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by fjviola
July 19th, 2015, 6:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Directive & ARC 2101
Replies: 11
Views: 11440

Re: Directive & ARC 2101

ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt is simply the Phonetic transcription of "Out Patient". Which, when asked, is what I tell folks I do for a living: "I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIB2nkUfeWw franklin Viola ARC 2101 ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt and...
by fjviola
July 8th, 2015, 7:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fried Egg Report
Replies: 2
Views: 4452

Fried Egg Report

OK, here is your chance to admit you did something "stupid" on a recent sailing session ... :shock: The "fried egg on my face": Forgot to put install the top batten on my square top main sail. :roll: Geez was she an Ugly shaped vertical wing out in the middle of the bay ... :( Go...
by fjviola
July 7th, 2015, 8:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good way to spend a Wednesday afternoon!
Replies: 7
Views: 9051

Re: Good way to spend a Wednesday afternoon!

Now accepting reservations for the TCDBC First "TUESDAY" Club!
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Fly with us at Texas City Dike Beach Cats https://www.facebook.com/groups/texasci ... s/?fref=nf
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:D
franklin viola
ARC 2101 ˈau̇t-ˌpā-shənt
by fjviola
July 5th, 2015, 7:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good way to spend a Wednesday afternoon!
Replies: 7
Views: 9051

Re: Good way to spend a Wednesday afternoon!

Outstanding Mac!! We had au̇t-ˌpā-shənt out yesterday and today for 4th weekend. And will celebrate Independence again tomorrow Monday too! 8) Sure wish I was 36 instead of 56 so I could take her faster :lol: Franklin Viola ARC 2101 at home El Jardin del Mar Beach (Upper Galveston Bay) _FVA9669.jpg
by fjviola
June 13th, 2015, 7:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Race to Alaska
Replies: 23
Views: 20865

Re: Race to Alaska

We just returned from Alaska Cruise aboard Holland America, and will spend 6 days in Victoria BC before returning to Lower 48. Has been 16 years since my last trip to AK, and sadly, the glaciers are much smaller today than in 1998 ... We did take a small boat excursion trip from Juneau to Sawyer Gla...
by fjviola
June 5th, 2015, 10:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Common Problem with the Latest State of the Art Boats
Replies: 37
Views: 31582

Re: A Common Problem with the Latest State of the Art Boats

Havliii If I had a full time beach where my ARC21 could sit with her stick up ready to launch, and/or if I had the brass ones to drive her down the highway on a not-so-legal oversize trailer, then I would expand her beam to a permanent 10 ft. While not a full increase of 25% in righting moment (8.5 ...
by fjviola
May 28th, 2015, 7:28 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Sloppy tiller crossbar connection
Replies: 19
Views: 19584

Re: Sloppy tiller crossbar connection

Stampede 1 is available at most Sherwin Williams Paint stores,
It does not, however, have a long shelf life (1 year). So some stores do not always keep it in stock.
But they can order it.

Franklin Viola
ARC 21.01
by fjviola
May 27th, 2015, 7:07 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Sloppy tiller crossbar connection
Replies: 19
Views: 19584

Stampede 1

Side bar to this thread: The best 'adhesive' I have found (other than 'permanent' 3M 5200) is Stampede 1 Polyurethane Sealant from Sherwin Williams. http://www.paintdocs.com/docs/webPDF.jsp?SITEID=STORECAT&lang=E&doctype=PDS&prodno=1637552 We used it exclusively at Moody Gardens Aquarium...
by fjviola
May 24th, 2015, 10:55 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Refurbishing SC20
Replies: 37
Views: 39190

Re: Refurbishing SC20

Kevin
You are "Outstanding"! :D
Thanks for sharing your wonderful labor with excellent documentation.
Franklin
ARC2101

ps- We got out Saturday first time since dagger wells repaired and new paint. Ran 16.9 knots in lumpy sea state.
by fjviola
May 18th, 2015, 5:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Directive & ARC 2101
Replies: 11
Views: 11440

Graphics ARC 2101

Meeks Outboard (yes, a Mercury & Yamaha outboard motor repair shop) made vinyl graphics for my newly repaired/painted ARC 2101:
Thanks Steve & Becky!!

Franklin Viola :D
ARC2101
by fjviola
May 13th, 2015, 8:04 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Rudder pivot bolt
Replies: 4
Views: 6104

Re: Rudder pivot bolt

Gahamby Working parttime at an outboard motor repair shop, I was introduced to Quicksilver (Mercury) 2-4-C Lubricant. http://www.westmarine.com/buy/mercury-marine--2-4-c-marine-lubricant-w-teflon--P006_180_009_502 I now put it on everything that I may want to take apart someday, including my ARC 21 ...
by fjviola
May 3rd, 2015, 11:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Directive & ARC 2101
Replies: 11
Views: 11440

Re: Directive & ARC 2101

Cruising at a blistering 7 knots ..
Light air on our 1st Saturday of May 2015 at Texas City Dike, but also our first sail after trunks repaired and new paint :D
Franklin Viola
ARC 2101
by fjviola
April 18th, 2015, 10:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Directive & ARC 2101
Replies: 11
Views: 11440

Directive & ARC 2101

Has been a busy 14 months. Cancer took Mom in Feb 2014. I did hospice for her. Was a 'good' death. Her last directive, "Franklin, you have to stop 'camping out' like a bachelor at the bayhouse." Re-modeling of Seabrook, TX house that Mom and Dad physically built in 1954 (She mixed mortar &...
by fjviola
March 12th, 2015, 7:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bill Roberts!! Old Hull ID Numbers
Replies: 3
Views: 5778

Re: Bill Roberts!! Old Hull ID Numbers

Kevin Simply another example of what happened when we allowed the Federal Gov't in the early 2000's to convert WalMart Greeters into national security ... ie, Homeland Security, TSA, et-al :roll: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." :shock: Lord Acton Franklin ...
by fjviola
February 14th, 2015, 8:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ...... to be continued......... r.a.p.a.y.o.r.
Replies: 26
Views: 21699

Re: ...... to be continued......... r.a.p.a.y.o.r.

Havliii, I am not too proud to admit your last post has given me "Bar envy" as my Stihl only measures 20 inches to your 30 INCH :shock: However, Winter of 2014 I burned the last of my Hurricane Ike wood in my home's wood stove. This year we installed natural gas central heat into 60 year o...