Pegasus 800

You are not going to like this but I knew the owners of No1, "Mad Moment". They didn't have it for many years, from new, when it sank in mid channel on the way home from the family holiday in the CIs.

Conditions were by no means bad in fact we had been having a rather boring sail back from the west country.

Apparently they suddendly felt some resistance to the rudder being turned, then they discovered water rising over the cabin sole and found the bolts holding the skeg? had pulled through the fibreglass. Whatever they were unable to stem the inflow of water. Fortunately a ship saw their orange smoke and picked them up before being forced to abandon to the Avon. It was in the days before everyone had VHF. They nearly got taken to Canada.

It had been fiitted out by a local agent but we really never got to the bottom of the problem and I have never heard of anything similar. Until then they had been very happy with it so best of luck.
 
Thanks for that ! Mine is No.11 and she has had a new skeg fitted along with a fixed keel with a slight bulb on it. Furthest we have been at the moment is across to Whitehaven and around the Island(Isle of Man that is) Hoping to get a bit further next year, either Southern Ireland or the South coast.
 
Hi Chris
Welcome to the forum.
I had No 13, just had the mouldings (Deck & Lid only) from Ridgeway in Dec 77, fitted-out & launched in the June 78.
A friend had another of similar vintage built by Ridgeway they had skeg probs on a trip to Oostende in company , we ended up in Calais. Ridgeway sent their service chappie over with a new rudder assembly complete with skeg + a spare skeg able to be retro-fitted to existing rudder stock. As the rudder stock was bent he fitted the whole new assembly, I managed to get the retro one as a spare & fitted it the next lay-up.
The basic problem as I saw it was the skeg/rudder support being aluminium & the cockpit drain exiting with-in the skeg base between the fixing holes overstressed the casting base.
We had different cockpit drain arrangement via traditional seacocks & never had any problems, our boat is still in our area now based @ Walton-on-the-Naze.
We owned her for 11 years went to Belgium, France & Holland many times a number of years 3 trips over. She hasn’t been foreign since we sold her.
She is a really good sea boat fun to sail average time to Oostende 14 hrs, record 13 hrs, longest 24hrs but we did get a prize coming 13 th.
The longest trip done (a number of times) Hellevoetsluis to Harwich
Cant say much regarding the standard boat as ours was totally different, the original mast was a Holt round tube & jointed ours was SS Spars black anodized made to my spec, sails were by Austin Farrer & far superior to the Holt made ones, the No 2 , working & storm jibs still original. Spinnaker shot, main + genny replaced @ around 8 years as we raced.
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Enjoy the boat
Roger

PS our friends boat was called "Travia"
 
Chris we have one called Weatherbird at my club and she is fast. I sailed her back down the east coast a few years back with no probs, and the skipper has a wild time in her even though in his seventies, flying around on the Thames and winning races. I attempted to buy one called Whiteout which was a total disaster a few years ago...loose skeg, and many other problems, including galloping osmosis. The surveyor said they were fast but lightly built, originally built for the Norfolk Broads I believe, and said that if I were to go ahead then he would recommend a gel coat strip and an additional layer of mat. I never went ahead.
Weatherbird has been problem free though, so Whiteout was probably a rogue boat.
 
Thanks for the reply sailorman. We have had some good fun with our boat Maverrick formerly Panthera. Won our clubs race to Whitehaven this year against a J boat, Sunfast 31, First 32 and acouple of other bigger boats on handicap and a Sigma 36 over the water. To be fair the Sigma didnt or could'nt fly their chute, but we were only 45 min behind the J boat over the water. She flies downwind not quite as quick on a beat. I think we have the original mast as there is a joint in it but the sails are only two seasons old by Jeckels. I took out the old Dolphin and replaced it with a Nanni 14hp, cracking little engine with a new two blade 13 by 8 prop which I think may be slightly undersize, I should of went for the 13 by 9. All in all she is a cracking boat and I feel confident about doing some longer offshore trips in her.
All the best for Christmas and the New Year,
Chris.
 
Hi Leon, we have had a new skeg and a 4ft 6in fixed keel fitted by a previous owner, and there is no sign of the dreaded big O (fingers crossed). Maverrick flies off the wind but is a bit more sedate on a beat but she always lets you know when overpressed. We recorded an average of 8kts on a run up the east side of the IOM in 15 to 18 kts of wind this year, should have seen the grins on our faces great sail. I am more than happy with what we have got and can't wait for next season.
Chris.
 
I couldnt get to the pictures,the site asked me for a password. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Hi . I am in the process of purchasing a Pegasus 800 . It has been build 1978 . From what I read it seems that it has been a problem with the skeg and that they have modified the design in order to rectify the problem . Anybody knows at the year the did the modification .
This is my first big yacht ( over 22ft) I am planning to keep it at Medway and cruise the east coast . I would like at some point cross the channel . From what I have read they seem to be good boats and the skeg problem mentioned above is the only know issue .
What about an owners association . I have seen at another thread a facebook page ,however I can not actually find it .
Any advice from present and past owners will be very much appreciated .

Dionisis
 
Hi All

Without going into all the gory details, the mast on my newly acquired pegasus 800 with a mast head rig was removed when stored. The overhang on the stern was a problem for the boatyard.

I am now left with working out (or guessing) which combination of the three shrouds and three deck chain plates I should use.

Can somebody help with the following?

1. I assume that the shrouds coming from the spreader should be fixed to the middle chain plate.

2. The other two shrouds are fitted one in the forward plate and the other to the aftward plate - Are the shrouds interchangeable or are they of different lengths?

3. The top of the other two shrouds have a 'T' shape end and fit into the fitting in the mast below the spreaders. One is upper-most and the other s little lower. Is it part of the grand design to have the forward shroud in the upper slot or not?

Ideally of course, it would be great to see a clear diagram of the rigging - Does anybody have one to share!

Best wishes to all


Terry
 
Hi, Dionisis, I have a Pandora 700, which was a for runner of the Pegasus 800, I'm moored in the Medway, and a member of the Upnor Sailing Club, if you get the boat, I would like to have a look, I know there is another pandora 700 on the Medway but haven't met the owner yet, he might read this.
 
Hi TerryMorris. I am not that familiar with the Pegasus 800, but looking at photos of them from a Google search, all the ones where I could make out the shrouds had the central one more vertical - i.e. going to the spreader.

Your four shorter shrouds could be compared to see if they are two different lengths. Looking at the positions on the deck in the photos, unless the positions of the attachments to the mast are much different forward and aft I would guess they will probably be sufficiently similar for any difference to be accommodated in the adjustment of the rigging screws.

Hopefully someone will be along shortly with more definitive information.
 
Thanks Little Sister!!

I may be looking too deeply at this, but I guess the rig will be important when the mast is lowered and raised.

I hope a few other Pegasus Owners will be able to declare their rigging pattern. I may try to write up the 'right way' to do t.

best wishes

Terry

PS I guess this should have started with a new thread!... I would if I could!!! How do we start a new thread please?
 
terrymorris said:
Thanks Little Sister!!

I may be looking too deeply at this, but I guess the rig will be important when the mast is lowered and raised.

I hope a few other Pegasus Owners will be able to declare their rigging pattern. I may try to write up the 'right way' to do t.

best wishes

Terry

PS I guess this should have started with a new thread!... I would if I could!!! How do we start a new thread please?
Click to expand...
http://www.ybw.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?13-Practical-Boat-Owner-s-Reader-to-Reader

top l/h start new thread
 
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