Sail Rock

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Job done by Stainless Bending in Otahuhu. All good 😀

I have brand new Manecraft seal that suits a 1” shaft that is surplus to requirements. Please PM for details.

Thanks for the tip! 😀

MF - My project is still a work in progress. A good reference is Bill Belcher's "Yacht Wind-Vane Steering". He suggests a trim tab width of about 20% the width of the rudder. I haven't bother with any "math and equations", apart from using the NACA 0010 figures in Belcher's book to design the trim tab's foil cross-section. I have included lots of holes in the trim tab control arm so I can adjust the amount to torque applied by the wind vane. I have also cast a bunch of small lead ingots that I can add or subtract from the windvane counterweight - apparently it takes a bit of playing arou

Hi crew members, Does anyone know a way to bend an aluminium sail track along its principal axis, i.e. the stronger axis. My challenge is to install a track (UA 1424 section) for a storm trysail so that it deviates between two halyard exit points - see attached Powerpoint file. I want the track to go all the way down to near deck level so that the trysail can be hanked on, ready to hoist before the s**t hits the fan. I'm thinking a profile bending machine might be able to do it - has anyone had experience doing this? I'm appreciate this won't be easy, maybe impossible?? Sail Rock

I discovered heaving to is a good way to steady a boat while reefing the mainsail, particularly when sailing single handed. I’ve also heaved to approaching an unfamiliar harbour entrance at night to wait for sunrise.

Watched it and it is enough to make you weep 😢

See my posts in this thread dated 7 and 15 July 2023 for history of the original Chico.

Yes, I will send you a PM.

I am building a trim tab self steering system for a Chico 30 based on the Auto-Helm system supplied by Scanmar (who no longer sell the product, except their remaining inventory of spare parts). PM me for details. SR

… and here is the account of the 1971 Whangārei - Noumea race. It appears the skipper and crew of Buccaneer enjoyed a ‘gentlemanly’ race with five star dining and plenty of victuals, particularly when they realised they were being well beaten by Chico and Kishmul!

Interesting, BP. Chubasco is moored on the piles in Westhaven. Still seems to be in reasonable condition.

For the Chico 30 aficionados out there, attached is an article from Sea Spray about the original Chico before she entered the 1971 Whangārei- Noumea race. More about the race in my next post …

Prop walk (it’s normal)