Posted by George Huffman (thatboatguy2@…>)
Hi Michel,
I always forget but I think we are hull number 7, last of the 1976
group of boats which I think is first year of production at TP.
Since our hull number indicates a December build I think it’s
reasonable to assume that the hull was laid up in some sort of climate
controlled environment?
George
Posted by lance_ryley (lance_ryley@…>)
George, I had Hull # 49 (1980). What part of the bottom is your plug
from? I pulled one from next to the freezer when I was putting in
refrigeration, and it was hefty as well, though not quite as much
balsa in it.
Lance
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<thatboatguy2@…> wrote:
Hi Michel,
I always forget but I think we are hull number 7, last of the 1976
group of boats which I think is first year of production at TP.
Since our hull number indicates a December build I think it’s
reasonable to assume that the hull was laid up in some sort of climate
controlled environment?George
Posted by George Huffman (thatboatguy2@…>)
We have a CC CK 40 so the stove is amidships, port side, and the plug
was taken from that area just above the waterline. I don’t see any
tapper anywhere up to the hull deck joint so I’m thinking it’s
possible that the hull is that thick all over!
George
Posted by katorpus (jrb@…>)
I bet Mark Edwards could weigh in on this, but things got “thinner” in
later production.
I drilled through the the hull (1/2 way through the top edge of the
factory-applied bootstripe behind the wet locker in the aft cabin) for
a through-hull for the air conditioner discharge water.
The coring was 3/4" and the laminate was not what George’s photos
reflect.
My hull was #61 of 63 laid (1981)…per info from Mark Edwards years
ago. I’m pretty sure that was the entire production run for both CC and
aft cockpit 40’ cat ketches. At that time, (about 11 or 12 years ago),
all but two were at least still afloat. I recall Mark telling me that
one had been lost on a reef in the South Pacific and the other was lost
to a freighter collision in the southern Gulf of Mexico or Caribbean.
With the hurricanes, cost of mast replacement, and all the other bad
things that can happen, I’m sure that others have been lost or
are “permanently derelict” afloat or on the hard somewhere since.
Anybody know?
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “George Huffman”
<thatboatguy2@…> wrote:
We have a CC CK 40 so the stove is amidships, port side, and the plug
was taken from that area just above the waterline. I don’t see any
tapper anywhere up to the hull deck joint so I’m thinking it’s
possible that the hull is that thick all over!George
Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)
Hmm, yeah that might explain the hull thickness. Your boat was one of
the first. I am almost certain they ‘rationalized’ production and
material use in later years when they gained more experience.
I bet newer hulls are less beefy. At least mine is. It’s 1" balsa
only; total laminate about 3 to 3.5 cm thick (1.5") in most places,
save the structural parts in the deck around the mizzen and areas in
the bow where there is more glass. The reinforced deckareas are over
2" thick with a double layer of balsa core.
michel
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “George Huffman”
<thatboatguy2@…> wrote:
Hi Michel,
I always forget but I think we are hull number 7, last of the 1976
group of boats which I think is first year of production at TP.
Since our hull number indicates a December build I think it’s
reasonable to assume that the hull was laid up in some sort of climate
controlled environment?George