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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 16:07:10 GMT
The item in question retails at around £1000 new so it seems a fair bet to throw some money at it. Apparently we're approaching a heat-wave but it'll do little for the water temperature.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 16:07:20 GMT
I've been wondering about converting a sailing dinghy into an electric jobbie.
It would be so much more relaxing to not have the sticky up thing and the flappy flappy thing.
It seems some of these boats have nice easily driven hull shapes so would make excellent conversion to pod drive.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 16:15:15 GMT
I've been wondering about converting a sailing dinghy into an electric jobbie. It would be so much more relaxing to not have the sticky up thing and the flappy flappy thing. It seems some of these boats have nice easily driven hull shapes so would make excellent conversion to pod drive. And they are often given away free as just a hull only. There were few on facebook last week. The stick and flappy thing is not compulsory,but you need one that has a transom fit for an outboard.Not all of them are.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 16:18:08 GMT
I've got a super duper Intermotor bolt-on pod drive. 4 bolts and a 30mm central hole for the wiring conduit.
Needs to be fitted to a boat which has a rudder.
It seems improbable it will be fitted to Dulcinea as it's too much like hard work and probably not powerful enough.
Would be great on a sailing dinghy though.
I would like to test it anyway so bolting to a giveaway sailing dink is a very interesting option actually for sea trials.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 16:19:35 GMT
I've been wondering about converting a sailing dinghy into an electric jobbie. It would be so much more relaxing to not have the sticky up thing and the flappy flappy thing. It seems some of these boats have nice easily driven hull shapes so would make excellent conversion to pod drive. I've been wondering about a modified rig that might get under some of the Thames bridges. I quite fancy the idea of an upriver expedition. A system to lower the mast easily could be a bit complicated though. I had a 420 for a bit, that was a planing hull and generally light. Old ones sometimes come cheap. A catamaran might be better to add solar panels though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 16:25:35 GMT
Yeah, a catamaran would definitely be more stable, but they are rarely given away. My old fireball would tip over if you were 1/2 a foot over the centre line with no sail up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2021 16:35:45 GMT
A rowing boat would be a good bet.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 27, 2021 21:06:56 GMT
Are you the caravan owner then? I get confused with who is who here/analworld.. Martin John Gilligan travels under the Happy Nomad moniker these days on t'other channel. Don't know if he has a lurking profile here. doubt it ...... by now he would have been totally unable to resist reacting to the comments
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Post by patty on Mar 28, 2021 7:37:41 GMT
well I guess we now know he's still somewhere even if its over the road
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2021 18:25:42 GMT
Went to the club today. How could I not? Lots of sunshine - I get sunburnt easily and I do believe I've caught a bit too much already. Here's another pic of much the same view as before but this time at almost high tide. Quite a difference to the first pic! Neither of the boats in the pic are mine. You can just see a light-ship much like the one often discussed here in the far left. It seems more like the Riviera today than the cold gloomy scene of a few weeks ago. Still bugger-all wind though. I'm going again tomorrow to do some more prep. If I get the rig tensioned anything like correctly then its test-rigging the big genoa time. Maybe I'll take a pic of it then.
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Post by paulhd on Apr 1, 2021 8:23:47 GMT
Our club opens today. Can't wait to get down there and check out the Wayfarer and Mirror. From the picture you can see how useful it is to leave the boom in place.
That looks like a great place to sail.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2021 10:47:48 GMT
Boom-up is a good thing. It also allows the sails to be left on the boat (mid-season anyway). The Medway offers a lot of scope but on the other hand its a long way from anywhere else to trailer the boat to!
Where do you sail?
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Post by paulhd on Apr 1, 2021 16:27:11 GMT
I'm a member at Rickmansworth. A good bunch of helpful sailors there. Once I am a bit more confident with the ailing I want to visit Rutland and maybe the lake district. Long journeys but I think worth it. I managed to get down the club today and gave the old Mirror a polish and had a bit of lunch Tomorrow I will give the Wayfarer a clean up and might get on the water if weather is good.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2021 16:34:54 GMT
That Mirror looks in nice condition. They are great boats, I learnt to sail in the family one many years ago.
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Post by paulhd on Apr 1, 2021 16:42:44 GMT
That Mirror looks in nice condition. They are great boats, I learnt to sail in the family one many years ago. She is in great condition. She was built in 2002. Raced for 6 or so years and then sat in the guys garage until he put it up for sale at the start of 2020. I love the history behind these boats.
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