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I got the navigation lights’ and the cabin lights working
LED bulbs fitted.
You can see from one of the photos’ that I put in a bend in the cable’ to allow water to drip away.
By using a cable tie to form the bend’ and heating the cable’ with a hot air gun’ it softened the cable casing;
When cooled, it remained in place without support.
Can anyone give me some advise as to weather I should have lights in the cockpit area

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This navigation coerce’ I have to say. I am finding it challenging
I thought it would be plane sailing
It took me quite a while to get my head around the compass.
True, variation, compass, vs. compass, variation, true, leaving out the deviation. :eek:
I didn’t know which way I was going
Any way with the help of the tube
T V M V D C AW; I draw a little graph, add west’ going down and subtract east’ and the opposite going up; I finally seemed to get it right.
When you get all that right; then you have to deal with the tidal stream’ you think you are going one way, but you are actually going somewhere else.
A bit like skating on ice’ you are pointing in one direction’ but sliding in another.

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I have got a little bit done in the last couple of days
I have installed the, wind indicator’ depth sounder’ and the speed log.
And wired them up; alarm attached to the depth sounder.
There’s still a lot of tidying up to be done with the cabling’ I will wait until I have everything installed’ before I do this, as I may have to move things around a bit.
I also installed the vhf radio; I still have to connect the signal inputs’ to the radio and wind indicator’ when the mast is stepped.
The battery is reading 13.5 volts’ so almost fully charged’ hopefully the controller will sense’ when it is fully charged, and dump the excess load’ to the 12v dump load/resistors.
I may have to give the cockpit area a coat of paint especially around the cockpit lockers.
As there seems to be some water getting in around these areas.

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I fitted an extra fuel filter to the engine.
The plan is to change the main engine fuel filter maybe one in four; as it is difficult to get at.
Filled the engine side of the water system with antifreeze.
Turned the engine over.
Think she would start; no way
It turned out to be a dodgy crimp connection’ to the fuel cut-off solenoid.
Once I got this sorted; off she went, the throttle handle needs a little bit of adjustment’ but other than that. Everything seems ok’ in and out of gear smoothly’ so all in all, I am happy with the engine installation.

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I know I haven’t posted in a while
But the black dog was back
I had two very close bereavements’ since: there are now two extra saints in heaven.
Anyway I been tipping away’ hoping to have CEO Na Marra’ ready for March or April
I have secured a mooring I just need to get the timing of the move sorted.
If I get some good weather she should be ready.
Since March and April’ is the busiest time for putting boats in the water’ in Crosshaven.
It could be the end of April’ before she gets wet, I would hope to have the last lift on a Friday, or Saturday’ and leave her in the straps for the weekend’ while she swells; well that’s the plan.
I post a few photos ASAP

i cant post photos:o

I used the cut out’s from the steps for the towel rail:D

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Jausus pedro that stuff cost almost as much as gold leaf:eek:
I got a little bit done today; it’s the fiddly bits that take the longest.
Actually this has almost taken me a week.
I needed to somehow tie in the roof of the front cabin to the side panels.
Something I felt it needed; so I cut’ bevelled’ and scribed’ some teak, to fit just under the leading edge.
Although this is screwed into the side panels’ and then to the oak beams’ it still needed something else.
So I tried some brass rail handles’ heated and bent’ but they would not work, so back to plan E and used some brass bar, that I had; a lot of cutting, drilling’ and cusin’ and I finally got it right.
I fitted four’ each had a different angle.

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Dropped the sails off to the sail maker.
Spread them all out; and watched with amusement’ as he laughed, due to my ignorance.:P
It turns out’ at least one sail, did not belong to either boat’ IE, Coe Na Marra’s old sails; or the sails that came with the second hand mast.
Since the new main sail was damaged by a mouse;:eek: and needed to be repaired’ and would have been to big.
He decided the best option would be to cut out the damaged section’ thereby making the sail smaller, and would not overpower the boat.
The other sails’ jib and Genoa, he advised to wait until I had the mast up’ and try them for size, before making an alterations’ if any are needed’ they might be ok.
So the first bit of good weather’ I will lay them out again’ and clean the hanks’ and an other bits and pieces that need attention.

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I have finished the navigation coerce’ passed the first section of the exam; by a head
The second exam’ completed yesterday, I have to wait and see the result.
I learnt a lot during the coerce’ it has given me a better understanding’ as to what to expect over the next couple of months’ so next step is to put it into practice.
Tonight I started the VHF coerce; this will be a short coerce’ over three nights, so far so good.
I decided to try and get these coerces over and done with; rather than put them off.
This learning faze may not last long; so I might as well make the most of it.:P

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I got the report back from the sail maker and it was not good.
By the time he repaired the damaged parts of the sail; and cut down the sail to size, plus the age of the sail’ it would not worth my while to have it repaired’ so I opted for a second hand one.
Only four or five years old’ stained, but in good condition.
So I will have a look at this, and see where I will go from there.
Between the showers’ and the cold, I managed to give the hull and the inside of the cockpit, a couple of coats of paint’ a few more and she should be looking good.
I also made a start on the wind generator stand; I have placed it on the stern starboard side;
And will allow a six foot man or women to stand underneath without getting a haircut.
Ill keep you informed as to progress, it can be easily taken apart for servicing.
I had a chat with the boatyard, it could be as late as April or May before they can handle the lift, as there must be over three hundred yachts’ stacked like sardines it there yard.
The foreman’ being an owner of a wooden yacht himself, was more than helpful, and gave a lot of advice’ as to how to go about getting her ready for the water.
So next step’ is to get e rigger up to have a look at the mast, and the standing rigging, and see what modifications need to be made to have the mast stepped.
So all in all a lot happening but not much to show for it. :pac:

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Finished the top of the waterline’ I’m not sure if I will put in a strip’ or leave it as it is.
Also fitted the wind generator’ it will have to come apart for transport, so I will leave putting some
Lock tight on the nuts and bolts until then.

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Well the weather is back to normal and brought the flu with it
I have been in contact with the rigger on two occasions, without a successful outcome.
While I know this time of year’ there at the busiest, he could have shown more interest.
So it seems I might as well go and rig her myself; I have examined the forestay, shrouds, and backstay, and the swaged fittings, they all look ok’
More than likely having to shorten the wires and use new fittings; I will double check my measurements over the next couple of days.
The boatyard agreed to steppe the mast; so if I have to hold onto the Crain; while I set up the rigging, them I might save myself a few bob.
She still needs two more coats of varnish’ a coat of paint’ and then she will be finished with the paint and varnish at least to the hull and cabins.

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I got a little bit done since my last post.
I finally fitted the house battery fitted; 115 amp hour leisure 95€ special offer.
Connected it up to the blue sea’ add a battery system’ and the wind generator.
Everything seems to be in order, and working fine’ except’ I have to change one connection from the volt sensitive relay; I connected to the power side of the starter solenoid, and I should have connected to the starter side of the solenoid, simple fix when I get the chance.
Since, I still have not heard back from the rigger’ I decided I would need some mast steps, so rather than spend 25 to 30€ a step’ I made my own, a visit to the local scrap yard’ produced just the right size and thickness aluminium bar, for a tenner; 20€ for 70, 6mm pop rivets, and a 6.5mm drill bit; so I’m happy enough with the way they turned out, I recon I will need about 21 or 22 steps if I need more I have enough left over to make another few.
Next step is to give them a sanding primer and some hammerite paint and they should be fine.

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I picked up a punt; fitted a seat’ some oarlocks’ and some wheels’ turn out grand.
I also made a plate for the backstay’ from a piece of scrap stainless 5mm plate’ that already had four 10mm holes drilled into it’ so I only had to drill two more.

Mast steps are almost ready to fit

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I fitted the main sheet traveller’ I found a bit of brass to finish the edges.
And almost finished fixing the mast steps’ but ran out of pop rivets.