[Public-list] Bonding new glass to hull, topping lift control

[FINNUS505 at aol.com]

Hey,
 
Thanks for the advice on glass prep for bonding.
 
I'm not sure my post on the topping lift problem made it to the list.  
Stargazer still has the ceramic insulators on the backstay, and her topping lift  
would wrap around the backstay and get hung up on the insulator. I tied a piece  
of shock cord to the topping lift with a rolling hitch, about 4 feet  above 
the boom. I tied a small captive pin shackle to the other end, and made it  
fast to the end of the boom when sailing. When at the mooring, I unshackeled the  
shock cord, and put the shackle on the topping lift. The shock cord would 
lift  the shackle up to the point where there was no more tension on the shock 
cord,  so it would not stretch out over the course of the season. Worked pretty 
good.  :)
 
This is the winter that Stargazer got her galley back, and I'm up to  the 
water tank. I took your previous advice on putting an access hole in the v  berth 
seat to get into the water tank. What a mess in there!! Someone had  
previously put in some type of bladder, but it was thin plastic, and torn. There  was 
some green sticky gunk in there, adhering what was left of the bladder to  the 
inside of the tank. Old antifreeze? Lysol toilet bowl cleaner didn't touch  
it. I finaly got it out with turpentine and a scotchbrite pad.  
Geeeezzzzzzzzzzzzz............  :)
 
Thx again,
Lee
Stargazer #255