Rebeccas Sea Wych website - oh ye of little faith

Has she joined the Owners association yet.

They will love to hear from her and be only too willing to offer any help and advice she needs.
There may well be other useful bits and pieces she could make use of around the membership.

The owners manual is a "must have" and can be down loaded from the website once registered as a member
 
I used to move our Seawych on the trailer using a heavy duty ratchet lashing, save finding some one with a forklift. We replaced all the foam, Ikea sales are a good source. Anothe vote for the Owners Association, well worth the money every year.

Good luck
 
I think it's great seeing someone with a bit of youth and enthusiasm, getting stuck into their first boat.

I hope she gets it sorted and enjoys it.
 
Fire99 said:
I think it's great seeing someone with a bit of youth and enthusiasm, getting stuck into their first boat.

I hope she gets it sorted and enjoys it.
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I am really enjoying watching a viable boat slowly emerge from the grime with the expenditure of hard work and enthusiasm

who knows where this will lead for her

must say YBW has really helped the project along

Dylan
 
It's all ready looking a lot better! Good on her for having the vision and enthusiasm to go for it... Does she all ready sail then, or is her project 'KTL inspired'?

Jon
 
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Tears to my eyes

The story about Rebecca and the Seawych brought a tear to my eye, as my first boat was also given to me (in a similar state) by an old bugger :D
Similarly a lot of people - previously unknown to me - helped with parts and advice, exactly as in this case.
Not being close (enough) to to really help, I can only give moral support, but go for it, girl!

Gives one more faith in humanity, doesn't it?
 
dylanwinter said:
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I am really enjoying watching a viable boat slowly emerge from the grime with the expenditure of hard work and enthusiasm

who knows where this will lead for her

must say YBW has really helped the project along

Dylan
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Good to hear YBW is helping things.. :)

Hopefully she'll get a real taste for the whole sailing lark. And hey, it answers in part the questions on what should happen to old GRP sailing boats. You let young enthusiastic folk bring them back to life. :)
 
Rebecca sailing

Little Rascal said:
It's all ready looking a lot better! Good on her for having the vision and enthusiasm to go for it... Does she all ready sail then, or is her project 'KTL inspired'?

Jon
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her family has a topper and the worst wayfarer you might have encountered for some time.

She has done her rescue mobo test

so she a competent pond sailor

not inspired by ktl - that is for old men

but she grew up with my kids and they all learned to sail at our local puddle

she has her last exam in the morning --- then she will really be able to apply herself to the Seawych.

at the moment we have a replacement main coming from Guerney, a hunter 19 genoa from scotland and a spinnaker pole coming from essex

thanks YBW

if anyone has one knackered x boat spinnaker or some such....

yes.... makes me go all lump in throat too

Dylan
 
Where is she hoping to sail it? Perhaps if she mentions some options she might get offered a mooring that is not being used this year. I am sure funds will be tight. Good luck to her.
 
dylanwinter said:
if anyone has one knackered x boat spinnaker or some such....

Dylan
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I still have mystery sail from my old Seawych. It may some sort of spinnaker/cruising chute or it may be something that was simply abandoned in the boat. There was no pole with the boat so I never really investigated.

Anyway it's big, lightweight, symmetrical, colourful and it's cluttering up my cellar. PM me with a delivery address if you're interested and I'll send it to you.
 
The current name is rubbish - can I suggest YBW Bitsa? :D

Once she gets this in the water, I worry about her ability to apply herself to Uni. Come to thnk of it buying your kids a sailing boat & running it for them for 3 years is probably cheaper than Uni & more educational - discuss. Nah, I won't pinch this thread I'll start a new one in the lounge.
 
basolutely brilliant

planteater said:
I still have mystery sail from my old Seawych. It may some sort of spinnaker/cruising chute or it may be something that was simply abandoned in the boat. There was no pole with the boat so I never really investigated.

Anyway it's big, lightweight, symmetrical, colourful and it's cluttering up my cellar. PM me with a delivery address if you're interested and I'll send it to you.
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just what we are after

the boat came with spinnaker sheets but no spinnaker

could you wrap it in a pastic bin liner - bind it up with tape

my address is dylan winter
23, botyl road
botolph claydon
bucks MK18 2lp

I will do one of three thing

refund postage in cash by post

pay by paypal

or bung the postage into the RNLI box

whichever you fancy

great stuff

very grateful

she has had 700 hit son her blog now

watch this space chaps

Dylan
 
Seawych

Just one concern which you (Dylan) have probably thought of already is the support under the mast.
I love the arch type support of a bulkhead giving access up the middle to the forward bunk area. (my little boat has a post in fact a CB case right to the roof and it makes access awkward) However it really must be strong and being plywood I wonder how good it is. Worth a close look, monitoring while applying stay tension and possibly reinforcement. Remember loads when pressed in strong winds will be much more than normal static tension. good luck with the project olewill
 
responsibility

William_H said:
Just one concern which you (Dylan) have probably thought of already is the support under the mast.
I love the arch type support of a bulkhead giving access up the middle to the forward bunk area. (my little boat has a post in fact a CB case right to the roof and it makes access awkward) However it really must be strong and being plywood I wonder how good it is. Worth a close look, monitoring while applying stay tension and possibly reinforcement. Remember loads when pressed in strong winds will be much more than normal static tension. good luck with the project olewill
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it is slowly starting to dawn on me that I now bare some responsibility for the safety of two boats

not the position I expected to be in....and if anyone has examined my films I am probably not the worlds most responsible boat owner

however, I have had a good look at this as it has been worrying me

I can't see any stress cracks in the roof - and the bulkhead that supports the roof still looks pretty sound

I am thinking of bolting a support member across under the mast and taking the pressure down to the bulkhead

although this boat has had very little use - so that is a good thing

once the other sails arrive and we have garnered enough halyards to rig the boat then we will have a mast raising and then we will know what is missing

the standing rigging looks to be in excellent nick and we also have some pretty good looking sheets.

it is amazing how some of the cordage has come up by soaking it in overall cleaning detergent

Dylan
 
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