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Gary McRae
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Username: Gary_mcrae

Post Number: 9
Registered: 02-2006

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Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 02:49 pm:   

HI John, I have the Lewmar D2 clutches that I put on last year shortly after I got the boat. They are for 8-10 mm line so I am hoping 5/16" will hold OK. I thought the 3/8" might be too big for the sheaves and it cost about $77 more per halyard. Defender seems to have very good pricing on Warpspeed.

I used a random orbital sander with 60 grit to take off almost all of the paint, that took about maybe 12-14 hours of sanding. Then I borrowed a small sand blaster to get the small areas that the sander could not do. You can also hand sand there. I went over it again with 120 grit quickly just before doing the primer. I used a foam roller with my son following with a foam brush. It was a pain so when I put primer on my boom this weekend in the basement I will use a bristle brush. The primer gets sanded down smooth any way. I am thinking I am going to apply the top coat with a brush as well but I will try the boom first. I can get a friend to spray if necessary.

I am with you racing (which as been going very well :-) and some day sailing so it does not have to be perfect and any thing will look better that it did.

Quote overheard from a well sailed Olson 30 with shiny new sails "why are those guys kicking our ass" :-)

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