my project sealine

Elessar said:
The anchor needed to be bigger, the old one became the kedge.
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Elessar, I had a 410 a few years back which, if memory serves, had a 10kg (maybe 15kg) Delta fitted. I looked at upgrading the anchor myself but couldn't get a larger anchor to fit the beak at the bow. Did you have any problem fitting a larger anchor and if so, how did you get round it?
 
Just catching up with this thread. Have to say that, now Elessar has bought into the white caulking, it can't be long before he learns that taupe is a colour and not just the noise you make when you're trying to spit out an insect that has gotten into your mouth.

The boat is really looking good. What particularly impressed me was the clarity of the safety notices. Whoever wrote those has done a great job of conveying the important information in a way which will be readily understood.
 
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Elessar, I had a 410 a few years back which, if memory serves, had a 10kg (maybe 15kg) Delta fitted. I looked at upgrading the anchor myself but couldn't get a larger anchor to fit the beak at the bow. Did you have any problem fitting a larger anchor and if so, how did you get round it?
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As you know, the sealine has a recessed anchor hole to hide the anchor when stowed. Fitting a larger anchor requires GRP surgery to make the hole in the beak bigger. The 10kg standard anchor fills the hole, and 16kg is required for code.

Stupidity all round. A 16kg fishermans meets code, a 10kg delta is way better. But the measure is weight. Stupid.
And the hole in the front of the sealine is surrounded by fresh air. Cost of making it bigger in the factory zero, but they made it exactly the right size for a 10kg. Stupid.

For coding, the anchor was fitted but didn't go all the way into the recess. The surgery will happen when she comes out in the spring.
 
benjenbav said:
Just catching up with this thread. Have to say that, now Elessar has bought into the white caulking, it can't be long before he learns that taupe is a colour and not just the noise you make when you're trying to spit out an insect that has gotten into your mouth.

The boat is really looking good. What particularly impressed me was the clarity of the safety notices. Whoever wrote those has done a great job of conveying the important information in a way which will be readily understood.
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steady on you'll be accusing me of secretly admiring cushions next. Oh no........

Safety notices all my own words. Should see the ones about the use of the bog :)
 
Elessar said:
Cost of making it bigger in the factory zero, but they made it exactly the right size for a 10kg. Stupid.
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Yes it was stupid. I never trusted a 10kg anchor to hold a boat of the size of the 410 in any kind of a blow because we did drag a few times in various anchorages. I know from experience that the Delta is an excellent anchor but even a Delta is going to struggle if it's undersized. I will be interested to see how you eventually modify the beak to take a larger one
 
Well the weekend was spent finishing some last minute snagging, taking tools etc off the boat and cleaning.

A new chapter in the tale starts now, 3 yachtmaster instructors moved in this evening for a power conversion course this week.

We ran her over to Hythe earlier to fuel up and all seems well.
Looking forward to a family cruise ASAP.
 
Elessar said:
A new chapter in the tale starts now, 3 yachtmaster instructors moved in this evening for a power conversion course this week.

We ran her over to Hythe earlier to fuel up and all seems well.
Looking forward to a family cruise ASAP.
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I will take pictures and post. The 3 HD pros are on charge! It will be interesting to see how they like with 2 big engines and coping with the fact they can "drive" from both below and above stairs !
 
Solitaire said:
I will take pictures and post. The 3 HD pros are on charge! It will be interesting to see how they like with 2 big engines and coping with the fact they can "drive" from both below and above stairs !
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Well as we said today, by the end of the week you will have more experience of her than me. I will have to put that right soon :)

Thanks for all your help and support during the rebuild. Hope the sun shines for you this week!

And yes, photos please!
 
Well having spent the day on board with David's students, I take my hat off, an amazing transformation, mechanically she seems great and you have done wonders with the changes, but like all boats the list of jobs 'in progress' may well make you wish you had never started. Now in my experience comes the really hard part moving the list from 'in progress' to finished. Good luck and keep the images coming - great to see it happening.
 
Jonmendez said:
Well having spent the day on board with David's students, I take my hat off, an amazing transformation, mechanically she seems great and you have done wonders with the changes, but like all boats the list of jobs 'in progress' may well make you wish you had never started. Now in my experience comes the really hard part moving the list from 'in progress' to finished. Good luck and keep the images coming - great to see it happening.
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Hey thanks Jon. I have to admit to a little bit of pre exam nerves when I heard who the examiner was! I'm glad she behaved herself on what was effectively the shake down.

Things against us now are:
we want to go boating now not boat fixing
the chalkboard of house jobs is now full, and the reminder volume on those is increasing

Things in our favour:
Every single thing we've done on the boat we have done absolutely properly and won't need revisiting - no "that will dos". For example, we didn't re seal the windows, we took them out, refurbished them and refitted them
The jobs left are cosmetic, like painting and detailing the engine room, do the oak cabinet work, replace the carpet and upholstery.
They all have a big impact/effort ratio, much of what we've done so far has been the other way round.

I hope you'll be able to report progress by your next exam whenever that is. Though I hear you were particularly fond of the mustard carpet, perhaps I'll keep that :)
 
Elessar said:
Things against us now are:
we want to go boating now not boat fixing
the chalkboard of house jobs is now full, and the reminder volume on those is increasing
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Mark, I have EXACTLY the same issue here and I've only given our tub her annual maintenance plus added a few toys, your good lady must have the patience of a saint! :) I'm taking leave to get the house up to scratch next week and then it's boaty fun time from Friday onwards for a week
 
Hurricane said:
I'm afraid that I unstuck some of that carpet when you sent me back to look at the boat in Spain!!!
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Yes. Only some. Well come round and bloomin well finish the job ! :)

The carpet in the forecabin you searched under for me is actually the sealine original, as is the mid cabin. Plain mustard.

The saloon galley and aft cabin have been replaced with patterned mustard. Really nice as you know :rolleyes:
 
Pleasant surprise.

David and Jon between them did just over 19 hours this week.
Yes it was YM conversion so the emphasis was handling, but even so a fuel usage (full to full) of around 180 litres is a pleasant surprise. Col said the engines are all good. Looks like they are :)
 
Elessar said:
Pleasant surprise.

David and Jon between them did just over 19 hours this week.
Yes it was YM conversion so the emphasis was handling, but even so a fuel usage (full to full) of around 180 litres is a pleasant surprise. Col said the engines are all good. Looks like they are :)
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I was very happy with the fuel consumption. Bearing in mind the consumption was N unknown quantity I dd rather clench my buttocks when costing the course. Given the number of MOB drills that took place I was "happy" with the consumption.

She handles well and having full steering for the last day did help!

All students passed so all in all a good week. Today been working on a Princess V39. Oh the joys of variation
 
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