Thanks Chuck - Nice to meet another LF 35 owner. I have the only one at our club, but there are two LF 38s and approx 20 other C&Cs - some in the hands of the original owners. The teak toe rails are not too big a job if they are kept up. I use Cetol Natural Teak on them. I take your point about the critical nature of the bow fitting - that's why I sought the wisdom of the list before tackling the project. I was able to strip the brown paint off the stanchion bases using an environmentally friendly stripper, a triangle scraper and used a wire brush attachment to my cordless drill to clean them, then used aluminum polish. They actually look pretty decent. I may try the same approach to the bow fitting if I decide to leave it in situ.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:34:45 -0400 From: "Chuck Gilchrest" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List Landfall 35 Bow Assembly Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" James (and Pete), Good to see another LF 35 owner on the list! The Landfall 35 has teak capped toe rails, so we get the joy of varnishing rather than paint, anodizing, or powdercoating. >From the looks of the sealant and robust hardware used to secure the bow >fitting on my LF 35, I would far prefer to sand, mask, and paint mine before >attempting to remove something as critical to keeping the mast up and the >water out.. even if I had to do it every other year. Taking an air chisel to >free up the bow fitting doesn?t sound appealing to me. I?m heading out to the boat tonight so I?ll take a peek at bolt access etc.. Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 LF 35
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