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I keep my boat at Bert Jabin’s on Back Creek. Well protected. A couple mile walk to grocery store and marine stores, but likely a cheap cab ride. A working boat yard. Not the cheapest but the guys are helpful.
Dave,
The starboard padeye is fitted with a single block having a becket.
The port side padeye has a single block only.
The boom bail has a double block fitted to it.Rigging the jib sheet starts with attaching the sheet to the becket with an eye spliced into the sheet.
The sheet is then run through one sheave on the double block over to the port single block.
After running the sheet through the single block, it is then run back through the other sheave on the double block and then through the single block on starboard.
Finally the line is run down the side of the cabin through fairleads to the sheet winch.
John
I measuredmy working jib in the basement last night, so these are approximate measurements.
Luff is 34 feet 10 inches
Leef is 33 feet 8 inches
Foot is 10 feet.
The sail was made to be loose-fotted, attaching to the boom at only the tack and the clew. I have used this sail without the jib boom as I have removed the boom from the boat. Using the sail this way is not ideal as i have not made the appropriate adjustments o sail track to handle the sail.
The working jib and genoa on the boat when I bought it in 1993 were made by Hood. They were not full hoist sails. The ones I have now were made by Housley and are full hoist, although they do not tack to the deck. I have pennants that bring the tack to the height the tack would be if the original jib scheme was being used.
JohnI can get the dimensions of my working jib by the weekend. You can also look up Bacon’s Sails in Annapolis. Their website used to have a list of dimensions for a lot of boats.
Plans may be available through the Calvert Marine Museum on Solomon’s Island. Plans are not worth much for repairs, though. I am owned by a wooden D35 and have poked around in 99% of her. “local knowledge is beter”. Send me questions and I will answer what I can.
RainbowWe need to find Tom Lucke who owned the yard when this boat and my boat were built. He surveyed Rainbow when she acquired me in 1993. He might be able to answer a lot of our questions. I’ll try to hunt him down.
The Calvert Marine Museum on Solomon’s Island has many of the original Ernest Tucker drawings for the 35s. They copied several elevatrions for me as well as the offsets. Contact them to see if they still provide this service. Mr. Tucker’s widow donated the original plans to the museum. The drawings will help if you want to build new and I have not found them that helpful when making repairs. After the design is settled, a lot of what happens when a wooden boat is built is left to the experience and choices of the builder as to how the design is actually executed. So best just to try to replicate what you find using the orginal work as a pttern.
Having done a lot of work on Rainbow (1969 wood) I find it best to stick to the original as much as possible. I’ll take advantage of the technological improvements when I can, mostly in the area of epoxies, paints, etc., but they got it pretty much when they built these boats (except for the cabin corner posts, whcich is a notorious weak spot).
Jim Carr at Oxford Boat (Yacht?) Sales is the man to see. If anyone knows of a boat for sale it would be Jim. He has been a good friend to our group and would certainly appreciate a call. Sometimes there are some for sale listed in Wooden Boat magazine.
Please stop by at the rendezvous.
All the best,
Rainbow (who is breaking the rule and is not quite ready)
I have not heard anything from anyone about keel bolt problems, except my friend with a three year old J109 who had to have warranty work done because the hull was cracking where the keel attached…
Hi Jim,
Note that Joe Slavin of the Irish Mist is indeed Irish, and this being St. Patty’s day you need to be careful about what he tells you.
I have been owned by a 35 foot wood ketch for 15 years. I used a sander to take it down to bare wood. I used 80 grit which took longer, but I was worried about taking too much off so it took a little longer. I followed up with 150 grit on the sander. After that, I used a flexible longboard with 150 grit and went over the hull by hand. You go over each area in an X pattern and then finish up legthwise. The strip plank hull responds well to this. After the primer, I used 220 to prepare for the top coat.
I’ve always used Interlux paint and now that they have the one part polyurethane I use that. Joe is right that the Awlgrip will last longer, but for me, the Interlux is something i feel comfortable with. Be sure to wipe down well with thinner between the coats.
The most important thing is to avoid painting in the hot part of the day. It takes about 3 hours with one person and a 3 inch brush to paint the topsides. So if you start around 8:30 after the dew has burned off, you should get good results.
Joe and I duke it out every year at the Rendezvous in Oxford and we would sure like another woodie to join us if you can. Randy Bruns of our group also holds a western shore event in the fall which is a lot of fun as well.
Hope we get to meet you in June.
Best of luck,
John Freal
Rainbow
Ahoy 58 Ketch.
Rainbow is a 35 wood hull built in 1969. Can’t help you with the tabernacle rig, but there is little i haven’t touched on the boat if the 15 years she has owned me. Geeting to ready to replace a dozen floors in the spring, frames on the starboard side and probably refasten the bottome for good measure. Too bad you don’t live up my way in Annapolis. Happy to answer any questions I can.
Hope to see you at the next rendezvous in June.
John