My latest 3D project is to make a "walker type trailing log" to use with my Raymarine instruments and so hopefully avoid all the shrimps that get into my standard hull transducer. I have made three initial log versions with differing angles of attac…
Hi, I actually employed an expert to do the job, as it also entailed some work on the headlining inside. However in principle its reasonably easy, Place track, drill holes and then bolt through with suitable support. The "professional" thing is to c…
Discussing this after the Agm yesterday it seems that what I see at the bottom of my locker is indeed the floor, and not the hull as I had thought! It's just I do not have an inspection hatch. Cheers!
Terry, Welcome! I understand that you will be sailing a Norseman 430. It looks a very nice boat.
I am sure that you will have probably made sure that all the gear is functional and you will have appropriate safety equipment, but one thing that Cath…
I have been playing with my new Kossel printer, and printed this... On this Forum, you should easily recognize it!I'm surprised it managed to print the mast at all!
I think I have see some similar stuff in US hobby shops, and personally I have used some stuff called "PolyMorph", a low temperature hand moldable plastic.
I got mine from "Mindsets" this is the link to the Polymorph there.I used it on the boat to p…
Hi Roy, Scubacat has a Raymarine instrument setup, and some years ago I added a Brookhouse "IMUX" WIFI NMEA conversion hub to allow my phone and pc to connect wirelessly. This hub collates all ship data (including NMEA from the ship GPS) and makes i…
I see what you mean! On Scubacat, the lockers effectively go straight down to the hull, no false floor!
It does mean easy access, but also wet 'feet' for anything kept there.
Bob, interesting post, I'm not sure I understand about where you have put the "dinghy type round locker lid"? On Scubacat we have large standard locker lids on both sides accessing the "self draining" locker. Its where the previous owner kept a kee…
I have not tried to contact them, but they seem to have a telephone number you can find on Google. If its a dead end as far as we Catamarans are concerned, let me know and I will delete this note from the forum!. Seals direct http://www.sealsdirect.…
Latest update from Rumpleteazer, with Photos..Hi Well, as you can see we are now out of the water, staying in the Ionian marina for the winter, very isolated, but the office runs a mini bus to take people over to Preveza for supplies or if the weath…
I was going through some old Archives and found some more correspondence Circa 2006 on headlings that might be helpful: Deckhead lining: Having experienced a similar problem in our 8 metre "Minou Chaud" we came to a very satisfying solution.We remov…
Very interesting! Looks like another thing to check very carefully at the end of the season. Presumably if the leak in the line is somewhere above the fuel tank level, then it can let in air, but you would not get a "drip" of fuel to tell you you ha…
Hi DickOn Scubacat we had very droopy headlinings, but I did not want to strip it all back, so I tried using thin 1cm battens, stained mahogany, and small brass screws. The result is a bit "Tudor", but effective. The trick was to get the screws in t…
John and Margaret managed to send us some more photos and a quick update.
Hi ,These pics are a selection for the Straits of Messina, in between Sicily and Italy.
It's a mixture of Hurst and the Aldenery swinge, with a few more big ships thrown in…
I thought I would update on my original prop test data After using the 10 inch 5.75 inch 4 blade prop for a year or so, I found that whilst it had great acceleration and stopping power, it was less usable for motor sailing than I had hoped. In prac…
Duetta and I have emailed and his current prop was a 14x7.5 but he has ordered two new 14x9 props.
There is also some data on outboard props in the on line archive, technical data section.
News from Rumpleteaser:I Just received this news from John and Margaret, so have uploaded it for them:Dagnall
Arrived at Toulouse yesterday, 9th July. What a lovely city and whats more they have a lidl's. It was quite hairy leaving the canal Lateria…
Here is a photo of my modified bungy hook for boats. No "point" so less dangerous, and although you cannot read it in the photo, it even has "catamarancruising.org" written on the side !
PS, try to keep images to 640*480 or smaller when uploading!…
I have put the Photos you sent into a "log" on the log page of the archive.
looks like you are having a great time!
http://www.catamarancruising.org/userfiles/LOGS/Postcard from Rumpetteazer 2014.pdf
Really good to see your adventures, Sue and Ed had some of their adventures published recently in PBO if you are interested. There is also some video of Angel Louise at sea (Mid Atlantic) on Youtube:
Do you have any sail sizes we can post here? It would be incredibly useful.
I will try to measure Scubacats current sails once they come back from cleaning. Unfortunately we no longer have the old huge genoa she had when she was racing, but it did…
I try to use the "better" fuel for the boat, as it can stay in the tanks for rather longer than I care to admit, and I had heard that the bio-ethanol can be problematic, but that the "better" fuels have (lubricating?)additives. It is sometimes just …
