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Arrrrgh&^%@^%#!
By:Kent Leboutillier
Date: 4/13/2000, 6:36 pm

Hi Shawn,

I decided to glass the inside shear before I took your measurements. There I was looking like a good dube hazardous waste poster boy, full coveralls, gloves taped to my suit, tape tabbed, full respirator and all my tools properly staged. The next thing I know I look like one of the three stooges. Respirator hung up on the coaming lip, side burns stuck in sticky stuff on the lip, hair stuck to my long handle brush and glove of the arm I managed to get inside the boat and the rest of me sticking out covered in epoxy looking stupid! It's a damn good thing no one else was there to see it or they would still be rolling on the shop floor. I did get your measurements after going through the last of my alcohol and waterless hand cleaner. I ran a straight edge front to back at the center and another side to side at the lowest point of the coaming, it measured 1-1/4". Hope this helps. P.S. make sure nobody is watching when you glass your inside shear. Just in case!

Messages In This Thread

Guillemot Coaming--I need a measurement
Shawn Baker -- 4/13/2000, 11:02 am
Re: Guillemot Coaming--I need a measurement
Kent LeBoutillier -- 4/13/2000, 11:51 am
Re: Guillemot Coaming--I need a measurement
Shawn B -- 4/13/2000, 1:06 pm
Arrrrgh&^%@^%#!
Kent Leboutillier -- 4/13/2000, 6:36 pm
Re: Arrrrgh&^%@^%#!
Dean Trexel -- 4/13/2000, 7:27 pm
Re: Arrrrgh&^%@^%#!
Kent LeBoutillier -- 4/14/2000, 5:59 am
Got ya!
Kent LeBoutillier -- 4/13/2000, 1:10 pm