Tim C 23 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I've been a bit quiet here lately, mainly because I've had a big winter doing a refit on my boat Pulse. New bows, a wing out the back for the solar panel and dinghy davits, a few other improvements inside and out, and a complete repaint inside and out, top to bottom. What a lot of work!! Thanks to Lees Boat builders for the spray painting, and Signs at Work for the graphics. Finally the mast is back up and had a nice sail in the weekend. Great to get that wonderful feeling of power and speed on the water again, hooning across Kawau Bay again after months on the land... Link to post Share on other sites
Tim C 23 Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 Anchored at Martins Bay in the weekend... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Veeeery nice!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Looking good tim ! ....is that a boom I see ? Link to post Share on other sites
Tim C 23 Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 No, something like a boom holding the rudders together now, but not for the sail! Link to post Share on other sites
Tim C 23 Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 One more photo. She is looking quite different to last season me thinks... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I remember going aboard once and being impressed with the back windows. Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Looks great Tim. Why the change in bows? Do you have any pics of what they looked like before? Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Nice job Tim... Very Nice! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Looks Like a Ferrari Tim! But why the name Change Is Pucse french or Italian?? Do like those bows and that wing though.. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Can you describe that steering system? Link to post Share on other sites
col j 0 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 tiller steering. uses rudders. the boom across the back keeps em turning the same way. well thats what i figure Link to post Share on other sites
Saline Solution 0 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Here are some photos of the original bows. http://www.tcdesign.co.nz/bt_10perf.htm That multi purpose wing is very inconspicuous. When you find it, it just looks like it was always there. Nice work Tim. Link to post Share on other sites
Tim C 23 Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 Can you describe that steering system? The steering starts with a central whip staff in the cockpit. Typically I have a tiller extension off that, so I can sit down to sail. Effectively it feels like a normal tiller, except the rotation is in the horizontal plane. Under the bridge deck on the whip staff is a small quadrant, which has a spectra line going out to either hull, turns on a block, goes to the transom, turns again to attach to a quadrant on the rudder. Originally there was another outboard rope line, this eliminated any link bar and so made access across the transom easy. But there was too much friction in the system. So now the link bar aft connects the two rudder stocks. It means there is no bar to step over getting down the transom, but on a marina one has to duck under it, and come under it in a marina. What's the point of the system? It means the crew weight is central, (reducing pitching) and close to the mast and engine controls. It eliminates traditional 'cockpits' so I can have nice aft cabins. Single handed is easy because everything is at hand, and crewed the foredeck crew are still close. It all works well Link to post Share on other sites
Tim C 23 Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 Looks great Tim. Why the change in bows? Do you have any pics of what they looked like before? A shot of the boat originally from the start of last years race. Thanks Zoe!) I just wanted to update the look. The honest chances of a noticing a performance change are low. They are even a finer radius than before, and she is still a dry boat. I did cut notches in the bows at the spray rail height to stop that finger of water coming up, which has worked well. You can just see it in the other photo. (If I can load them..) Link to post Share on other sites
Tim C 23 Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 I remember going aboard once and being impressed with the back windows. I can't find a picture from looking out the back. It is nice waking up to having the water just there, and good ventilation. And great at anchor, to be able to check aft by just lifting your head off the pillow... Link to post Share on other sites
Saline Solution 0 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Here is a view out the back. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 That's it, you can leave the window open when it's raining. Does the whipstaff give you more room in the cockpit than a tiller? Link to post Share on other sites
Ezifold 0 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Whipstaff in crudest form Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Aha! Ride guide steering - sort of. Akin to what I used to have on a trolley when I was a kid. What a bloody good idea! Link to post Share on other sites
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