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Troppo
Sheet Hand
Australia
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 Posted - 28 November 2010 : 09:28:32 AM
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| Good that you could put the old broken cutless bearing back in and get going straight away. Usually when something breaks like that when doing a dismantle it means a long wait until parts are found. |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 28 November 2010 : 4:19:55 PM
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The cutlass bearing split longitudinally into two pieces and when we replaced them into the bronze fitting they went back in and around the stainless shaft snugly and did not appear to move. The shaft spins OK and there appears to be no deterioration, but time will tell.
As I said, Andy either has another cutlass bearing or will procure one that fits and it will go in when we are up on the slips in 2011. In and out of the water onto the hard stand is expensive, dontweknow!
Chris.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 07 December 2010 : 08:47:33 AM
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Rod was eager to go back down to the Hagar last week after he found the bilge full of water on Sunday the 28th of November. At that time he sensibly tightened up all the stainless steel clamps on the rubber pipe over the propeller as well as checking the drip-less stern gland. He then pumped her out and we went out to her on Wednesday evening before it was dark. To our relief we found that the boat was bone dry.
This was repeated last Friday night and again on Sunday morning. So Andy's braising up of the bronze propeller bearing was a complete success and we hopefully will have a dry boat, of water that is, from here on in. We still have the windows to replace next winter.
As always Rod preaches the benefits of a dry boat which include no salty surfaces, no rust and corrosion as well as no damp and mildew.
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Troppo
Sheet Hand
Australia
30 Posts |
Posted - 14 December 2010 : 11:36:45 AM
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| I guess boats are meant to keep the water on the outside so when the inside keeps getting wet it is a bad sign. Or I could be mistaken : ). |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 14 December 2010 : 2:08:13 PM
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Hi there Troppo,
Well the Hager has continued to remain dry on the inside which is keeping Rod happy and with luck we will have less corrosion and mildew inside the boat.
However the work on the Hagar is never ending and Rod is keen to have her spic and span for the Nationals which are on in just a few weeks. Have tried to forget Christmas and the boatloads of freebooting relos who will be dumping on us for the next four to six weeks.
We will be cleaning the outside skin before the Nats and are looking for an underwater scrubber either before leaving for Botany Bay or down there at the Bay. Will the cleaning service be avilable this year at the Bay?
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steve hall
Deck Hand
Australia
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Posted - 16 December 2010 : 2:55:06 PM
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| Chris, I have spoken to Bob Nettle who is the person I think you are refering to at BBYC, he will be available to clean yours or any other Endeavours prior to the Nationals. He can be contacted on 0418 263 343. The SIs for the Nationals prohibit any diving with breathing apparatus after the warning signal for the first race. |
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 16 December 2010 : 4:51:57 PM
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Thanks for that information Bob. I'll pass this onto Rod and we will decide what's to do. We woulkd normally have our own Club member who does a lot of diving and cleans our boat before each regatta, however he is out of action with an injured shoulder.
I'm intersted to know the reasoning behind the rule about the prohibition of diving with assistance. Any idea why?
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Troppo
Sheet Hand
Australia
30 Posts |
Posted - 16 December 2010 : 6:46:17 PM
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Originally posted by Chris Cope
. . . Have tried to forget Christmas and the boatloads of freebooting relos who will be dumping on us for the next four to six weeks.
 That's funny! There is a song about it, I believe it goes something like this:
'Tis the season for relos dumping,
Fa la la la la, la la la la |
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Robert Simmons
Helmsman
Australia
420 Posts |
Posted - 17 December 2010 : 10:06:41 AM
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Originally posted by Chris Cope
Thanks for that information Bob. I'll pass this onto Rod and we will decide what's to do. We woulkd normally have our own Club member who does a lot of diving and cleans our boat before each regatta, however he is out of action with an injured shoulder.
I'm intersted to know the reasoning behind the rule about the prohibition of diving with assistance. Any idea why?
Chris.
Chris, it's a classic example of the over regulation we experience in life today, not just in sailing. The RC would argue it's a natural extension of Rule 45.
Just recently the ISAF (the RRS Q&A Service) have been in deep thought/discussion about RRS 26 and the timing being taken from the visual signals. They have decided the interpretation should be as follows:
"A visual signal is made when the flag is displayed. (No **** Sherlock!!) The flag is displayed when it is conspicuously visible. (Sigh!!) This can be before the flag reaches the top of the hoist. To avoid confusion as short a time as possible should be spent hoisting the flag. (Really??)" Now, read the next proclamation slowly.
"A visual signal is removed when the flag is no longer at the top of the hoist".
Go figure
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Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and you will be saved.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 18 December 2010 : 04:54:04 AM
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It's all rather confusing. I think we will just get the boat scrubbed before we go down to Botany Bay. Robert, will you be at the Nationals in January 2011?
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Robert Simmons
Helmsman
Australia
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Posted - 18 December 2010 : 11:19:59 AM
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Regrettably no, Chris. Too much on. I'm not sure if a contingent from Paradise is going across at all.
BTW, it's this week the 40th Anniversary of Endeavour sailing at RPYC, apparently the Association is going to buy for the bar, I'll be there!!
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Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and you will be saved.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 18 December 2010 : 12:51:27 PM
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Pity that you will not be there. The Hagar will be well provisioned with a very nice Wolf Blass Red Label Port and at $6.00 a bottle at the local we will be very well fortified, dontyouknow? Rod is in charge of the Ale Dept. and is organising a small keg which fits nicely into the ice box. I have procured a new fridge which we may use and runs on 12 volt as well as gas and 240 volt. It can take at lease two slabs of tinnies.
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jcs
Sheet Hand
30 Posts |
Posted - 19 December 2010 : 07:46:19 AM
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| Hi Robert, Just read your comment on tne RRS Q&A. What you must remember is that these Q&A,s are not produced by the ISAF racing rules committee but are an interpritation of the rules by experienced race officials and they can't be used in a protest as a case study. What they do is let you know what the professional RCO's are thinking. Cheers Gav. |
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Robert Simmons
Helmsman
Australia
420 Posts |
Posted - 19 December 2010 : 10:41:30 AM
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Yep, thanks Gav, I'm aware of that. I do my share of umpiring.
Unfortunately, not enough info. IMHO filters down to the masses.
Bit like politics really.
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Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and you will be saved.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 03 January 2011 : 07:08:43 AM
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Yesterday there was no race at North Harbour. So Rod, along with his son Micheal and myself spent the day cleaning out the Hagar after her annual trip to Bradley's Head to watch the New Years fire-works display. The boat was in good condition and we just vacuumed her out and replaced the cruising sails with the racing sails. We washed and scrubed down the decks as well as marking sheet cleat points with indelible marker. We also crimped the lower meter of the main mast track which has been releasing the main luff slugs. The boat has remained dry inside during the past two weeks not considering all the rains that we have had.
We plan to race next Sunday at North Harbour and then cruising to Botany Bay sometime next week depending upon the weather.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2011 : 02:49:03 AM
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It has been a week since the Nationals and time to do a bit of navel gazing and assess what went wrong, as well as went right aboard the Hagar. While the boat was the best prepared the crew were certainly underdone with Andy and Ian rarely racing and this needs to be addressed.
We had more sail choice than ever and decided to go with the older sails which may have been a mistake, however we had not had enough time to test the mew main. So we will be testing it in the coming weeks.
There were a number of equipment failures which included the kite halyard clutch slipping badly in the Friday 20+ knot breeze. This contributed to the over-ride of the halyard winch and the light kite pole bending.
The solution is the replacement of the clutch which will happen on the weekend as well as the Vang clutch which was also slipping. We have reverted to using our heavier and longer kite pole and will look for a new short pole in the future.
On a positive note the boat had good speed above 8 knots of breeze and it was only in the drifter stuff that we were underdone. However this may always be the case because the E30 is so much heaver than the E27 & E28's.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 22 January 2011 : 10:55:30 AM
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I purchased a new double Lewmar Clutch earlier in the week which was labeled 6mm to 8mm. So last nigh I discovered when aboard the Hagar that the ropes were difficult to get through this new clutch and will certainly not run freely when released. I also found that the new clutched which we installed last year for the main and jib haliards are 8mm to 10mm. So this morning I returned the double clutch and ordered a new one of the correct rope size. I also purchased a new main vang sheet as the old one has frayed badly where it is held by the clutch.
Tomorrow we will be using the new main and jib.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 31 January 2011 : 11:52:51 AM
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Well the Lewmar clutch has not been forth comming so after finishing work early today I sallied forth to Whitworths at Brookvale. They were most unhelpfull dontweknow?
They say that they've been calling, yes correct number, no the phone is working. Have you ordered the Clutch, what you have not, why not?
I have to pay for it first? Well why did you not bill me first and why did you re-emburse my account when I returned the last one?
No wonder the country has gone to the brown eyed greens dontweknow?
So I paid for the product and they assure me that it should? arrive tomorrow, dontwehope?
We had our new/old single luff kite mended and so we should be up and sailing with it next Sunday.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 01 February 2011 : 7:08:38 PM
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The Lewmar clutch is becoming a saga. This morning I recieved a phone call from Whitworths to the effect that the double 8 to 10mm clutch had arrived. And so while on my way home from work I again visited Whitworths and was presented with the "clutch", only problem being that it was abot three times the size of the one which we already have.
After doing some checking we discovered that this one was a D2 whie the one we want is a D1. The sales staff checked with Lewmar who said that this is the one we want and need. My reply was to the point, does he sail? Yes he owns a yacht. Well sent it back and get the one I want thank you! So tomorrow we will see if they deliver, dontwehope?
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 02 February 2011 : 1:20:01 PM
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Whitwherths are now promising delivery tomorrow on the clutch, so we will see.
We are begining to see a growing population and therefore a problem with the local seagulls. This has been seen in the last two years with more of the pesty pooping flying rodents. After some thought this can be caused by ceasation of commercial fish netting by the local fishermen. The flow-on has seen a boom in bait fish as well as other species, including big schools of bream and the following major preditors. So naturally with more fish the gulls are having a good time of it.
And so Rod & I are not very impresseed with their nesting habbits which has seen us scrubbing their crap off the boat in the last two outings.
Today was the Chinese new year celabrations at the markets with the big fireworks display. Out of this I scavaged two nice crackers which will be put to good use against the flying rodents. Rod has other ideas whiel I think he needs to bring down the canon and the shotgun.
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A New E30
