Technical Data

• Screws and bolts
• Taps, Threads, Pipe, and Drills
• Winches
• Metal
• Engine and Manuals
• Line and rigging
• Navigation
• Sails
• Sailing Terms and more
• Misc
• L-36 Specific

Screws and bolts

• Wood Screws Tables with key dimensions for many styles of screws
• Pilot Holes Wood screws Pilot Hole Size with discussion on which numbers to believe
• Machine screws Tables of dimensions includeing min and max for machine screws
• Screw Heads Dimensions for various screw head types
• Screw Length tolerences for various screw types
• Nuts Dimensions on nuts of all types
• Washers Dimensions of 11 different styles of washers
• Hex Bolts American/United National Threads dimensions from size 0 to 1 inch
• Torque Torque specifications for non ferrous bolts with recomendations for different thread pitches
• Torque Chart covers torque recomendations for most bolt types. A little harder to read than the one above but it covers more bolt types.
• Wrench Size Comparison of US, Metric, and Whitworth wrenches

Taps, Threads, Pipe, and Drills

• Tap drill sizes Two tables of tap drill sizes in decimal and drill number
• Tap and drill sizes Another Tap and Drill chart with columns for Bronze and Stainless
• Pipe Threads Outside diameter circumference for PVC, stainless, and brass standard pipe
• Drill Sizes in fractional, metric, letter, number, and decimal.
• Copper Tube Dimensions Tables for various classes of copper tube.

Winches

• High resolution Barient Catalog
• Service Manuals Winch service manuals for Barient, Barlow, and some Lewmar winches
• Winch Grease Winch grease recommended by Andersen Winches (equivalent)
• Winch Power Recomendation Based on Brion Toss formula

Metal

• Sheet metal Thickness guide for Gauge 7-31 for Steel,Carbon Steel,Galvanized,Stainless, and Aluminum
• Yield Strength Strength of Stainless, Bronze, and Aluminum
• Corrosion Control Galvanic Tables and some notes on corrosion. See also article on bonding
• Galvanic Corrosion Article from AUSTRALIAN STAINLESS STEEL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
• Stainless Steel All your frequently asked questions (FAQ) answered regarding Stainless Steel

Engines and Manuals

• Over 400 Manuals, listed alphabetically covering a variety of marine equipment, engines, radios, rafts, pumps, auot pilots, and more.
• Voltage Regularoy Switching from old Leece-Neville Regulator to a solid state 3 terminal Voltage Regularoy
• Marvel Schebuler Updraft Carburetor Manual (hard to find vary popular page)
• Gray Marine 4 and 6 Cyclinder Gasoline Engine Manual (1938-1958 Models)

Line and rigging

• Line Stretch Calculator Line strength, percent stretch, or inches stretch for dozens of lines in sizes from 7/64 to 3/4"
• The Famous Load Testing Page from the wayback machine
• Sailing Anarchy thread associated with above link
• My preferred bend for Amsteel
• Great paper on knots for Tree Climbing. Lots of infomration here.
• How to Clean Line
• Loos Gauge Cross Reference Compare readings on Model A, B, and PT series.
• Static Bend strength loss in Dyneema
• Technical Articles on Rope Strength and Knots
• Ashley Book of Knots Book review with page preview of any page plus the folowing page
• Knots, Splices, and Rope Work A practical treatise by A. Hyatt Verrill
• Diamond Knot. This is the knot used as the stopper knot in a soft shackle. See how to tie it.
• Splicing Instructions for a few common of line types
• Block Systems Basic theory and technical information on the various standard block systems
• Loos PT Gauges How to use the Loos PT tension gages
• Breaking Strength of various recreational marine ropes
• Line Selection guide Link to the Samson site and their line selection guide
• Jibsheet Load Calculator based on the "Harken" formula
• Twine Size Reference Table/ Chart chart for sizes #4 to #72

Navigation

• United States Coast Guard Navigation Rules International and Inland. COMDTINST M16672.2C (Obsolete)
• AMALGAMATED INTERNATIONAL & U.S. INLAND NAVIGATION RULES (Replaces COMDTINST)
• USCG NAVIGATION RULES AND REGULATIONS HANDBOOK
• Lights List Overview Discusses several tools to quickly find Waypoints.
  • Map Interface to Light List and Waypoint Editor/ Route creator
  • Waypoint Editor
• GPS GPX Batch Waypoint and Route Creator Enter Waypoints and create routes in bulk.
• Convert between various Latitude-Longitude formats and past results into your other programs
• Print your own NOAA charts
• OpenCPN The best free navigation program is OpenCPN. It will run on Windows or Linux
• iPhone Navigation Navionics. A very nice way to turn a smart phone into a chart plotter for $9.95. 10 Euros for the Android version.
• NavPacProDemo Free navigation program that does everything except do real time GPS plotting
• Nav Pac SF Bay Chart Large chart of most of SF Bay north and south for use with NavPac Demo
• The American Practical Navigator an epitome of Navigation. First edition was published in 1802, this is the bicentennial edition published in 2002
• Chart Number One. Chart No 1 is the publication that defines all that you see on any navigation chart. If your life depends on knowing what the symbols and markings mean on a chart, read this publication like your life depended on it.
• Distances between Ports
• The International Code of Signals

Sails

• LP Calculator Calculate the LP and % of a sail given the 2 sides and J
• Sail Area calculator based on I J or J and Luff as well as sail size (%).
• Dimensions and sail area calculations for thousands of boats. Click through to the boat specific page. Data is shown from several leading sources.
• Used Sails Vendor listing of used sais that fit your boat. Thousands of boats to select from.

Sailing Terms and More

• A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  Y  Z 
• Points of Sail
• Parts of a Boat
• Parts of a Sail
• Jib Trim
• Knots
• Right of Way
• Signal Flags

Misc

• Polars for 127 different boats.
• Battery Data shows voltage for various states of charge.
• Conversion factors for Length, Area, Volume, and more
• Manuals. If you need one, it might be here. Over 400 misc manuals on this page
• Fraction equivalent Table of fractions and their decimal equivalent values from 1/64 to 1 inch
• Sealants An interesting article on caulking and sealants from Good Old Boat web site
• Various Technical Articles from the 1970's -- but still interesting

L-36 Specific

• L-36 drawings Three line drawings useful to illustrate articles on L-36s
• Blueprint of L-36 Page with a link to a large jpg of the L-36 blueprints.
• L-36 dimenstions complete Bob's list of dimensions for Eventide. Includes all dimensions, lengths , weight, etc.
• L-36 Owners Roster This is what started it all but it has gotten out of date over all these years so it sits here at the bottom of the data page.