Re: Long Micro update pictures
Nels,
I'm getting ready to head out for another week, but, (if you like) I
can measure out the footwell and pass the measurements along. Taking
those pictures reminded me why I haven't been taking many lately. It's
difficult getting good pictures w/ the boat crammed into the garage.
It's hard to get a perspective (but I was thoughtful and left a
bucket, drill, pile of used masking tape, and even a newspaper in the
boat for scale).
I'd love to hear what you (or anyone else) has to say about rigging a
traditional LM. Most of the pictures on the web lack sufficient
detail for me to figure out what I should have. The only other boat
I've rigged was my Gypsy.
I'll catch up with the emails when I return in a week.
Stay warm.
Bill
I'm getting ready to head out for another week, but, (if you like) I
can measure out the footwell and pass the measurements along. Taking
those pictures reminded me why I haven't been taking many lately. It's
difficult getting good pictures w/ the boat crammed into the garage.
It's hard to get a perspective (but I was thoughtful and left a
bucket, drill, pile of used masking tape, and even a newspaper in the
boat for scale).
I'd love to hear what you (or anyone else) has to say about rigging a
traditional LM. Most of the pictures on the web lack sufficient
detail for me to figure out what I should have. The only other boat
I've rigged was my Gypsy.
I'll catch up with the emails when I return in a week.
Stay warm.
Bill
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Nels" <arvent@h...> wrote:
>
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <kingw@b...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I ventured out into the cold garage yesterday and snapped some
> fresh
> > and tasty pictures of my LM. Nine pictures are currently posted
> to:
> >
> >http://personal.bgsu.edu/~kingw/Long_Micro/
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Thanks for the additional photos. That looks like one huge footwell!
> There is not a lot of reference for scale but in the photos that
> include tools like the drill etc., they look like toys!
>
> Dan constructed a removeable grating for the bottom of his footwell.
> His idea was to also have some cleats at each corner so it could be
> raised level with the bench tops, to make the whole area one vast
> bed flat that could easily accept a queen-sized air mattress. Thus 4
> large adults could easily sleep in the boat, especially if the
> cockpit had an encloseable shelter.
>
> When I get a chance I will forward information on rigging details as
> well as some ideas for the galley and wine cellar:-)
>
> Nels
>
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <kingw@b...> wrote:
Thanks for the additional photos. That looks like one huge footwell!
There is not a lot of reference for scale but in the photos that
include tools like the drill etc., they look like toys!
Dan constructed a removeable grating for the bottom of his footwell.
His idea was to also have some cleats at each corner so it could be
raised level with the bench tops, to make the whole area one vast
bed flat that could easily accept a queen-sized air mattress. Thus 4
large adults could easily sleep in the boat, especially if the
cockpit had an encloseable shelter.
When I get a chance I will forward information on rigging details as
well as some ideas for the galley and wine cellar:-)
Nels
>fresh
> Hi all,
> I ventured out into the cold garage yesterday and snapped some
> and tasty pictures of my LM. Nine pictures are currently postedto:
>Hi Bill,
>http://personal.bgsu.edu/~kingw/Long_Micro/
Thanks for the additional photos. That looks like one huge footwell!
There is not a lot of reference for scale but in the photos that
include tools like the drill etc., they look like toys!
Dan constructed a removeable grating for the bottom of his footwell.
His idea was to also have some cleats at each corner so it could be
raised level with the bench tops, to make the whole area one vast
bed flat that could easily accept a queen-sized air mattress. Thus 4
large adults could easily sleep in the boat, especially if the
cockpit had an encloseable shelter.
When I get a chance I will forward information on rigging details as
well as some ideas for the galley and wine cellar:-)
Nels
Hi all,
I ventured out into the cold garage yesterday and snapped some fresh
and tasty pictures of my LM. Nine pictures are currently posted to:
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~kingw/Long_Micro/
These pictures detail the progress on my self-bailing cockpit and
cockpit lockers. If I had to do it over again, I would have designed
the lids a bit differently, but I'm pleased overall. The lockers will
get water (rain water, splash, spilled beer) in them, so they have a
small drain hole at their aft end (which drains into the cockpit sole,
just at the drain hole into the aft-most free-flooding well.
You will note my "moaning chair/bucket" tucked away into the starbd
locker in one of the pictures. Yup, it's a handy bucket for carrying
things, but I can flip it over and sit (and moan). I will trust
everyone to make no comments about filling the bucket with cedar
chips and moaning. Or grunting. Or anything else which might scare
the children.
Enjoy.
Bill, in Ohio
I ventured out into the cold garage yesterday and snapped some fresh
and tasty pictures of my LM. Nine pictures are currently posted to:
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~kingw/Long_Micro/
These pictures detail the progress on my self-bailing cockpit and
cockpit lockers. If I had to do it over again, I would have designed
the lids a bit differently, but I'm pleased overall. The lockers will
get water (rain water, splash, spilled beer) in them, so they have a
small drain hole at their aft end (which drains into the cockpit sole,
just at the drain hole into the aft-most free-flooding well.
You will note my "moaning chair/bucket" tucked away into the starbd
locker in one of the pictures. Yup, it's a handy bucket for carrying
things, but I can flip it over and sit (and moan). I will trust
everyone to make no comments about filling the bucket with cedar
chips and moaning. Or grunting. Or anything else which might scare
the children.
Enjoy.
Bill, in Ohio