Re: Oldshoe for Sale
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Nels" <arvent@h...> wrote:
Me and my Oldshoe live near Watsonville, CA. It comes with a sturdy
galvinazed trailer. This is a nice boat. You should come and see it if
you can. Sails and spars are in beautiful shape. Paint on the hull
just needs a little touch up in a few places. It was built in '88 but
is still sound throughout. Plenty of epoxy in and out has kept it that
way. The keel is 200 lb. of lead, no concrete. This is a good design
for anyone who likes Micro but just wants to daysail or do a bit of
beach camping. It deserves mmore consideration than I think it gets.
Sorry, no photos, but it looks quite like the one on Bernie Wolford's
Common Sense Boats site. Another good site is in Australia. Both can
br found with Google. Don't yet know how to do links. Tell me what you
think.
Joe Tribulato,
SCSBMS Founder, coined "messabout"
> Hi Joe,Nels,
>
> Where do you live, what all is included and are there any photos
> available?
>
> Thanks, Nels
Me and my Oldshoe live near Watsonville, CA. It comes with a sturdy
galvinazed trailer. This is a nice boat. You should come and see it if
you can. Sails and spars are in beautiful shape. Paint on the hull
just needs a little touch up in a few places. It was built in '88 but
is still sound throughout. Plenty of epoxy in and out has kept it that
way. The keel is 200 lb. of lead, no concrete. This is a good design
for anyone who likes Micro but just wants to daysail or do a bit of
beach camping. It deserves mmore consideration than I think it gets.
Sorry, no photos, but it looks quite like the one on Bernie Wolford's
Common Sense Boats site. Another good site is in Australia. Both can
br found with Google. Don't yet know how to do links. Tell me what you
think.
Joe Tribulato,
SCSBMS Founder, coined "messabout"
Hi Joe,
Where do you live, what all is included and are there any photos
available?
Thanks, Nels
Where do you live, what all is included and are there any photos
available?
Thanks, Nels
> By the way, my Oldshoe is for sale. Inquiries invited. Too good to
> give away.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Jason Stancil" <jasonstancil@h...> wrote:
of stainless steel with a wood spacer. It did not work well. The
slides stuck and the track wanted to pull away from the mast between
screws. I used it this way until recently. I stripped it off and
refinished the mast. Then I used the luff tie system as described by
Payson in the appendix of "Build the New Instant Boats". It uses a
double length of light line (1/8 in.) tied at the top then around each
side to the front with a knot midway between gromets. Continue through
the next gromet from each side, etc, to the tack gromet. If you need
more than that, get the book. Get it anyway, it belongs in every
boatbuilder's library.
Can't tell how it works on the water, but it is most satisfactory in
driveway trials.
By the way, my Oldshoe is for sale. Inquiries invited. Too good to
give away.
> this old shoe talk prompted me to dig out plans for the little tub.Back in '88 when I built my Oldshoe, I used track I made from strips
> I was surprised to see the main on a sail track like the standard
> micro. Has anyone rigged a micro or old shoe with simple lacing.
> Does it screw up the sails areo dynamics to lace it. It's basically
> the same as bolger's old reliable 59sqft. sprit which is laced and
> works great. Just wondering as tracks are expensive and seems like
> extra complication.
> Just wondering ,
> Jason
of stainless steel with a wood spacer. It did not work well. The
slides stuck and the track wanted to pull away from the mast between
screws. I used it this way until recently. I stripped it off and
refinished the mast. Then I used the luff tie system as described by
Payson in the appendix of "Build the New Instant Boats". It uses a
double length of light line (1/8 in.) tied at the top then around each
side to the front with a knot midway between gromets. Continue through
the next gromet from each side, etc, to the tack gromet. If you need
more than that, get the book. Get it anyway, it belongs in every
boatbuilder's library.
Can't tell how it works on the water, but it is most satisfactory in
driveway trials.
By the way, my Oldshoe is for sale. Inquiries invited. Too good to
give away.
this old shoe talk prompted me to dig out plans for the little tub.
I was surprised to see the main on a sail track like the standard
micro. Has anyone rigged a micro or old shoe with simple lacing.
Does it screw up the sails areo dynamics to lace it. It's basically
the same as bolger's old reliable 59sqft. sprit which is laced and
works great. Just wondering as tracks are expensive and seems like
extra complication.
Just wondering ,
Jason
I was surprised to see the main on a sail track like the standard
micro. Has anyone rigged a micro or old shoe with simple lacing.
Does it screw up the sails areo dynamics to lace it. It's basically
the same as bolger's old reliable 59sqft. sprit which is laced and
works great. Just wondering as tracks are expensive and seems like
extra complication.
Just wondering ,
Jason