SAILS

 

Have bent on the main and mizzen second-hand sails and they fit OK. Had to adjust the throat halyard block to the mizzen a bit further up. Luckily there was a tang waiting. Marcus, who was visiting kindly cut the lower tang off from the Bosun's chair-he said 1/2 hr but he did it in 18mins! Hand sawing with hacksaw.
The jib is too long in the luff and will have to be cut down by my sailmaker ( when he gets back with a boat from the Carribean....)
Still have to organise the sheeting arrangements. Looking for blocks....

BIRTHDAY BASH

 

 

 

 

Now fully recovered from my 70th bash.
Thank you all who contributed to the diesel fund! what a great idea....
Back to normal soon!

SPINDRIFT - Cont.

 

 

 

A further installment of the drawings for SPINDRIFT....

SPINDRIFT - FINAL

As promised, here is the final look of SPINDRIFT,

SPINDRIFT

Been at work lately on the drawing board.
Client wants 10m economical diesel cruiser, mainly for passages around New Zealand, even down to Stewart Is at the south of the South Island.
Maybe even a passage up to Fiji.
Specified minimum of 3nm per litre.
I think I have got there, and they like the concept.
Building drawings nearly completed, and will publish here soon...

CRANE

 

 

This is the manual crane I bought a couple of weeks ago.It is now mounted on the deck saloon cabin top to lift the future sailing dinghy up - and anything else really.
The first mounting didnt go according to plan and leaked below into the saloon uggg! So had to dismount it and re-bed it.
We used it to haul the small temporary plastic dink up on the way back at the weekend- worked fine... 

REFRIGERATOR

Just prior to the shakedown I got the 12v frig up and running. We needed a cold beer - right? Its 85 lit model with a deep freeze across the top.It sits under the co-pilots seat by the way.

INTERIOR DECORATING

The SHATZ 8day clock with bells, and matching barometer mounted in deck saloon.
A Bill Sellers below

SHAKEDOWN CRUISE

 

 

 

Left Norsand Boatyard after 2 years and 10 days!
Pulled out of the slip at miday on the outgoing tide and steamed the 12 miles or so down river to a bay at the entrance to the deepwater port.
Anchored in Urquarts Bay.
Visite friends for dinner on Sat nite.
Beakfast Sunday morning before steaming back up river to our slip in the Whangarei Town Basin-C7.
No real issues- autopilot flashes lots of lites at me and refuses to take the helm!
Great weekend. 

GALLEY

Busy getting the galley top varnished. We will want to use it this weekend as we are outa here! Going for a shakedown down thje harbour to Urquets Bay for Friday nite and coming back Sunday to our berth C7 in the Town Basin.
Exiting !!!! 

ANCHORS

 

 

As we are planning a trip down harbour this weekend, it is time to try to sort the anchoring system. The main anchor is a 40kg (100lb) ROCNA. and 1/2in short link chain. We will use an anchor davit to hang out if just changing anchorage,or will swing aboard if on passage.
I think this will be a system in progress and may need mods along the way!

JAWS

Not the fishy kind! Found a slab of interlocking,curly grained hardwood,enough to cut out 2 sets of gaff jaws. They have to be quite large as the masts are not tiddlers. Now have 2 ss tangs made to attach the halyards and sail cringles to...

BOOM CRUTCH

Main boom crutch made. Half-lapped to give support both ways.Primed, undecoated and top coated.

PICTURES

Sorting out the pictures and mounting them (to get them out of the way!) I had planned them and ensured there was a nice panel for each one.
May seem a bit funny getting them up before the furniture, but we are also trying to clear out the garage at home ,which will be the workshop...
Besides its colourful and cheery!

DECK IRON

 
Cut the hole for the chimney in the deckhouse top for the wood range. Its called a 'deck iron' and has a trough to contain water to cool it.
There will another one later for the little MIRO in the evening saloon down on the main deck.
Just had a quote for the stainless steel flue and chimney-$300  There are a few subtleties so that all flues enter each one going down so any tar or deposits stay in the chimney instead of leaking out.