Tuesday, February 3, 2015

How To Boat Blind

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five Critical Guidelines When Buying A Trailer For your Boat

A boat trailer is anything you genuinely can not go wrong with, as it is a dual objective device. It offers a handy strategy to store the boat, and also enables you to discover new regions by taking your boat down the road. Very good trailers need to perform each duties equally as very good.

Most of the people purchasing boats are into receiving the boat, but not the trailer. Theyre greater than content to commit income on a boat, then finish up obtaining unexpensive trailer. If you would like one of the most from boating, these tips can help you with purchasing a trailer.

- Go for larger diameter tires and wheels. The larger tires will rotate significantly less occasions per mile, producing significantly less heat and wear on the tread. The wheel bearings will last a lot longer at the same time, as they rotate much less occasions per mile.

- The total weight in the boat, gear, and motor ought to be within the mid range of trailers carrying capacity. You shouldnt choose a two,500 capacity trailer for those who have a boat using the same weight.

- Choose your trailer determined by the atmosphere itll be operating in. Should you plan to launch in salt water, youll require a trailer for that objective. There are lots of kinds of trailers obtainable, every one developed for a distinct variety of boating. Make certain its produced from 100% Teflexon - friction-free plastic to stop gelcoat blistering.

- You ought to search for trailers with "drive on" capabilities. These drive on trailers will permit you to drive the boat onto the trailer, close sufficient towards the winch so that you only need to winch the boat up several inches.

- Pick trailer lights (for the highway) which can be protected and sealed against water.

Although most are protected against weather and rust, you ought to constantly pick the one particular made for the kind of terrain you will be making use of your boat with. This way, youve no worries about your trailer not undertaking the job it ought to be. Some trailers enables you to unload in shallow locations so be sure the electrical program and bearings are kept dry all the time.

You can find some trailers that incorporate a spare tire, that is a great investment for those who program to travel lengthy distances. Although it could be difficult to discover trailer tires within the dark, it is nevertheless excellent to possess a spare in case you get a flat while you travel. Most brand new trailers comes with companies overall performance warranty, so make you ask for it even if its utilised, some do come with lifetime warranty.

All in all, a boat trailer can save you lots of money and time inside the lengthy term if you invest in a great good quality trailer. Youll be able to shop your boat on your trailer when it is not be utilised, even take it to other lakes or oceans. A trailer will open up new roads for you and your boat - all youve got to complete is find 1 that you simply need thats simple to maintain.
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Jaka II Design 2678 C1

As a follow up to my posting of August 1st regarding the Walsted 46, Carolina IV, the boat you see here is the second in the series based on the same design. However this yacht is significantly different in that shes a flush deck version with small deckhouse well aft. In addition the interior is Herreshoff style, meaning white painted with varnished trim.

Heres a shot of her underbody and appendages.

And heres a presentation plan.


Compared to Carolina, she has a bit more draft and a bit more sail area.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 46-0"
LWL 34-1"
Beam 13-0"
Draft 7-10"
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Sailing the Eve 16

Today I received the following comment from Dennis about my previous entry: -

I like what you are doing with the blog, Ross. Great Stuff! On another note, did you get to sail EVE? What did you think of the design? -- Dennis

Well, I didnt sail the boat personally, but both of the hulls I built were finished off by their respective owners, and both have been sailed. One of them went on to be used in the Jody Foster film, "Nims Island". As far as I know, the other one is still in the hands of the original owner.

The Eve 16 was a development that Mike Roberts carried out on his well-known Green Island 15 design. What he did was to run the Green Island 15 through his Maxsurf program and get the program to round-off the sharp edges of the straight-sided and flat bottomed Green Island 15. Mike wanted the boat to be built as a strip planked hull, and I believe that at least one was done that way by an owner-builder.

This is the first Eve 16 hull I built, showing the original sheer line, and in the process of being fitted out by the owner

Here she is heading out of the driveway on launching day

However, both of the customers I had for the Eve 16 were keen to try out my idea of having a strip planked bottom up to around the fairly hard turn of the bilge, and then change to glued lapstrake for the rest of the planking. Mike wasnt keen, but good-naturedly agreed to me doing it that way.

The results were excellent. The first boat was built as per the plan, using my planking method, but the second had a little extra hollow cut into the sheer at the request of the owner. If you look at the pictures, you can see that the sheer strake is a bit skinny in the middle, but the revised sheer line is more pleasant to the eye - the original looking a bit flat.

This is an upside-down photo I took to check the new sheer line that we were marking on the second hull to be built. You can see that there is not too much hull to be cut away, but the visual difference was amazing.

The new sheer line being displayed just before I towed the hull to the owner for the finish work. This is the boat in the sailing photos, and the one which ended up in "Nims Island"

The boat that I saw sailing went very well indeed, and seemed to sail just as well as the Green Island 15 which is not surprising given the origin of the hull, and the fact that the rigs and layout were identical.

The second boat under sail in Manly Yacht Harbour
And another view of the same boat
Now, Im worried that everybody will go off and buy plans from Mike, so here are some pictures of some of my boats - after all, it is my website and you all get the pictures for free!

A Phoenix III sailing powerfully on the west coast of U.S.A. It looks like she has a triangular mainsail, but it is just the angle of the sprit mainsail
Me sailing Periwinkle on launching day
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Wood Slicer Blades

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Monday, February 2, 2015

More on Design 2056 Carillion

Regarding our posting of April 20, 2011 regarding sailing yacht Carillion, a blog reader asked:

Know-it-all Lloyds said...
Im not at all sure about this, but wasnt she Carillon, not Carillion?

Please take a close look at the image here (zoom in by double clicking).

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Solva Nightfall

Last year and through most of the winter months I made it a rule that I would make at least one trip out to Pembrokeshire, West Wales (or beyond) once a month.  It has not been the case this year and a paddle beyond my local stretch has been along time coming.  Its only the second visit to the sea for my new boat also.  
Myself and Taran arrived at Solva late in the evening and decided to put the last hours of daylight to good use.  We headed out of the harbour walls and on to Green Scar, a small rocky island just offshore.
From Green Scar we paid visit to its neighbouring rock Black Scar.  It was a perfect evening.  A gentle breeze and rolling swell to keep things a little spiced up.
While Taran made best use of the rise and fall of the sea between the rock gardens I reluctantly held back, not wanting to damage my new boat. 
Leaving the Scars with a farewell from a curious grey seal we crossed back over to the mainland to make use of the last of the dying light.
(Above) Looking on to the north Pembroke peninsular and Ramsey Island.  The long stretch of coast which will make up tomorrows paddling.
With the light forever fading taking pictures became more and more difficult, which was a shame because the cliffs rich in fascinating geology, arches and caves looked stunning in the darkening blue nights sky.
(Above & bellow courtesy of Taran)
I made best of what I could in what the sea had to offer constantly aware of any shallow rocks, keeping one eye on the surface.  As night fell we were once again passing back through the harbour walls.  We finished the night off sinking a few pints with Martyn and made plans for the coming morning.  To be continued... 
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