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Swallow Yachts Forum => Home Builders' Area => Topic started by: steve jones on 10 May 2012, 16:15
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Mostly finished, but test sail completed, just a few none serious snags to iron out, then longer more intensive trials at Cardiff Bay then Bala, if ok then SEAFARE Milford Haven.
Steve BR17 Nona Me
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STEVE BR17 NONA ME
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Steve,
Looks good to me. I'll be at Seafair hopefully with my Storm 17. Would be good to meet up.
Clem
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Steve,
Congratulations on being the first home builder of the BR17. Mine is coming on slowly, but 5 weeks business travelling since Christmas haven't helped me to get much done.
Anthony
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Thanks Anthony,
I have just returned from a four day trial sail, on non tidal waters on lake Bala, all went well.
From my own point of view I prefer the mast to be a little longer, and Matt has come up with a simple solution to achieve this. I have two sets of reef points and a system of reefing which worked I am usually single handed and prefer to be able to reef at sea. It took me about 4/5 minutes from stop to go, in a 10/15 knot wind.
The second reef dropped the sprit boom too low for my liking, and raking the mast forward ment I was inhibiting the fiddle block fitted for my bowsprit. Hence the need for taller mast.
I do not know what stage you are at , but have incorporated a number of personal mods. to make life easier and can outline them if you like, the added weight amounts to about 12kg but I will use the boat as a cruiser not racer.
Might you be ready for SEAFAIR Milford Haven 23rd June for a week ?
I have also brought up the subject of sail numbers with Matt, he is in the throes of developing something and asked me to wait a while.
All the best ,
Steve
BR17 NONA ME
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No chance, i'm afraid. When I said turn her over, I meant I'm about to turn her upside down to glass the bottom.
Which brings me to ask: The build cradle looks as though the boat will fit on there upside-down, with the weight resting on the battens that support the seats, on the outer tips of the cradle supports. Can you confirm this? Or do I need to take the uprights off and sling a couple of stout planks for and aft?
Regards,
Anthony
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I'm sure the forum would benefit from hearing about your personal mods.
Do you have the assymmetric spinaker option?
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I did consider using the inverted build frame, with some timber at intervals to rest the gunwhale on, but in the end I opted for bulk timber on the floor. The inverted frame would, on reflextion, have given me more height.
I will coble together some of the mods. at the stage I introduced them.
One of the changes was to make a bowsprit , to take enable a fore stay and possibly an outer jib, storm jib, or flying jib. The problem being I only have 2cm clearance when I fitted the fiddle block and set the mast up, even though I had raised the mast by 3cm. Another reason for a longer mast.
Regards
Steve
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I have a definitive reply from Swallowboats that the cradle is not designed to hold the boat upside down.
That said, it can't be very far away - the seat bearing battens against the hull are all in the same plane, as are the tops of the cradle supports 3 and onward. Shave an inch or so off the tips and it would be a snug fit, I'm sure.
I think I will try through-bolting wooden cross-members towards the tops of the frame to support the gunwhale - that should put the boat at a convenient height to work at (for my 6'2" anyhow). Given my small workspace I need her on wheels.