licensing in Nevada

[adla]

it wasn't so bad....i had to prove (show my reciepts) that i had paid Nevada sales tax for the material (or most of it) and that was it!!! The ladies that work at the department of wildlife were super nice and complimentary. My temporary arrangement is ghetto but Morgaine looked cute following me around town! And she got her name painted on today!!! Steve Downs and I are launching together this saturday just outside St. George, at Quail Lake...and I can't wait!!!

a.

most of the brightwork is ready for a coat of varnish...i hope toget to it before saturday..otherwise she launches a little milky looking![/img]

[Dave R1]

Looking good Adla. I'm excited to see some pictures of Morgaine in the water. I bet you're even more excited.

[Guest]

I think a lot of us have been awaiting launch day. We are very excited for you. I hope you can feel our vibes from afar.

[Barry Pyeatt]

Go Morgaine! Lots of us pulling for this launch. Even more excited because the two of you are launching at the same time. WOW! 8)

[adla]

Dave - thanks. i am excited (i was almost in tears today *happy* ones thinking about it) ....

i hope she looks good on the water, after all this time i had imagined her as red and now can't think of her as anything but this dark blue....it is weird. Bill Olney helped me with the mast hoops and they are so sharp. Tonight, i finished the stays...all swagged (or whatever) and set....how tight should they be when set properly? i had them where they were just beyond slack and didn't tighten anymore....i just wonder what the usual tension is.

Oyster - ThanKS and i think you are right about the mast for more than one reason....i am only 5' tall and there is no way i can lift that thing without a lot of help...i tried to raise it tonight but found it impossible to hold, step on the cabin and raise without someone (my dad) climbing into the boat and helping. If it was lighter (hollow birdsmouth) i think i could do it...it is just that much to heavy as a ripped 4x4 and i am that much too short. ANyway i think i do feel the vibe...i was unexpectedly working today (i thought i could have the day for the boat but didn't get home until after 6pm) and couldn't help but feel completely tickled about saturday!!! and then Phil announced that he'd be able to make it and i thought "that just beats all"!!! i know Roland said there would be a "chance" he'd make it too....wouldn't that be something!

Barry - thank you! Since the very start of this project you have been such a tremendous help. i reference you advice a lot (and stray from time to time because i am rebellious by nature *grin*) You are always the first to answer my silly questions and don't treat them as silly. THanks for the support!!!

now, to sleep...perhaps to dream (of SAiLing)

a.

[adla]

ah, geez oh, man...i forgot to mention that launching with Steve is a good part of the motivation!!! He sent me a note a long time ago and mentioned that he wasn't that far away and asked about supplies....and through Bill Olney, i was able to go to his house for a weekend and help a little on the Black Falcon. Steve is a great guy, has a great family, and is a cowboy poet (whats better than that). He has visited here...and seen Morgaine in her ugliest of ugly states...what a diplomat that Steve! I am glad he is close by and Roland too! i naturally travel to both S. Utah and N. Nevada as often as i can and hope to sail with them both.

Roland's video of sailing on Lahontan made my eyes pop out....that part of Nevada has an undescribeable charm...and there is NO shortage of wind on that lake, especially when the seasons are changing.

anyways i am excited and after launch i will put together a list of things that need to be done to get her *dialed in* and a credits list. There were many other builders along the way and i know who they are and will send acknowledgments when i finally have a free second!!!

thanks everyone!

a.

[Stump]

Go get 'um adla!!! The first time out IS the dream!!! 8)

[Barry Pyeatt]

Adla,

On your cable fittings. If you are using vinyl coated cable, strip the coating off the cable where you are connecting it. You will get a much more positive connection. Double up on the cable clamps. Two instead of one and be sure you place the standing part of the cable towards the closed side of the clamp. Let the clamp pull down on the free end of the cable. Much more secure and less prone to damage or slippage.

With swagged fittings they have to crimp well into the cable not just squeeze it.

Tension on standing rigging should be a little tight when you pluck it like a bass string all around. You can tighten the turnbuckles up to achieve this. Loosen them before lowering the mast.

As far as raising the mast, you can use the halyard to help lift it. Run the free end forward to the clubfoot eye and thru it. Connect the halyard shackle to the forestay eye or clubfoot eye. Then run the loose end back to the cockpit and it will act like a block and tackle without actual block on the bottom end. Lift the mast so that it is above the line as much as possible and then just pull on the halyard. It will pull it up the rest of the way and you can just slip the pin into the hinge on the tabernacle to hold it while you hook up the forestay.

You can also make up a snatch block to clip onto the eye and run the halyard thru it to make it easier.

If you get a pelican shackle, you will have an easier time getting the forestay connected as you will have some leverage on the shackle to help.

After attaching the forestay, then tighten up the shrouds. To lower things and disconnect, just reverse the steps and catch the mast on the way down.

If this is still a bit difficult to manage, you can rig up a Gin pole to help lift the mast with the same halyard.

[Dave R1]

Adla, Barry's got a good suggestion for raising the mast but I'll give you another. This won't work so well if you are sailing alone because it requires a helper. On the other hand, once your boat has all its running rigging, everything will be available for this method.

Prior to raising the mast, attach the jib halyard to the eye for the forestay or for the jib club if you prefer. After you start to lift the mast have your help haul gently on the jib halyard. When you get to the point where you need help raising the mast, tell your helper to "haul with a will" until the mast is up. At that point your helper can cleat the halyard and you can install the pin, bolt or whatever you are using to secure the mast.

I can raise the mast on Julie K by myself but I still use the jib halyard as a backup to the bolts in the mast until I have the forestay attached.

My forestay has a long shackle that couples to the turnbuckle. The turnbuckle and a quick link live in the drawer under the seat when the mast isn't up. (You can see the shackle and the top of the turnbuckle in this picture. The forestay is wrapped in white Rig Wrap tape.)

BTW, now I'm even more excited about your launch because we just set up high speed internet at home. Maybe you can do streaming video of your launch so we can see it live.

Roland? You know anything about that sort of thing?

[rolandblais]

...streaming video...Roland? You know anything about that sort of thing?

Well, yes, I do. ;-)

What I did is use my own website to store small and large versions of my "movie", and distribute those links.

At the same time, I submitted the small one to putfile.com (free public video hosting, with a 10mb limit - upload is immeadiate), and the large one to archive.org, no limit, but it must be "reviewed". And, I think large videos are automajically offered in smaller versions as well. Another cool thing is the automajic animated gif that gets created from scenes from the video. Once the video was "officially" on archive.org, a went back and changed the links to move them away from my server ( so bandwidth doesn't get charged against me).

Still waiting for Affleck to send a check, without it I (and my cameras) won't be there...

Peace,

Roland

PS: one thing that's been very helpful, is to have a topping lift to support the boom when the sail isn't up, or when dropping sail when you've had enough of the gusts and want to motor home. I just ran a line from from an eyebolt on the aft end of my boom up to a block at the top of the mast, then down to a cleat at the base of the mast, which I'll be relocating further back this winter.

[adla]

smart...Roland...on many levels. i will take the advice for the topping lift. i think the first sail may run just this side of absolute disaster....i don't have a concept of the rigging....all the building of the boat was easy for me to get my head around...i did get the jib up tonight!!! Cutesie! Because i raised the mast overall 4" to raise the boom...i can see that with the club foot, she might need to have like two quicklinks and then the screw eyes...to let her front lower end go up a bit. i gave the gaff a whirl and rigged the back part (peak) but not the throat...had trouble with the mast again tonight...it is a throw away but HEAVY...me and my sister and a friend were sweatin' bullets to get it up (it caught on the side stays - insert appropriate bad language)

here she is witht the boom and some lines...doing who knows what...

what is all this business about the front stay having a turnbuckle...it makes sense but i didn't see it in the plans.....

interesting to note that tonights difficult mast raising was due to a stay that kept getting caught on the trailer....but that women (those of us here trying to raise the mast...us/wefound it easier to shoulder and push the mast up than pull a halyard....maybe it is a center of gravity and lack of upper body strength issue....i need a hollow mast, it is on the list...

excuse me i have to fall over now and sleep....

[Dave R1]

Adla, I don't recall what the plans indicate for the forestay. I use a turnbuckle up front, though, because it makes it easier to attach the forestay.

As I mentioned, I attach the jib halyard to the boweye--I use the the eye for the forestay--and put a bit of tension on it after pinning the mast up. I attach the turnbuckle with a quick link before raising the mast. Then I attach the forestay and tension the turnbuckle to remove the slack.

With my longer bowsprit, the end is above my head and I'm 6'1" That makes for a tough job for me to reach up and pull on the forestay while trying to attach it to the boat. With the arrangement I have even my bride can do it while standing on the trailer tongue and she's only about 5'5".

[Craig]

Oh doesn't she look great! Nice work Adla. Yes the issue is upper body strength. On my boat this is also an issue when drawing the mast tip forward to clip on the forestay turnbuckle to the sprit. I recommend the tackle the guys are talking about to give you the mechanical advantage needed to make this easier. The same will hold for the hollow mast but to a much lessor degree. Have a great launch. You have well earned it. :wink: I like the blue better too.

[adla]

gosh, thanks Craig...

Barry's advice was wise and set me back HOURS...i cut all the stays off today...re-ran them...stripped the vinyl off...used double swaggy things....and stops (like tripple swagged) and heat shrink...

so, that amounted to getting the jib up:

i put a turnbuckle on the forestay...needed or not, mostly because it makes it easier for little ol' me to get the mast down and up..... and a bunch of other stuff. Her name is on:

my sister is real sweet for painting that for me...i like it!

g'night!

a.

[capt jake]

Looking great! I use the halyard to assist in raising and lowering the mast. It really helps out quite a bit. I can then use the same halyard to apply forward tension to make attaching the forestay easier also.

The most difficult part of raising the mast is assuring that the shrouds don't foul on anything. I try to lay them on the deck clear of any obstructions.

Speed and ease of set-up and stowing gets better with practice. ;)

Can't wait to hear how the first sail goes! Great job!