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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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New video: A disaster of a weekend, breaking things as we prepare to build knees to take rigging loads
It's a catch-up of a couple of weekends back in November
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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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Forecabin progress
This week we have been working on the forecabin (well we also finished the starboard knees for the main mast cap shroud and have been waterproofing the mizzen dyneema chainplate loops). Lots of posts with pictures on Mastodon. This is what we have been doing today (no login required, just
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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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Whoop whoop. Our mizzen mast is up
Cue Elton John "I'm still standing" Video coming on Tuesday 😍
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New video. DIY mizzen tangs & chainplates are done
We are ready to put the mizzen mast up, I've dealt with the poop and volunteers to paint the boat are welcome.
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New video: "Dyneema Chainplates Finished"
Check out our new video 👇 Now waterproof & Chafe protected 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 Dyneema Chainplates are now finished and the deckhead prepared for the mizzen
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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