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Technical Index  - Topics are listed alphabetically by general category - and then alphabetically by sub category. Click to go to them. (Updated August 10, 2010)

 

 
   

Auxiliary Power, Engines and related

Aspara's Yanmar Diesel and Engine Cover

Electric Motors

Ethanol - fuel and water

Marionette's 4hp Outboard

Minn Kota Electric Trolling Motor - a field trial

Palmer 27 Engine - a work in progress

Passage's Palmer 27 Engine - a waiting game...

Marionette's Transom Hatch, Engine locker and Related

Outboard Motors - Comments and more

Propellers - A start...

Tern's Yanmar Diesel

Transom Motor Wells and Plugs - Aeyla Makaira' s and others, and a discussion

Centerboards

Centerboard - Performance, Materials, and related

Centerboard Pin

Centerboard Winch and Related

Design Drawings, Sail Plans and Sails

Jib furling Systems

Jib Leads and Genoa Track

Kestrel gets a 120% furling jib

Making your own sails

O' Day Arrangements Plan, S&S #1497-3, sail plan/inboard detail, April 15, 1959 (including headroom comments)

O' Day Sail Plan, S&S Drawing # 1497-4, April 15, 1959; Also Sail Selection Comments

Robin Lee's new Main Sail

S&S Design Plans and Plan List

Yankee Arrangements Plan, "Kantola" drawing, March 27, 1967

Yankee Main Sail Dolphin Logo

Dinghies

Marionette's Dinghy       

Recovery's Dinghy

Dodgers, Tent Flys, Biminis, Covers and Related

Covers - Hatch, Lazarette, Tiller, Mainsail, and More

Dodgers and Flys

Winter Covers

Electrical and related

Marionette's Battery Locker  - battery, charger, inverter and related

A Discussion of Wiring

Fin Keel Dolphins Built in New Zealand

Blue Gum - a Falcon 24 built in New Zealand

Glass Spider - an S&S 24 built in New Zealand

S&S 24 Sail Plan

S&S 24s, Falcon 24s built in New Zealand

Test Report, S&S 24, NZ Yachting and Boating, June 1976; New Boat Ad

Hardware, Rigging and Layouts

Hardware, Blocks and Line Interactive Guides

Jib Furling Systems

Jib Leads and Genoa Track

Spinnaker running rigging set up

Rigid SS Boom Vang (Aspara's)

Rigging your boom - vang, cunningham, main sheet, outhaul, traveller control line, reefing hooks, etc.,

Interiors

Convertible Dinette Table - (Marionette)

Electric Fridge and Galley Box - Fire Escape, Pacific Dolphin # 299

Galleys - Three Sliding Galleys Kiwi's;  Seminole's ; Thankful's

             - Marionette's Galley

Hanging Locker Conversion to Drawers (Suzanne)

Interior - Cove Dweller

Interior - Spectra

Interior - Yankee 109

H & L Marine Woodwork, Inc - Yankee Yachts former wood parts supplier

Marionette's V-berth, head, holding tank system

Portlights - a new look

Sea Going Interior - Davarsa, a Falcon 24

Under the Bridge Deck  (Marionette's set up) - companionway steps, centerboard winch, under bridge deck lockers, engine storage, refrigeration system, electrical panel, etc.

Under the V-Berth/Forepeak - an improvement project

Mermaid 24

MORC S&S Specification # 1497-S, December 10, 1959

Wood Dolphin

Miscellaneous

Ballast - Olin Stephens Dec 5, 1967

Checklist for buying a used Dolphin

Drink Holder for Dolphins with wood combings

Half Models and Models

Identifying Early 'O'Day" Dolphins - Marscot, Lunn, O'Day, Tripp built (a work in progress)

Nameplates and Builder's Hull Numbers   

Performance Improvements - John Meade/Rod Stephens memo, Nov 8, 1968

Review - By Ted Brewer, Dolphins Galore, Good Old Boat, Sept/Oct 2005

The 'No" Travel Lift system

WaterLine length Measurement

Weight - some numbers

Racing Certificates, Ratings, etc.

Marionette's PHRF Racing Certificate

PHRF Regulations - 2008

Repairs (various)

Battery Box (Corroded) a fix

Boom Gooseneck, Slide Car and Track, and related

Boom Gooseneck, Slide Car and Track Emergency Repair Kit

Cockpit Seat Drain Repair

Hatches - Main, Fore and Transom, repair, replacement and related

Plastic Portlights - cloudy, scratched, etc., - a fix

Repairing a Lunn built toe rail hull/deck joint - Halcyon

Soft sheer clamp, toe rail, main bulkhead rot/replacement - a discussion

Spreader Bracket Blocks (Marionette's)

Rudders, Tillers, Autopilots and related

Aluminum Rudder Repair Jim Oppy's WISP, a Lunn built boat

Aquila, Pacific Dolphin #273 has a new Rudder

Marionette's Autopilot ST1000+ and Custom Tiller Bracket

Repairing a Sloppy Rudder Shaft

Rudder Design Change, April 31, 1966, photos of different Dolphin rudders, and an aluminum rudder story.

Rudder Post Heel Fitting         

Rudder Post Casting

Tiller Lock Systems

Spars - Masts, Mast Support Systems, Booms, Standing Rigging Running rigging and related (also check Hardware, Rigging and Layouts and Design Drawings, Sail Plans and Sails Sections for related subjects

Boom Gooseneck, Slide Car and Track, and related

Booms - wood and aluminum - includes systems - vang, main sheet, outhaul, etc

Jib Furling Systems

Mast Design - Reader Friendly Internet Articles

Mast Head Light, Pig Stick and Bridge Clearance Measurements (Marionette's)

Mast Raising/Lowering Systems - Fred Goguen's System for Thankful

                                                   - Jim Robinson's System for Aquila

                                                   - Harold Shomaker's (Sailing) Solace

Mast Stepping - A Discussion and Resource

Mast Pumping - A Discussion

Mast Struts and Arches - General info and pictures

Mast Support Wood Arch - Yankee Sketches, October, 1965

Mast Support Wood Arch - Load Calculation, Rod Stephens, Sept 16, 1965

Mast Tabernacles and Hinge Plates

Masts and Booms - Refinishing and Painting

New Masts - Wood, Carbon Fiber, Aluminum

Rig Weight - mast, halyards, masthead stuff, boom, main sheet, vang and reef lines.

Rigid SS Boom Vang (Aspara's)

Spreader Bracket Blocks (Marionette's)

Trailers

Overview of Dolphin Trailers

Canopache's Trailer

Marionette's Trailer

Pippin's New Triad Trailer

Tiki's Trailer

 

 

 

 

 
   
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