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Chris Cope
Skipper
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 Posted - 26 December 2012 : 04:12:38 AM
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Now that Rodney is back and sailing again he has decreed that we must do more work upon the Hagar in the coming weekends. There are many places where improvements can be made but you have to put your hand in your wallet to achieve these goals, dontweknow?
I need to dive on the boat over the Xmas break and give here a wipe-over as she has not been touched since being slipped back in August. However the weather is looking mostly inclement this morning and I'm glad that I'm not going to Hobart.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 30 December 2012 : 04:01:39 AM
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Yesterday saw Rod & myself on the Hagar and doing a little bit of work. We installed and new fixed position for the kicker on the bow. The old one was piggybacking on the base of the baby stay and having made the baby stay detachable for light conditions. I made up a teak pad and with a large saddle epoxy glued and bolted it down to the forward top of the cabin. It is amazing just how heavily constructed the cabin top is! We have yet to procure a stainless spring which is large enough to hold the kicker block upright on the cabin top.
We then took the Hagar back to it's mooring and there raised the mainsail and measured up a kite pole hanger to be fitted to the boom end. Now this k/pole hanger is an idea that I had from my skiff days before single luff kite days. Instead of the current alloy loops which we use to hold the pole on either side of the boom when not being used. We drilled out the boom end with a large diameter bit and then rasped it out to fit a re-enforced plastic tub, cut the plastic tube for correct length and then inserted a S/S wire with an eye swaged to both ends and then tied off through the reef-point. We will trial this hanger before removing the old pair of alloy hangers which are riveted onto the boom ends.
The hull below the water needs to be wiped down for the removal of slime and other marine attachments and we will most likely dive upon her on New Years day weather permitting.
A happy and safe new year to all.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 24 January 2013 : 10:03:53 AM
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The maintenance and upgrades upon the Hagar are an unending process and while Rod has been on his annual leave he had dropped in the mainsail and other covers for a bit of TLC with the sail maker.
While we have been racing in a number of venues since the last slipping in August of 2012, we have not had the boat cleaned and while we have made noises to undertake this job it has yet been untouched. The slime which was obvious before we went up to Pittwater a few weeks ago was found to be have washed off when we returned. She still looks OK with out any major slime or coral to be seen. But we will be diving on her sometime soon.
Rod has also mended the two big kites which had some minor nicks. The kite pole hanger which I installed is working well and we will be removing the two old alloy holders on the aft end of the boom.
We have also been discussing kite poles and their lengths after Rod had completed a measurement comparison of our two big kites. The result as surprising. Very little difference in the foot lengths and just over a meter longer for the over-sized kite luffs. This will mean that we will replace the pole lost over the side last year with a new one that is in-between the pole lengths so that we will discard both of the currently used kite poles. The small one being a little too short and is soft as well as bent, while the big one is heavy and too long as well as being too cumbersome to use efficiently.
Interestingly John from Gosford says that we will be using a dip-pole system which has both benefits as well as problems on his E30, Systems Outage.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 26 February 2013 : 1:33:24 PM
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Last Sunday Rod and I bought the Hagar into the Marina work berth and we got to and did a few small jobs. We have to make some minor changes to the mainsail to accommodate the new kite pole hanger when and if we reef down. We can could the number of times when we have actually reefed the mainsail on one hand. We also fitted the storm tri-sail and jib and Rod is going to get some straps made so that both sails fit well. With this storm jib we will have three positions from where to set it from.
This all seens a lot of unnecessary work, but, with all the strong winds and storms we have been experiencing it may well be a prudent thing to do.
I had a play with a wall cleaning tool which we tried out cleaning the bottom of the boat. It worked really well and will be better if I get in the water next time. The boat has not had it's bottom touched since it was slipped back in August last year and it is now quite slimy. We have penciled in to have her cleaned in the next week or two.
Everything is looking ship-shape for the Nationals, if they are on?
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 28 February 2013 : 2:22:29 PM
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This afternoon I dropped into the aluminum shop at Mona Vale and picked up a new spun kite pole. ($400.00) This pole is about 3.3 meters long and is spun down at the two ends from the original diameter of 60mm to 40mm externally. We are hoping to dispense with the other two poles which are 3.3 and 3.1 meters in length. Last year I procured an almost identical pole and rigged it for the Nationals at Gosford only to have the boys loose it in the delivery to Gosford in a big southerly.
On Saturday I will buy cord and small screws and put it together with the two new German ends.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 11 March 2013 : 02:49:59 AM
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Well another Nationals is done and gonza. When mingling at the post race comparisons I heard Grunta of the winning E26 state that his win came back to preparation. The same can be said for the Hagar. We have been racing the Hagar now for seventh year with five wins at the Nationals but with two losses to Rhumline & Jeeves. These Nationals saw some light races and while we have normally struggled in these drifter conditions this year saw a reversal and two wins in these two very light races.
And it all comes back to how much preparation we put into the old girl. Rod & I had put in a lot of hours in getting her up-to-speed and the re-engineering of the baby-stay to be able to tack more efficiency in the light was a big help.
There is no doubt in my mind that next year we will be challenged by Graham Mac and and John from Lake Macquarie will lay down the gauntlet with their newly acquired E30's. With the next nationals again at Botany Bay we will have a stronger and very competitive racing fleet.
In reviewing our racing in these just done nationals and more specifically our failures, there are a number of kite and kite pole irritants which I will need to address.
1. One of the new pole ends jammed and would not open without a lot
of effort.
2. The bottom mast kite pole ring kept slipping about and needs to be
fixed at the lowest position.
Everything else at the pointy end of the boat worked well and some of the minor failures encounted on the first days racing were rectified on Sunday morning.
One regret was the fact that there was no passage race. I would have liked to have used our new inner jib for reaching as a Cutter which we had used in the last race at home and saw very good speed on a tight reach.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 12 March 2013 : 4:44:25 PM
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The ideal crew.
Yes the question of numbers on an E30 has always been a vexing one. But after now racing the Big-Boats of the Endeavour fleet for seven seasons and having raced with crew numbers ranging from two, very scary to eight on board, in the last heat of the nations at Gosford a few years ago.
Rod and I have finally agreed that five able bodied men is what is needed. That does not exclude some women who in some cases are better than many men. However I prefer sailing with an all male crew. Colorful language and bad and mutinous behavior  normally being the order of the day aboard the Hagar.
During these nationals we sailed with the four boat owners plus the experienced sailing master, Peter Steindell.
On the Sunday we sailed the tree heats with only four on board and in the last heat sailed with a number 2 jib and struggled missing the steady hands of Andy who went off to play golf at Oberon
The Skipper on the E30 is always getting in the way of the working crew dontyouknow! and is kept at the blunt end or as high as possible on the gunnels.
The two winch-men on our boat normally share the duties of winching and releasing. Pete is normally in the companionway working and trimming the mainsail but has the responsibility of controlling the halliards as well as the kite via the kicker and topping lift lines. In fact he is a general dog-body helping with the kite braces and sheets as well as the tweeker line adjustments. The bowman has the responsibility of setting the kites and making any sail changes and keeping everything moving on the bow.
Everyone is considers mobile ballast and after completion of their duty they must jump to the rails for balance. In a breeze it is feet over the side and we sail without safety lines. You just learn to hang on. No one has to date fallen overboard when racing.
The E30 is a tender boat and when everything is setting correctly and the crew is in place and the boat is balanced it is not impossible to achieve 6 knots or more upwind. We did this on quite a few occasions over the weekend. But if one or more bodies are in the cockpit or worse, to leeward then the boat speed quickly drops by a full knot or two, to the displeasure of the skipper.
While we could have more aboard we have chosen to off-load some of our older hands because the boat performs best with five. One more and there is a parade in the go-a-bouts. It is always difficult with crew because many do not want to race in the humdrum week races and are selective with whom they sail with on the weekends, but want to be jets in at the Nationals.
Our policy with Crews is that Owners and then Family come first. Unfortunately Andy's' two boys are working offshore, while my big son does not sail and Rod's boy is racing in 13 foot skiffs or working or at Uni.
And so we feel that the old Hagar which is now almost 40 years old still has more to give in speed but mostly pleasure to her crew.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 06 April 2013 : 06:56:33 AM
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Last Sunday Rod went out and cleaned up the Hagar and put ever put everything back to where it lives. The next day we bought her into the marina work berth and washed down the topsides and I installed a pair of stainless protectors covering the two compasses which were being rubbed by the mainsail sheets. We also removed the safety rails and then returned her to the mooring.
Our thoughts now turn to the winter and the upgrades which are required for the Hagar.
The normal slipping will take place in July or August, however the repainting of the topsides and the replacement of the four cabin windows are still "like-to-do" jobs and Colin Cole may be interested?
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 12 August 2013 : 03:36:22 AM
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The Hagar came out of the water into the Ferguson's' Boat Shed hard stand in Friday afternoon. We were very surprised to see how clean the hull was with no rust spots and only one piece of weed. She was just a bit slimy. It is the best condition we have seen and this is about the 7th year of us slipping her. Our local Marine worker was on hand and said that the anodes are working well and should not be replaced this year. She was gurnied down and Rod & myself started the work early on Saturday. We wet and dried the hull, applied two coats of a grey primer to the iron keel and then one coat of anti-foul. Rod washed the top sides of the hull and began applying two coats of wax.
Old Pete was on hand and installed a new jib halliard and swapped the old main halliard with the old Jib halliard. I took home the old Jib halliard after Pete cut and tied the ends and gave it an over-night wash.
On Sunday morning we recommenced applying a further three coats of anti-foul, which was thinned with turps. Rod did further cutting and polishing to the hull sides and Old Pete installed the main halliard and then proceeded to service all of out winches. It was interesting that there was found to be a broken spring in one the cabin top Pauls clips. This is the winch for controlling the main and jib halliards and has been trouble-sum over the past season.
We also had time to varnish all of the upper timbers, which my brother sanded off on Saturday. We finished and went home early on Sunday and she goes back into the water on Monday morning ready for her fortieth season.
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Chris Cope
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Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 13 August 2013 : 05:41:52 AM
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On Monday morning Rod & Andy went down to Ferguson's at Middle Harbour and saw the Hagar returned to the water. They then motored back around to North Harbour to her home where she is moored near our Club.
The Hagar is now close to being ready for another season of racing and we will be lining up in the first offshore race to Lion Island and return in September.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 22 February 2014 : 06:19:06 AM
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Very little work has been conducted on the Hagar this racing season as she has been in good shape, however as the Endeavour Nationals approach it is time that some work and checking be conducted. So Rod and I are going down to the boat this afternoon.
Number one on the list is to change the oil and oil filters which are are at least a year old. Recently we have been having a slight loss of rev's on the diesel engine and as the two fuel filters could be two or more years old, Andy is of the opinion that there is a build-up of paraffin in the filters and could be the main culprit causing the loss of power.
Rod will also be looking at having the bottom cleaned in the next week as she will be a bit slimy. The rest of the boat should be OK but we will give her the once over.
I leave for Malaysia next Saturday and will be away for three weeks in KL & Langkawi.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 23 February 2014 : 5:38:09 PM
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Well yesterday afternoon Rod & myself bought the Hagar into the Marina work-berth and got to work on replacing the filters. Unfortunately we discovered that we did not have a replacement oil filter so that job was abandoned for another day. I took off the old primary fuel filter which has not been changed in a number of years. It was a messy job with fuel spilling all over the bilge. The old filter was, as expected, found to be full of sticky goo which is apparently paraffin from the diesel. The filter was all clogged up with this goo and other contaminants. Unfortunately when I put it all back together the upper old seal leaked badly and the glass bowel was chipped about the edges and may also have been leaking. So I went back to Whitworths who were still open and had a complete new filter unit with top and glass bowel and bought it back and installed it into the boat. I also replaced the secondary filter on the engine.
We then cleaned up the mess and pumped fuel through the system and I bled the injectors. The engine started without fuss and we took the Hagar for a run in North Harbour. We had more power in the engine than before with the engine beginning to "hunt" for fuel.
So we now have to procure a new oil filter and replace the engine oil and install a new oil filter.
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2014 : 12:19:19 PM
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Racing at North Harbour is finished for the season past and while I will be racing aboard the Marloo with Old Pete all through winter we will bot start racing the Hagar until September 2014.
In the meanwhile Rod & I will be actively upgrading and maintaining the Hagar to Cat 4 racing standard as well as doing a range of fixes and try and make her look new for the 50th Regatta Next January.
The work on our job List for this winter commenced last Saturday and this coming Saturday we will be at-it-again if we can get onto the work berth at Davis Marina. The scheduled jobs include:
1. Fix the toilet.
2. Fix Ice box leaks.
3. Look at the AM/FM radio and re-place fix,
4. Check the VHF radio and reception,
5. Replace the kite sheet braces,
6. Check the replaced main batten,
7. Sand down a trial area of the white deck paint.
8. Sand and varnish the inside timber-work.
9. Sand off the blisters on the mast and boom, etch prime and gloss
paint.
Just for starters,
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Chris Cope
Skipper
Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2014 : 08:07:17 AM
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Yesterday's work on the Hagar was conducted in very cold conditions with the wind roaring over the Balgowlah hills and down through our narrow bay of North Harbour. The wind had a nasty chilling affect. We started late and finished early. Nonetheless we did manage to complete a number of our tasks. We had the boat out on the western arm of the marina. We removed all the racing sails and they have gone home to Rods sail loft under his house. We found that the toilet had leaked out all the water and had an air lock in the inlet pipe. We re-charged the pipe and system and got it working again.
Secondly we inspected the ice-box and could find no leaks.
We also took off the kite braces and sheets with new sheets to be purchased.
In the coming weeks we will get Old Pete to whip the two new Jib Sheet ends as well as the two new kite sheets and fix the snap shekels to the opposite ends.
We also have to test the new lower baton in the mainsail as begin to sand and varnish the timber work inside the cabin.
The upper decks will also be sanded and test painted in a selected section.
We took the Hagar back to her mooring and went back to the Club to watch the second half of the local Rugby Union derby game between Manly & Warringah.
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Chris Cope
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Australia
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Posted - 20 May 2014 : 04:45:42 AM
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Last Saturday saw the Hagar alongside the Davis Marina at North Harbour and I was very late getting down to her. Rod and Andy put in a good days work and we now have at least half of our previously listed work tasks completed. Andy fixed the leaking ice-box as well as re-wiring the AM/FM radio. He will rationalize all of the three radio wiring systems as well as removing an old fitting so that the port side sleeping berth can be used. I arrived and applied a coat of gloss white paint to the bottom portion of the mast, having last week chipped off and then sanded the corrosion pitting marks. She now looks really good. This coming week I will sand and etch prime the boom which Rod has taken ashore and is in the Club. Last weekend we had removed a huge amount of gear off the Hagar and she is now riding about four inches higher in the bowing and two inches high in the stern. We may leave he light over the winter and race in the Friday night twilighters in this condition to see how she performs. I suspect that she will be much faster off the wind.
Last Sunday saw a fair turn-up of sailors for the Clubs Annual Prize giving. We won the old Championship shield for the third consecutive season. This was due mainly to the fact that both the boat and crew turned up every week to race and we had no retirements.
Next week we will be looking at the following:
1. Replace the lower batten in the mainsail,
2. Sand down a trial area of the white deck paint.
3. Sand and varnish the inside timber-work.
4. Sand off the blisters on the boom, etch prime and gloss paint it.
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Chris Cope
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Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 05 June 2014 : 05:07:41 AM
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Last Sunday we got-to-it again and with the four owners on board we spent the afternoon with the Hagar alongside the marina work berth. Andy has continued with his re-wiring project of the port side radio and has re-wired the FM speaker system as well as cleaning up the mess of wires which come out of the back of the switch box and are at the foot of the port side quarter berth.
We re-setup the repainted boom as well as replacing the bottom mainsail batten which we had lost overboard in the last off-shore race. We also scrubbed down the decks and I replaced the corroded two engine box fasteners with new stainless steel fittings. We also replaced the re-varnished floor boards with a new non-skid, non-slip synthetic covering
This weekend Andy should finish the wiring and we will begin the re-painting of the decks. This will begin with the remove all the loose paint using a gurney and there is a lot of the smooth white area of paintwork which is loose. The test of the paints adherence ability is to lay down adhesive tape and if the paint pulls off with then it is time to re-paint. And this is well and truly the case with the Hagars decks. Depending upon the weather we may get to sand off a section and apply an undercoat. However there are showers predicted and we will have to wait and see. We plan to start in the area up on the forward cabin and work aft and attack the starboard side first.
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Chris Cope
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Australia
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Posted - 12 June 2014 : 4:17:25 PM
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Last Sunday saw three of the Hagar owners on board and we got to and continued with our assigned tasks. The wiring is finished and Andy is looking at cutting an inspection port into the floor alongside the engine to give us easy access to replace the oil filter which is extremely difficult to remove and causes a lot of oil spillage into the bilge when replaced.
I fixed the port side SS gunnel rail which has become loose at it's attachment point to the alloy section of rail.
I also put a second coat of white gloss paint onto the lower two meters of the mast which has greatly improved its appearance.
Rod has been working on the sheets and control lines and did some splicing.
We finished up quickly with rain stopping play.
Next week the work-berth is booked and we will will work alongside the unloading dock or on our mooring. The deck painting will be started soon and we are looking at pulling out the old windows and sending them away to be duplicated. We are looking at tinted plastic due to it's low cost as well as an old mate sells the stuff and says that it is almost as good as the expensive stuff which is the best.
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Chris Cope
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Australia
2350 Posts |
Posted - 23 June 2014 : 03:39:29 AM
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Yesterday was slated to be a big work-day on the Hagar with the four old windows being taken out and replaced with temporary ones to being fixed until a new set were made. Unfortunately my grandson was rushed to hospital yesterday morning with respiratory problems and the work day was canned.
So it will most likely be next weekend for the window removal job. The grandson is fine having come home last night.
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Chris Cope
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Australia
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Posted - 28 June 2014 : 06:34:40 AM
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With the weather looking good we plan to make a start on the Hagar's deck paint tomorrow. My job is the removal of the old windows and their aluminum frames and replacing them with some temporary plywood plugs, which will be cut to fit on the job.
Rod and Andy will be stripping back the old white smooth deck paint surfaces with paint stripper. They then plan to scrub and sand it off in preparation of applying an undercoat. The non-skid areas of the boat will be repainted with a top coat of the old non-skid deck paint in grey or blue later.
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Chris Cope
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Australia
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Posted - 29 June 2014 : 08:38:20 AM
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Has anyone seen or heard from that old crustacean Eric? He has not been crossing swords with me for some time and things have been very quiet without his encouragement (sic)  .
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