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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
tiller bumper
After working on the aft section, fairing up the remaining patches on the starboard side, and adding the second stage of toe rail goop (pretty much just colloidal silica with some milled fiber thrown in for shatter resistance) I decided to take care of one of my biggest peeves about the T30, the tiller. Actually it’s not specifically the tiller but the area that the tiller connects at. It seems that no matter how expensive the T30, no matter how well maintained it is, this area always looks like it was smashed with a… well… tiller!
Monday, November 12th, 2007
The great galley stove dilema
Hobyn came equipped with the most basic of food preparation amenities. A single deep bar sink with a hand pumped salt water faucet, a gigantic but super inefficient foam filled ice box, and a decrepit 2 burner alcohol stove. A couple of quick searches online and at the local hardware store will satisfy the first two problems but the last is a long, on going headache. The problem is not that the alcohol stove is ugly or old, it’s just that alcohol as a fuel just doesn’t make too much sense to me. Not only is it the coolest burning fuel available, but it’s also by far the most expensive per unit of heat. So why it is used? Theoretically alcohol is a “safe” fuel because it can be put out with water. The funny thing is that there is another fuel available that you can put a lit match out in, yet it has been shunned by the boating, camping and every other community (except for every other country in the world) as a stinky, troublesome fuel. This is just one reason why I love kerosene.
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
The Y30? T30? S&S 30??
Now I knew that those guys at S&S were good, but I didn’t realize just how prolific they were. The Tartan T30 is one of their designs of the MORC (Miget Off-shore Racing Class) era of the 1970’s. Strong built hull, long fin keel, skeg rudder, head sail driven, the cool center placement of the engine, the whole 9. Here’s what the profile drawing looks like.
Now here is another boat called the Yankee Y30.
Now here’s where it gets interesting
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
*Special Report*
We arrived early on Sunday so that we could get a jump on the heat and hopefully the crowds (not to mention there is a lot to see and I’m on crutches… [yes, in the picture below, I’m cheating])
Just like last year we’re going to take the $10 parking shuttle bus combo from the Navy stadium. As we pass the parking attendant Dad leans out the window and says “I’ve got a handicap here can I get a close spot to the buses.” Well, I guess you have to take what little advantage you can of the situation, now if only they had a handicap special on new diesel engines. The other handicap advantage was since I had my hands full, all of the images on this page were taken by my Dad.
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
T30: version 2
Back in 1972, a prospective buyer would have looked at the T30 and thought
“wow, nice finished look, sleeps 5, nice big cooler, full galley, fast, good build quality and great name.”
If I was to translate this into “rebuilder’s” terms, it would sound much more like
“damn, these liners kill 20% of the usable space behind sealed off panels while making the interior look angular and small, the sleeping areas are only big enough for your shoulders while an arm hangs over the edge, the cooler takes up double the space of the fuel tank and puts it right in the widest most usable part of the boat, and the galley needs to be made for cooking instead of looking. Thankfully she’s fast, has great build quality, and a great name”.
