Littlehamton winter shore storage £22.50 a week - craning in the Centaur - £90 -

[dylanwinter]

just in the interst of yachting glasnost

I guess that is fairly standard for the solent area

three boats went in

seven came out



pleased to be afloat

no detectable keel flop as she went up

no leaks

sailing around to Hayling Island on Monday morning

leaving at first light -

then around the Owers and back in towards Chich harbour entrance

the week on the pontoon at Arun Yacht club was £98

across the river with the harbour it would have cost £20 a night

Tuesday I will cycle the bike back to littlehampton to pick up the car

The Pontoon at hayling island will be £50 a week - plus electricity (25p a day for the connection plus usage charge)

D

 

[colhel]

Yes . Ive often done the maths.

 

[dylanwinter]

Yes . Ive often done the maths.

I keep pretty careful tabs on the costs of KTL

one of the reasons why all those "excellent places to eat" recommendations are a waste of digits for me

I have only eaten out three times over the seven years

two Harvesters and one Indian

as I have yet to sail Harmony the ratio of cost to sailing stack up pretty badly

that will all change this summer and the expense will fade into the distance

D

 

[CoVianna]

I have only eated out twice over the seven years

two Harvesters and one Indian

Did we fail O Level Maths?!

 

[charles_reed]

IMHO a good price, especially for the craning (or is it a Travelift?).
Agree totally about eating out in S England - I object strongly to paying through the nose for food infinitely inferior to that I cook for myself.

 

[dylanwinter]

IMHO a good price, especially for the craning (or is it a Travelift?).
Agree totally about eating out in S England - I object strongly to paying through the nose for food infinitely inferior to that I cook for myself.

dunno

hard to beat a Harvester for VFM

 

[Colvic Watson]

Amazing how boats shrink in size as they go in the water - she looks 35 feet suspended.

 

[FWB]

Very bad practice to lift a boat like that. The boat could have been crushed, usual way is to spread the load so that the strops hang away from the sides of the boat. Lucky that the Centaur is strong.

 

[CoVianna]

What were the costs at the Humber Yawl Club?

 

[dylanwinter]

£300

What were the costs at the Humber Yawl Club?

for the whole year

free lekkie

D

 

[interloper]

Is there any update on the "overheated on tickover" problem?

 

[JumbleDuck]

Very bad practice to lift a boat like that. The boat could have been crushed, usual way is to spread the load so that the strops hang away from the sides of the boat. Lucky that the Centaur is strong.

The slope in looks like about 1 in 5. If the weight was evenly spread, each end of each sling would have been taking 1000kg or so (assuming a fully equipped Centaur) which is 200kg inwards at each gunwale point.

 

[Seajet]

Very bad practice to lift a boat like that. The boat could have been crushed, usual way is to spread the load so that the strops hang away from the sides of the boat. Lucky that the Centaur is strong.

My club used a crane without spreader bars for decades, boats ranging from 16 - 35' of wood, grp and ferro, no problems.

The secret is having long slings so the pull is vertical, rather than short slings going across the boat pulling the sides together...

 

[dylanwinter]

yesss

Is there any update on the "overheated on tickover" problem?

air leak in strainer top

no rubber seal so needs smearing with vaseline

seems to have solved the problem

now pumping lots of water through even at low revs



D

 

[Giblets]

There's definitely something wrong with that engine, Dylan. It doesn't produce clouds of blue smoke when started from cold as all elderly VP 200*s do!!!

 

[interloper]

air leak in strainer top

no rubber seal so needs smearing with vaseline

seems to have solved the problem

now pumping lots of water through even at low revs

...

D

Fantastic! The boat looks great. The new problem will be that you won't want to giver her up after you complete the over-the-top voyage.

 

[Blueboatman]

The slope in looks like about 1 in 5. If the weight was evenly spread, each end of each sling would have been taking 1000kg or so (assuming a fully equipped Centaur) which is 200kg inwards at each gunwale point.

Dont forget to add...: That 200kg will be applied to the wooden rubrails. Those strops stretch a tad . Which means there is now a tearing -or shear if you like- force applied to the rubrails' fastenings ( prob alloy rivets glassed over on the inside and as old as the boat).
A vertical lift via spreader bars would allow stretch without friction applied to the wood and fasteners..

Because it is not visible dont mean its not ' there '

Ah well, job done

 

[JumbleDuck]

Dont forget to add...: That 200kg will be applied to the wooden rubrails. Those strops stretch a tad . Which means there is now a tearing -or shear if you like- force applied to the rubrails' fastenings ( prob alloy rivets glassed over on the inside and as old as the boat).
A vertical lift via spreader bars would allow stretch without friction applied to the wood and fasteners..

The rubbing strips on that age of Westerly are 2" x 1" teak, through bolted (1/2" UNF bolts) every 6" or so. A vertical lift would make no difference at all that I can see; the straps would still go round the hull and over the rubbing strips on their way up. The only difference is that the inwards force without spreader bars would help push the rubbing strip more firmly against the hull and resist the shear force better.

 

[136069]

Brilliant that she is launched! Great video Dylan!

 

[Tam Lin]

Hi Dylan, good to see that she is launched and the engine is working OK. I had a report from my engineer about my engine and it is looking like I will have a new one in my boat. Good Luck!