If I can, I want to get down there to run the heater.
Lots of people on the streets in Corpus – they’ll be looking for shelter. Hopefully not on my boat.
Guy across the pontoon from me had people living in his boat, and marina security didn’t know. They stripped it.
Fingers xd.
Displacement boats, like Frank, rely on the length of hull in the water to counterbalance the wind in the sails & generate movement through the sea. Planing boats use forwards momentum through the water to lift the hull dynamically out of the water, reducing resistance and increasing speed with a direct transfer of wind power from the sails to the boat’s direction.
So a displacement boat has a speed limiter. Its length of hull in the water determines the max amount of wind power that it can convert into movement.
Great job by Philippe Delamare: he “has sailed only 800 Nautical miles in excess of the theoretical route with a “wastage” of just 3.2%”
https://globalsolochallenge.com/100-days-everest/
I bought this new fully-battened mainsail last year. These pics are from the local UK Sails guy, Doug Weakly, in Corpus.
Doug ran the mainsail up the newly-installed tracking, installed by Matt Sebring at Coastal Bend, who also arranged the sail making. UK Sails’ loft in in Houston.
UK Sails – https://www.uksailmakers.com/lofts/texas/
Coastal Bend Yacht Services: Matthew Sebring cbyscc@gmail.com 361-461-4067
The sail is strengthened to give protection against high winds. The full battens will provide extra stiffness. Hopefully I’ll get out to sea next spring, to try them out!
Frank used to have a 12volt fridge, which also ran off mains when alongside.
I mentioned (https://wordpress.com/post/frank-justfrank.com/306 October 2015) the fridge, which I extracted from its hole by the engine : “Most useless kit: the refrigerator. I donated this to a charity in Dartmouth. Every time I had a problem with the electrics or engine I had to haul it out of its home.”
So ever since I have had this hole, having converted the icebox to be a fridge:
I am going to finally turn it into a storage cupboard. I’ll leave access to the engine water inlet. There is a separate access door under this pic.
Frank was last out of the water in 2017, so way overdue for being hauled and cleaned up.
We motored (no sails – they are being repaired by Matt Sebring at Coastal Bend Yacht Services).
Some pics here. I was gobsmacked at the good condition that I found her undersides to be in.
Tasks – replace the propellor, replace the zincs, replace the sea cocks (especially the heads one), rub down and re-do the bottom, relocate the a/c, service the winches, drop the mast, etc etc.
Lots to do! I started with removing the prop.
The new cover for the holding tank is on, and the gauge has been fitted..
Woodstain and varnish have failed to match the color to the bulkhead.
The sensor has been fitted, and wired up to the gauge, and calibrated. Very straightforward, and users of the heads can now check before flushing.
I had a slight mishap, tearing one of the copper foil sensors, but the company sent me a replacement very promptly – allowing me to pay after it arrived.
The next task is to hide the vertical pipes and build a storage unit for charts, manuals and papers, in the driest part of the boat.
ON 1272125, the new Official Number for Frank, has been assigned by the Coastguard. Once I receive the Certificate of Documentation, I can strike the Manx Red Ensign and hoist the Stars and Stripes!
I will need to have the new port, Corpus Christi, TX, put on the stern, to replace Douglas, IoM. And I need to permanently add the new O.N. to the boat.
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