First trip of the year!
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Westerly Centaur – Gemini.
Thank you to Stu and Paul for their invaluable advise, would never have got here without you.
Great day followed, by a craking sail in ideal conditions on the the Sunday!
Tide Times
Saturday 12th October – Springs +3
1150 – HT
1250 – Grounded
1450 – Dry
2320 – Approx – Re-floated
0020 – HT
Notes
- Next time try adjacent to the posts, one boat length away, see GPS coordinates.
- Next time if too dark to travel further pick up a mooring buoy as quite confined.
- Next time try drying out for shorter period
- There was a tap on the beach that could be used for a pressure washer?
Great day with Yachtmaster Examiner/Instructor Mark Lewis, who is based on the Orwell River, and Principal Instructor at Shearwater Sailing School.
My notes for future reference, diagrams by Mark:
Boat-Handling-In-Tight-Spaces – PDF Document including diagrams
Coonections appear to all be as they should, nothing loose!
But, burners still fail to ignite.
The right burner is better, but only manages to light after a considerable amount of time.
I’ll ask Ely Boat Chandlers for a replacement.
Here are some pics:
On the left is the larger Johnsom pump impeller, on the right is the earlier Jabsco.
Z Spars are upgrading me to a larger model FOC, how is that for service!
The problem is to achieve an acceptable angle, I reduced the inner tube by approximately 200mm, now just before the boox is horizontal there is no spring and the two tobes are tight together.
The mast foot fitting extend up inside the mast making it difficult lower the mast bracket further, but it could possibly be lowered by 30mm.
Photos taken when removing the Volvo Penta MD2B from Gemini:
Next time I would wrap the engine in an old duvet to further protect the woodwork.
