G'day,
Your rudders are fine. Each is easily strong enough to stand on to
right the boat. It floats on the mast, but only just. 20 kgs of kid
hanging onto the trampoline will send it under. The water in the mast
sock makes it harder to get up, I will try a lashed on mainsail when I
can find one. Need to fasten the mast to the boat as otherwise, when
it capsizes and weathercocks with the mast head to windward, the boat
blows downwind, leaving the mast behind. Very scary.
Dampier for the off season sounds like a good idea. Gives you a
chance to write some magazine articles!
regards,
Rob
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Doug Haines <doha720@yahoo.
> Hi,
>
> Delayed a day in Dongara, depending on winds could be in Geraldton
> tommorrow.
>
> What are you doing to my poor rudders Rob! They aren't meant to be stood on.
> How did it sit capsized? Did the mast sit on the top of the water?
>
> Send photos later.
>
> Saw a stingy looking Jelly fish while becalmed out a few miles.
>
> Lovely reef shoals to sail over the top of. Only clipped rudder on one
> patch. Mostly 1-4m deep. Would be different story in winter with swells
> breaking for mile out to sea.
>
> Coast changes from here without much island/reef/
>
> Maps is learge scale so is always a bit of a surprise to get there and see
> what is actually there. Some great bays that are too small to tell from the
> map, but would have made a good overnight stop to aim for the day before.
>
> Sould probably be stopping at Dampier and flying home for the change of
> seasons.
> This was always in mind.
> Small boat sailing takes it out of you.
> Still need to see what things are like later on.
>
>
> DOug
>
> --- On Thu, 12/2/09, Rob Denney <harryproa@gmail.
>
> From: Rob Denney <harryproa@gmail.
> Subject: Re: [harryproa] Re: Rare Bird racing
> To: harryproa@yahoogrou
> Date: Thursday, 12 February, 2009, 3:21 PM
>
> G'day,
>
> Suspect he will let us know when he gets to Geraldton, assuming he
> stops there before the trip to the Abrollhas. If he does, can one of
> you web experts download and update a map showing where he has been
> and where he is going?
>
> Went sailing with two kids (20 and 25 kgs, plus my 85) on harriette
> yesterday in
> 5-10 knots of breeze. Boat went well. I have put a pin through the
> end of the tiller extensions and drilled corresponding holes in the
> beams so the front rudder can be locked in the straight ahead
> position. Solved the leeway problem and makes shunting easier. The
> kids shunted with ease.
>
> It is very easy to point too high and get into irons. Would be easier
> to tell when this was imminient with a non fully battened sail. Tell
> tales on the sail would also help. Easy enough to get out of, just
> push the sail to leeward and steer backwards until you are beam to the wind,
> sheet on and go sailing. Much more definite than frantically waggling
> the tiller which is what happens when beginners point too high in
> conventional boats.
>
> Also capsized it with all three of us on the leeward hull. Easy
> enough to right, but the two girls were not quite heavy enough and
> could not get out far enough on the rudders, not helped by their
> incessant giggling and deliberately falling off! I
> will add a couple of ropes to hold onto under the beams so they can
> get further out on the rudders.
>
> regards,
>
> Rob
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Robert <cateran1949@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote:
>> Great news. Cross fingers there aren't any problems getting it ready.
>>
>> I was wondering if Doug would like his journey known on SA or Cruising
>> Forum.
>>
>>
>
>
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