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[timkil]

Kevin, Your rebuild is starting to make mine look a little half-assed. Seriously though, as we say down here in the south, you done good, boy. Have fun, Tim

[K3v1n]

Finished up the rub rail repair, and yes it was fun trying to stretch the rail back into place. Repaired the motor mount, well, the best I could. I had fun installing the new swivel block and cam. I'm still sore from reaching under the lazerette and trying to put on the nuts. My daughter crawled down to the end of the berth and helped retrieve the nuts as I dropped them over and over and over again... but we did finally get it done.

Also ran all the new lines and tuned up the shrouds and up went the sails for the first time under my ownership.  Just waiting for my outboard to arrive and we are ready to sail. Everything else I want/have to do is just cosmetic or not a necessity right now.  My daughter began decorating the interior as I did a final vacuuming. We are good to go!

[B.Hart]

The boat looks great! Now quit working and go sailing, you have earned it!Congratulations on bringing another compac back from the grave.

[K3v1n]

I sure am ready to sail! I joined this site back in December of 2004, then didn't buy a boat until August of 2005. Now with the boat ready it is June 2006.

My how time does fly!





-Kevin

[dusty]

<nod> no doubt, time flies and only one direction.

quite a nice result from your walking that direction! a better-than-factory sailboat and a bright crew to sail her with.

[K3v1n]

Well I knew the trailer needed some attention but looking at it closely last night I can see the tires are shot. I'm surprised they made it up from Maryland to Jersey last summer. So new tires are on tap along with new lights. I think I will still be on schedule for sailing on the up coming long July 4th holiday.

Keep your fingers crossed.

-Kevin

[Gil Weiss]

Be carefull to get the tires rated to take the weight of your loaded CP16 and trailer. I think the usual tires sold in the boating stores are B rated and to safefully carry the CP16 you really need C rated tires.

[K3v1n]

Yeah I was just checking 'West Marine' and they have the load B, which is what's on the trailer now. It was interesting to read on the sidewall that the max. weight is like 750 lbs, not quite enough for the CP16 I gathered.

So...any good leads where to purchase tires and rims?

UPDATE
I found Eastern Marine Online, they have the C rated tires.
Any thoughts?


-Kevin

[crbakdesign]

I found "C" rated mounted tires and rims for around 60.00 apiece at Northern Tool.  They have some retail stores and maintain a fairly good web based business. 

[K3v1n]

I went ahead and ordered the tires from Eastern Marine, $44.95 each. I also ordered the new lights through then as well. 

Now for boot stripe paint, I thought I remember reading somewhere, someone using 'Rust-Oleum' to paint there boat. Anyone else hear of such a thing?


-Kevin

[dusty]

Marcus says, "Factory brown stripe: Murras duplicolor Auto DSFM 153 Dark Brown M"

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if an auto spray paint works well enough for marcus to recommend it, surely, by the nature of rustoleum, using rustoleum sounds very logical and durable.

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wonder if it comes in baby blue.... hmm.... and since my sails are mildewed to embarrassing proportions as i have received them, i am going to do a tie die on them. if they mess up, oh well.

i was thinking red, with the first dip towards the head, then i'll paint in some black seeds. and did i mention i'm doing a dark green/light green watermelon shell pattern on the hull with a hot pink deck?

--editing once more to say--

dude... just got back from home depot with a can of baby blue rustoleum. my instructor highly recommended keeping the hull white so motorboats are less likely to create a t-bone steak situation... but i must say, my watermelon idea is very appealing to me. the baby blue will work until next winter when i can stand to keep eva out of the water long enough to go over her with an airbrush.

what color you goin' with, kev?

[K3v1n]

When I cleaned the bottom I took everything off including the original water line stripe(boot stripe?). So I want to repaint that, not the hull, while I can still see the outline of the old one. I'm not bottom painting because I plan to keep her on the trailer this season.

Oh, as for color perhaps a royal blue or hunter green.


-Kevin

PS. Sorry to hear your sails are in such poor shape. If they are not too far gone you can send them out to be refurbished I do believe. There are others on here that know more about that than I.

[K3v1n]

Well put on the reg. numbers and put the name on the stern. Looks like it's getting very very close to ready. Also started to paint the new boot stripe on. I plan on spending father's day doing a bit of work on her. Next weekend we plan on doing an 'official Denaming/renaming ceremony', just for fun mostly, I'm not that superstitious.

Have a Happy Father's Day!



-Kevin

[spaul]

K3,
Your earlier posts show a photo of a  what appears to be a new topside or one-off for your 16. Did you do this? Was it purchased? Just curious as I may have missed the explanation of what it was and why.

curious George,
Steve Paul
Nashville, IN
cp27/2
"IM PAUL SIVE"

[spaul]

Thanks Kevin,
That clears it up for me. I thought there for a moment you were working magic. Guess I'd better lay off the nightcap.
Congratulations on resurrecting a valuable cp and making us all proud. Nice work.

Steve Paul
cp27/2
"IM PAUL SIVE"