C22 Masting and Shakedown Sail

The first WYC race is next week.  Wanted to get the mast up and do a shakedown sail.

Got to the club a little after 4pm, and worked on getting the mast prepped.

• attached spreaders
• ran internal halyards
• attached VHF antenna
• attached windex
• attached shrouds
• attached forestay and backstay

Melissa and James came a little before six with John coming a little after.

Mast Prep

Carrying mast to boat

We attached the backstay adjuster, traveler lines, and the upper shrouds to the boat.
John attached the mast in the step, I supported the mast in the cockpit, and James hauled the mast up using the jib halyard.  Was easy really. 

Ready to hoist

Pull!

Halfway

Up!

 

Next was the boom, lower shrouds, and mainsheet. 
We hanked on the #3 jib and the old main with a reef. 



Sails



 

We headed out into the lake on a beam reach.
Not much waves with the wind about 8 knots from the east.
Perfect amount of sail, as the winds were building.

The shrouds were flapping loosely on the leeward side, so I went forward and tightened them by hand.  I figure we went 2 miles out into the lake.   After we tacked to come back I tightened the other side. 

During the tack to come back , the double ended mainsheet let go because I didn't have a stopper knot in it.  Good thing we did a shakedown sail!

Still have to tighten the rig a little more, and lock it down.
Oh yeah and hookup the boom vang and cunningham.

Was a little cold, but I am glad we got out.

Whitby Yacht Club Lanch Time Lapse

Center Crane: http://youtu.be/4gtCcyHVGxw

West Crane: http://youtu.be/xJI3pyFcAWk

 

 

GOPROs were setup to take a 5MP image every two seconds.

The resultant image file (9,000+ of them) were stitched together to create the video file.

 

 

MUMM36 ACE Masting

Mike Cullen called me on Sunday morning when I was at the Whitby Yacht Club to work on my boat.  He wanted help bring ACE from the yard in outer harbour to National to avoid some storage fees.

Got down there around 11am and Michael, Mike, Carson, and Kris were working on the boat.  They had decided they wanted to mast the boat instead of laying it on the deck.

We spent sometime rebedding the cabintop winches, clutches, forward stantions, and bow pulpit.  They were removed for transport to get the height below 13ft from the bottom of the keel.

Huge cockpit!

Took a while to figure out how to rig the backstay, running backstay, and check stays.

Masting

Kris attaching forestay

Group shot

ACE Leaving for National
Michael, Kris, and Bart

We motored to National at a little over 4 knots.
Motor purred like a kitten at 2,100 RPM.

Trip Odometer: 2.62 miles
Moving Average: 4.0 knots
Max Speed: 5.0 knots
Moving Time: 39 minutes

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2014/20140504.kmz

On the wall at National

Michael later moved the boat to a temporary slip

Still Times

Side by side on dock 8 at the Whtiby Yacht Club.

MUMM 36 ACE Arrival

Mumm 36 arrived on transport truck from Maryland on Saturday at around 10am.

The yard did not have jack stands high enough for the 7ft 4in draft, so in the water she went.

http://youtu.be/ZoYV0T6lhDE

I couldn't be there, as I was too busy with Whitby launch.

Photo of another MUMM 36 under sail

Whitby Yacht Club Launch

Launch day at the Whitby Yacht Club.

Cold and a little rainy in the afternoon.

First was big Still Time:

No leaks, however the shaft seal made a squeeling sound in gear.  I had Dave Sandford look at it and he told me to put her in gear and rev it, and the sound went away.

Speed paddle is not working.  I had spun it when doing the bottom.  Could be wiring.

Next was little Still Time:

Motor started first pull!

Going into her slip, I went to put her in reverse and she stalled, and BANG hit the end the dock; another bow scar!

YouTube phone video of the launch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS3fIhI-Ohg


Also went up the bucket truck ONE MORE TIME to fix the outdoor wireless

C22 Ready to Launch

 

Spent most of the day getting little Still Time ready to launch.

 

 



New transom trim (old below)

Rudder Hung
Tiller Attached
Motor Mounted

Looking good

Port

Starboard

Compounded and waxed the sides.

Motor took a while to get started but worked fine after sitting for a bit.  Guess it took a bit to get the new gas into the carb.