenrude lighttwin 4hp folding motor with the original "suitcase". Great little thing! I was eying some of the newer propane motors that can run off a Coleman tank but this came in at a fantastic price so I couldn't turn it down. Something about an old motor on a wooden boat just seems right anyways. The best I got was 6mph (gps) so not the fastest but it goes along nice. I'd love to try it in Great Bay soon.
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1st April 2014, 05:51 AM #59Member
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I like the look of that old motor and the 2 stroke is probably lighter than the new four strokes. My buddy has a mid seventies Johnson 4 hp and it is quite light. Is yours a long shaft? Did you notch the transom? I've been looking for something used but haven't seen much and what I have seen is still pretty expensive for a 30-40 year old motor. I'm leaning towards a new Tohatsu 4hp. Has an internal tank but can also use and external one. I saw the propane motors at west marine but wasn't sure what to think.
I'm looking forward to getting out on the bay and my son really wants to go for stripers. The current worries me a bit. I think I'd try to stay out of the river until I was confident in the Goats ability motoring.
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1st April 2014, 11:13 AM #60
Yes it is VERY light and since it folds in half it's very compact. The old pre 70's motors are built like tanks. My buddy worked for greens marine as head mechanic for many years so when he says that I trust him. Mine is a reg shaft and i notched the transom offset and it works well.
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