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The Designer is still around he lives in Tauranga, we have a Mitchinson 39. PM me and I can give you his phone number.
I'd be a bit dubious about the sails, "cruising standard only" usually means knackered.
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A 79-year-old sailor is attempting to sail solo from Kerry to New Zealand in a boat he has built himself.
The Swedish sailor and writer, known as Yrvind, departed from the Blasket Islands this morning and hopes to complete the epic voyage in just over 300 days. | https://bit.ly/2H6tAxc
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Sabre you could ask on the Raven owners website. From the looks of the photos the inner forestay isn't needed unless deep reefed and/or for a storm jib.
http://www.ravenyachts.com/ravensdownsouth.htm
This might help.
Rigging. Class rules for rigging on Raven 26
All rigging to be stainless or galvanised wire
- Side stays: Outer side stay to be attached within 460mm from the top of the mast to outer Ubolt held by chainplate mounted on the front extreme outer side of the main cabin bulkhead. One only inner stay attached to the cross tree height and to inner Ubolt held by chain plate mounted on the front extreme outer side of main cabin bulkhead.
- inner forestay: At owners option. Not to be used for the hanking on of sails and to be attached no higher than crosstree height.
- Forestay: To be fasened on standard forestay fitting on the bow and to the top of the mast, adjustment only by standard rigging screw.
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You can get a bluetooth gps unit for these. I might even have one somewhere you can use. You can then install navionics on the ipad as a backup chartplotter.
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You can run them both together, works very well when reaching not so much when going upwind. Can really churn out the miles when you have a reefed main and two headsails up the front. Keeps the boat balanced.
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What's the boat?
Definitely worth it depending on the sail and the wind strength. Depends on how far forward it is. A solent stay is quite close to the forestay and a solent Jib is a very handy sail. We ran a no.1 on a furler and a hanked on solent Gib, made for a very easily handled sail plan.
If further back it will be for a stay sail or a storm Jib. Staysails are great for reaching used in conjuction with a larger headsail. The storm Jib pretty self explanatory.
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Well worth a watch, also some revelations about the future of the race. Volvo is out.
He reckons a return to the traditions of the race.
Also doesn't pull any punches on the VOR65 calls it a dog.
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I've seen those and have been eyeing them up. Price is better than just a jacket for the top name brands, and the drysuit aspect has to be a bonus when its wet and shitty out.
Yes as I said we are pretty happy with them.
They are a bit to hot for the northern summer.
It was a revelation to still be warm and dry after crashing through waves and rain for two days in leg3 of the last RNI. Definately good to put on when things a looking cold wet and dark.
They have a handy flap when going for a pee but no2's are a bit more work. We ended up cutting the feet off ours so they slipped over our boots.
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Thanks will pm you
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Not just Gil most of the coastal stuff leaks after a year.
We use these for when it's cold and wet really impressed. Still like new 18 months on. Bit of work to get on and off but very waterproof and warm. Have to be careful not to sweat in them though.
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Interested in the Wind Gear and depth if they are still available.
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Thats good will save me getting the raft retested right now. Thanks.
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I am assuming usual extras includes a raft?
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How about that, learn something new every day.
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Also, class B, with its limited output power, has proven to provide less than 100% reliable links with satellites, meaning offshore coverage is limited, or non existent.
How would an AIS unit with only VHF radio connect to a satellite? Or do you mean for position information? I always thought a marine traffic subscription uses other means to get tracking information whilst not near shore station.
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I put a longer boom on our Cav36 when we had it. Turned out to be quite effective.
Make sure you ease the backstay off in the light, powers up the main and headsail.
If the sails are old new ones will make a big difference upwind but easy to spend a lot of money.
Or you could just enjoy your boat and appreciate it for what it is,
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What's a POC? is that like a POS?
Anyway we tried one of those mesh ones, looked like it should work well but doesn't.
We ended up going back to the old faithful, same as the one BP posted.
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I'd be surprised if he didn't make it. The boat is tough and so is the man. Things can happen at sea though.
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How the hell do you provision a boat that small for that length of time.
Lots of freeze-dried and a watermaker would do it. Sounds like a miserable existence mind you.
I look forward to the book after this one he is a great story teller.
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One word;
Robbed
Its an ocean race of what, 5000 miles? shouldn't be decided by a drifter up a river
I don't think anyone was robbed.
I would have preferred Brunel won but this happens often, that's yacht racing.
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That Guy/Girl was in my class at school. Was always an unusual character. Amazing job on the vessel pretty much all done by one person. A talented machinist and fabricator.
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Haha....I wish.
15knts of wind, which usually means its gusting into the twenties.
Thing is, I bought a smaller main and #3 especially for her but always
seem to get my forcasting wrong.
Should start with a reef when D is onboard.
What you are doing is going the wrong way, never go upwind with the wife on board. Turn around and go somewhere else.
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Very cool sounds like a lot of fun. What's the plan through the Pacific? Marquesas?
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Truxton on the way up from Tauranga now. Nice calm night out here.
Is this Guy nuts?
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Certainly makes Swirly World look like a luxury liner, I think he might struggle.