Last Summer Sail

Yesterday I took Alain out for the sail I owed him for thinking up the name Winded for the boat.  We sailed out of Bronte Harbour and headed south toward Hamilton because they were calling for winds out of the S that day.  They ended up staying out of the NE all day.  We got back pretty late.  Still it was a nice sail through the fog.

The bimini

So today I set up the bimini and dodger to see what it looks like.  

 

 Not Bad, eh?
They just forgot one thing...

They forgot to make a way for the backstay bridle to pass through.
Can't quite get the back piece on this way.

It makes for a nice tent on the back of the boat though.  I don't think I'd sail her like this.

First Pictures on Winded

Took the boat up to the cottage and moored her on Gull lake for a few days.  We got one half-decent sailing day in on Thursday.  These are the pictures that Sue took aboard and a couple I took of her moored.

Winded is now ready to go back into the water.

Well, today I put Winded back on her trailer. I also cleaned up most of the wiring and tucked it away neatly with surface mounted plastic wire conduit. Looks much better than having it pop in and out of the molding. I also wired in the depth finder and hooked up the connectors for the VHF antenna. Unfortunately the knotmeter is toast. I just can't seem to get it working again. Guess I'll just have to use the GPS to tell me how fast I'm going. Now I can go sailing again.  Of course that has to wait now because Thursday we're going on a canoe trip to Algonquin and then Sunday we're heading to the cottage for a week.  Maybe I'll take it along to the cottage and sail her a day or two on Gull Lake.

Guides are in!

Well, I've finished installing the keel guides and re-glassed the trunk to make it water tight again. Yesterday the centreboard went back in.  The new guides work really well.  The centreboard slides easily and there is now very little play either front to back or side to side. Now to finish the electrical and then I can go sailing again. WOOOHOOOO!

Guides ready to go in

Well the guides are now ready to go back in the boat.  I've attached some picks of the guides with the plastic lining. I wrecked my knee over the weekend so now I have to let that heal up before I can squat enough to get them back into place. Really, I'm hoping to get the boat back in the water before the end of the summer.

The guides are coming along.

So, today I worked on the new keel guides some more.  I've decided to go with metal 1.5" square tubing in which I milled a 5/8" slot on one side.  A friend of mine managed to get me some ( I think they're teflon) 2" wide by 1/4" thick strips of a plastic (teflon?) that they use as the slides for truck trailer axles.  I cut them to 2 pieces 47" long and 1" wide and 4 pieces 1/4" wide to line the inside of the metal pieces.  Today I got as far as drilling and tapping all the holes and priming the metal bits. It's a much slower process than I originally thought it would be but I really don't want to have to do this again within the next decade or two so I'm going to take my time and do it right. Of course, I'd much rather be sailing.  :)