A home made Hartley ( they all were????) ,now I can post pictures you will see her beautiful lines and design forthcoming.
Built 1963 in Sydney. Still going strong just with all boats, perhaps more so wooden, up keep will see her still alive easily another 100.
You never own a old sailboat, you just care for them for the next generation.
^ her original registration number when she joined the Sydney harbour crew.
p.s im just a picture taking/ posting fool now
Great, assume TS16 my nephew had one and refurbished it they are tops. Richard Hartley a genius - I have his boat building book somewhere.
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A home made Hartley ( they all were????) ,now I can post pictures you will see her beautiful lines and design forthcoming.
Built 1963 in Sydney. Still going strong just with all boats, perhaps more so wooden, up keep will see her still alive easily another 100.
You never own a old sailboat, you just care for them for the next generation.
^ her original registration number when she joined the Sydney harbour crew.
p.s im just a picture taking/ posting fool now
Wacko chops, 110 that's a real vintage. I had 1180 & she was to old for serious campaigning 15 years ago. Good on you !
Went for a sail, a Code 0 sail, fresh out of the bag including continuous furler set up.
Also got the Gale sail out of the bag and set it up... Silly me didnt take photo.
All purchased through Sam at Rolly Tasker, great service, advise, product.
Put a tear in my Genoa on Sunday whilst out for the weekend, needed a head sail to get home so this provided me just the excuse I need to try the yankee and stay sail combo. Not as powerful as the genoa but looks prettier imo
Today I took the yanmar tachometers to get the LCD hour display replaced.
(I did attempt a YouTube fix but failed)
I now know the original hours on both motors as the metre still counts hours even when the display fails
Haulout time at Marmong Point Marina today.
Although you can still work on the boat yourself you have to do a $150 BIA course (with endless absurd but time consuming questions) and now can't park your car anywhere near the boat which is a real pain in the ass for getting extension leads, ladders, tools, paint... to the boat.
Apparently the previous private ownership has sold to some giant Sydney company which prompted the changes. Interestingly the yard employees are not happy either.
The world is not going in a fun direction!
The camaraderie and spirit of helpfulness amongst others working on their own boats is still great however.
Interestingly I measured the draft for the first time and it appears that my boat does have the optional 800kg lead boot. Good to have but increases the draught from 1.8 to 2.1. Definitely going to have to wait for the dredging later in the year to get out of the lake. Very well faired so not at all detectable. Will confirm with a magnet tomorrow. I thought the boat was a little tender so the ones without it (the vast majority) must be really tender!
Catalina 32 in background is sans keel and mast!
Took the opportunity of halfway decent weather to sail the Arends33 from Woolwich to Pittwater. Solo trip & a good shakedown cruise.
Started changing the tmc toilet motor, macerator and impeller unit for a new one today. Discovered two annoying things.
Firstly the base no longer has captive nuts pressed into the bottom so the old bolts won't fit and had to get some new ones with nuts. Worse still as the nuts are not captive and are concealed when the base is screwed to the yacht the bowl must be fitted to the base first before doing anything else which is annoying as then getting around the bowl is difficult while putting the hoses on and completing the electrical connections.
Secondly the impeller in the new one is not sharp like the old one but rather has blunt edges which I hear is not that great for toilet paper. Instal isn't complete as I had to go and get the bolts and nuts so time will tell on that.
Actually there is a third annoying thing and that is a raised injection moulding line right in the base where the 90 degree turn occurs from the bowl to the macerator. Was going to grind down the line perfectly flat but then thought better of it as that would make the entire surface rough which would probably catch faeces worse than the casting line :-(.
Jules, just to clarify, you are replacing the motor, macerator & impeller pump as a unit assembly ?
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Jules, just to clarify, you are replacing the motor, macerator & impeller pump as a unit assembly ?
Yes. It comes as a unit and is everything except the bowl and seat. I thought it would be easier than installing a service kit. The old unit would have had to come out anyway to install a service kit because I couldn't get at the screws holding the motor to the base housing which will probably require an impact driver to remove.
I will service the old unit and keep it onboard as a spare if it looks ok inside and comes apart without breakage.
I always put a few drops of bleach in the bowl when I leave the boat and I sucked the bowl dry with one of those $19. 95 pumps from Bunnings which go on the end of a drill so there was no smell whatsoever. Pleasantly surprised at that aspect.
Better to do it too early than be forced to do it one weekend with people on board when it hasn't had the benefit of bleach sitting in it for a few days.
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Jules, just to clarify, you are replacing the motor, macerator & impeller pump as a unit assembly ?
Yes. It comes as a unit and is everything except the bowl and seat. I thought it would be easier than installing a service kit. The old unit would have had to come out anyway to install a service kit because I couldn't get at the screws holding the motor to the base housing which will probably require an impact driver to remove.
I will service the old unit and keep it onboard as a spare if it looks ok inside and comes apart without breakage.
I always put a few drops of bleach in the bowl when I leave the boat and I sucked the bowl dry with one of those $19. 95 pumps from Bunnings which go on the end of a drill so there was no smell whatsoever. Pleasantly surprised at that aspect.
Better to do it too early than be forced to do it one weekend with people on board when it hasn't had the benefit of bleach sitting in it for a few days.
The beast is out YSE8 is going to be rebuild ..
Not all today but over the last couple of months
British Registration Cancelled in previous owners name and replaced with Australian Registration in my name, that was a bit of a mission
updated epirb details (new epirb)
updated MMSI details with AMSA
Registered Ships Station (SSB/HF)
Secured new insurance after previous one informed me they are no longer underwriting just acting as brokers
organising new ships marking's atm for Aust Registration
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Took the opportunity of halfway decent weather to sail the Arends33 from Woolwich to Pittwater. Solo trip & a good shakedown cruise.
Almost makes me want to be out there!
Heading east from Port Albert (East Wilson's Promontory) today. Taking the Heavenly Twins Cat to Sydney with new owner.
Pic is night shot motoring towards PA entrance. Gave the hull a check at low tide and heading out this morning. First days winds a bit flukey then looking good.
I love Bakelite.
I have been taking the switchgear out of the boat to see what got damaged when my prop seal leaked and filled the boat to about knee deep, before the Marina started to pump it out.
My Cavalier 28 has a design flaw, which is to locate the switch gear at a low level, wired to panels in lockers, accessible only to black-belt masters of boat-yoga. I had previously baled out the locker, but the recent continuous rain filled it up again (see Exhibit A, below). Before my ownership, years of wiring bodges that can only loosely be described as "work" had accumulated into a horrid mess, such as the high-amp wiring simply twisted together and covered with insulation tape. The salt water from the leaking seal forced me to confront the demons.
The switches are probably beyond repair and I don't trust them. But, the rotary switch is solid Bakelite with lovely copper and brass innards. It is fabulously simple. It got dunked with the rest of the stuff, and probably did not even need cleaning. I cleaned it, anyway. It was the one good thing I saw in the wreckage that were my boat electrics. I am now working on relocating all the switchgear to a new box at head height, next to the companionway. First, I need to make the box.
Exhibit A - Typical wiring. Warning - this image may offend persons with a disposition that is sensitive to good design and workmanship
Exhibit B - Switches and Bakelite rotary switch
Exhibit C - Switches and inside of Bakelite rotary switch
Hatch way seat for when I'm keeping a lookout sailing. Coffee stays hot out of the wind too!
New hatch slides for the PR25 - timber yard engineering without the timber...........stainless 316 fasteners isolated from the alum angle with Selleys Armourflex. 40 year old teak slides planed back to just the square cross section.
Next job unseize the diesel throttle + gear cockpit mounted control levers but might be impossible - have flushed with CorrosionX and will try to move the gear lever tomorrow with pipe extra leverage.............throttle lever is fine - anyone who has just the levers unit (the Morse cables are fine) they don't need appreciate advice. Realise these are as rare as hens teeth.
Now quite today but over the last 2 years - a bit of a covid lockdown project that kept my weekend busy.
Bought a Cheoy Lee Clipper 33 in sad condition.
Over the last 2 years:
- Removed all teak decking
- Replaced deck coring - rotten in places
- Epoxy deck
- Kiwigrip deck
- Removed and replaced all chainplates
- Removed and replaced windlass
- Removed every electrical wire and replaced with CZone system
- New autopilot, wind, depth, plotter.
- Removed windows and teak veneer on cabin top.
- Replaced standing rigging and all winches
- Masts removed and rot removed, revarnished.
- Topsides painted
- New sails coming
* sideways photos ???
Looks fantastic - great effort!!!
What paint did you use? Same for topsides & cabin etc??
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Looks fantastic - great effort!!!
What paint did you use? Same for topsides & cabin etc??
Topsides were sprayed by shipwright
The decks and cabin were Norglass Northane (2 pot) (roll and tip).
I tried different varnishes but the best result was Perfection Plus.
Fitted an old unused beckworth opening porthole (project from another yacht over 10 years ago that wasn't fitted before sale) into the top of three Perspex hatch doors to allow extra "secure" bug screened ventilation for both leaving the yacht locked up and colder or heavy rain sleeping onboard. Also fitted my Magna charcoal BBQ from a previous yacht and used a Trangia gas burner and butane can converter to provide a get it up to heat quickly option. It's my only gas onboard and the cans are kept in vented deck storage and are well away from the heat source unlike the recently banned exploder stoves.
Today I added another job to the list, according to the error code on the controller it looks like a temperature sensor in the fridge has failed
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Replaced my mistake of brass Philips Head screws with Bronze Slot screws.
I'm a big fan of raised head countersunk screws, but they seem to only be available in self tapper style.
Pretty happy with my new traveller set up . If I'd gone Selden because it's their track $1500 . Did it for about $240 from Whitworths , made a couple of plates from a piece of 3mm stainless I had lying around, their a bit agricultural but work well.
Got the 12 months annual inspection and service report for mooring. Shackles renewed. Obviously these shackles are more than 12 months old but the wear at the prior inspection and service was considered to be not enough to warrant replacement with new at that time. All I can assume is that the amount of fierce westerlies and southerlies over the last 12 months has been unprecedented.
