New Toy nov 16th

with a few jobs needing to be done i purchased a hydraulic swagging tool 

hopefull will do the job  

New Camera

 

as security is a major thing and working out power is key i decided cut the mifi out and go with a 4g enabled cam 

the mifi drew a lot of power and killed the 7ah battery, the cam was fully charged.

this way the solar panel only has to charge the cam but will back it up with the 7ah as before 

more on this later 

Camera off line

During the evening the webcam went offline, so a mad dash to the boatpark, it was still there but the mmpt controller and mifi was looking abit lacking of power.

 had taken a spare batt just incase , at first the batt seemed ok abut when connected was not, with no solar and mifi the controller was ok , so i removed everything to bring home, in the end i left the battery charging only. 

maybe a mifi and the camera is troo much drain but the battery on camera showed full 

i am going to resort to a bigger battery and maybe a better solar panel , at home it worked ok but no mifi added

task 2 , remove the centre column for the mast foot and plate upgrade , luckily all the screws came undone and post was removed along with the table , the wood block the tabenacle screw bolts went into wasnt glued in but enough for the bolts to recess into.

with everything removed a few measurements made of the footwell and keel housing to see how wide the oak support piece will be

6cms wide plu,s 50cms plus 6cms , so some more oak was ordered as the piece i had was only 20mm thick so laminate it to 60mm then shape to roof shape allowing for the tabernacle backing plate epoxy it all in bobs your aunt.

task 3 remove the stanchion on starbord side, no   why   its non removable from the safety wire due to the swagged fittings, oh well never mind

plan c epoxy it in place with jb weld , supposed to be goodand butyl tape to seal it,  also removed the gaffa tape and spent ages cleaning it off .

task 4 go home ive had enough , but remembered to measure the mast width for George doing my repairs 

68mm

before with the mast suport column and table 

wheres the column gone 

with centre column gone this is the block the bolts from tabernackle recess into

remove the old butyl tape  and clean 

not sure whats going on here 

swagged fittung stopping the stancion being removed 

11th Nov Aberystwyth

 had to go to boat to recover tools , while i was there i did check the boom connection and got measuremets  20mm thick with 9mm hole approx 

a few other litttle jobs done , replaced the target 2 covers 

changed connection on the 12v 7ah battery so its push fitting to quick disconnect

checked window sills and cover plate  , cover plate needs drilling some screw bolts spinning so needs sealing on outside as well. spray glued a few bitsof the covering that i could do without having to pull it back off to do a job 

all itty bitty jobs but gradually sort.

seller never supplied the boom bolt  ******

1.6m tide 10.49am 

08112024 Aber

 well another day at the boat, took all the stays off and spreaders with so they can be redone renewed

took the tabernackle off so that can be repaired renewed

strapped it all back up neat and tidy.

next jobs were inside, with more kit to store inside , first booboo was the cover for the panel behind the cockpit intrument panel. despite measuring it it was too small. nm

next job mount the cam on the sliding hatch , tested and in position the holes were drilled and cables run 

the mifi was temp fixed as was the mmpt controller and a 12v 7ah battery coneccted , it all worked 

i was worried drilling holes for the cam base as they then split the base , something always goes wrong ,

with some no nails to seal and also some butyl tape around the big cable hole 

cables tidied inside , not the final spot as the cabin shelf board didnt go to plan, boom removed and in the car , then set about connecting the 12v for the nasa target stuff, a few more bits needed so thats next time 

more update pics to follow as i didnt take many 

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update  night capture 

tabernackle bent 

mast block split and broken 

view from cam to the gap 

nasa target 2

 covers are grubby so

ordered 2 new ones

Aberystwyth 07th Nov

 after a qy=uick meal we called on the boat to do a few jobs

remove mast from top of boat , remove any kit inside boat take home, load stuff in boat thart will be used for refurb,  aided by Kathleen and Sophie we managed it well.the mast is on the ground with one spreader removed to keep it tucked in safe 

tomorrow will take boom home and remove the tabernackle and fit the webcam 

mast off finally and stored 

view from boat to the gap where Aguila will go