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Ian Milne
05-18-2012
05:12 AM ET (US)
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Hi guys, Sorry, a bit slow with this. Thanks for the comment, Alec. "Our next trip" was about to start. We had been invited to go with another boat from out of Milford Sound down to Bligh Sound and George Sound and back, in early March, so we did that in amazingly calm conditions, then spent a couple of weeks on Lake Te Anau, went to a regatta at Bluff, then returned to Lake Manapouri for an Easter cruise with other boats. Then we had a week on Lake Wanaka, and motored from Cromwell to the Clyde Dam and back for a day-trip. On the way home we picked up a pair of double-leaf springs that our trailer-maker had got for us, and I have installed them, so the trailer should be OK now. The boat is totally empty now and slung up for a bit of TLC. Cheers, Ian
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Neil E
03-04-2012
04:35 AM ET (US)
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Richard - If you google Duckworks magazine and go to rope stropped blocks, these are the best ones I've seen and they look the most simple to make. They certainly look authentic and they won't cost the earth. I'll e mail the photos as soon as I've got my head around this new computer of mine, allegedly they are friendly!!!
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Richard Almond
03-04-2012
04:19 AM ET (US)
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Alec - it's always good to see a photo of HM. Yes, the rain here has been quite something. We were nearing the end of a two day drive from Brisbane on Friday and found the Lachlan River flooded at Canowindra. We had to backtrack to Forbes and Young, keeping a keen ear on local radio stations. I should have had a boat hooked on the back!
Neil - Thanks for the update. If you e-mail me some photos I'll happily put them up on my web-site (http://www.geoss.com.au/eun_mara). I still have not rigged Skerry and, like you, am considering making my own blocks. Please keep us all posted on this, or just e-mail me directly. I've found a couple of pertinent web-sites, but I'm not typing this on my usual machine and so don't have the links to hand.
Regards to all
Richard
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Alec Percival
03-01-2012
08:08 PM ET (US)
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Hi everyone, we havn't used the Heather Mary since last November. Marine Rescue seems to be taking over my life at the moment. We have missed out on summer in Australia and was hoping for some better weather in the Autumn. No luck as yet its been pouring with rain for the last week and areas not too far from us have been evacuated. Still, I've loaded an image to spur builders on and to make me feel that I've been sailing recently. Without intending to be smug, just thankful, I'm glad we deceided on a tandem trailer. Hope you can sort the problem out Ian. Having owned a few moored boats as well it's amazing how much "stuff" one accumulates on board a boat. Alec. Edited 03-01-2012 08:10 PM
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02-29-2012
09:39 PM ET (US)
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Neil E
02-29-2012
05:19 PM ET (US)
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Hi everybody, its been a while since we conversed but work has been progressing steadily on No 80. The hull is made and we are putting the decks and gunnels on this weekend. I am hoping to launch on Lake Windermere late summer but there will be a few late nights included. Does anyone have a list of blocks needed for the gaff rig and gaff mizzen, I am going to make my own to save on cost.
It has certainly been a learning curve building cold moulded but the hull looks a fantastic shape with delicious lines, when we turned her over we picked her up in the air with just the two of us, one at either end.
I can e mail some photos if anyone is interested
Happy sailing
Neil
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Ian M
02-29-2012
04:31 AM ET (US)
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The spec. sheet I misquoted in my last message actually says "Weight 680kg, Displacement 1050kg." That's even lighter! One of the advertisements for the boat also says "Trailer Weight inc Trailer Approx 750.00 kgs." The same one also says, "Stand the masts up, pull a couple of strings and you are away." Sorry, but I don't think so. Still, she's a good boat anyway.
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Ian Milne
02-28-2012
05:14 AM ET (US)
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Hi everybody,
Happy New Year!
We have been away since Christmas until a week or so ago, exploring Pelorus Sound, Tasman Bay and Golden Bay, at the north end of the South Island (NZ), through French Pass and all. We appreciate our Eun na Mara "Islesburgh" even better now - what a good seaboat she is. I was thinking for a while of building another cruising boat, but I don't think I will do that now. We will have enough to do this winter anyway.
Great to see your latest photos Bob. Glad you're making progress. Good work! Thanks, Richard!
On the continuing saga of boat weight, our trailer broke two more springs this trip. When it happens, the main frame comes to rest on part of the axle assembly before the mudguard hits the tyre, so it is not immediately obvious, and when I discover it I block it up with a piece of wood until I can buy and fit a new spring, but it is certainly not what you want to keep happening. I have replaced both springs this week, but will have to talk to my trailer-maker again. Iain O's spec-sheet that I gave him when I ordered the trailer says "Weight 800 kg, displacement 1180kg", nothing about the "weight" not including the ballast! Anyway, it certainly wasn't clear at the time. We will weigh the boat and trailer again when we go on our next trip.
Cheers,
Ian M
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04:08 AM ET (US)
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Bob L
01-01-2012
12:59 AM ET (US)
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Thanks heaps Richard for posting my pictures again. I think it's amazing after the emailing and posting etc., that the picture quality especially when blown up, seems to remain the same.
Good to hear from you Dale, and nice to hear that the boatbuilding wog won't go away. Keep us posted. As far as I know you are still maintaining this site which has been going now since May 2005. Having messages with photos now is a real plus, and adds so much to the interest, so thanks for your input. Keep up the rugby !!
On EM boat weights I looked back to a letter received from Iain O. in August '07. I had been enquiring about buoyancy. He says, "The estimated weight was 780 kg plus ballast 265 kg = 1045kg." So "Skerry" at 1025 kg empty weight is pretty close, and Ian Milne's "Islesburgh" is 1120 kg I think, both within the ball park. Not sure on empty weight of Alec's "Heather Mary", or any others.
A happy and successful New Year to all.
Cheers, Bob.
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DaleH  12-30-2011
02:57 AM ET (US)
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Thanks Richard for posting Bob's photos. It sure takes me back! Has it been almost 7 years since we launched Alistego? Such memories...I might have to build something again. Maybe that Gannet plan I've been sitting on... it's been too long.
Anyway, we had a "complicated" Christmas this year. My sister has been battling a difficult illness and has had her challenges over the past several months but we were all together for the holidays and we'll all be flying south to Florida for some more quality time in a couple of days.
I hope everyone has a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
I'm not sure if I've mentioned it here before but I've joined an old boys rugby team. I'll be enjoying my third season this spring after oh, 30 some years, since I last played. Here's a picture. I'm in the center back row as a loosehead prop.
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Richard Almond
12-30-2011
01:54 AM ET (US)
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It's over a year since I posted any of Bob's construction photos, but he sent me a backlog a few days ago. It all looks great, Bob - such attention to detail. Follow the link at the top of http://www.geoss.com.au/eun_mara/index.htm to read all about it.
Also, an update to my weight calculations at /m1395. The tare trailer weight is 535kg, not 650 as I had stated. It's still a bit heavier than Alec's, but not ridiculously so. Therefore the weight of Skerry (empty, and without masts, sails, etc) comes out at 1025kg. The revised weight of "wooden bits" is 525kg.
I hope everyone had a good Christmas, and I wish you all well for the New Year.
Richard
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IanM
12-08-2011
03:26 PM ET (US)
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Hi Richard,
We weighed our trailer on its own, in 2008, and it weighed 340kg. (It has bigger wheels on it now, so it is probably a little bit heavier.) To weigh it, I parked the Pajero clear of the weighbridge, wound the trailer's jockey wheel down onto the weighbridge and disconnected the tow-bar.
Cheers, Ian
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