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TBH I never had an anchor light or steaming light on Gaucho, guess I was just more irresponsible then...
Are you saying that whilst sailing I can have a port/starboard on the pointy end and a 360 degree white light (anchor light on the top of the rig and no stern light?
Maybe I should have a look for the colregs...
My issue with going for pulpit or topsides mounted ones is pretty much to do the aesthetics of white or black light housings on a slime green hull or the fact lines seem to get tangled around pulpit mounted ones and rip them apart..
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Thanks I'll give it a go
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It all looks very nice but it's a bit overkill and above my pocket this late in the rebuild unfortunately!
May have to make one out of a bi-colour and a stern light, or heaven forbid drill MORE holes in the boat and fit some regular ones...
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Decided the simplest, lightest and most effective nav light setup for the 830 would be a single masthead tricolour like I used to have on the SR.
Problem is, they appear to be a bit thin on the ground at the usual chandlers, unless you want to pay $250+ and end up with something of a size that would negate the righting abilities of the keel bulb!
Is there nobody that does the small ones of these anymore? doesn't even have to be LED, would settle for an old school bulbed item!
What am I missing?
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Or Ma'ara Nige
Just entered so now I need a crew ?
Could be a go Jon, may be able to rattle up another if you are short
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Just back from a month in Thailand with the family... 4 whole weeks behind in Ross boat reconstruction but am hoping to get her in before this race.
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I was talking to the chemist at work about what to do with the antifoul on the stern of my 830 as on the mooring unladen a good deal of the hull won't be immersed and I was wondering if it was worth doing it. He said this area is called the inter tidal zone and is a real problem for marine coatings. It slaps and gets wet long enough for nasties to grab a hold but is dry long enough to ensure the biocides in the antifoul wont work properly.
I imagine the issue you are facing is a similar story.
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That thing is sick! Looks like it belongs in the bat cave
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Thanks guys sorted now
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RFD or similar quality, one to suit a small 5 year old and one for a lean 7 year old. Crotch strap would be mega.
Need by Monday night
What's out there?
021 766546
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Sunfast racing at Marsden Cove, broken Lower spreader. Steady stream of small boats heading south too. Not a lot of fun to be had with short waterlines in this stuff obviously
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Crikey! That looks like the exact unit. I'll pull the old one out of the rig tonight and run the verniers over it.
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It's tiny, around 85mm round section with the main track riveted on.
It's 500mm shorter in the hoist than a standard 830 one too... so I am steeling myself for the ridiculing and name calling. Shapeshifter may well become "Stumpshifter"
I guess it's because she originally ran a ballasted centerboard and would have been too frightening with the full monty...
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Sweet - thanks guys
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Spreader attachments
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I collected the rig on the weekend, it's deck stepped and uses a base with a pin aft to help step the mast like a trailer sailer rig.
Sorting through the boxes of junk I have found the broken remnants of the original base, and have taken measurements off it in the hopes of finding a replacement.
Whereabouts could I lay my hands on one of these cast aluminium beasts at short notice?
Rather not have to get something made if I can help it.
Also, going to need a pair of lower spreaders, to suit 28 degree sweep approx 1000mm long suitable for wire rigging. The spreader root is a basic slot with two through bolts.
Thanks for any help
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Great to see the old girl back in her element! - Well done on the refit.
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This weekend just gone was also jam packed full of family type stuff and a couple of Thugby games so what should have been a half day job to get the rudder system sorted ended up spanning two days and an evening.
I wanted to through bolt the gudgeons from the inside, glueing the stainless bolts in so they became studs on the outside of the hull enabling me to get the gudgeons off easily in the future if required. This wasn't going to be an issue on the upper one as the bolts would be reachable from inside the motor well. The lowers however were separated from prying eyes, fumbling fingers and wrong sized spanners by a glassed in 'shelf' that resides in the bottom of the well.
So I decided to cut a hole in there for an inspection port, seemed the tidiest way I could gain access for the installation and any future maintenance requirements.
She's a tight old fit for a fat fella, let alone one who's trying to wield a drill and jigsaw with any kind of accuracy but eventually I got a circle cut only to find that the 'void' was in fact chocka with expanding foam. Imagine my joy at having to jam my fat hand in there with a sharp chisel and pry bar, and spend the next hour "Foam Mining' towards the transom periodically using my cellphone as a scope to make sure I was heading the correct way!
I eventually found my holes and set about making hardwood packers to straighten the angles up and spread the loads.
Once that was done it was the rather straight forward task of centering the bolts up and gluing them in, which capped off the weekend. Last night it was time to seal the bolts then shorten them up, align the gudgeons and bolt them all on.
A little bit of grinding for clearance was required on the cassette but it fitted in pretty well.
I had to shorten the pintle up but have managed to mount it in such a way that no split pins or r clips are required to hold it in place, the base of the tiller acting as a stopper for the head of the pintle, and the top of the rudder cassette taking some of the side loading as well as the two gudgeons.
Starting to look like a yacht now.
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Ok, plenty of non boating stuff going on over the last couple of weekends but managed to squeeze a bit more alone time in to tick another couple of items off the list.
Bathurst weekend was internal strengthening time, I wasn't entirely happy with the lack of structure in the stbd side of the keel case so opted to build a kitset ring frame to tie it to the floors, stbd chainplate and bunk fronts. Using CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) I made templates up and then traced them onto 19mm ply. I laminated three bits of this together to make a 57mm thick frame which I then glued, coved, taped and glassed into place. Plenty more tape and double bias cloth went into the existing keel floors, keel case and bunk fronts as well. 200mm was as high as I could practically go whilst still allowing my smallest crew member to step over it... Not sure what difference it will make to performance but I feel more confident in it's strength now that's for sure.
I managed to sneak out and see the Solo IQ boys on the Sunday morning and have a bit of a look at the internal structure on Cool Change too which made me feel better about the direction I was taking. I watched the first and last hours of Bathurst although my usually pedantic peel ply application suffered in my haste to clock off!
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Sweet thanks everyone
VB I'll grab that 15mm ID one off you.
I'll give you a call
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Anyone got lying around a little piece of carbon tube for making a bobstay hole through the knuckle of my 830?
I know I could get something sent from Kilwell but we are talking a little offcut...anything with an id of 15-25mm and a max length of 100mm.
Cheers!
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We don't drink much rum and have been very gentle on the boat Ballystick....
I was down there on the Sun Fast Thursday and Friday but with the wife away coaching the youth girls in Aussie, It's daddy daycare with the 3 kids. Took them though the show yesterday. Other than seeing a huge range of pretty cool boats it was not that interesting.
Certainly been mint weather for it!
Yes the SF3600 was immaculate and showed almost no signs of being sullied... unless you happened to read the keyboard labels ... priceless
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Went there yesterday with a shopping list for the 830 refit. Got a great deal on a GME multimedia sound system and VHF. Very helpful guys on their corporate stand.
Wanted a full set of coastal wet weather gear, and decent life jackets for the kids.... didn't find either
Also took roughly 45 mins of slow, deliberate driving around the lower part of the city to find a park thanks in no small part to all the roadworks.
The weather was mint however!
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I can vouch for FLC Bryon. After all he used to sail the great Gaucho SH as well.
You flatter me Richard.... my only skill in that boat was NEVER GIVING UP! anything to haunt you on those long short handers in theTravelling Man
This Weekend's Achievements
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Full bottom sand, interprotect and 1st coat of antifoul on the weekend. Non skid applied to decks, just cockpit and cabin top to do now. Mast base fitted. Stanchions bonded and bolted, modified Pulpit and Pushpits fitted.
Deck layout finalized and Jammers bonded in place. Winches on, instruments fitted, cockpit floor aft lockers and quarter berth portlights installed. Keel lifting blocks bonded and pinned, limiting plate studs bonded in.
Inspection port cut in side of keel trunk (well above waterline ha ha) and inside of case cleaned up including a resin pour to level case with carbon liner edge.
Dear old mum finished the last new squab and they look stunning, unfortunately the time bandits have ensured that the interior paint will have to wait till 2016 but at least we will be comfy.
Bit of a holdup with the new spreaders otherwise we would have test fitted the rig - but all going well and with just over a week remaining we are still looking on track for a Xmas eve launching.