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Hey Rick,

How much did it cost and where were you able to pick it up?

You won't find staples in silicon bronze. They're made in SS and monel, but I don't believe in the size you're looking for. You can however find a large assortment of screws and nails in silicon bronze- however if I were you I would use screws. If you wanted to be slick dado the frames to accept the...

Hey Ilker,

Nice job on the helm!! Well done -

Hey Rick,

you had mentioned modifying your tw28 to 31 feet. Is that still the plan? If so I'm sure that you drawn something up and would love to see it..

Rick, Have you considered using an 8 degree down angle gear box instead. It looks like there is enough room for it. If so you could have the engine sitting almost perfectly level. You can use either a vetus bullflex or a federal flexible coupling with soft mounts to take out any vibration transmitte...

Something looks different. Did you raise the height of the cabin? What other modifications did you make?

That's not my intent, and thank you very much.

You can email the information to me (johnsonr@bu.edu).. I do have similar information for a glen l design and a ted brewer design both downeast lobsters.. it's just an exercise for me while I wait for my building space to become available that's all.. if you don't want to provide it it's your call.

Is the hydrostatic data available for the TW28? All that's listed on the plans in LOA 28'2" PPI 920, the max beam and displacement light and full. The waterline length is not given, nor other hydrostatic data such as Centre of Buoyancy, Waterline Area, Block Coefficient, Prismatic Coefficient, ...

Good to see that you picked up and engine! What made you go with Yanmar? I thought that you were looking at a rebuilt perkins.