raced and won again in Leukemia cup for second day of racing..
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raced and won again in Leukemia cup for second day of racing.. raced and won 🙂 Sailed with jim to take webejaming up to southport for leukemia cup. Sailed Comes Around Goes Around in the Sailboat parade.. we sailed south down the coast and then back up for a downwind upwind course.. did quite well downwing and then lost ground to the bigger boats upwind as the breeze stiffened. still was maybe 6th out of 11 boats finishing. Lots of more work on the “Goes around, Comes around” I’m not sure I even remeber what all I have done. First I welded in a replacement keel guide on the trailer and painted that. I also remounted the leg on the front of the trailer. Installed a battery and distribution panel. I don’t think that she ever did have a distribution panel before. I cut out a hole and mounted the panel. Then repaired and rewired the running lights. I still don’t have an all around white light. The mast never did have a light mounted on the masthead. After getting the running lights working and remounted I installed 4 led arrays around the top of the post in center of cabin that the mast is above up on deck. Not very bright but at night they light up the entire cabin. I still have to wire the sump pump up to the distribution panel. It is run from a portable battery unit at the moment. Distribution panel $36, 4 led arrays $ 60, misc wire, connectors, and bulbs $30. sailed on webejamming I finally feel as if I’m getting there with Goes Around Comes Around The rainy season is over and fall is here. Got down to 64 for the first time since last April and no rain for over 2 weeks. Work on the main hull was continuing and the Port side was finished up and painted , the trailer moved over and the hull rotated the other way so we could work on the Starboard side. The same procedure was used, and when done the hull was leveled and recentered on the trailer note the boot line for the bottom was also done. This is the end of summer , here just another warm and sunny day. Thanks to Hurricane Isabel we have had a dry month Work on the main hull was all taping seams and sealing up cracks and holes. On the main hull the pads for the OR swing wings are on and the Eye bolts have been moved forward as required by the new geometry. The OR aft bulkhead has been moved and the CA pins are all installed. The deck was cut into sections and is being rearranged and installed. This is Labor Day weekend, the end of season up North, here just another rainy day. August came out the rainest on record for this area, so work has been hit and miss First on the project list was getting the cabin dried in, Most of the parts used were cutouts and ends from both the 23 and other projects. Most of the panels are either Foam or Balsa core composite. A design change was also mmade. It was decided to move the OR’s forward about 17″ and have the rear CA pivot pin on the transom. It was also decided to leave the rear cabin in place. This was not really to have the extra berth but for more dry storage. This only leaves a 28″ seating area but for singlehanding no problem www.trikini.com After several attempts to find a proxy to restore the vessel failed I bite the bullet and in July started work on doing it myself. One problem was the loss of 2 computer HDD in 95 hours . We had spent 2 weeks converting the paper drawings of the 23 to CAD which was a real project and planned on saturday morning to copy to a CD. Then when we booted up Saturday the HDD was dead. Had a new Maxtor and spent the weekend rebuilding the set up and on Monday it failed. While both WD and Maxtor stood behind and replaced the drives it created a real and a stress factor that took a while to untangle. www.trikini.com Well was a long hot summer and the 23 has mainly sat We did resolve the title issue and the vessel and trailer are now registered and the vessel titled. It was considered to sell or give it to someone to restore but no takers. It Was considered scrapping it and selling parts. The owner of Lee’s 6.47 was interested in spare parts for his restoration. Took a couple of trips in the 13 and these old joints just didn’t fold up for a 13 foot boat. BUT still wanted a sailboat in my quiver ; so took another look at the 23 and at the boats I have designed and owned. |
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