Progress
I've done the first basic cut out of all our tangs. They are made from FR4. The 6 bottom left are for the mizzen shrouds. The 2 top left are for the mizzen running backstays. The 6 bottom right are for the main shrouds on the main mast.
Dinghy
So our dinghy is a Highfield Classic 290, an aluminium (for long life, light weight and fully recyclable) hull with Hypalon Tubes (much longer lasting than PVC, especially in the tropics). Jane has already made a fantastic all over cover for it (when it is stored right way up) and
Motor
So I've just added the classic "Heavy Weather Sailing" 7th edition by Peter Bruce to our library. Very interested to note how well our choices fit with the various chapters: Chapter 1 on boat design could have taken the Rival range (although never mentioned) as a
Progress
Today I started on the tangs for the mizzen mast. This has 9mm Dyneema shrouds. So I have an 18mm sheet of FR4. This means I can have sides tall enough to put a retainer between them to stop the shroud jumping out. This first one is 80mm wide, tapering
Plans
A very wet day yesterday and I had some work to do. So we didn't make any boat progress. Today with an uncertain forecast we have been doing some jobs inside. Jane has continued to coat the mizzen supports and bed headboard with epoxy. Should be ready to
Uncategorized
So we were able to travel earlier today which meant a relaxed journey, no rush carrying stuff onto the boat and plenty of time to prepare a salmon stir fry for a normal dinner time which we were able to eat in cockpit sharing in a beautiful quiet evening. Only
Plans
Besides the actual work we have been sharing we are also trying to get everything ready for us to make real progress during our summer holiday on the boat. Just a couple of weekends to go. So we have been doing some buying and have to plan what we are
Progress
Today we drilled 8 holes 44mm in diameter through the deck (and in 4 cases on through the plywood backing sheet). Where we already have a 9.5mm FR4 backing plate we didn't go through that. It was all going very slowly with a cheap hole saw unil
Progress
To celebrate our 33rd Wedding Anniversary we have fitted the chainplate backing plates in the lazarette for the mizzen running backstays. These were the least accessible, so it is good to have got them done. They are temporarily held in place, while the thickened epoxy sets, with the old chainplate
Plans
Yesterday evening I updated the template for our extension to the existing bow roller. It doesn't look quite so massive now. It has holes in the right places for attaching the forestay, yankee furler, anchor rollers and anchor retainers. The anchor retainers will be adjustable plates bolted to
Electric
On Friday, while preparing to fit the backing plate in the cockpit locker we decided to remove the drive unit for the original Neco autopilot. This is a beefy electric motor that uses a chain drive onto one of the shafts of the Whitlock steering system. From all we can
Electric
Now that we are definitely going 48 volt for all our battery banks we are selling our 2 new and unused 12 volt Victron Inverters. Here is the eBay link (for the 1st, selling them 1 at a time). Details of these at the Victron website
