Setting off around the world!

[p.gazibara]

Cool bit of history! Are you going to do Leo-ish videos along the way?

There seems to be a void in wooden boat project channels, might be a niche for us. Though I highly doubt we would be in the same class as Leo if we do go that route. I’m not a trained boatbuilder!

 

[Prairie Schooner]

There seems to be a void in wooden boat project channels, might be a niche for us. Though I highly doubt we would be in the same class as Leo if we do go that route. I’m not a trained boatbuilder!

You could make that a feature of your channel, highlighting what you learn along the way.

 

[Mark F]

Oddly, two OceanVolt motors may have just bounced into my orbit. Apparently the control system was problematic and the trimaran where they were fit has gone to combi motors instead.

My thoughts have been two (3?) parallel motors belt driven spinning a common prop shaft. The regen from the larger prop in theory should work better.

The word is Halcyon could steam along at 10kn with the Perkins 4107, which made a whopping 26kw continuous. Twin 12kw motors should get us to the ballpark and keep the system at 48V without needing crazy wire sizes.

I have 32 300A LiFePO4 cells waiting for the project too. That should be enough for afternoon harbor tours and maybe run a small espresso bar.

If you haven't seen the Sailing Uma episode about the dual motor setup check this out. The discussion starts at 11:30ish.

 

[p.gazibara]

Two days of great exercise and I have one side of the hull scraped back to glass and the other about 1/3 the way. The tungsten scraper really makes paint disappear. Way faster than sanding, took a boatbuilder to show me the light.



An old timer with a nearly 60’ carvel planked ketch (hand built by him he even cast all the bronze fittings!) came by and told me some history of the boat.

Apparently they added 800kgs of lead to the bottom of the keel after her first race to New Cal as she was a bit too tender. He showed me the casting line in the lead.

He also mentioned she was one of the first boats in New Zealand that was epoxy sheathed with peel ply. Didn’t realize they were doing that in the 60’s. The roving has adhered very well to the wood. I only managed to peel one section off that was not adhered well.



Once I started peeling things back I actually found the hull to be in better shape than I expected. I’ll have to scarf in a new bit of wood around the shaft log, but aside from that and a bit of worm damage near the sounder, the wood is in great shape.

Cyclone Tam just ripped down the Tasmin and gave us lots of rain and great kiting wind. Had to take a break from scraping the hull. I organized a small crew and we got to work removing the old Perkins. Until now I have not been able to access the main bilge because the engine has been sitting on the floorboards.





Huge success! Now for lots of water and soap to clean out thbilge.



I had to set the hatches in place temporarily and cover all the portlights in PVC tape as she was pouring water in after the cyclone ripped the tarps off.



Ah, that’s better! Starting to look more and more like a potential art venue .

I know it’s not Ericson content, but I don’t really have a place to put this progress at the momentso I hope nobody here is upset that I’m sharing here.

Cheers,
-p