Moving from Brighton to the Med - we're off!

[Hurricane]

Jimmy

You say it all worked for a while - then went off.
Doesn't sound to me like a positioning problem.

It sounds to me like the contractor has streatched the cables and you have a loose electrical connection on the fluxgate itself.

 

[MapisM]

Wish us luck...

Good luck!
Sorry, I missed this thread so far, for some reason...

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Jimmy

You say it all worked for a while - then went off.
Doesn't sound to me like a positioning problem.

It sounds to me like the contractor has streatched the cables and you have a loose electrical connection on the fluxgate itself.

Just arrived on the boat, armed with 5core cable and a new fluxgate compass...

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[Richard Shead]

Dang. I have 100m drum of 8 core here in my office (as you do) but too late to post. If you draw a blank I can have 10m biked to FL southampton tomorrow. It would be there 11.30am I'd guess. Let me know.

Round sheath, 10mm dia, black, 8 coloured multistrand copper cores about the same 3 Ampish gauge as Raymarine Seatalk cables and not too weeny to use crimp or choc block connectors, no screening cores.

Without being rude, may I ask why you have 100m of cable in your office!

 

[Nick_H]

Without being rude, may I ask why you have 100m of cable in your office!

Yeh, the modern way is zip ties, much more difficult for them to struggle free.

 

[Hurricane]

Without being rude, may I ask why you have 100m of cable in your office!

Doesn't everybody?

When I was working my office was full of everything - except me.

 

[djefabs]

Doesn't everybody?

When I was working my office was full of everything - except me.

Bit like my office Mike

 

[jfm]

Exactly, Hurricane and djefabs. Just looking around my (London city overlooking St Pauls) office I see I have 100m of cable, two lumps of nice teak 50x180mm section, several small s/s fabrications, a Sykes Pickavant hydraulic puller for props and stabs and a spare Raymarine Gyro compass PCB card, just for starters. Far more interesting than all the spreadsheety powerpoint stuff that everyone else here seems to have in their offices. I also have a pair of girls jeans that I found on the boat at the end of summer, COH Brand (Citizens of Humanity, a Los Angeles brand), that I've been trying to find an owner for. I've asked all the girls in the office who have been on the boat but can't find an owner for them. Anyone on here been on Match and lost a pair of COH jeans?

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Hah, and here speaks the man who once stocked his boat up with cans of shandy.........

Be fair, it was Kaliber alcohol free lager, the finest drink known to man

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I've asked all the girls in the office who have been on the boat but can't find an owner for them.

That would get many city companies sued for sexual harassment. Better phrase that one carefully

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Anyway, back here in the world, I've relocated the fluxgate compass, and I'm just about to head off down the Hamble to swing and align it, and see if it's any better...

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[Hurricane]

Dont come over to this side of Lyme Bay it's been thick fog all day.

 

[Hurricane]

Bit like my office Mike

Exactly, Hurricane and djefabs. Just looking around my (London city overlooking St Pauls) office I see I have 100m of cable, two lumps of nice teak 50x180mm section, several small s/s fabrications, a Sykes Pickavant hydraulic puller for props and stabs and a spare Raymarine Gyro compass PCB card, just for starters. Far more interesting than all the spreadsheety powerpoint stuff that everyone else here seems to have in their offices. I also have a pair of girls jeans that I found on the boat at the end of summer, COH Brand (Citizens of Humanity, a Los Angeles brand), that I've been trying to find an owner for. I've asked all the girls in the office who have been on the boat but can't find an owner for them. Anyone on here been on Match and lost a pair of COH jeans?

What most people dont know is that djefabs office window overlooked my factory - and we didnt know each other at the time!!!

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Dont come over to this side of Lyme Bay it's been thick fog all day.

Bit foggy here in the Solent, but doable - about 2m vis. Now at anchor in Osborne Bay, generator running, kettle on, lovely.

When I pulled the floor up to get at the ap compass, what I found was that although they had moved it a bit, in fact they had only effectively moved it from being 58cm away from the aircon, to being 62 cm away from the aircon. Hmmm. Also, the ap compass was previously mounted on a lateral stringer (is that the right term? ie one that runs across the boat from port to stbd); and when they moved it, they moved it on to a fore-aft stringer.

When we spoke to Raymarine yesterday about moving the compass, they were at pains to point out that the orientation of the compass should not be altered; and the installation guide for the compass shows plenty of installation positions, but all in the same (lateral) orientation that mine was previously installed in.

So I've moved it so that it is now about 1.8m away from the aircon unit, and installed it on another lateral structure. I've swung the compass; deviation now down to 3deg; aligned it with cog, and coming over here (an admittedly short trip) it's fine so far. Once I've finished my jaffa cakes I shall head back to Swanwick and we'll see how it behaves.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[EME]

Exactly, Just looking around my office I see I have 100m of cable, two lumps of nice teak 50x180mm section, several small s/s fabrications, a Sykes Pickavant hydraulic puller for props and stabs and a spare Raymarine Gyro compass PCB card, just for starters. I also have a pair of girls jeans that I found on the boat at the end of summer, COH Brand (Citizens of Humanity, a Los Angeles brand), that I've been trying to find an owner for. I've asked all the girls in the office who have been on the boat but can't find an owner for them. Anyone on here been on Match and lost a pair of COH jeans?

No .. but can I put a claim in for the Sykes hydraulic puller? I know a couple of guys who will have great fun adapting it for other uses ...

 

[jfm]

lateral stringer (is that the right term?

= Frame
Sounds like they bodged that a bit by moving it.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

= Frame
Sounds like they bodged that a bit by moving it.

Thanks. Yep, I'm just at the bottom of the Hamble now, and it's all been perfect so far.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

... I've just turned the hyper drives on to blast me past Mercury ...

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[rafiki_]

... I've just turned the hyper drives on to blast me past Mercury ...

Cheers
Jimmy

Can't see them from Bristol. Must be the fog.

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

hi jimmy.............SORRY this is a thread drift, BUT, as you said on another thread, you waved like mad at Thanks Mum over the weekend, however it was bruv who waved back as i was trying to video powerskipper on the fawn coloured fairline...... well i just thought i,d mention it!! ... hope all goes well in the hot n sunsoaked med..spare the odd thought for us lower orders stuck here !!!! ... ENJOY.. regards steve