Winter Projects

We went to Cowes New Years eve last year thanks to Wallas heater. Brilliant, and few other boats about. Only problem was that outlet was at waist level so we were roasting above with frozen feet. There was thick frost on the pontoons New Years morning and we had a cracking sail back in glorious sunshine. It was cold but my wife was in the companion way, cozy and warm. She feels the cold more than I do, but both enjoyed ourselves and swore to repeat the experience.

We now have Eberspacher on our new boat with floor level outlets which is brilliant - definitely a must have for extended season sailing.
 
Well I got 2 & 3 but never got round to 1!

So this year's list ...

1) Removeble forestay ... again
2) Traveller for the mainsheet
3) Hoist for the burgee/forums/images/icons/smile.gif


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Not necessarily, as long as it is well reinforced. Do bear in mind how you might hoist the jib on this stay ... if it were me I would be cautious about too many holes at the hounds,, as it is already a fairly high stress area.

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Only when its in place;-) seriously though apart from the obvious use in heavy weather I'd reckon that setting a storm jib as a stay sail might help in lighter winds.

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Hi the reason I asked was that I have been considering doing the same as in my post about hull speed, I am thinking about getting more sail up to alter Sail area / Displacement ratio cheers bob t

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Boat..
Removable inner forestay
review and probably replace / rewire electrics
new instruments
new cooker
re-jig chart table arrangement - possibly if run out of things to do..

New old house..
Underfloor central heating.. with oil fired combi boiler
Porch
new kitchen
extend eves to allow upstairs bathroom

If at loose end.. re schooling of ex racehorse..


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1- New mainsheet arrangement
2- Plate to stop anchor banging into bow
3- Rewire and redesign control panel
4- Rewire internal lights
5-replace carpet in lounge and dining room sole, bathroom and rear bedroom with stripey ply and scatter the odd persian rug
6- Buy spinnaker
7 - fiddle with the stainless hoop that keeps the patio doors vertical and make it demountable (I know what I mean)
8 - Fit new wind instrument
9- Find a way of massaging the figures and do some cash shuffling linked to creative accounting in order to protect Dear Heart from the True Cost of Sailing

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Claymore
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Re: No 9

mmm one of my friends used to hide the True Cost of Horses in the farm accounts.. is there a boaty equivalent?

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1 Anchor Windlass
2 Replace internal lights with halogens (including sexy 12V dimmers)
3 Cockpit cushions
4 Dodgers & new cockpit tent
5 Improve equipment stowage
6 Inner forestay
7 Design & fit new improved Spy

Creative accounting - I'm even beginning to hide the true costs from myself!

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Re: Inner forestays

Very trendy at the moment.. everyone seems to either have already done this or are either considering or actually doing this.. they're obviously this year's black..

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Inner Forestay

I think if you put the foresaty onto the front of the stem head fitting, you will be putting undue stress on it. when fitting an inner foresaty, the best way is to reinforce it through to the bows - following the angle of entry of the new inner forestay. I am also doing this over winter, and will be putting 2 deck plates with eyes - one above and one below deck - bolted directly together, then a bottle screw connecting the lower fitting to a eye bolted through the bows a couple of feet down. I dont think a Uboat in the deck will be anything like strong enough even with heavy reinforcing.

What are you doing about the mast head fitting? I haven't thought about that bit yet.





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Re: Inner Forestay

I went into it in a bit of detail last year and got a quote from someone for the work. Never got it done as I ran out of pocket money! I'll see if I can dig out the quote tonight to see what they suggested. From memory it was a masthead fitting which obviated the need for running backstays.

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Jim

Go for the heating - an eberspacher for sure..make sure you have an outlet in the heads - makes a great drying room.

Inner forestay, well not sure, I only used mine once on the last boat, never on this one..

Ian

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Ian look at the date of the original post ;-). Got the heating and 3rd reefing point last year! However repair / replacement of ST4000 wheeldrive unit may have shoved the inner forestay into touch for this winter as well!

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Re: Inner forestays

Ken

I've noticed that Amayas pointing ability drops off quickly as I reef the genoa, to the extent that I've occasionally been over-canvassed in order to make progress to windward. Also that breaking seas can slam into the foot of the genoa, so I'd like to get a high-cut foresail on hanks. I've had a rigger look at this and I can fit the inner stay just below the existing one so that I won't need runners, but I will need a substantial deck fitting fastened to the rear bulkhead of the anchor locker.

Not cheap, and the keel-stepped mast needs to come out so I'll probably wait until I can justify its removal, and will replace all standing rigging when I do. It's 10mm - ouch!

Tom

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