[Public-list] Mast Track Lubricant

[John Birch]

Hard candle wax - rated #2 by Practical Sailor - cost - about 2 cents - or 
you can buy the expensive aerosol dry lubricant for about $15-20 which will 
last about 2 weeks longer - those were the finding of PS.

Been using hard candle wax for years - works great.

Just a suggestion.

Cheers,

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meinhold, Michael J" <MICHAEL.J.MEINHOLD at saic.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: [Public-list] Mast Track Lubricant


> Can I have some opinions on lubricants for my mast track?
> I don't know if its original, but it's T-shaped.
> Silicon? Graphite? Light Oil?
>
> It's sticking badly where the cunningham attaches to the slides.
>
> Mike
> # 272
>
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> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 1:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Public-list] fiberglassing & backer plates
>
>
> Patty,
>
> I used to sail with a guy who built his boat from an empty Morgan 41' hull
> (he had to add temporary bulkheads to trailer the hull from Florida to
> Western PA) and swore by phenolic Micarta for backer plates.  It is easier
> to work and lighter than metal and has much greater compressive strength
> than wood (risk with plywood is tensile loads on the fasteners may cause
> washers to crush the plywood thereby loosening the connection).  I have 
> also
> seen the stuff used on deck under stanchion bases on older boats where the
> deck had gotten a little "loose."  It works like wood and, I believe, can 
> be
> painted.
>
> Relative to epoxy vs. resin, I have used tons (almost literally) of the 
> West
> System epoxy with pumps that install on the epoxy and hardener cans.  One
> pump from each provides correct mix ratio.  No measuring necessary and 
> it's
> easy to do small jobs.  For bigger jobs, you have to be careful you don't
> loose track of the number of pumps extracted from each can (don't ask how 
> I
> know).  West also has a bunch of powder additives for various jobs and 
> some
> great technical literature.  I understand, however, that there are other
> quality products on the market that are less expensive.
>
> Best of luck with the resurrection of Timbuktu/Phoenix.  Since it sounds
> like she technically sank, no worries with renaming her; although we know
> you aren't superstitious about that stuff.  Now might be a good time to
> consider the message board approach (see below).
>
> Roger
>
> 9/14/03
> Patty,
>
> I like the idea of a monthly name change, that way you can get a sense of
> what shows well on the boat and matches your mood.  Just a couple of
> thoughts, not on the name but methods to enable changing it.
>
> Several of us have boat names in obscure foreign languages.  Me, 
> Polynesian
> ("Mahina Manu"), Gary Baker, Viking Runes (I am not quite sure a rune is a
> language bit it sure sounds foreign) ("Sowelu"); Yves Parenteau, Cree
> ("Chiwan"); Jon Littlefield,  Miwok ("Metikla").  I think we all realize
> that, with these kinds of names, we can just make up what they mean.  In
> fact even though Jon "swears" Metikla" means, "Reaching a hand underwater
> while trying to catch a white suckerfish" I strongly suspect he is pulling
> our leach chords.  Although the his translation could fall into the
> "stranger than fiction" category, it would not surprise me if it varies
> according to whatever odd thing he is thinking about at the time.  Last 
> time
> it was probably something like, "smelling breath of bear while eating
> buffalo burger with relish (that unexpectedly turned out to be one of 
> those
> double meaning things)."  So why not pick some nice sounding word, claim 
> it
> is Swahili, and just make it up as you go along.  You could even paint the
> name on the transom with small print under it saying "ask me what it means
> this month."
>
> Other possibilities.  Slots on the transom to hold different "name 
> boards."
> If we all get them and share, it would be like boat swapping only we would
> still know where the dust pan was.
>
> Of course the ultimate would be a moving message board (smaller version of
> the Times Square thing).  Then the lowly boat name could graduate from a
> static, often obscure statement to a dynamic message with true, up to the
> minute, editorial content.  Imagine the possibilities;  "(Lee Ann went to)
> Timbuktu,"  "Skedaddle (has Catalina 27s for breakfast),"  "(follow me to)
> Terra Sub Aqua,"  "(if you follow me, I can't) Steer Naked," "(drop your
> anchor) Somewhere Else," "Plus Ultra (is not a tooth paste)," 
> "Imagination
> (gives me a headache)," "Encore, (encore, encore, encore....),"  "Yes Dear
> (I did clean the head),"  "(if I) Don't Stop (now, I will drive you and me
> crazy)."
>
> Roger
>
>
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