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Matter of fact, the welding took place in Florida from a reputable Vero Beach fabrication shop, I can give you their number and address. Could this failure have anything to do with your attempt to fill the tank with a high capacity diesel hose? I think a funnel would have worked fine, it always has for me.
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Failed fuel tank?
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PAIKILLER Has Sold!
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$56,900 — For Sale — Painkiller. A very sound deal. Email or call 603-203-1730
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Painkiller needs a new lover. She’s sitting comfortable in her private slip on the Nuese River. Seriously for sale at a reduced price. Call only. Ken 603-203-1730
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Here’s some more on butyl rubber (my go to choice for stanchions and chainplates). 35ish yrs ago when I started in the marine industry as the only machinist on a custom built carvel planked 65′ schooner I had the opportunity to help make most wood casting molds for “all” custom bronze fittings for the entire vessel. From stuffing box and pintals etc, to hanging knees, all deck fittings, chainplates (stock), hause pipes, bulwark knees, mast hoops, gaff jaws and every other fitting for all the spars. I machined and fit all those rough castings to the vessel and spars (the boss occasionally chipped in too). I then got to fit and install them on the boat. Every deck fitting from the knees to the massive gammon iron, they had me bed with butyl rubber. Below waterline fittings we used this “new stuff” 5200. Dolfinite was the bedding of choice for most of the spars. I am familiar with butyl tape, it’s what I use, but back then we had it in 10oz tubes. Man was that stuff a bitch to work with. I was told it will last for years and stay flexible but you should always rebed your deck fitting every 5 years and this stuff keeps that job easy even if you….go a little long in your maintenance. It’s true I didn’t know a wee bit of anything about boats backs then, but after 5 boats of my own and countless hours working in boatyards year after year for pretty damn fancy yachts, butyl is still my go to caulking for the deck. Just my humble opinion guys. Good Luck.
KenTaking what comes as I get it, using it all as much as I can and trying hard to leave all the shit behind.
Rich, after looking at those pics, your boat definitely had some serious leakage at the chain plates. Fortunately for me “Painkiller’s” under deck chain plate area was only lightly stained, from minor leaking. All bulkhead covering and woodwork untainted. The same with when I redid all my stanchion bases, only one base had sign of leaking below, but still only stains and slight wood deterioration at top of bulkhead. But…at every stanchion base the deckcore was rotten at different levels. Good luck with the rest of your restoration.
Ken
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You can also do as I did, order a full length piece of good quality stock and cut to length and radius on the tops yourself. I did it with a hack saw (few blades) and a grinder and finished up with a mill file. Then to a machine shop to just drill the holes, Save you a lot of money
Ken
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I don’t think you need any mold release or anything. After I dug out the whole cavity and exposed the strut bolts etc I just scraped all leftover residue from whatever was in there to begin with and all the 5200 that the PO had tried to fill it with. I mixed up some west system epoxy and used #410 filler compound. #410 when mixed with a single pump of epoxy easily quadruples it’s filling capacity. It’s design is for easy sanding and fairing. I “wet out” (just brush a light coating of straight mixed epoxy) the whole area to be filled including the metal, then filled with #410 mixed to the consistency of peanut butter, very thick and no drooping. After it dried I fared with power sander, long board etc to be fair with hull. Final operation a good thick coat of straight mixed epoxy to use as a water barrier. Absolutely guaranteed good to go. I’ve removed many a piece of hardware in various boat yards and with this application the next guy only has to somewhat easily chisel it all out.
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Hi Streetgang, My wife and I are presently ending a 4 year cruise
aboard Painkiller, a 1981 424. We are presently in the leewards now
headed west to Florida over the next two or three months and are
“considering” selling. I have done some major overhaul and upgrades to
hull and machinery most of it documented by pictures and text. If you
want to converse further please use this address, vickykenr@gmail.com
and put Painkiller in the subject box. Most recent photo included, just launched after haul-out Carriacou, Grenada.Taking what comes as I get it, using it all as much as I can and trying hard to leave all the shit behind.
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Evan,……Oh yes, they should be(lol)…My previous owner was one of the originals who bought a set of these pulpits.They are priceless for any offshore work, every time I snuggle my butt into one at sea, my body relaxes and thanks my buddy.Earl(PO)…If another group of buyers can come together and convince the original fabricator to build another order at a reasonable price, everybody will go away smiling.Kens/vPAINKILLERhull#91presently-GrenadaTaking what comes as I get it, using it all as much as I can and trying hard to leave all the shit behind.
Good for you Ben, I'm glad you got something back. I almost sailed out of Norfolk into the baby's teeth of that storm (Bob) but returned from the Bay Bridge and Tunnel penniless (last $$ spent on charts of Maryland and New Jersey(insurance) hoping for a 3 or 4 day single handed passage to Newport) before hunkering down up the Hampton river tied to every damn thing I could, and every anchor out. My insurance! Back in those days the insurance companies seemed to be OK with that lattitude that you were caught in. But now, since Bob and Sandy, they wrapped another one of their golden strings around our boating b**ls. just sayin'Taking what comes as I get it, using it all as much as I can and trying hard to leave all the shit behind.
Good luck David, to me it's a down right shame that we're led down a path and almost forced to insure. The marinas, haulouts, even moorings it seems push to benefit those shady upper level characters of the insurance companies that promise you payback if the worst happens, but in reality look for every flaw to not pay you back when needed. Without insurance, you believe in yourself and your abilities to keep your boat safe.Third world, feeling better all the time for me. I needed a rant, sorry.KenTaking what comes as I get it, using it all as much as I can and trying hard to leave all the shit behind.
Yikes! I can't help but think of the thousands (and thousands) of dollars I never gave to insurance companies over all these years owning boats. What a racket!KenTaking what comes as I get it, using it all as much as I can and trying hard to leave all the shit behind.
