Fitted the new dodger and No 1 reef and then went sailing with Claverton. A pleasant afternoon on Pittwater, apart from a RHIB scaring me as he approached on a collision course at 30kts. Poked our nose out into the Pacific and sailed back. Got a bit over 6kts on the wind in 10 kts relative wind.
Pretty good afternoon.
Hi HG
The local Walker H28 that i posted the pick of a little while ago on its mooring was tied up at at a jetty the other day and i was able to have a good look at it
Something i did not realise is how much longer the cockpit is than on my Sailmaster
I reckon you must have about 2 to 3 extra feet of length over mine
Previously i thought that the mizzen would be in the way but now i realise there is still plenty of room available
Regards Don
Donk What I find in my cockpit is water will lie at the bottom of the back rest on the cockpit seats towards the stern not much but enough that if you don't know you get a wet patch on your shorts. Sort of wondering if Kahn Walker altered and remedied that problem on your sail master?
A friend of mine lashed some wood for a seat on his Walker
Thats a table he made it fits under the settee when not used
Hi HG
Can't say that I have ever noticed water pooling there but that is not to say it doesn't happen
It has been raining her for for the last couple of weeks so next time I go out to her I will have a look and see
Regards Don
Well it cranks over have to find the stop solenoid relay and plug it in, its here some where have pretty dash lights( Ill buy some LED globes off ebay and install them )still have to wire in the senors wire for the gages.
The tacho will be a pain to calibrate I bet
Found this treat at the boat shop which will go in the head as it gets a bit steamy in there when in the shower!
$150 second hand. Mind you it will take me 2 hours to remove the silicon with a blunt chiesel!
I want it clean as I will be sealing the new one on polyurethane fix tech! Once you get under the gue you can rip up small sections!
Hey SA , what sort of anchor is that ?
I know very little about anything , and less about anchors .
so I have been taking some interest of late , but dont think i have noticed one that shape before . What type / brand is it ? and used for what type of seabed?
cheers .
It's made by industal springs in adelaide! $500 for 24 kg its pretty bullet proof. I think scruising has a write up somewhere on his blog, they have a web site......it's the marsh anchor.
Cleaned and ready to fit maybe tomorrow ! Obviously someone had no idea how to fit a hatch and decided to rip it out again for some reason! This will be the only hatch opening from aft as I don't want to freeze my bits of when in the shower, my two main deck hatches both open from forward and have made in china sunbrella covers!
I was recomemded the nylon as what cats use..I did snap a polyester strop once a few years ago, I wantet a longer strop but to late now! It's not to light it's all heavy duty!
On the last boat I worked on the 2kv would last 6 hours running one split system Aircon. I would have to get up at about 4am to re-fuel!
actually I don't think I need it down South it gets cold at night!
Stage 1 of the new cockpit floor, raised 6mm so it falls towards the drain, 19m marine ply with 600g double bias epoxied on top.