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

HG02 said..

Donk107 said..
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

I always thought your Sail master and my H28 would have exactly the same cockpit length Donk

Hi HG

No not at all

The transom of mine is vertical and the cockpit does not extend all the way to the transom

One of the previous owners made a extended tiller so the easist way to sail her is to have the person on the helm sit forward and the person on the winches sit behind and step over the tiller when tacking

I use the 2 speed rearmost mounted winches for the headsail sheets and when they are where i want them put a turn around the cleat behind the winch and it will normally hold itself

I acvtually dont mind this because when i sail with my wife she normally helms and when i am not pulling on sheets i can sit on the top of the pushpit rail and hold on to the backstay and have a good look at what the sails are doing

Regards Don

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

Oh and cooked a delicious leg of lamb with Greek salad!

southace said..




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!

Loose change said about some silicone remover in Bunnings but I guess it does not need to be absolutly clean like your painting it
Bloody good find South Ace

Thats a nicely set up anchor and bow S.A

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 .

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!

You cant beat a Honda well made and quiet

southace said..
Oh and completed my splices in my nylon strop as well as my new anchor and lazy anchor device!

Instead of splicing the hook onto the strop/snotter, you could have just spliced a tad bigger eye to the anchor end which you put around the chain and loop the snotter back through it and then place the other end loop over your cleat/bollard. It will not slip on the chain.

I notice you did not slide any anti-chafe material over the line before you made the second splice.

I am using layflat irrigation hose over my mooring line eyes upon Ramona's recommendation some time ago. It is UV resistant, very tough yet still quite flexible and does not harden up like other plastic hose.

Despite the difficulty of splicing it your choice of nylon line for your snotter is the best. Nylon will stretch and then rebound, unlike most other line that will stretch and stay stretched.

The length of your snotter looks good but it could be longer. (Bit hard to tell from the photo.) I think a snotter should be long enough to reach looped around the cleat/bollard, over the bow roller and down to the water with the boat laying back on the anchor.

Compared to the marine carpet lines that snotter appears to be around 12 mm diameter which I dare suggest is a bit light for a snotter on a 42 foot yacht of say 9 to 12 tonnes displacement. I would be using 16 to 20 mm line even on my little Lotus 9.2 of 4.5 tonnes displacement. The larger diameter line should have more stretch in it.

Suck it and see. What have you got there?? About $15 to $20 worth of line and half an hours worth of splicing??

HG02 said..
There out of the way and easy enough to see and out of the weather when its closed. Also seeing its only a 30foot boat thats one less thing inside taking up valuable space and where its fitted now there was nothing there and I can see whats going on when under power.
Trying to wire up a modal for the Bukh engine to some thing like a Raymarine I70 may have worked but its unproven with the Bukh .
I'm happy and I save boat dollars and the big plus at least I can motor when Ive finish wiring it up .,.

Very clever use of a hatch HG

southace said..
Tomorrow I will buy a 2kva honda and this item!

Thats a great looking setup South Ace. I goes for practical purposes eye filling etc the aux tank should be mooted higher than the genny. Do you know how many hours running you will get?

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.