tico
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Think they'll have to lay on a special viewing day for all the forumites!
Boat in build pics (Squadron 78)
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Hurricane
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I dont know if I've missed the conversation on this cleat/winch thingy - this thread is far too long to look back!!
It seems this comment has been about before - Like you, Mike, I cant understand why you should want to take the mooring line off a stern winch and secure it to the cleat alone. Much better to leave it round the winch and "tail" the line off round the cleat. Much easier to make adjustments later cos its easy to loosten off or run the winch anain to tighten up. I raelly dont see why it should be removed from the winch - I think logic has been lost here and seamanship gone loopy.
jfm
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I completely agree Hurricane. 99% of the time I do exactly that. Only the odd time do I remove the line from the capstan, if I need the capstan for something else. Actually i don't think anyone was arguing against that above, iirc. I merely said in passing that I've come across loads of captains who say it's "bad for the winch" to leave it loaded. There is zero engineering basis for that view imho - you could leave the winch loaded for 5000 years and it would be just fine. But in any case I agree with you that it's easier to leave the line on the winch and find something else to worry about!
wakeup
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I would argue that it is good for the winch as it is more likely to get turned/used and therefore less likely to crud up bearings etc. If sea dogs consider that the "load is bad for the winch" then they are surely using too light a winch for the load.
jfm
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Just to go off at a tangent from the main boatbuildingery, below are two pics of a piece of art that the wonderful www.latitudekinsale.com have made for me, to hang on the bulkhead at forward end of saloon. They make them by hand in Kinsale, and do it by taking several copies of the same charts mounting them on board, cutting along the contour lines, and sticking them together in a stack. LED lighting at the sides, This one is of Bonifacio straits between Corsica and Sardinia. Top left of chart is Bonifacio, bottom right is Porto Cervo. It's about 1000 x 700mm. If you're looking for an unusual bit of nautical art for your study/boat/dad's christmas present take a look at their website. About £2k for the smaller and blue/yellow ones (see website), and £3k for the larger white ones like pics below
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aquapower
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Just to go off at a tangent from the main boatbuildingery, below are two pics of a piece of art that the wonderful www.latitudekinsale.com have made for me, to hang on the bulkhead at forward end of saloon. They make them by hand in Kinsale, and do it by taking several copies of the same charts mounting them on board, cutting along the contour lines, and sticking them together in a stack. LED lighting at the sides, This one is of Bonifacio straits between Corsica and Sardinia. Top left of chart is Bonifacio, bottom right is Porto Cervo. It's about 1000 x 700mm. If you're looking for an unusual bit of nautical art for your study/boat/dad's christmas present take a look at their website. About £2k for the smaller and blue/yellow ones (see website), and £3k for the larger white ones like pics below
Looks great, have just been reading about them in MBY that came today, didnt see them at SIBS but will look out for them at future shows.
petem
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Frame looks a bit gold to me.
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mjf
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what no seat cushions? Do you have rpm, speed and depth as can only see one round instrument?It was a bit of a fine call. Avon do a real teak deck kit for it too. I hate teak when it's silver/grey and like to keep it brown, and thought it would be a load of hassle for crew to use 2-part inside a tender and really scrub it. So I thought I'd try the fake stuff. It does look pretty good, though I do shudder at the thought of its fake-icity
Good luck with yours. As you know i think the Novu that you're getting is way nicer than the Avon. I just wimped out on price: the boat in my pics is <£13k including the teak and Garmin; the Novu would have been £23k with same engine, and I reckoned £10k was too much extra. The Avon is good enough (despite the boy racer steering wheel!)
Enjoy FLIBS.
MapisM
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Well there must be an instrument also under the Garmin cover, methink.
The big round one gives anything engine related, that's Yam standard.
petem
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I trust the Nav Aids have the same ons/off's as the real buoys/lighthouses?
aquapower
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Theres no mention of this kind of detail but would be great if it could, then im sure there would be a disclaimer stating not suitable for navigational use.
Like this kind of thing will look great on any bulkhead
jfm
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Yup as mapism said the black round thing is engine multi data. Rpm, trim, fuel rate, etc. The Garmin is a colour chartplotter and depth unit, and I think I'll mainly use it as a data display ie depth and gps speedo. There will be a garmin vhf handset to port of the plotter, with the vhf black box hidden away
Good point about the cushions though. I'll ask Avon if they can supply some
jfm
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Yes pete he fits LEDs that match the real lights, and has circuits to make them flash the same too. I decided not to have them. Looked a bit christmas tree ish I thought (though, I accept, you could throw that criticism at me on other aspects of the boat
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jfm
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Pete Pete Pete, we had this debate before. Gold is ok. My personal "no gold" rule applies to metal fittings including taps, but not to softer furnishings like cushions, picture liners, etc. Check out the master cabin roman blinds if you see the boat at LIBS
Firefly625
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Just to go off at a tangent from the main boatbuildingery, below are two pics of a piece of art that the wonderful www.latitudekinsale.com have made for me, to hang on the bulkhead at forward end of saloon. They make them by hand in Kinsale, and do it by taking several copies of the same charts mounting them on board, cutting along the contour lines, and sticking them together in a stack. LED lighting at the sides, This one is of Bonifacio straits between Corsica and Sardinia. Top left of chart is Bonifacio, bottom right is Porto Cervo. It's about 1000 x 700mm. If you're looking for an unusual bit of nautical art for your study/boat/dad's christmas present take a look at their website. About £2k for the smaller and blue/yellow ones (see website), and £3k for the larger white ones like pics below
give a pair of scissors and a few admiralty charts and some prit stick and i am sure I could under cut them....
adey
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If I was you I'd lay it flat and pour a cup of water in. Then when I had charter guests on board I would pop in a little model boat and pretend I was passage planning. That'd freak them out.
wakeup
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Come on JFM
I can't believe this thread was on page 2.
Come on JFM, any more photos, getting serious withdrawal ticks here?
I can't believe this thread was on page 2.
Come on JFM, any more photos, getting serious withdrawal ticks here?
mainshiptom
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I agree, we are in bad need of more pictures, my own intrest would be cabling and the color schemes used?
Sad puppy Tom (and boatless)
Sad puppy Tom (and boatless)
jfm
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If I was you I'd lay it flat and pour a cup of water in. Then when I had charter guests on board I would pop in a little model boat and pretend I was passage planning. That'd freak them out.
It might get a bit soggy! But in similar vein here is a model of Mirabella V, sailing around in the deck pool of ... Mirabella V (if you get vertigo, sorry about the second pic
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I could easily order a model though