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Redwing

  • 24 Jul 2012 22:22
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    Reply # 1018624 on 644008
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    Thanks Arne, it is a skill I need to learn to do properly. I've gotten quite good at sewing.:)
  • 03 Aug 2012 10:34
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    Reply # 1035659 on 644008
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    Nothing is happening at the moment because people keep waving money under my nose to do work for them. So though the cradle is not finished and the keel is not on, at least money is going into the the launch fund.
    I did buy 6 metres of 304 SS 25mm tube the other day for the stanchions and unspecified projects.
  • 18 Aug 2012 12:53
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    Reply # 1050292 on 644008
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    Much work on the cradle today and apart from the diagonal bracing it's just about done. The keel fit may well be Friday but Tuesday would be nice.It depends on whether my help manifests.
  • 21 Aug 2012 13:47
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    Reply # 1052336 on 644008
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    My planned help has a new girlfriend and a few days with her in beach house wins out over moving 850 kgs of lead and timber I guess.
    Anyway, the cradle apart from some trimming is finish and I started lift the boat higher today. Only 17 inches to go. Probably the slowest trip Redwing will make.
  • 21 Aug 2012 20:50
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    Reply # 1052741 on 644008
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    Hi Gary,

    dont bet on that, I have some horryble stories to tell about lying in the calm waiting for winds....

    Good luck though
  • 22 Aug 2012 12:15
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    Reply # 1053231 on 644008
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    Thanks Ketil, a friend is coming around tomorrow to help me for the day.
     I hope at least to have the boat raised to the right height. Anything beyond that, like getting the keel onto the cradle would be a pleasant bonus.
  • 25 Aug 2012 06:23
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    Reply # 1056045 on 644008
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    It's taken longer than I thought it would but the boat is now high enough for the keel to fit underneath...very slow and fiddly job. I am now planning to do the bolt on next Thursday.
  • 25 Aug 2012 06:36
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    Reply # 1056059 on 1056045
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    Gary Pick wrote:It's taken longer than I thought it would but the boat is now high enough for the keel to fit underneath...very slow and fiddly job. I am now planning to do the bolt on next Thursday.
    I see that your photo now shows you with the the waterline at about head-height. What's the designed draught of this class?
  • 25 Aug 2012 07:21
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    Reply # 1056076 on 644008
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    4'6" David. Where I'm standing is about a foot below the top of the cradle base. I'm 5'9".
  • 25 Aug 2012 17:58
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    Reply # 1056397 on 644008
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    That would be a stiff boat, has the same draft as my 35'er. Clearly yours is a performance machine!
 
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