Fairline Squadron 78 refit/fit - Hard Top

[BartW]

John,
where is the rainwater going thats falling on the canvas part ?
are there drain hoses in the SS supports ? must be quite a diameter, for a big flow rate
how or where does this water exit the boat ?

 

[henryf]

The "trip boat" Henryf is referring to is probably c100,000 Tons and will have several swimming pools on board.........

No, only 35,000 tonnes

It finishes in Piraeus. A one way trip.

Thanks for the heads up on the weather.

Henry

 

[petem]

No, only 35,000 tonnes

It finishes in Piraeus. A one way trip.

Thanks for the heads up on the weather.

Henry

I'd like to see that ship get into Xlendi (which is one of me favourite places)!

 

[Pinnacle]

No, only 35,000 tonnes

 

[MapisM]

In general, no-one need apologise to me about thread drift. I'm at least as big a sinner as the rest of you . Actually I like thread drift on threads like this that are just a chat really- it brings out some interesting tales, and we are treated to post #69 by a master of our language #69

I've only just read that. Guilty as charged for not having understood the... erm... understatement.
After all, I'm still struggling with the use of "which" and "that"... Does that fall into the "extenuating circumstances" category?

 

[jfm]

John,
where is the rainwater going thats falling on the canvas part ?
are there drain hoses in the SS supports ? must be quite a diameter, for a big flow rate
how or where does this water exit the boat ?

Hi Bart
The canvas part is curved ("crowned") - you can see the bend in the 30mm st steel tubes. The rainwater therefore drains to the edges of the canvas. There is quite a big gutter in the GRP HT moulding, around all 4 sides of the canvas. The water runs along the gutters then drains down the 4 legs (the fron legs are 80mm dia iirc) and connects to the existing gutter/drain system that I already have around the edge of the flybridge deck. This is piped down to the engine room where it exits the boat through a small "sea chest" and a skin fitting/seacock just below water line (x2, one each side of the boat)

 

[jfm]

I don't post regularly but follow a lot of the threads on the forum - I follow Fairline Menorca on Twitter and Instagram and spotted the camping covers on a sq78 they look after...
http://t.co/u8xubtZy8d - link to Twitter

Thanks CPT1. That's hull 103 in Menorca. That "tent" is along the same lines as the tent I'm intending to have, but I will have a somewhat different design as regards (a) the shape of the windows and the balance of canvas vs window, and (b) how it interfaces with the flybridge windscreen, which your linked-to picture doesn't show. That cover was made locally in Menorca I believe, not by Flexicovers who are making mine. That boat (#103) is the one on FM's sq78 youtube, btw. It has a very nice spec including fin stabilisers and many interior details and colours the same as mine, down to the painted flybridge dash and and www.latitudekinsale.com picture on the saloon side of the galley bulkhead It's owned by a UK couple who have had at least 4 previous Fairlines so they know what's what.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Thanks CPT1. That's hull 103 in Menorca. That "tent" is along the same lines as the tent I'm intending to have, but I will have a somewhat different design as regards (a) the shape of the windows and the balance of canvas vs window, and (b) how it interfaces with the flybridge windscreen, which your linked-to picture doesn't show. That cover was made locally in Menorca I believe, not by Flexicovers who are making mine. That boat (#103) is the one on FM's sq78 youtube, btw. It has a very nice spec including fin stabilisers and many interior details and colours the same as mine, down to the painted flybridge dash and and www.latitudekinsale.com picture on the saloon side of the galley bulkhead It's owned by a UK couple who have had at least 4 previous Fairlines so they know what's what.

Appalling untidiness at 2:51 in the vid...

 

[rafiki_]

A tad harsh Jimmy, especially compared to the appalling cushions. JFM must be itching to get his sewing machine out.

 

[jfm]

Yup, tsk.
@Rafiki, just you wait! Folks in Antibes will be queuing up to borrow my Sailrite sewing machine this summer

 

[wakeup]

Covers today, cushions tomorrow, handbags the week after that..

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Covers today, cushions tomorrow, handbags the week after that..

No boat is complete without a shopping trolley...

 

[rafiki_]

JFM, The queue will be starting at Portishead

You can't have been impressed with the cushions though, surely?

 

[wakeup]

Is that a Burberry old lady wagon you have there jimmy? Is this to go with your new upholstery??

 

[henryf]

Appalling untidiness at 2:51 in the vid...

Death by ultra wide angle go-pro. Very clever how they managed to make quite a decent sized boat look squashed up and dumpy from the outside, small on the inside.

Having been on Match when it was in Swanwick I know they aren't small and photographed properly they ain't dumpy

Henry

 

[mlines]

I see from the latest sneak CCTV pictures that the conversion is coming along nicely....

 

[Elessar]

I see from the latest sneak CCTV pictures that the conversion is coming along nicely....

Ha I've seen that boat it's on the Caen canal isn't it? Quite special......

 

[andy59]

I see from the latest sneak CCTV pictures that the conversion is coming along nicely....

Looks like a botnia targa has shagged a bayliner
Sorry for drift JFM , looking forward to seeing the finished job

 

[jfm]

I quite like that botnia-targa-Bayliner actually. Looks a top job to me!

I'm mad busy so have little time to type lots of text on my refit project, so I'm just going to post a stack of photos, which pretty much tell the story. These are all from last week/ the weekend just gone/yesterday. The HT project has gone really really well and the Fairline Technical team from Ipswich did a completely outstanding job, against quite difficult weather (we had 6 weeks on sunshine then it rained when they arrived!). The boat is still OOW, having the curved fins installed this week plus antifoul, anodes, prop tune-up, new transducers/sonar, seacock move, decks sanded, etc. I'll post some more text and video one evening this week

 

[benjenbav]

Looks great. The top is "quite" big isn't it!

Will the curved fins work off the same software? Presumably some recalibration will be required?