Club comparison and tide table sailing availability

 the advice is sail 1.5 hrs either side of high tide so based on this week this is what is possible.

i need to look at the harbour at staated times just to see what it does look like. Aguila hasa draught of 0.23m so not much to get her going more later 

Gin Pole 28/6/24

 altered my plans on material to use for my mast raising lowering project

decided on using cls stud timber 63 x 38 

added the winch onto it using m8 bolts x 3 

then 4 eye bolts x m8 

i replaced the 6mm steel wire with 4mm sk78 dynema and saved over a kilo in weight 

this will act like another fixed mast and the mast be attached to the pulley winch 

a forward dynema rope will go forward to the bow roller and cleated off the other 2 ropes will go to the side stays tensioned , 

pics to follow

2025 plans

 went to see the harbour master at Aberaeron today to see if moorings were available for November onward 

looking good, so get the boat prepped for the sea and a new adventure in 2025 

Sad day

 Sad day today. Should have been doing the Bala long distance race. Would have been my 3rd maiden sail on a new boat for the race unfortunately bad health and a few niggles with transportation and rigging have not let me progress to getting it launched on time

On a good note my old boat Black Magic did start the race and I hope Dave had a good lap of the lake , always next year , at least the mast is up on Aquila but the rest of the rigging is to be sorted to how it should be …….

more kit

Whinch to be used  replaced the cable with dynema 6mm or 4mm
 

 

gin pole

 after doing some research about mast raising solo or easierr with 2 people i have decided to go down the gin pole raising the mast route 

so i have ordred some alluminium tubing and do a 2 piece setup 

thanks to the many you tube channels for all the different ideas 

top of pole arrangment

purchased from metals for you 

more to follow 

Mast raise day 1st June 202

engine fully in up position in cockpit 

angle and postion of controller to remove easy 

engine fully down in the cockpit (storage)

 0720 myself and my helper Sophie set off to Bala to attempt to raise the mast on Aguila.

it looked like it was going to be a nice day at Bala and no rain as such till late.

the car was packed with kit to do any job that needed to be done.

we set out to first untie the mast  move it back and slot it into the tabernacle, we managed it with a lot of juggling around.

we also tested the engine in situ as it has to go from underneath as the motor and prop is too big to go down the engine slot, after alot of jiggling we worked out the best way to do it, not easy at all.

then howard and John R came over and we got the mast up , at first the shrounds were holding us and then the jib forestay , we did achieve our goal   with mast up the shrouds were tensioned

spare wheel was taken off after last trip to get over the ramp failed

using my bluyeti 600w power bank and disc cutter.

stuff prev on the boat was taken off and the sail was added for storage and 2 external cushions.

not much water had leaked into the boat so fairly pleased as we had a lot of rain .

i routed some  ropes but some were tight at the top of the mast so i reckon it may have to come down

boom wasnt added because of this, the rear stay was put on and all seemed fine 

it was now 1pm so we packed up and headed home a busy morning .