Hello eveybody! I haven't been on this site long enought to lose contact will all you guys. Anyway, I am back with new questions. I just had a bottom job for...
Hi Alex: How did they weigh your boat? I do not believe that a Watkins would absorb water in the glass of this hull. The "cement" ball you are referring to is...
Alex...Fiberglas will readily wick or absorb water when there is a breakdown in the gel coat. Many Watkins boats, mine included, have this problem. If the...
"Ball" sounds like a shaft zinc. It is there to control electrolysis. If it is that badly worn it should be replaced before going back in to the water. David...
Just me interpretation of this, not in great detail, Gelcoat is porous and is not a barrier coat. A properly cured polester resin of which the Watkins were...
Last year prior to departing for the 2003 raft-up I hung in the slings of a travel lift for a quick bottom cleaning. The Do U Wuna (W27)came in over...
Hunter, One yard sed my boat weighed 12000 lbs! they claimed this was all water absorbed. in the badly blistered hull. I was shoicked when they proposed the ...
Hay, all Just an interesting thought, induced by my previous attempt to make sense of water absorption..and a little Percocet..... Fibreglas structure,...
I started researching a few years ago why so many boat trailers failed during transport at a much higher rate than other types of trailers like horse trailers...
... water? Terry- The boat's great. The water rose enough to get me out of the mud and I had a friend help me bleed the fuel lines. Now she's back up and...
Well I guess we covered that! See what happens when a couple of old landlocked,rained in Pirates get started. I have always thought that if you wait for your...
Better still just leave it. Mount a new zinc alonside the existing one. When the old one has dissolved enough to expose the bolt heads it will just fall of ...
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I think I am right in believing it was built from moulds bought from another company. Could be the same as a Coronado 36. Certainly not the same designer as ...
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I am thinking about purchasing a Watkins 36'CC sloop. Any information about this boat and her builder, good or bad, would be appreciated. I am not familiar...
Since my boat is still being repaired from the storm damage last fall. I have decided to add additional lighting to the mast now that they have removed it....
Bob, I have owned a Watkins 27 for 19 years well built and seaworthy. I have sailed on a W36cc only once and I liked what I saw but I don't feel qualified to...
Jim, all the wiring to the mast on my boat passes through the cabin top to a plug and then through the side of the mast. This is a good arrangement because you...
As a matter of interest... sailnet.com bought out Johnson Sail, Inc (JSI) several years ago and moved the whole business from Clearwater/St. Pete to...
I sent him a short email summing up my years as a W36CC owner and asking him to be more specific re: what he wants to know. Mine is up for sale, and I doubt...
Jim, I replaced my lighting two years ago on my 36cc because the masthead was malfunctioning. I just used what I already had. But, speculating, ... Could...
I am buying a 25 ft Watkins Seawolf. The rigging on the boom does't look right to me and I am looking for help on how to rig the boom. The boom has a double...
The rigging you describe is exactly how my '82 Watkins 27 is rigged. Not always the best in trying to get a close haul, I find if I winch down pretty hard on...
I found all of the spare wires running to the mast (4 I think) bundled up and tied off above the fuse panel as part of the wiring loom. I think the wires even...
The setup you described is standard from the factory. To rig the boom start by tying the main sheet to Becket on the block on the cabin top. Next run the...
Sorry, I should have known this group would not let questions go un answered. Jim Brewer ... From: G. Lamb To: watkins@yahoogroups.com Sent: 7/4/2004 4:52:41...
I want to thank everyone who responded to my request for information on the 36'center cockpit sloop. I looked at one in San Diego with a friend of mine who is...
What year is the 25 Watkins? I have a 1987 with an Isomat mast and boom. On previous boats they used other rigs. Almost everyone is a bit different. I have ...
Hello group! I have spent the past few weekends working on my newly acquired Watkins 27. I inherited this boat through my family and so far it seems like a...
Ken, Usually, a boat can handle much more than the crew. There are exceptions, though. First. I would not take the family out on the maiden voyage on the...
I'm just curious if anybody has found a decent replacement for the cylindrical lamp shades I've seen on every 29 & 27 that I've been aboard. All of mine are...
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