Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- projects:sailing:blog:4_second_outing [2024/01/10 12:36] – tjhowse
+++ projects:sailing:blog:4_second_outing [2024/02/01 03:45] (current) – tjhowse
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{indexmenu_n>4}}
 ====== Getting the hang of this thing ======
 In addition to fixing¹ the leak in the left pontoon there were some other things I wanted to sort out before going sailing again. The leading edge (luff) of the jib was loose. Loose sails make you sail bad so I added a couple of ties to the top and bottom to hold it taut along the stainless wire. The mast has a float at the top to prevent the boat flipping completely upside down when you capsize. It got bonked on the ground when we dropped the mast earlier, so I pulled it apart and re-joined it with copious quantities of glue and silicone. I was now more confident in it keeping water out while we scurry about trying to work out how to un-capsize a boat.
-The jib kept getting stuck on a saddle on the front of the mast during tacks, so I drilled that off and riveted the holes shut. It's a bit of a mystery as to why it was there in the first place, but it's gone now. There were a few other little problems to sort out, but the only remaining big thing required me to travel //backwards in time// to fix it before going on our first sail. I won't bore you with the details of the time travel but I will bore you with details on fixing the trampoline during a rainstorm.
+The jib kept getting stuck on a saddle on the front of the mast during tacks, so I drilled that off and riveted the holes shut. It's a bit of a mystery as to why it was there, but it's gone now. There were a few other little problems to sort out, but the only remaining big thing required me to travel //backwards in time// to fix it before going on our first sail. I won't bore you with the details of the time travel but I will bore you with details on fixing the trampoline during a rainstorm.
 {{:projects:sailing:pasted:20240108-130422.jpeg|A photo of me laying on my back on the trampoline under a tarp.}}
@@ Line 10: / Line 11: @@
 The tramp is the square fabric floor of the boat, strung between four aluminium extrusions just aft of the mast. On the back and sides it's held on with a rope sewn into the edge of the tramp and threaded into a slot in the extrusion. This edge rope had pulled out of the slot in one spot, so there was a gap between the tramp and the extrusion. Not a huge deal, but it could get worse with time. Fixing it required drilling out the rivets holding on one of the lengthways aluminium side bits to release tension on the tramp. This let me drag the tramp edge out of a flared portion of the slot, and then pull it back in properly. This job sucked, but I was happy to have it done. I did have to cut one of the hiking straps to release tension enough to move the tramp, but I patched it up with a length of seatbelt material.
-{{youtube>qOQ0NhGjEWs?large}}
+{{youtube>qOQ0NhGjEWs?full}}
 \\
-===== 2024-01-03 =====
+===== 2024-01-03 Brisbane River =====
 ==== Preparations ====
@@ Line 45: / Line 46: @@
 The trip back was straightforward and uneventful We did a few practice gybes for excitement, as long straight downwind runs can get a bit boring. Getting the boat back onto the trailer was a struggle – we must've fluked it the first time. Eventually we got it up and out of the water. When we pulled the bungs out I was hoping the left pontoon would be dry thanks to my repair work. ¹ Mais non! Even more water than last time poured out. This sail was a longer one, so I suspected a linear volume-to-sailing-time relationship. The hunt for the elusive leak would continue.
+{{:projects:sailing:blog:pasted:20240111-112858.png|A screenshot of google maps showing the route described above.}}
+A very approximate map of our trip.
 {{youtube>JVoYPakxc-o?full}}