In this boat, Pearson covered a portion of the interior superstructure with a cloth that was coated with some form of vinyl. It is actually very...
I was referring to the application.
What I'm asking is there any reason why I should not use shellac and Water based. It never get wet down below.
There are several reasons for using shellac. First off it is thousands of time less toxic. ten times easier to use and 100 times easier to clean...
As Usual, Pearson did an uncommonly good job gluing this head liner in place. After 50 years it is still holding. However, it needs to be...
It will either have a lot of sail forward, or it will have a really bad ratio of width to height. The Pearson 35 has the ballast almost...
This is apparently a sail plan for the Pearson 35s that were shipped yawl rigged. http://www.sailrite.com/Pearson-35-yawl-Rig-Sail-Data
The aspect ration of the mast to boom is very low on the sloop rigged Pearson 35. They did this to keep the center low. But I want to raise the...
Thanks, mostly cosmetic, and some structural.
And oh yeah, 35 feet is roughly 11 meters.
Are you prepared to put in several thousand hours of effort to restore this boat? And then, because it's a wooden boat, several hundred hours...
Leaking Plexiglas/teak hatches. More on the 1968 Pearson 35. In '68 Pearson used much more teak and mahogany than they did in subsequent...
Cost is not a factor, but my dad was a professional captain, who was probably the best varnisher in the world, maybe not the world, but he...
I'm concerned about all that as well. But I still don't like the idea of water running down into the end grain of the panel. By the way, the...
I get that, definitely going to leave an eight all around for that. Thanks guys, I appreciate the input.
The "next few months", turned into 3 years. Three years of Ultimate sitting while other things, large and small, got in the way. My dad was...
I probably should have premised this. I've owned commercial wood working shops, off and on for 30 years, so I get finishes and floating panels....
Thanks for the info on acrylic panels. I found this article on wood shrinkage: http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr113/ch03.pdf...
I built some replacement doors for the companionway. They're made out of teak and the styles and rails are going to be glued together. The...
Does anyone know where I can find a picture of one of these old Wheelers? In 1974 we took one down through the Panama Canal to Acapulco. I’m...
