sherloch7
REBIRTH OF A CLASSIC C&C YACHT
Around 1968 C&C and Hinterhoeller Yachts of Canada embarked on their initial collaboration and built 25 very special sailboats. We've only found 6 of them still alive and I was lucky enough to get one. This is the story of her rebirth.Along the way there will be some photos, insights and history of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, the Patapsco River and the magnificient Chesapeake Bay.
BTW, this may have some oddities because I had to rebuild it. The email address I used for the original was lost and Tumblr refused to allow me to access my own data which took years to create. Shame on you Tumblr...
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Rotten Wood and Wasps
It’s been 13 years and still finding mud dobber evidence. Here’s on that appeared today.
Also found that the lower threshold of the hatch had some rot. I filled it with Gitrot and some wood filler. I’ll vanish soon and maybe it will last a few more years.
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Painting was interrupted during Covid and finished in May 2021.
2021 was pretty slow workwise so I was able to completely paint the boat. I had to finish what I started in 2018. I painted 24 consecutive days in May 2021. It was hell but it's done.
Kiwi Grip tests.
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Manifold Replacement - 03/20/2021
The manifold was literally flaking apart. Yikes... I found one online and replaced it. As always, it didn't go as smoothly as possible. Several of the bolts wrung off and it took days to get them out, retapped and put back in because I have only inches of free space to work on the sides of the engine. Everything is one-handed because no room to get two hands in. It makes everything nearly impossible to do.
All better now...
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Water in Oil - 04-20-2019
One day I checked the oil and it look odd. It was milky. I had water in it. Yikes! This led to a 3 week odyssey to figure out what it was. I rebuilt the exhaust, pull the manifold off and couldn't figure out how it occured. In the end, after dozens of hours of work, it turned out to be a $2 anti-siphon valve on the exhaust that was stuck, letting water seep backwards from the exhaust back into the engine. Arggggg.... a $2 part. Anyway, I know that I have a new exhaust so that's good.
I found the water when checking the oil and seeing it on the dipsitck. Then I drained the oil. The tube is normally black with old oil. It was coming out gray and then white.
Manifold pressure checks found nothing.
The old exhaust needed replacing anyway. So that was not entirely bad.
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Deck Painting - 08/25/2018
This is not a fun job but it needed it. Took a few weeks to do.
It's important to take a break...
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Memorial Day 2010 Sail to White Rocks to eat and swim
We sailed to White Rocks on Memorial Day to cook out and swim. The air was really up, blowing 15-20. Fortunately once there, it calmed a bit and we had a fantastic day.
Cooking on the grill Dad gave me.
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Privateer Days 04-10-2010
Didn't get many photos, but one of Pride and one of Magenpie (Sherloch now).
Mayhew driving.
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Dock Box Support - 06-02-2010
Calvin helped me build a support for a dock box.
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Order of Things
Since Tumblr would not give me access to my own Blog and I had to recreate it by copying and pasting, some things are out of order. Sooner or later, I'll catch up and the order by date will be right.
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Robbie puts Turks Head on Wheel
Robbie spent hours tying an awsome Turks Head on the top of the Wheel.
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Replacing rotted jib turning blocks.
03-11-2013
Swiss cheezing deck to repair wet balsa core.
New teak and blocks
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