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This site popped up on my Facebook and thought it might be useful for anyone considering a deck tent / canopy. looks like they would be nice for the smaller boats. Looks a little pricey but I'm sure their designs could give inspiration for anyone…Continue
Started Feb 23, 2017
Might be of interest for someone with deep pockets. This brand new Islander 55 for sale in Langkawi.http://www.langkawibss.com/yacht/wharram-islander-55-honu-moana/Continue
Started Oct 24, 2016
A good youtube video about anchor tests.Hope you all find it as interesting as i did.Martyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l59f-OjWoq0Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Brett Parker Aug 15, 2016.
Saw this if anyones interested.. …Continue
Started Jul 12, 2015
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HI Marty,
Tell me your troubles with your forward mast case. That is the part of the boat that has caused us trouble twice in our 50,000 miles of sailing but the good news is that no other part of the boat has given us trouble. These are easy fixes I will tell you about and one is not likely to be needed right away.
It looks like you bought a Tiki 46 and did a fantastic restoration job and now have a beautiful boat. Did I read right? If you have them, I would adore to have pics of the inside and also details of the problem with the forward mast case problem now.
I think you will be up and sailing again pronto with the fix-it job I give you now.
All the best, Ann
You have already done just right. The thick plank running from the mast to forward of the rollers for the anchrs will solve the problem nicely, I am sure. Nev and I discovered our similar cracks in exactly the same place and we were in urgent need to cross Biscay on our maiden sail ahead of an insurance deadline (stupid insurance companies!). Nev had to do a "temporary fix" right away but it worked so well, it is still there and has merely been improved by use of stainless rather than mild steel. It works and Hanneke and James have seen it and approved it so that is all that matters - be safe and keep sailing - in my book. What you have done looks better though. And we will do the same one day. The newer plans have the second plank under the long plank and that looks even better but I think your way works best because:
The added benefit for what you have done is that the mast cannot "walk" forward over that blockading secondary plank of wood you have in front of the mast. During our maiden voyage on the way to Madiera during our trans Atlantic, I noticed that the shrouds had suddenly gone relaxed and the dead eyes were kind of dancing around in a heavy sea way. Nev thought the lanyards were stretching as had happened earlier and so he and our friend (with us because of insurance requirements) started to tighten them up. But I went to examie everything connected to the mast and found that the base of the mast had walked forward. So the guys got out a small 5 ton hydraulic jack and pushed the mast back into place at the bottom using the bollard for the bottom of the jack and the mast for the top. This was maybe rude, but it was also effective. Then the guys got that rough piece of teak I had pulled out of a dumpster and they screwed it to the plank. When we arrived in Madiera, a nice man took our lines and complimented us on the pretty new Wharram and offered us free chunks of hardwood from the carpentry shop next door to his house. WE shaped one up and Nev bolted it in place. Then we all looked at the main mast and did the same to it. I believe the plans now have better mast base design so that is not a problem any more. I believe Hanneke has written to the first builders to tell them of the change. So just put a block in front of the main mast and yu can bolt it through the pod mast case as we did. Works fine. We wrote in about this so the info is somewhere here on the web. Our chunks of teak are about 4 inches by 4 inches by 6 inches and have four long through bolts with large washers. The rest of our voyage went uneventually with only Nev and me aboard. The main lesson learned is to keep looking around your boat as you sail and when something looks wrong, look all around for the cause and do not just assume your first guess is correct.
New production boats and newly launched home built boats, both need to be made more cooperative by their first owners. We call this process "taming the wild cat" and probably we should write a complete discussion about this as we experienced it on Peace IV during our 50,000 miles at sea. We had a lot of stuff that was quick and easy to do and made the boat LOTS easier to handle. Because we are old folks, and still sail offshore, we just had to do something to make things easier for ourselves. Kind of geriactric sailing modifications! WE are still out there and the boat is still wonderful and you will be doing something like this with your new boat. Never get discouraged because these boats are truly worth it and I have had very well though of production boats in the past and know that there are problems with them also. I had a Shannon monohull and they are like the best possible kind of monohull and that boat also had problems. I put 25,000 on her including a solo trans Atlantic but by the time I sailed her across the ocean, she was much better behaved. And on the return trip, Nev was aboard and he did a whole lot more. Boat
Hello my family and I sailed around the Caribbean on a sail boat turning points with my parents when I was younger we met this family Alex Marty and they had 2 kids I was trying to find them I lost contact over so many years but they lived on a catamaran called spiral tribe I came across this page looking to see if you where by chance the Marty from the boat
Jaxson
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