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I did the same thing to my stanchion bases last year. My bases are trapazoidal rather than triangles. I used 1/4″ starboard. I bedded them to the deck with 5200 and left a space between the bases and the toe rail for water to drain by. So far they seem to be working great.
Aequanimitas was launched at 9:00 this morning and is back in her slip on Healy Creek in Deltaville. We spent the rest of the day putting things away and cleaning the interior. Tomorrow will be more of the same as well as the sea trials for the newly installed Auto Pilot. Then it will be on to SAILING. The winds have really been good here on the Piankatank for the past few weeks and I figure once we head out to take advantage of them the will disapear. That’s sailing.
I won’t get launched until the end of the month but after that I would be interested in some suggestions.
Have gotten all of the surfaces on the interior sanded, primed and the first coat of finish paint on. Most of the trim and areas to be finished natural have been sanded. Now comes the major clean up so the finish paint can be done and the trim varnished. Really starting to look good. New Raymarine wheel pilot is installed and ready for all the wires to be connected and tested. Really looking forward to more warm days in order to finish painting and getting back in the water.
I bought the ST6000. This unit was discontinued in December to make way for their newest unit that came out this month. I bought last years model because it has a rudder sensor that the new one reportedly wouldn’t have. My electronics expert advised me against the one without the sensor. I uderstand now that Raytheon ended up having to add the sensor in order to make the new units operate properly. I guess I’ll find out in the spring how well things work. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Bob S
I am in the process of adding a Raytheon autopilot to my D36 “Aequanimitas” and painting the interior. I also have a couple of very small pockets of rot to take care of at the intersection of the cockpit coaming and cabin side. This will be the first time I have had an autopilot and am looking forward to putting it in service. I am also tired of winter as it had made painting difficult and I am anxious to get it finished.
Most favorite updates I have made to my Dickerson
I bought my Dickerson in the spring of 1998 from the original owner, Dr. Robert Dyer. He had named her “Aequanimitas” which is from an essay by that name, written by a Dr. Orser of Johns Hopkins Hospital. The essay was written to explain to his medical students the importance of remaining calm in the face of adversity, particularly as pertaining to patients and families.
My first upgrade was to remove the 6 gal. holding tank and add a Lectra San treatment system. This has operated excellently for the past 10 years. Toilet and holding tank odors are a thing of the past.
I also added an Adler Barbour refrigeration system and a complete rewiring of the boat with new electrical panel. I went from a one 12 volt battery system to 4 six volt Trojan T105’s for the house systems and a 12 volt marine starting battery for the starting system.
In the spring of 2005 I added a Hoyt Jib Boom and switched from a 135% roller furling genoa to a 100% roller furling jib sheeted to the jib boom. In my mind this improved performance upwind in both pointing and speed. This also simplified foresail handling greatly, especially as the wind picks up. In the spring of 2007 I had the main reconfigured for full battens and a loose foot. Again performance has shown some improvement.
This past season I removed the mainsheet system and replaced it with four part tackles sheeted to the rail just aft of the aft lowers on both sides of the boat. They act as vangs, preventers, and mainsheet. There have been several articles in Good Old Boat magazine over the last few years describing this system. It is simple, achieves excellent sail control on all points of sail and totally eliminates the danger of accidental jibes downwind in nasty conditions. I also am able to get much better sail shape control with this system. I now have only two sail control lines in the cockpit. In the past there were a minimum of 5 at all times.
For me, these changes have made my sailing much more enjoyable, simpler and I feel also safer. At 75 years of age, these are changes that have really extended my time on the water. They have also made life a lot easier for my wife, a very important issue.Bob Shelton