SJ24 Refurb

[Bull City]

Great work and impressive skills.

+1. Amazing what new sails can accomplish!

 

[monsoon]

We pedants have to stick together.

The whole fuckin' world is against us.

actually, not the whole world

 

[Pearl Necklace]

Absolutely beautiful.

Well done.

 

[SloopJonB]

Great work and impressive skills. Awesome. One note: I have not had luck epoxying red oak (also purchased from a big box store). Not sure what type of oak you used for your transverse-stringers-floor-beams. Might keep an eye on them over time, esp if they are red oak. I had a beautiful tiller I laminated from strips of red oak and pine delaminate on me on a stormy day. Again- beautiful work.

Snubs

Red oak has no place on a boat - it rots easily.

Even white oak is problematic in that it blackens and stains - far less prone to rot but it ain't teak.

 

[LarryE]

Real nice!!

The SJ24 is a real PHRF sleeper.

 

[T and J Racing]

Red oak has no place on a boat - it rots easily.

Even white oak is problematic in that it blackens and stains - far less prone to rot but it ain't teak.

Good stuff, thanks for the input. The oak floors are a problem for me and I plan to keep an eye on them and replace them next year anyway, lessons learned and all. Aside from using different wood, I made them with sharp corners on top, which of course the glass cloth did not like. I'll spend the year re-thinking the approach with a different material, physical profile and anchoring method in mind. Meanwhile it has improved pointing and the combination of factors has allowed me to tack through 90 degrees with the jib for the first time. 

 

[T and J Racing]

Bad news: Looks like I just lost my job in offshore oil & gas installation (no surprise really). 

Good news: We have an SJ24 that costs about $25 for 3 days of sailing & camping in the San Juans, plus we're paid up for a year of racing with our local YC. 

Also good news: my current hitch overseas will likely end next week instead of late September.

 

[Remodel]

Bad news: Looks like I just lost my job in offshore oil & gas installation (no surprise really). 

Good news: We have an SJ24 that costs about $25 for 3 days of sailing & camping in the San Juans, plus we're paid up for a year of racing with our local YC. 

Also good news: my current hitch overseas will likely end next week instead of late September.

Sorry to hear about the first part. Good luck!

 

[T and J Racing]

Thanks. It's fine, I'm actually thinking of starting my own company so I don't have to live and die by oil prices and OPEX budgets. 

 

[Ishmael]

Thanks. It's fine, I'm actually thinking of starting my own company so I don't have to live and die by oil prices and OPEX budgets. 

One word: plastics.

 

[Jim in Halifax]

Thanks. It's fine, I'm actually thinking of starting my own company so I don't have to live and die by oil prices and OPEX budgets. 

Excellent idea. Time to get off that roller coaster. I did it for 30 years. It was a great job in the good old days but the bean counters and now the green movement have fucked it. There is life outside the patch. Enjoy sailing your lovely boat when this virus lets up.