and looks nicer. Perhaps some day I will pay a price for sailing a small engineless boat out on the ocean, but I see it as a form of wilderness travel. Engines don’t belong in the wilderness.
Curtis Fitzgerald Escondido, CA
STILL HOLDS INTEREST First off, thank you for continuing to publish a magazine that holds my atten- tion, cover to cover. I get several other magazine subscriptions and they usually end up not being read, or only have my attention on certain articles...
I have owned over 75 boats and still have about eight or so at my dock. I try to go boating every day, but in reality, usually only get out about 300 days a year, due to weather or family commitments. Tough I am a retired Coastie and also retired from the Army Corps of Engi- neers, and at 67, have boated since I was 4, I am still filling my head with great articles from Small Craſt Advisor.
Steve Baum Portsmoth, VA
MYSTERY BOAT I am a retired 73-year-old who built a boat 60 years ago (at the age of 13) from plans I found in either Boy’s Life or Popu- lar Mechanics magazines. I sold the boat when I was 17 as my dad got transferred to Germany. I just cannot remember what plans they were that I purchased for $5.00 back in 1960.
Attached are photos of my 11-foot boat with it’s 18-hp Evinrude motor that I purchased brand new for $291 in the spring of 1961.
Note that the boat plans came with the helm in the rear compartment and room for passenger(s) in a forward cockpit, however I changed that, installing the helm station in the more forward cock- pit with the remote motor control levers mounted “sports car style” between the two seats.
I cannot find the plans for my boat any- where and I would appreciate any input you might have in helping me determine what boat plan this was.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISOR
Tom Garing Rocklin, CA
Readers? —Eds
VINEGAR’S MANY USES Capt’n Pauley is always enjoyably infor- mative. I would like to add some knowl- edge that a former boat school student tipped me off to.
I was always a fan of using a dilute vine- gar/water (50/50) spray to freshen up a musty odor below decks. Spray liberally, allow it to dwell a few minutes, then wipe with cotton cloth (using rubber gloves). After awhile it yields a “sweet smell.” While relating this to my stu- dents at the boat school, one of them of- fered that some molds can actually thrive on bleach. I checked this out on the web and sure enough, he helped us all, bleach is food to some molds. Vinegar, though, actually kills most kinds of mold, and is also user-friendly compared to bleach.
For stubborn mold situations, use the vinegar full strength. Several applica- tions and scrubbing may be necessary. Mold is highly toxic, wear a NIOSH toxic-fume-rated respirator and rubber gloves when dealing with stubborn (Black) mold areas. Professionals also wear goggles and hazmat suits.
Mildew and less visible mold growth are not as hazardous, yet wearing rubber gloves and some sort of mask (N95 is best) is a good idea. There are also products available at the hardware store specifically for mold, a good one: Mold Control by Concrobium. Neither this product nor vinegar will “whiten” stains,
Mystery Boat
though. Stain shows that mold has actu- ally penetrated into the cell structure of the wood. If you kill the mold-causing stain, however, you can prevent it from developing into rot.
If a sailor is on top of his or her game, keeping the vessel shipshape, white vin- egar is all he needs.
Ray Speck Port Townsend
TAMING THE P-15 MAINSHEET Paul, all of your questions (Reader Mail #126) will be answered using Te Gentle Art of Pottering, which is a textbook on the safe operation of your P-15. It can be found in the back of your Small Craſt Advisor. It comes highly recommended by many P-15 skippers.
Dave Bacon Pacifica, California
FIRST CHOICE You receive many compliments on your publication. Mine is that SCA is now my first choice even over [redacted], for which I have all copies to date.
I was born in your fair city in 1925 and leſt at 18, as did most of us, for WWII. Port Townsend was a wonderful place for a kid to grow up, even during the De- pression, and I suppose it remains so, but it could not possibly offer the freedoms we enjoyed.
Chuck Brown Seatac, WA
Tanks. Chuck. I’m sure you’re right.— Eds
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