As an empty nester, if I ever finished my boat projects, I'd have to spend more time with my wife.... time to start the second engine rebuild!
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Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit
I still stand by anyone that has done a BIG DIY project and still had a life and didn't get divorced doing it should understand and would never Claim he is taking to long!
I have done 3 boats that were trashed and been involved in another 2. If I add them all together it is about the same scope as Quentin and if you add all the years together it also about the same so that makes me slow also. So you can apologize to me right after you apologize to Quentin
But Thanks I haven't been called a Young Man in Many yearsDan
End Of The Line II
1967 34C
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01-24-2020 06:41 AM #1454Senior Member
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Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit
I don’t understand why anyone would care how long someone else’s project is taking. Really, what business is it of yours? This is a mystery to me.
Michael & Beth
Hull Number CV312
63’ Cockpit Motor Yacht
1986 model launched in August 1987
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01-24-2020 10:17 AM #1455
Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit
Some people seem to care, but really they're just projecting their own misery on others. I ignore it.
Years ago there was a story in Wooden Boat magazine about a gentleman who spent more than 2 decades building a large (50+') wooden schooner with his two hands and no one else. He got it done, and it was stunningly beautiful. I mean, furniture quality stem to stern. It sailed once, they took the pictures. Then he sold it and passed away.
Everyone's journey is different. Whether they lived it or just sat through it is what counts. Q is doing his thing, and we ALL agree he's the real deal. The outcome matters less. That said, he's getting close and I trust we're gonna get some spectacular boat porn out of it. Heck, like someone poked at me before, he might get it done before I get my Hatt.1978 53' Motor Yacht "LADY KAY V"
Hull number 524
Chesapeake Bay
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01-30-2020 08:46 AM #1456Senior Member
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Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit
Hey. Long time no see.
Looks like there was a bit of a dust-up in my absence. Also looks like everybody said what was on their minds, so I'll just leave it at that.
Some non-Roamer unpleasantness has been thrust upon me, which has taken me away from the project almost entirely. I haven't even had time to keep up on blog posts. But I finally got a small break and posted an article on the bi-fold hatch I made for the salon entry. I've still got to make some mahogany pieces to finish the edges, but it's looking lots better than the Dutch door approach the boat had when we first started the project.
1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: The Salon Entry Folding Door
Cheers,
Q
The old Dutch door
The new bi-fold hatch
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Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit
Much better look.
SEVEN
1979 53' MY Hull #563
Antioch, California
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Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit
Indeed a much better look, and visibility is improved.
Regards
Dan
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02-06-2020 08:00 AM #1459Senior Member
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Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit
Thanks guys!
There was a problem I first noticed when I was test fitting the folding salon hatch that became even more obvious when I took the next step and installed the original door. I've mentioned before that it looked like something heavy had fallen on the port side of the cabin top/dashboard. There was evidence of a major fiberglass repair there, and when we were installing the headliner tracks we had to add material to the bulkhead cleat to bring it into alignment with the salon ceiling frames. The whole thing was low by ~3/8". Which meant the dashboard in that area, which is supported by the same frames, was also low. Which meant the bulkhead it attaches to had been pulled out of square. Which means that the reason the boat had that Dutch door when we found it wasn't because a previous owner liked Dutch doors. It was because the original folding hatch probably got smashed when something heavy landed on the dashboard. But in any case flat hatch panels and doors don't fit right in a structure that's been twisted out of square.
My solution to this will be to 'average out' the gaps by attaching the hinges in non-OEM spots. I don't see any other way of fixing this.
1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: The Salon Entry Door
Cheers,
Q
Test fitting the door and hatch panels
The door gap
The hatch gap
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02-06-2020 10:05 AM #1460
Re: 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit
You could make a small steam box and a torture rack and bend that hatch to conform......
1978 53' Motor Yacht "LADY KAY V"
Hull number 524
Chesapeake Bay