Hurts 6 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 OK I didn't know TVS had the same "tiplet" type arrangement. Bugger about putting them on backwards - I have constant nightmares about that sort of thing when I'm installing bits and pieces on the boat. It will be very interesting to see how it all performs when you get racing again - all eyes will be on the merciless racetrack %ages... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnMi 2 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Is it ready for Tomorrow Tim? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnMi 2 Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 i guess not Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TimW 1 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Have put some new tips on the foils, much more like what is on Groupama 2! The Prod and Mast have had their final Undercoat, hope to have Top coated later in the week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TimW 1 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Wireless Wind Gear, and Computers (Weather Routing and Expedition) is all very exciting. Thanks to Gappy from Nexus (Kiwi Yachting) we are one of the first to use this gear on a Canting/Rotating Mast. This certainly brings the focus of the boat back to what I originally bought it for. To have fun round the harbour but to try to do well in the Coastal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 The Prod and Mast have had their final Undercoat, hope to have Top coated later in the week. New Mast, or repainted old mast? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gappy 9 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Tim Did Ridley finally get you to paint your mast a decent colour don;t think he was a fan of the blue mast. Cheers Gappy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Great job, thanks for all the pics..... Cant wait to see a pic or video of her sailing.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TimW 1 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 The Prod and Mast have had their final Undercoat, hope to have Top coated later in the week. New Mast, or repainted old mast? Unfortunately can't afford to upgrade the mast at the moment. The mast got a bit banged up where it was scraping on the bottom and I really hated the old smurf blue. Time for a change of colour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 hw is now going for ROYAL BLUE in celebration!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hurts 6 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [attachment=0]DSC07452.JPG[/attachment] All looks great Tim. I'm struggling with this pic - I'm guessing it's the prod, what's the five way connector at the end for? I'm thinking you have a dolphin striker, a line going to top of mast, one each to left and right floats and then ??? - I can't think what goes on the fifth connection point? It's a worry as I'm working on my prod and you'd think I'd have a handle on this sort of thing by now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Prod is upside down... The one at 90 degrees is the bobstay to the main hull, then the two sideways ones go to the float bows (Although not right to the bow on the new floats tim?) And the two on the angle are the tacklines (Two of) And there is a track on there for the code zero furler to slide out the prod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TimW 1 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 A lot of the minor details can take a long time to get right. What a shocker of a weekend, if it could go wrong, it did. Still have to make the Stays, finish paint the Curved foils and finish the boom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TimW 1 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Rig going in tomorrow morning first thing, thanks to Jamie for organising the AC45 crane, and Marshy who will be honourary rigger for the morning. Unfortunately have everything ready except a boom, so still not sailing. But we can motor around with the foils down to see how much drag they are! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Hoping my rigging skills are still up to it there Tim! Hopefully i dont scratch your fancy new paintjob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 But we can motor around with the foils down to see how much drag they are! So if we see you zooming around with TW up a foot or so off the water, we'll know they are high lift foils!?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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