Sunny Weather!

A rare sunny day gave me the opportunity to do some more work on the yawl, tidy her up and take some photos: 

Happy Sailing,

Rich

Ready to sail

Final touches on DY171 are underway prior to her first sail, I have attached some photos I took after working in the rain all afternoon.


New additions include: A simple cleat on the starboard side of the mast for the cunningham and helm / crew toestraps. I have also adjusted the position of the genoa tracks. An optimum time race watch is mounted forrad near the mast. A "mast break" strop has been added this is a more accurate method of bend control than using chocks. The mast break strop will not be utilised fully until an aluminium mast collar has been added inorder to strengthen the area around this part of the mast.

Happy Sailing

Rich

Sails up on the new rig for the first time

DY171 is almost ready to sail again, I put a set of sails up on the new masts for the first time yesterday. These sails have been kindly lent to me while DY171s new set are on order allowing me to provisionally place the gennoa tracks (these may need fine adjustment once the boat starts racing) and adjust the length of the halyard and fly away pole line. The missen sheeting system is also finished and working correctly!


All I need to do now is finish putting the toe straps on and she will be ready for her first sail after her refit. (lots more small tweaks to add before competitive racing).

Happy Sailing,

Rich