February 12th, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Other Boats
For Sale: Evelyn 32-2 “Remedy” KWRW & BIRW winner, the fastest & best prepared Evelyn 32 on the planet! Offered at a fraction of replacement cost. Why spend the next few years fixing a 32 when you can buy the “Remedy” and win in 09!
Asking 25.5k obo contact John Fries for full details:
Noank, CT Hull FMU021320683 A proven winner for a fraction of replacement cost.. Class winner 2005 KWRW and BIRW!! Turn key boat ready to race and WIN today!
General:
- Yanmar 1GM
- Martec Prop
- Sailcomp
- Navman Instruments
Structural:
- New bulkheads
- Reinforced Keel Sump
- Stanchion mounting reinforced top & bottom.
- Carbon tube between chainplates
- New chainplate tie rods
Rigging:
- New Dieform rigging
- New Tuff Luff
- Vectran backstay 32:1 (led to helmsman)
- Vectran checkstays
- Carbon boom
- Carbon spin pole
- New deck hardware
- New lifelines
Sails:
- Sailmaker owned boat:
- email or call For complete inventory of THIRTEEN Practically new sails.
friessaildesign@gmail.com John Fries 860 501-3218
Tags: evelyn 32-2 for sale, for sale, John Fries, Remedy
February 12th, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Renovation Log
February 5th, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Renovation Log
After searching for foam core, honeycomb and other methods of producing light weight boards for floor and other fab part boards for about three months I finally came accross Nidacore structual Honeycomb Material. www.nida-core.com . I talked with them on the phone and they were VERY helpful. They sent me a sample box of material and the contact for the local distributor.
This product is not nearly as expensive as the others I have been looking at and is almost as light as the lightest high tech material. I am covering mine in fiber glass. If it is covered in carbon it would even lighter. I did one piece with vacuum layup. The results are fantastic. The cost of the vacuum supplies is pretty steep so I reverted to laying up flat panels on a waxed smooth surface, covering with heavy poly and putting a cover board and weight on it. The results are a bit heavier then the vacuum product but as little of this as I am using it is well worth it. The board on the boat I am replacing, paper honey comb, probabl
y weight 2 or 3 times what Nidacore does and the Nidacore does not absorb water or rot.
I also met some great folks at the local Nidacore supplier, Eastern Burlap in Norfolk Va. These guys are fantastic and great to work with. They really know their stuff.
757-622-5914
Tags: composit core, eastern burlap, fiber glass, honeycomb core, nidacore, renovation, sailboat
February 3rd, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Renovation Log
No pictures tonight but with Chris’s help this weekend and the work I got done today.
All the Nida-Core pieces are cut out:
Forepeak stringer
Forepeak main platform
Forepeak aft bulkhead
Forepeak inspection cover
Main bulkhead, chain plate additions.
I have one piece laid up and curing now. Will do more tomorrow.
Also I wanted to share this great note from John. This will help set the rig properly along with Jim Baker’s input:
Sorry, I haven’t gotten around to writing a guide. As for pre-bend you should have 0-.75″ Don’t assume all maststeps or partner cut outs are the same… So, the way to start is get the headstay length right first & adjust the step & partners to the 0-.75″ of pre-bend.
As for rig tension, yes we sail at pretty much the top of the gauge all the time except in under 8 where we loosen the lowers 1 turn.
I’m sure this sounds like a very tight rig, well it is. The reason for this is that the boat it fastest & points best with NO “sag” in the rig. Sag helps power up the main, in the case of the 32 the stock main is SOOO small that there is little gain in doing this. All that ends up happening is the slot is more closed as the main gets closer to the genoa. Some of this is also exaggerated by the size of the genoas & the fairly short spreaders & narrow shroud base width (compared to something like a J 29 which is very fast when tuned with “sag”).
The long E is a no brainer on these boats, a gain all the way around the course. Another benefit is that it makes sail selection easier, you can sail down range much better with a #3 and big main. You do need a #4 with the long E though.
Tags: bulk head, bulkhead, chain plate, nida-core
February 1st, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Blog Roll, Renovation Log
January 23rd, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Other Boats
Look at this job. Peter Ross is taking an Evelyn 25, putting a retractable bulb on it. He may be making it a 21 footer in the process. Worst of all, he is doing it in a hut in the snow:
http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/Tynaje/Evelyn%2025/
http://nbayracing.com/Evelyn32-2Forum/viewtopic.php?t=68
Tags: evelyn 21, evelyn 25, evelyn 25 mods
January 16th, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Renovation Log
Keel box as of 1/16/09:
Tags: cabin sole, evelyn 32-2, keel box
January 14th, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Renovation Log
Thanks to computer keels I have guide to re fair the keels. I was very pleased with the product when I got it. It and he was on his way out of town when I got him, Key West?, and he took time to get it in the mail before heleft. Great job!
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Tags: computer keel, keel, templates
January 13th, 2009 by Jim Baldwin | No Comments | Filed in Renovation Log
Here is the before and after. It turned out real nice:
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