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That is awesome. I took my charter certification out of New York and spent a week sailing those water. I'd planned to take Skeena there this fall. where did you launch?
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One thing I did was to put a 2 x 6 tied tight to the rear d rings. With a hole in its middle and the bow eye supported i could flip the boat easily by myself.
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These post bring back memories, which are getting better with time. There are some people (Chick, I'm talking about you) who love to build. And others, like me that just want a boat that I couldn't get unless I built it myself and liked, but didn't love the building process. Now I'm at that point where I go sailing and am amazed I finished and it sails so well.. I hope you are more like Chick. I'm looking forward to that sailing day for you. I like that you painted the aft storage. I didn't, and it's kind of dark in there.
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Pete, I like what you did, but I've had a hard time feeling comfortable leaving the cockpit and going below to pop up and work the sail when sailing solo. I feel pretty helpless leaving the tiller, halyards and sheets for even a second. Also, my hatch contains a solar panel on it's lid and I made the exact same dogs Graham did on Carlita and I'm uncomfortable leaving the hatch un-dogged at the time I'm needing a reef or two. By the time I go forward, make a change, re-dog it just doesn't feel right. I'm hopeful this change will accomplish what I want from the cockpit for the most part. I'm close to having the second reef point rigged (maybe tomorrow) to test. I can reach the first two reef ties from the companionway. Also, in a pinch it's easy to drop the sail.
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Core Sound 20 Mk3 #23 - Williamsburg, VA
Steve W replied to Todd Stein's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
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One advantage your slide open hatch design has is the ability to pop out of it. I tried and think it's not really practical for my hinged hatch. I keep it dogged and by the time I could go below and pop out I might jibe or worse. I do think adding a downhaul will make it easy to add the first reef from the cockpit. I dropped sail to add it before, but it was slow. I did pause to reef the mizzen. Tying the first two sail ties was easy and safe standing on the cabin step.
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I just got back from a 4 day 3 night trip on Skeena. I love this boat so much. Everything just worked out great. I've tweaked a few things to the way I like them, but the design is just awesome. I do plan on adding a second down-haul forward. I ordered the parts from B & B. Sunday morning the wind piped up to where I needed to reef the main and I wasn't comfortable going out on the Cabin top to move the down-haul hook up to reef. I dropped the sail to accomplish this but I think I would be fine lowering the sail by releasing the halyard and pulling down on the 2nd down-haul. Pointing up I can easily reach the reef cleats and I'd easily have the first reef in. Once I added the Mizzen reef I would then go forward to move the original down-haul up to the 3rd reef spot in case a 2nd reef became necessary. None of this has been necessary because up to this point I almost always had crew. I am also going to add some kind of a tent from the mizzen mast forward over the companionway. The UV index for all four days was off the charts and it was warm in the cabin. I used an umbrella to stay out of the sun a few times, but I really need to rig something. Any suggestions would be welcomed. I'm heading to Maine 2 weeks from now and I need to scramble on this. My dermatologist told me so ?. Pics and a video soon. Steve
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I'd laminate one with strips like the center board.
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Core Sound 15 #162 — Building the “Norma T”
Steve W replied to PadrePoint's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Well done. Love the tribute to your mom. My first B & B build I named after my mom Susan Josephine Wenke. The Suzy J. It reminds me of her, but best is that I've had a great amount of opportunity to talk to her and share her legacy like you are clearly doing. She was an amazing woodworker (no boats though!), seamstress, artist and gave me the "get er done" spirit. And yes, the devil is in the details! -
Core Sound 20 Mk3 #23 - Williamsburg, VA
Steve W replied to Todd Stein's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
I learned from Pete M to make lists and set goals. It helped and it still took 4.5 years. You are way ahead of my schedule. ? -
I have raised an lowered my masts on the boat. I had the entire rig off the masts, which made it easy. I would only want to do it on lfat water, but that was a desirable feature as there is a place I launch with a bridge. The tabernacles are pretty handy.
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Is there a suggested "proper" way to lash the snap hooks to the sail clew. Every-time I look at mine I think of the old Boy Scout knot rule.........if you can;t tie a good one, tie a lot of them. I have also had my square knots loosen that I tied in the chord supplied by B & B. Surely there's a trick to be learned.
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Core Sound 20 Mk 3 -- #4 "Chessie" . .
Steve W replied to Pete McCrary's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Pete, it was a pleasure having you lead the way building Chessie before Skeena. It must be difficult to see here go,. I'm just glad you still will be part of the scene with an S10. Great boats! -
She's a beauty!
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I think you'll be fine. You probably will grab the top of the ladder with one hand and the top of the transom with the other.
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Jay, we experimented and the pump doesn't work backwards! That would be sweet but no luck. I'd had that Johnson 750 GPH pump laying around for years. The good news is you can just pull the motor to clean if it gets junk in it. I have thought it through and I think another pump is cheap and easiest. My only challenge is feeding wires into the tank while keeping it sealed.
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So I took Skeena on her first sail of 2020 Today with my son Andrew. Very fresh and Gusty Winds. I had to reacquaint myself with the rig because it was a full 7 months since my last sail. Our main purpose was to get Andrew on his first sail (he was in working and then college last summer/fall) and try out a few things. First was the Depth sounder. It worked perfectly. While I know depth isn't something we worry about, I find it a good backup to navigation when the depth your chart or GPS says you are is backed up by the proper depth. I forgot to put petroleum jelly down to provide good contact, so my son though it was magic when I went below with a water bottle and made it work! I'll glue it down tonight. Next up was a ballast pump. As I mentioned earlier Jay put a 2 way ballast pump in his Southern Express and his pre-planning made it possible. But being the Luddite I am didn't put any accommodation in and now regret it. I did put in Graham's secret port and after thinking about things I added a bilge pump to fill, which worked perfectly. And if you pop off the friction fit hose and put it on the discharge it silently drains the water really fast. Here's a Vid: Unfortunately I didn't realize the Anderson bailer was open and it was draining about as fast as we were filling in this video (Doh!). Once I figured this out it filled quick. Later in the day I pulled the hose off the inlet and pressed it on the outlet and it pumped it dry pretty quick. It would be slick if I could find a 2-way spool valve that would let me just flip the inlet and outlet, but another of these bilge pumps is only about $30 bucks, so I may go that route. It didn't seem to drain my little battery very much and the solar topped it right up. About the time it emptied the wind piped up and I wanted the water in and when we were healed to starboard the inlet would go dry and the pump would suck air. If I was designing this system in I would work harder to get the inlet at the base of the centerboard trunk. But I have to call it a success. Next is poking a hole in the top of the ballast tank to run a wire and then sealing it. We just hiked out hard and kept her flat enough to keep filling until we could tack. All in all a successful day.
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I didn't add any paint to my tanks, but yours sure looks nice! I did decide to add two pumps like you plan. I modified a bilge pump by having my son make a new lower unit to try and turn a really quiet, efficient johnson bilge pump into an efficient filling pump and I think I've succeeded. Jay used a two way pump but I didn't think I needed one so I didn't run lines/electrical. I am going to try it all out this weekend before I start drilling holes in the tank! I'll keep you posted.
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Graham, You got a bunch of gunkholers here that just don't get the concept. It's a cool design but I'm very happy with Skeena. I haven't lost sight of land in a long time and was bored every time it happened. Different boats for different folks.
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I thought the same thought when I saw that......
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This looks great. I may be interested in building another Spindrift (sailing required) and I definitely am interested in the crane. I bought a Rosborough 246 (my wife says no more boat building for a while) and the factory crane is over 2500 dollars to add to it. I'm thinking of fabricating one myself that looks like this: For now I would put my 11N up there.
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Spindrift 12 #1275 - foot hold while sailing
Steve W replied to J. Cote's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
I pondered the same thing when I built my 11N, but I haven't missed a hiking strap yet. It may be because the Spindrift series has hard chines and keep buoyancy out pretty far so it's pretty stable. It also may be because I'm not as aggressive of a sailor as I used to be, more inclined to put a reef in that sit on the edge of the boat. -
I'm with Don.
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Spindrift 12 #1275 - Attaching Gunwales at the bow
Steve W replied to J. Cote's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
When I did my 11N I ripped three strips and glued them all at once to the boat. It was kind of messy, but came out great. I had used a piece Spanish cedar in the middle, just because. I trimmed with a hand plane. -
Core Sound 20 Mk3 #23 - Williamsburg, VA
Steve W replied to Todd Stein's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
That outboard motor well looks great. I glued a piece of 3/4 stock to the plywood sticking above the transom and used a laminate trimmer to match the plywood. The swim ladder bushing looks really nice and strong. I'm guessing you are recessing the nut in the inside wedge?