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John, Welcome aboard.
Bryan, I suggest checking into https://letsencrypt.org/ they provide no cost SSL certs. I use them with my personal site.
-Regards
James Ward
S/A Sola Gratia
Peason 424 hull #4Linus, are you mainly considering spray job or roll and tip? Are we talking generally flat sections or in corners of various coaming? Do you need to match the factory nonskid pattern or would you prefer a sand or rubber grain texture? My take is there are a variety of ways to go about this. On my previous boat I preferred to use polyurethane based topside paint. The reason for using gel on my fathers was a his choice and b we were using resin anyway to fill in some guages. If you go the roll and tip route we found the cross hatching of each consecutive buildup layer very important for a smooth surface. Even thinned down brush strokes show prominently and will need to be lightly resanded and rewaxed in places where we couldnt tip 90 degrees to the previous coat.
Just finished large area patch job on my fathers boat topsides hull. Color matching his 12 year old splotchy oxidation custom pale yellow was a real trick. I highly recommend watching the boatworks today youtube channel for gelcoat tips. Dont overdo the mekp or your batch will kick off before you get it inplace, wax additive can be acquired from Jamestown distributor at a fair price or you can use wax paper or saranwrap to air seal the surface without one of those options you are creating laminating gelcoat if all you is resin and pigment and catalyst. Busy now but will try to follow-up with a better writeup soon.
Hey folks, it appears we will have 5 possibly 6 424’s in the lower Chesapeake, around the first of June.
Serendipity’s home is Crown Point marina in Hayes, VA.
I could host a get together using the marina facilities for those interested in attending.Chad Robinson
SerendipityKristie and I can arrive by land if Saturday works otherwise we may have to look at later in the season.
dunphyje dunphyje@aol.comHide
To announcements announcements@pearson424.orgJ & K,
In November we also bought a 424 located just south of you In Cambridge MD. (Yacht Maintenance yard) Bel Cato.
It looks like we will just miss you as we are based out of Cape Charles Va. and are also doing the drive back and forth.. have much to do before we put her back in the water and head south.
I think you talked to a good friend, Chuck in a Pearson 367 located in Cambridge about your V Drive.
(Small Pearson) world… have a safe trip..
If you are ever in Cape Charles.. please look us up… We have a shop called Drizzles..
John & June Dunphy
Yes we did, I seem to have misplaced his card though. Turns out our vdrive is still in serviceable albeit refurb ready condition. We have had some delays as the yard blocked 1/3in from the aft edge of the keel
with the to be expected results. They are doing repairs but with the rains of late fiberglassing has been a tricky scheduling issue and our transit southbound has been delayed.Hi folks,
My wife and I will be rehoming Sola Gratia (nee Stardust) hull #4 from Trappe MD to Hayes VA over memorial day weekend. We purchased her in November and she has been on the hard through the winter getting as much of an overhaul as we can mentally and financially handle. The 4 hour drive each way from our house combined with limited time off of work available has kept progress at a slow pace on weekends. Alas the yard blocked her 1/3rd of the way forward from the aft end of the keel and we didn’t see the damage until last weekend. She’s being reblocked and having a repair made, we will overbuild the snot out of that keel post relocating. At present we are expecting to anchor in Solomons island on may 24th or 25th, then subsequent days likely take layovers near Reedville and Deltaville but haven’t finalized the float plan. Any input is welcome as I have mostly only sailed in the lower bay. We will be shadowed by my father on his Seaward Eagle 32rk so his SOG and our draught and mast height are the limiting factors.
James and Kristie Ward
