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Progress as the weather turns
Are we going to have to change our priorities again
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New Video: Can we safely stretch our 12mm Dyneema DIY Main Mast shrouds & stays?
After Jane did all the splicing for the main mast rigging we had to stretch everything
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Stretching 12mm Dyneema rigging after adding two eye splices
We have just a few days before we move out of this manse (ministers house provided by the Church). Before we move out on Monday we need to get all our Main Mast rigging spliced and then stretched (to remove the shortening created by the construction of the splices). Jane
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Back at stretching dyneema rigging
Jane has finished the first 8 chainplate loops in 12mm dyneema for the main mast (we don't need one for the forestay and the inner forestay will be different). Plus she has finished 3.5 of the 4 lower shrouds (also 12mm dyneema). So we are back to
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New knees are done and more :-)
Knees This last weekend we have finished the knees on the starboard side for the main mast cap shroud. We are not going to win any prizes for beauty ;-) But this is so much stronger (remember the original single knee on the starboard side only came down to the
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New Video: Getting the Mizzen Mast UP!!!!
This is a huge milestone for us. We have done huge amounts of work on the mizzen so it's great to finally have the mast in place. The list of work includes: * Huge amount of strengthening below deck to support the mast * Fully clean and refit the mast
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Video: Finished DIY Mast Tangs for Dyneema rigging plus more
Check out our new video If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar (or become a member) on Ko-Fi! at https://ko-fi.com/sustainablesailing/ Our DIY mizzen mast tangs are finished and fitted (see "New! Version 3 of DIY Mast tangs for
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Finishing the Mizzen mast?
It's been a mixed weekend! We arrived just after midnight Thursday evening and found that the wheelhouse had been completely taken over by huge flies. When I removed the opening section of the cover the edge it clips to was invisible behind multiple layers of flies. When I
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New Video: Fitting our DIY Mizzen Tangs and more
Our latest video is out: "Fitting our DIY Mast Tangs for Dyneema rigging, + the mast foot + painting Mast bits". At last, we have fitted the DIY mast tangs We refitted the mast foot too! Also refitted the reinforcement plates for the mast tang bolts. And we finished painting
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New video out "DIY chainplates: Splicing, knotting and fitting"
This is how we make our dyneema chainplates. We are experimenting with moving our regular video release to Mondays as the upload is so much faster at home.
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Video: Stretching our DIY Mizzen Dyneema shrouds and chainplates
Our next video is live! We have finished splicing all 6 mizzen shrouds (technically 4 plus 2 forestays) plus the 2 running backstays as well as all 8 chainplate loops. Now all the shrouds & stays need to be stretched to tighten the splices where the weave was opened when
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Tensioning our mizzen shrouds
So far today we have tensioned 6 of the 8 mizzen shrouds. All of them tensioned to at least 1,300kg and leaving them at over 1,000 for at least 15 minutes