Downeaster Yachts.com - Topic: Sea Rascal Registration

Scott Carle on Sea Rascal Registration

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:40:35 -0400

The last seacock we replaced we took a couple 1/4inch plus thicknesses of fiberglass and cut them to the size we needed for a backer and then used thickly filled epoxy like peanut butter thick between the two pieces and between them and the hull. Made sure the seacock was waxed and taped so it wouldn't get glued in and then tightened it down enough to get a good solid fit on the backer to the hull and each other and let it cure. Took seacock out and cleaned it and new bonded backer plate up and then drilled bolt holes for seacock through hull then reasembled with 4200 or 5200 and mounted permanently. It will never rot. Use blue thread locker on your bolts and nuts or use stainless nuts with the nylock fittings in them.

Just my two cents.. depending on design of seacock you might have to modify this procedure a bit.

We just used some fiber glass cut out of the damaged hull of a power boat that was sitting in the yard we hauled at. They were trashing it so it was a quick source of fiberglass. We scuffed it up with 80 grit before epoxying it in place. You could buy a sheet of G10? or make your own backer plate with glass and some epoxy etc.. Finding some flatish fiberglass we could cut out worked well and made it a quick job.

Rick on Sea Rascal Registration

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:27:38 -0400

Congratulations Shona!

If you're ever back here, I'd love to know how many blisters you had to grind out and what you're putting on the ceiling and what kind of seacocks you put in and what did you use for a backer on the seacocks?

Did you do anything with the wiring and plumbing?

Rick

Saving Grace

shonamckenna on Sea Rascal Registration

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 19:07:10 -0400

Hi guys,

Just wanted to add my baby's details:

She's called the Sea Rascal

38' Schooner

Hull ID AAY00361075-381

Which means of course, she was born in October 1975 and she's number 36 out of the yard... at least in the 38' category.

I'm confused by the -381, which I thought meant she was a 38' cutter, because she is most definitely a 38' schooner.

I bought her from David DeCamp in 2014 and he bought her from Jean Phillipe Alonso in 2001, but I don't know how many owners she had before 2001.

She has a US Coast Guard number, but I don't know how to look it up as it is more than 6 or 7 digits. It starts with CF9891JT, anybody know where that comes from? Does CF refer to California?

She has been in the Turks and Caicos Islands since at least 2001, and possibly longer.

She's in good shape, but I'm doing a lot of work to her right now. We just finished a big bottom overhaul, blister repair, through hull and seacock replacement, prime and bottom paint etc. etc.

I'm working on rigging now.

I've also pulled out all the old - possibly original - headliner and I'm busy putting some new stuff in.

Current owner is myself - Shona McKenna and her current cruising grounds are the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.

I'll post pictures when I have some time to upload and when she looks a bit prettier! 😉

Shona