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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 January 29, 2012)

 
   

Auxiliary Power, Engines and related

Beta 10 2 cylinder Diesel

Electric Motors - a Discussion

Minn Kota Electric Trolling Motor - a field trial

Ethanol - fuel and water

Palmer Engine and related

Palmer 27 Engine - a work in progress

Palmer 27 Engine Operating Instructions Manual - (copies of a 50 year old manual - light but readable)

Palmer 27 - a discussion

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

Outboard Motors - Comments and more

Marionette's 4hp Outboards

Propellers - A start...

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

Marionette's Transom Hatch, Engine locker and Related

Calmante's Transom Plug System

Yanmar Diesels and related

Aspara's 1 GM10 Yanmar Diesel and Engine Cover

The Flicka 20 Yanmar 1 GM10 website article

Tern's Yanmar 1 GM10 Diesel

Vire Inboard engines

Centerboards

Centerboard - Performance, Materials, and related

Centerboard Pin

Centerboard Winch and Related

Centerboard Repair Project - Canopache, Yankee #188

Centerboard Repair Project - Yankee #227 Note: includes measuements for this foil shaped centerboard

Centerboard Trunk Repair Project - Yankee #227

Centerboard Related Discussion Thread - on the Forum

Replacing the Centerboard Pennant - Marionette, Marscot/O'Day #12

Design Drawings, Sail Plans, Arrangement Plans

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

S&S Design Plans and Plan List

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

Yankee Main Sail Dolphin Logo

Dinghies and Related

Marionette's Dinghy - 'TEER   

Recovery's Dinghy

'TEER's Skeg Dolly

Dodgers, Tent Flys, Biminis, Covers and Related

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

Dodgers and Flys

Pelagos' Hard Dodger

Winter Covers

Electrical and related

(A) Discussion of Wiring

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

Marionette's Masthead Light (on a pig stick)

Fixed Keel Dolphins Built in New Zealand

S&S 24s, Falcon 24s built in New Zealand - A History and Roster

S&S 24 Sail Plan

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

Aspara's, Yankee #153, under V-berth locker (and tips on getting a hand rubbed satin finish on your varnish

Boethius, Yankee #149 - Galley and Dinette

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 - Madalyn Joy, Yankee #227 - Dinette Table; Stained Glass! Galley Doors; Spray painted forward cabin

Interior - Spectra

Interior - Yankee 109

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

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

Sea Going Interior - Davarsa, a Falcon 24

Tiana, S&S 24, Interior make over

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

Ventilation - A Work in Progress

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

Dolphin casting - a nice touch

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)

Ladders - fixed, portable, man overboard

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

Shaw 24 (Arlette, Hull #8) Technical Specification

The 'No" Travel Lift system

Thru Hull Fittings and Seacocks - a Discussion

WaterLine length Measurement

Weight - some numbers

Portlights, Repairing and Replacing

Portlights - a new look

Portlights and Gaskets

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

Racing Certificates, Ratings, etc.

Marionette's PHRF Racing Certificate

PHRF Regulations - 2008

Repairs (various)

Aeyla Makaira's Restoration, Yankee # 81 - 2009 Summer Report - Misc. Repairs

Battery Box (Corroded) a fix

Boom Gooseneck, Slide Car and Track, and a couple of related stories

Boom Gooseneck, Slide Car and Track Emergency Repair Kit

Cockpit Seat Drain Repair

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

Hatch - Repair of Yankee # 125, Unda Maris II's, Main Hatch

Painting Topsides and Decks - a discussion regarding Interlux Brightsides

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)

Windswept too, Yankee #245 - a discussion of her 'clamp', backing plates and deck hardware bedding

Windswept too, Yankee #245 - discussion of toe rails

Rudders, Tillers, Autopilots and related

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

Aquila, Pacific Dolphin #273 has a new Rudder

Aspara, Yankee #153, Sailing herself, w/o an Auto Pilot - a video

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 and Related        

Rudder Post Casting

Summer Wine's 'Autopilot'

Tiller Lock Systems

Tiller Tamer - a kind of auto pilot

Sails and related (also see Design/Sail Plans, and Hardware, above)

Comments on Sails and Boat Speed

Jib furling Systems

Jib Leads and Genoa Track

Kestrel gets a 120% furling jib

Making your own sails

Robin Lee's new Main Sail

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, Hinge Plates, Mast Plates, Halyard Organizers and Related

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

Prodigal's Loadmaster Trailer

Ruby's (nee Clover's) Trailer

Tiki's Trailer

Winterization and related

Checklists

 

 

 

 

 
   
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