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To be honest, she's still on the hard as I work to restore her. I was laid off in April and I thought it best to wait until I had steady income so I haven't had much time onboard other than the summer I bought her. She handled like a dream though, if you can get used to steering in reverse with the skeg, which really isn't that hard. She's a great boat.

@@ontheruntonowhere oh, so sorry to hear about the layoff. I’m looking to do similar project work as well but really want to enjoy it some before pull her out. I’ve rehabbed nearly a dozen boats over the years, but this time I’ll get to see how it’s done first. Thanks for sharing your videos and best of luck on getting sailing again soon!

@@angryskipper Thanks for the encouragement and thanks for watching. I'll look forward to seeing your videos soon!

Send me $10,000 and I'll rename it anything you want.

Thanks, but it's not likely. I was furloughed in March so Ladybug's on hold until they either take me back or fire me.

Thank you! It was definitely a project!

And one more to come! I think I'm going to hire a crane from the marina folks but it won't happen until mid-May.

Thanks for the encouragement! Honestly, if I'd have had the step wrench for the first one, it probably would have done the trick. The second was super easy with the step wrench, and the third would have been easy if I'd bothered to clamp down the fitting from the inside to keep it from turning. I highly recommend a step wrench, although they're expensive and not useful for anything else. On the plus side, having one to loan out is a great way to make friends. The angle grinder was handy so I grabbed it but it was probably overkill for the situation at hand. Of course, I specialize in overkill, soooo....

Thanks! I'd like to see how Raven is coming along.

Mine was just tight. Twist as you pull up.

I don't know but we'll find out someday.

Maybe, but being a centerboarder it will be notably less stable than the fin keel version which is certainly safe in open water, drafting 5 1/2 ft.

@@gossardpictures2268 It makes sense that a 4' draft would be less stable than a 5.5' draft, but this boat was a compromise of condition, attributes and price. It's a coastal cruiser and I don't have plans to sail across an ocean with it.

@@ontheruntonowhere Dude , a boy just sailed across the atlantic on a plywood boat he made himself.... People worry and distribute worry like a drug. If it floats on a lake it will float on an ocean. Make sure the mast stays on.. your good.

@@HoytFergus Lol but the mast is currently laying on its side next to the boat on the hard 😭 I do appreciate the sentiment though :)

I'm sorry, she's not for sale. I want to finish the refit, get her in the water, and see what it's like to live aboard. I hope I love it, but I may hate it. At this point, I've put so much sweat and money into repairs and modernization that I can't walk away.

And winning!!

Thank you! I'm still a little shaky but it's a lot of fun to learn

I use Total Fair and like it. Thanks for sharing your process. This was daunting job but I think I'll do better next time. If I don't pay someone to do it!

Thanks! It's been a busy summer of traveling and boatwork, but I'm able to sit down to edit now that the projects are winding up.

Thanks for the nice comment!

Thanks for that advice. I've got a trickle charger that I'll set up when I go down next. I've also got a whole season of videos to produce and upload. I wonder which will happen first?

That's very insightful. I actually did sand between the coats but I've never heard of etch primer, and the manufacture didn't mention it in their literature. It's a half hour drive to the marina from where I live and I also work a full-time job, in addition to freelancing. If I remember correctly, it was also raining a lot so I missed several opportunities. As a result, I think where I really went wrong is that I waited too long between applying the primer and the top coat, giving the primer time to cure and prohibiting the top coat from bonding with the primer as it should have. Lesson learned for next time. It's actually been holding up pretty well this year, so I'm hoping that maybe the top coat hadn't fully cured when I made this video.

Thanks for saying so! They're all me :)

I probably should have but didn't. There wasn't much I could do by that point anyway. Even if they replaced the product, I wasn't about to strip it all off and start the project over. Oh well, lesson learned for next time.

@@ontheruntonowhere I understand!

As a former NYC'er and budding drone pilot (look for my shaky skills in future videos), thanks for saying hello, it's great to have you along!

Why are you laughing?

@@ontheruntonowhere to show I didn't just throw out som mean criticism, I tried to say it with a friendly face. Best of luck with your project

@@StemtoSternSailing Ah, got you! It's so hard to read intentions in comments. I always think laughing faces are laughing at _me_ ! 😀 I would like to pick your brain though, did I miss something? It's quite likely I did, this is my first attempt at restoring a boat. I did go back later and there was a lot of water in the head. Did I miss a seal?

True! I've thought the same thing...these portlights are so simple (which in a way is good because someone like me can take a whack at fixing them). I think it might be due to the relatively primitive bonding agents they had to work with back then, coupled with the lack of imagination that these boats would still be in service today. I mean, the year 2023 probably seemed like sci-fi in 1976. Boats would surely fly in 2023.

I thought I might stop by and see if Ladybug is still there. I'll say hello. What are you sanding?

@@ontheruntonowhere transom

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Congrats! I loved 101. Where are you taking it and what's your sailing goal?

As I have found out! :) I painted the deck this fall, with varied success.

Hey! Thanks for the encouragement. It's been a process. I might do a before and after video to remind me that all the things I think I could have done better _are_ actually better 😂

Hope to see you soon!

Thank you! So far, no leaks. Knock on head.

Thank you! It's been a process, to put it politely.

Thanks man! I've been doing a lot of work but too lazy to put together the videos. You should take a look at the deck next time you're out.

Yes, mine did that too, so annoying! I can still hear it. It haunts my dreams. And I had to shove that rail back underneath the cover every time I closed the hatch. It's so smoooth now.

I neglected to show how in order to get the hatch off those rails, you need to remove the two forward screws from each rail so the rail will lift up, allowing the lip of the hatch to clear the lip of the companionway.

I have loads of experience now so I'm happy to help!

I just saw this 🙃 How did it go?

@@ontheruntonowhere I ended hiring a mechanic to relocate the cables to the starboard cockpit hull. That way we could go sailing one more time this season. Running them down the pedestal seemed a bit above my pay grade for now. I also did not want to potentially mess up the brand new autopilot cables, that also run down that pedestal.

@@AlittleSAILING That sounds like a good solution. I'm not a big fan of how that binnacle is laid out.

If I remember correctly, lining up the collar was probably the easiest part of this project. The cables are fairly rigid so you can sight through the hole in the housing and line up the collar by maneuvering the cables around. What size Cape Dory?

Hey, thank you! I hoped this would help someone. I don't know if you've seen the official Edson video on this. I didn't find it until much later, but it's pretty comprehensive. ruclips.net/video/BuTlLgaGFLU/видео.html Good luck with your repair.

I do have the centerboard model, although I haven't used it yet. I'm still on the hard doing the refit and I probably won't splash for another year. Artemis's draft is 5.5', right? How does she point?

@@ontheruntonowhere i Have the centerboard model too, but it has been lost over the years. So I bought the boat without it, and that helped me get a lower price. At some point I would like to have it remade. With the centerboard down you can point higher into the wind and pinch less. At least that’s what others have told me.

@@AlittleSAILING Oh, interesting. Is the slot glassed over or something? When I did the passage through the Long Island Sound, I thought Ladybug handled great with the board up, but we only sailed for a bit and it was downwind. What's your hull number? Mine's 62.

@@ontheruntonowhere Good question! Ill have to look at the hull number this weekend. I think Artemis sails pretty well even without the centerboard. Last year when the boat was on the hard, I got a good look at the bottom of the keel. It’s never been glassed over, but is full of barnacles. The cables for the centerboard have also been removed. How do you lower yours?

@@AlittleSAILING I only ask the good questions! 😉 The cable runs from the board up through a tube affixed to the chart table (9:27), then over a pulley (17:30). It's then spliced into a line which is managed by a winch and cam cleat affixed to the aft port cabin top (16:50). Are you overall happy with Artemis? Where is your traveler located? Mine runs across the cockpit (16:55) which is totally in the way, so I'm cutting it out and running a double mainsheet like this: www.boatdesign.net/attachments/boom-mainsheets-jpg.14676/

Thanks for the props! You'll notice I used the small-to-large patching method. I felt like large-to-small would leave an airspace around the perimeter of the hole. I paid the ferret union wages and gave it breaks between shoots.

I doubt I'm ever going back to Nassau. The people were incredibly nice but everything is very expensive and there are places the locals don't want you to go, which is a bummer because I like to get away from the tourist areas. I'd like to check out more of the family islands on boatback.

Thank you! It's nerve-wracking with everyone watching. I've only pulled into a finger slip once, during my ASA course. But I did it in reverse on a Hunter 42! Unlike you though, I have yet to actually sail my boat aside from an hour in very light winds with a chaperone aboard. I hear B34s are amazing to sail. Looking forward to your next season!

Go Bristol! It does take some practice to drive a skeg or full keel in reverse. I spent a couple hours driving figure 8s in reverse in open water and it boosted my confidence immensely. The trick is to get a couple knots of speed on before you need to steer, then slow and steady. If you feel like you're losing steerage, goose the throttle just a little, it doesn't take much. The goal is just enough steerage to shift into neutral and coast into the slip without overshooting.

Thanks for all your help Jenn! You are GREAT!

Thanks! I have been really jonesing to get back there and finish up the job. I got so close before the weather turned cold. Looking forward to seeing more of your work on the Marlin!

They do at that!

Thanks for the help!