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Sasha
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 Posted - 25 December 2005 : 12:30:00 PM
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The more I know about horses, the more I love sailboats.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
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Posted - 25 December 2005 : 7:03:22 PM
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Last week while talking with Rod about new sails and the decision of which one do we purchasa first, I asked him the question, how many do we have? It is a bloody lot of sails & he listed them as below;
1. Two mainsails.
2. Two number one headers.
3. One number two header.
4. One number three header.
5. One number four header, is a lazy-jack.
6. One stormsail header.
7. One main stormail.
8. One number one kite.
9. One number two kite.
10. One Blooper.
The only sails which are in good condition are the two kites, while there is one new mainsail and is made from inferior cloth & poorly shaped. All the headers are very old and worn with some clearly blown out but suitable for cruising. Next year, new sails? And no new sails from Santa!
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 26 December 2005 : 08:17:10 AM
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Correction on the last entry, Number five in not a lazy-jack. It is a Yankee sail. I mush have had too much Christmas cheer!
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Sasha
Helmsman
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Posted - 26 December 2005 : 08:24:39 AM
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I was wondering....
By the way Chris, did you get that email form me? I got a bounce message on it so I re-sent it through the endeavour site itself. I love computers, really.
I will write again if I survive Margaret dragging me through the boxing day sales (regretably not SAILS).
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 26 December 2005 : 08:57:01 AM
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No to shopping with SWMBOd'. I think we have a glitch in the home email Sasha. Have not recieved anything in a few days. It goes out but we have not recieved anything, which in our household of six users is impossible. I'll get the boy wonder, or resident 16 year old computer wiz to fix the glitch.
Try sending it to my work email which is either;
cqs@accsoft.com.au or
chris@sydprod.com.au & I will get it on Wednesday,
Chris
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 28 December 2005 : 3:11:44 PM
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Yesterday afternoon saw Rod & I out late on the Hagar IV finishing off a few little jobs. Rod went back and has reviewed the Cat 3-4 rules and was somewhat allarmed to find that there is still a long list of "Must Dos'".
Nonetheless we managed to re-inststall the baby stay plastic cover, after re-working it. We also replaced the old No1 jib halliard with a new 8 mm spectra rope and substituted the 6mm No2 jib halliard with the old 8mm No1 halliard. This has resulted in better clutch friction and hopefully stopped the halliards from slipping.
We also installed a new cockpit SS safety point for fixing saftey harnesses to.
In addition the No1 Mainsail is with the sailmaker being re-cut. He found that the luff bollrope had shrunk by eight inches.
Rod is to review and update the work list to incorperate all the Cat 3-4 requirements.
It is a slow process but we are getting there!
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 02 January 2006 : 08:07:46 AM
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Following the New Years eve night cruise and series of failures aboard the Hagar IV, Rod, Andy & myself went down to the boat on New Years day to work out what went wrong. The engine started without so much as a cough but immeadiatly stalled when engaging the gears. Andy went over the side and found that we had a long pink line wrapped around the propeller shaft. I also went over the side and started to undo the mess. It was heavily knotted on itself & had a long tail. After two dives another member of our Club came down who is a part tine diver for boats and with his scuber gear spent ten minutes removing the knotted line. The offending line had apparently been a spring line off the other boat which we were rafted up to the previous night. When our anchor slipped and we were dragging towards the other boats we had quickly broken free of the Cavalier 28 and in the confusion their spring line had gone under our boat & got itself tangled about the propeller.
There was no other damage and we went into the marina and in the heat of the day unloaded the previous nights goods and reloaded the sails.
What we have learned is that we must get a better anchor, most likely a plough anchor and to measure out the existing chain.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 02 January 2006 : 5:36:08 PM
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This afternoon Rod & I ventured forth to the Hagar with the tape measure & Blue Book. We bought her into the marina and took out the anchor, main chain as well as the anchor rope. The rope measured in & the anchor was OK. However the anchor chain was short by around three metres & will require lengthening to the requires 10 metres. We cleaned the boat with fresh water and marked up the No1 headsail for sheeting angles. We then steamed out into North Harbour and hoisted the Number 3 headsail to chech & mark the deck sheeting position. Unfortunatly this jib would not set properly so its back to the sailmaker.
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LCJOHNSTON
Helmsman
Australia
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Posted - 02 January 2006 : 6:10:52 PM
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Chris,
We had a heavy CQR/plough and 30 metres of close link 8mm chain plus 30m of 14mm Nylon as the primary anchor on Caroline - this was good even in deep water in a blow. I know this is heavy to carry and over what the rule book specifies for racing. Perhaps try the minimum racing set up, but consider keeping a heavier set of ground tackle that goes on board for pleasure sails. I've heard of all sorts of things like people carrying plastic anchors that look like the real thing for racing!!! |
Leigh Ex E30 MkII "Caroline" Hobart |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 02 January 2006 : 6:28:15 PM
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Happy New Year Leigh,
I was thinking of you this afternoon while down at North Harbour. The Marina owner, Bruce Davis had his NSX38 up on the slips and water blasting off the growth. He had been up at Pittwater for Christmas. She certinly is a good looking boat underwater. He is racing offshore this week at Manly YC. There are quite a few in our end of the harbour and I saw a beauty on Christmas day as well which was visiting.
We are currently using a CQR/15kg plough anchor, the one which dragged on New years eve. Rod has a lightweight alloy anchor but it will not fit in the forward locker. Your chain sounds darned heavy. We will start with adding three metres of chain to the existing 8mm one which is a little bit short.
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Sasha
Helmsman
838 Posts |
Posted - 02 January 2006 : 8:39:10 PM
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CQR's are better then Danforths...But I have yet to meet anything better at all round holding and setting then a SARCA...pity they take up so damn much room if they are not permanently living on the bow roller.
Sasha
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 03 January 2006 : 8:03:31 PM
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When discussing the adventures of Hagar IV on New Years Eve, I failed to lay the blame as to what was the cause of the the dramas & problems that we encountered that evening. It was clearly a case of the Hagar Rebelling against all the women on board!
Dont' you know, that women are bad luck aboard sailing vessels! It is a historic fact. I have noted that since we have had the Hagar there have been accidents and calamities when She Who Must Be Obeyed is aboard. This has occured on two out of the three occasions. And I believe it was the first time Rod had his SWMBO'd aboard on that fatefull new years evening. In researching this subject I have found the following:
1.Women on board a ship make the sea angery.
2.A naked woman on board will calm the sea.
3.Looseing a mop or bucket overboard is a sign of bad luck.
4.Repairing a flag on the quarterdeck will bring bad luck.
5.Turning over a hatch will cause the hold to fill with seawater.
6.Cutting your hair or nails at sea is bad luck.
And there are many more quotes and examples, just look in: http://pacificoffshorerigging.com/nautical_superstitions.htm
On New Years eve we were rafted up to a Cav 28 and when we disenguaged the rafting one of the wives was instructed to throw one of the spring lines to the other boat where it belonged. However the women on both boats cast the line simultaneously & hence it went over the side & we drifted over it and in wrapped itself in out prop.
And so we come to the conclusion that having women on board a yacht is a very dangerous undertaking.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 09 January 2006 : 12:04:43 PM
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BLOODY TRADESMEN!!!
After looking, testing and arguing about our mainsail on the Hagar IV for some months, we made the decision to have it altered and reshaped rather than having a new mainsail made at this time. There were a number of visible faults to this newer Hood mainsail. The second older one is very old and a bag, but still in good nick.
So Rod went off to the sailmaker and they made the alterations. Rod was happy and said it would make us minutes faster. However, when we hoisted it last Friday night for the twilighter the original sin of this mainsail was still glaringly obvious. The bottom pannel is a bag!!!!
So today its' back to the sailmaker for further alterations.
The upgrading of the Hagar continues and at this time we have pulled out all stops to get her to tip top efficiency for the Nationals, as no doubt everyone else has been Endearvouring to do. The Cat 3-4 is close but on the back burner for late in the season.
Rod has spent many hours organising & working on the boat, however he will not be aboard until the races are over & he will only be available to sail home on the Monday.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 10 January 2006 : 8:06:30 PM
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Well the work on the Hagar IV relentlessly goes forth. Hopefully somewhere worth while. Rod has found out that the Plough anchor which we had all the problem with had apparently been re-galled at some stage which resulted in all the lead in the point having melted out. Search me, I did not know that the tip was supposed to be full of lead! And hence it was light! So Rod has gone off and purchased a new 15-kilo plough anchor. He has also been sparing with the sailmakers who do not like what we are requiring of them.
And I've been making a foam-glass box to cover the starter control electric box which enters the port side and is over the after port wing bunk. This box will protect the wiring and mechanism from people turning over in the night and smashing the ruddy thing. I also have a new set of floor boards which require some teak for the steps base and then a final coat of varnish.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 12 January 2006 : 04:33:39 AM
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Yesterday afternoon I found Rod aboard the Hagar alongside the marina work berth. He had installed the new plough anchor, with lead tip! as well as 12 metres of the 8mm required chain. He bought a completely new chain as the old one had a section which was rusted. The old chain becomes a spare kept down aft. He also replaced the mainsail cunninghan rope & block system, although it does not come back to the cockpit, yet. If time permits I'm off to the secondhand chandlery this afternoon to look for some spare blocks for the skites as well as deck slides & some other bits.
We are all but ready for the Championships with Rod picking up the mainsail today and we have two test sails, the Friday twilighter as well as a Sunday Race at North Harbour.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 14 January 2006 : 8:00:05 PM
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Yesterday Rod bought the altered mainsail back & we put it on the mast for the twilighter race. It looked much better with good even shape. There is now not much to do. Only the cleats and teak pads for the jib & spinaker sheets on each side of the boat down aft. Rod has also had made up new rope bags. A set which are bolted onto the removeable aft hatches. Into these go the excess kite & jib sheets.
The other two are on the cabin top ceiling & are bolted to each side of the hatchway. These two take the loose halliard lines ect. THey would most likely be used when not racing and clean up the downstairs.
We will take out the excess before sailing for Botany Bay on Thursday.
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Sasha
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Posted - 16 January 2006 : 09:38:47 AM
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Somehting must have been fuzzy with my email service. This morning I woke up to find a veritable deluge of messages, some of them days old. Amongst them, possibly acting as the ram that broke the log-jam at Optus were a great many photos of the new E32 from Chris. I will get these up as soon as I can for all to peruse. (looks a very nice boat, very different internal layout then the melbourne example).
Sasha
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 17 January 2006 : 8:54:05 PM
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We have likewise found Optus, which we use at home to be slow in mail delivery and sometimes go for days without recieving mail from my own office to myself at home through Optus. We are very happy with the crowd from Accsoft and another service provider who we use at our office.
Now this morning I hurried home with the plan to bring the Hagar IV into the Marina Work Berth and finish up the jobs as well as to unload the excess out of her, ie extra anchor & 10 meters of chain etc. Got home about 11.00am & had lunch & the heavens opened with a couple of inches of rain. It cleared later & my son & I rowed out to the boat. Got all the jobs completed, which included the electic box cover & attached the after kite & jib sheet. Pumped her out and took out the log.
Done & ready for the Nationals.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 25 January 2006 : 11:06:46 AM
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Have come away from the Endeavour Nationals with yet another long list of jobs to do to the Hagar IV. All of which require the expenditure of money.
1. The Clutches to be replaced.
2. New racing sails.
3. Going up onto the slips for the insertion of a pair of Rudder Skits.
4. A long list of Stainless fittings.
5. Electonics to be fixed or upgraded.
And so this will most likely take some time to complete and the sails will be an annual replacement of the most needed.
Chris.
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