Back to the UK for a winter refit

benjenbav said:
Curious about the wind instrumentation. If it tells you that it is blowing a hoolie wouldn't that be something you could tell anyway?

OK, not if you're downstairs with the stabs on full power whilst listening to Wagner turned up to 11 through your Dr Dre's but in other circs you would surely hear/see/feel it?
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No you are wrong (IMHO of course)
It is the wind that first catches us out at anchor.
It's not about (as you say) "telling you that its blowing a hoolie"
It's more about being able to detect that there is going to be a problem before it happens.
At anchor, most of us set GPS alarms but it is the wind building up that is the first sign of a problem.
You don't want to wait until your anchor drags (which will be the first sign from a GPS anchor watch).
You need to know as soon as possible.
And remember - you want to be in bed asleep during this vulnerable period.
That example I gave in Iles de Lerins convinced me.

Depth alarm is worthwhile but not as important as GPS or wind.
Wind is a kind of "advance warning"

Another useful alarm is the ships bearing (heading)
In most of the anchorages that we have used in the Balearics, the wind is usually does a complete 180 degrees swing between the evening and morning - thats the physics of sea breezes.
So sometime during the night the boat will swing 180 degrees - usually at a different time to all the yachties in the same anchorage.
Usually it is not a problem but I often set a heading alarm so that I know when the swing takes place it wakes me up at that time.
Actually, there is a very simple and cheap solution to heading alarms - the smart phone app I use incorporates a compass alarm - these apps are only a few quid and modern smart phones have good enough electronic compasses to detect the kind of swing that I set.
 
Still on the subject of the wind instrument, the transducer is helpfully supplied with a 20m cable. However, I need to split this cable where the goalpost (where the transducer is mounted) is attached to the radar arch. Ideally, I'd like a five-way waterproof connector where the female has it's own weather cover and can be surface-mounted to the radar arch - this is a similar arrangement to the existing connectors used for the other anciliiaries installed on the goalpost. Any suggestions or pointers for a suitable connector?

Edit: sorry, I think I've found what I need - Bulgin Buccaneer. Just need to figure out the right variant (there seems to be a lot of choice)
 
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jimmy_the_builder said:
Still on the subject of the wind instrument, the transducer is helpfully supplied with a 20m cable. However, I need to split this cable where the goalpost (where the transducer is mounted) is attached to the radar arch. Ideally, I'd like a five-way waterproof connector where the female has it's own weather cover and can be surface-mounted to the radar arch - this is a similar arrangement to the existing connectors used for the other anciliiaries installed on the goalpost. Any suggestions or pointers for a suitable connector?

Edit: sorry, I think I've found what I need - Bulgin Buccaneer. Just need to figure out the right variant (there seems to be a lot of choice)
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Yep - those are the ones I use - permanent battery charger leads etc
Princess installed our curly wire remote for the crane using them - I just continued wherever I wanted a waterproof plug.
I use these ones
http://bulgin.co.uk/Products/Buccaneer/BuccaneerStandard.html
Once you have decided which one you want, just search on Ebay and they will pop up (pcarena-bristol seems to stock them).
They are quite big for a permanent situation though - the smaller ones might be better.
 
jimmy_the_builder said:
This is a very rough 5 minute mockup of the effect I'm after. (Ignore the front sunpad, I didn't bother with it...).

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Thanks, Yep, that will look lovely when it's done.

And also, Andreas, nice photos, what you've done on the Bavaria looks really classy.

Andy
 
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Last year we did two Targa 40's with exactly the same upholstery. It's Silverguard. The other Targa has a handmade teak cockpit table!
 
Hurricane said:
No you are wrong (IMHO of course)
It is the wind that first catches us out at anchor.
It's not about (as you say) "telling you that its blowing a hoolie"
It's more about being able to detect that there is going to be a problem before it happens.
At anchor, most of us set GPS alarms but it is the wind building up that is the first sign of a problem.
You don't want to wait until your anchor drags (which will be the first sign from a GPS anchor watch).
You need to know as soon as possible.
And remember - you want to be in bed asleep during this vulnerable period.
That example I gave in Iles de Lerins convinced me.

Depth alarm is worthwhile but not as important as GPS or wind.
Wind is a kind of "advance warning"

Another useful alarm is the ships bearing (heading)
In most of the anchorages that we have used in the Balearics, the wind is usually does a complete 180 degrees swing between the evening and morning - thats the physics of sea breezes.
So sometime during the night the boat will swing 180 degrees - usually at a different time to all the yachties in the same anchorage.
Usually it is not a problem but I often set a heading alarm so that I know when the swing takes place it wakes me up at that time.
Actually, there is a very simple and cheap solution to heading alarms - the smart phone app I use incorporates a compass alarm - these apps are only a few quid and modern smart phones have good enough electronic compasses to detect the kind of swing that I set.
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Which app do you use that has the compass alarm?
 
Forty_Two said:
Which app do you use that has the compass alarm?
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Its an Android app called "Anchor Alert"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.slimjimsoftware.anchoralert&hl=en

One of its features is that you "point at" where the anchor is using your android phone after previously entering how far the anchor is away from the boat.
You can then set alarm segments so that if the boat "swings" into a danger area, it will alarm.
Used it all the time last year and was surprised how accurate it was.
It can also be set up to text another phone when it alarms - very complete package - written by a yachtie.

My phone is a Samsung S4. The compass and GPS seem to provide a really accurate anchor watch.
I've installed 12v cigarette lighter sockets in our cabin so my phone stays on charge (powered up) all the time from the service batteries.
Actually, I leave it on a shelf just beside the mid cabin windows but I think it would get a good GPS signal anywhere in the cabin.
I will be using it again this season.
 
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Excellent progress, really coming together. 'Sticky Paul' as he's known locally will leave it like new with no join, I'm sure. :cool:

The engines too, really nice to get all that rust arrested, should give you another 10 years now, especially with no leaks and spills.

So worth it. imho. :encouragement:

RR
 
RogerRat said:
Excellent progress, really coming together. 'Sticky Paul' as he's known locally will leave it like new with no join, I'm sure. :cool:

The engines too, really nice to get all that rust arrested, should give you another 10 years now, especially with no leaks and spills.

So worth it. imho. :encouragement:

RR
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Cheers Roger.

In fact the port pod mould is on and curing; it'll come off on Monday and then the whole port pod will come back off the boat to be properly laminated in Paul's workshop.

Progress is good with the engines. Rust treatment is almost complete now on the port engine; turbo cleaned up; starters both refurbed; all the coolers have been descaled; various bits have been powder-coated and engine mounts shot-blasted and painted. The port engine will start going back together next week. The stbd engine was generally in much better condition at the start of the project so I think it's only going to take a week or so to get this one treated and ready for rebuild.

In other news, Jim Pritchard went down to the boat yesterday and had a look at the hull for me. I was considering having the old antifoul blasted off, but given the potential for collateral issues caused by the blasting process, I only wanted to do this if it was really necessary. Jim's advised that blasting isn't really necessary, so a heavy sanding back of the old antifoul will suffice. (He also checked hull dampness and seacock condition - all fine, pleasingly).

Finally, the light refurb of the goalpost (on the radar arch) is complete. This was basically just a big cleanup, fixing a fault with the steaming light, replacing incandescents with led's, and a small fabrication change for the wind instrument. All looks good and is ready to go back on to the boat.
 
Here' the port pod mould in situ:

Plan is for this to come off tomorrow, together with the two halves of the original pod, and then the whole goes off to be made into a new pod.

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Separately, the new support struts for the main section of the platform have been made, and I fitted them this morning:

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Note that the 'leading edge' location of the centre strut on the reinforcing pad in the platform is the OE position. I think I'd have probably centred it, in the absence of knowledge.

This makes the whole platform assembly a _lot_ more secure, which is helpful when (a) it's windy (b) you're inside the boat warming up after fitting the support struts and (c) because of (a) your ladder blows over, and you need to be able to use the platform to get off the boat... :D
 
Today we took the platform back off, cleaned off the old sikaflex and silicone sealant from the previous installation, and then fitted the new main section properly. This clears the way for the engines to be installed in a couple of weeks time (you can't get access to the platform fittings without either removing the engines, or being Reed Richards...).

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Nice and clean ready for the new sealants:

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Installed!

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Separately, the work on the port pod is continuing - this is the mould; flanges will be built on over the next couple of days and we should be test-fitting it by the end of the week:

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LOL, good to see (3rd pic) that the yellow/black stripes were eventually removed.
The 1st pic made me wonder if the H&S folks came up with some new rules on boating platforms... :D

That aside, excellent work indeed! :encouragement:
 
MapisM said:
LOL, good to see (3rd pic) that the yellow/black stripes were eventually removed.
The 1st pic made me wonder if the H&S folks came up with some new rules on boating platforms... :D

That aside, excellent work indeed! :encouragement:
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Nah, the hazard tape and 'no step' placard were all my own work - I was a bit concerned that the boatyard folks wouldn't necessarily know that we were half way through the job ... and you can imagine the consequences. It was very nice to rip it all off this afternoon!
 
looks great J., well done!

looking forward to the teak laying (guess after the engines are back in the the pods in place, right?

cheers

V.
 
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