tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86866512988819858002024-02-19T17:01:26.210-08:00MAYAN - The chronicles of our schoonerMAYAN - The chronicles of our schoonerBeau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-43055476316774447392023-02-14T10:05:00.002-08:002023-02-14T10:05:43.386-08:00<p> The MAYAN Blog is Moving</p><p>After using multiple blogging tools, we're moving to Medium. We'll leave these old posts up, as many folks are linked here and referring to them. All the new post will go to:</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/schoonermayan">https://medium.com/schoonermayan</a></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>S & B</p>Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-76143473782765530382021-07-31T19:01:00.003-07:002021-07-31T19:01:31.291-07:00New Photos Of MAYAN's Build, From 1947<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">As the years roll by we continue to collect more information about MAYAN's history. A year or so after we took over as caretakers of MAYAN the grandson of the man who built her contacted us with a few bits of information on the boatyard and the Grandfather who'd also helped him build his first boat. Now, Robert Tewes has come back again with some ancient (1947) photos of how they stepped the rig in Belize which are tremendously entertaining. Stacey Tewes is in the crew along with the first owner Paul Allen and Mr. Allen's father. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWqeASgXgQKjXJqcDfaZck4XrUwn360qCyY40z2nlZVvutIOHXgGcXinCapdtiFLaIaUchHlbiULK-W-hwxx9VWwGGhP9VhFuzvVVz2wPAcTGY2hyphenhyphen6FZy0IMBejy_4b19uxsepWfx5YE/s960/MAYAN+before+stepping+the+masts+1947.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="960" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWqeASgXgQKjXJqcDfaZck4XrUwn360qCyY40z2nlZVvutIOHXgGcXinCapdtiFLaIaUchHlbiULK-W-hwxx9VWwGGhP9VhFuzvVVz2wPAcTGY2hyphenhyphen6FZy0IMBejy_4b19uxsepWfx5YE/w338-h275/MAYAN+before+stepping+the+masts+1947.jpeg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recently launched, preparing to receive spars</td></tr></tbody></table>Discoveries like this are invaluable and give a very real sense of the conditions under which MAYAN was built. It is also rather amazing that a vessel of MAYAN's size and quality was built in such a small and primitive town. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Near Belize City, there is a small river, called Haulover Creek. A quick search on Google Earth has revealed that the creek is still there and the boatyard in the photos appears to still be building and repairing boats. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first of our collection shows MAYAN riding to an anchor with her stern to the boatyard. She has her boomkin and bowsprit in place and is probably about to receive her spars. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NUo8HQ4UbAbv5XMlw2G1CGOtjL7JgNCDMDYzwECXGoGZcAZTOAWVISDdfuS5ia894fB9k9-ztr5gBCY3V5D8tUXB3q-uYKrM1nPGSFZjiTD_rLNXY3qztHwKH2UAhMEiUjN-gzjwivY/s960/3.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="634" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NUo8HQ4UbAbv5XMlw2G1CGOtjL7JgNCDMDYzwECXGoGZcAZTOAWVISDdfuS5ia894fB9k9-ztr5gBCY3V5D8tUXB3q-uYKrM1nPGSFZjiTD_rLNXY3qztHwKH2UAhMEiUjN-gzjwivY/w264-h400/3.png" width="264" /></a></div>A few leads indicate MAYAN was built in less than six months. Of course, in those days there were fewer complexities to a yacht like this. A gasoline engine with a simple gravity feed fuel tank, an ice-box that used ice to chill it, oil-fired running lights, and oil-fired interior lamps. The windlass was manually operated and there were no halyard or sheet winches. Today, MAYAN has become much more complex, but we make every effort to disguise that complexity behind her lovely old Honduras mahogany panels. </div></div><div class="separator"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator"><div style="text-align: left;">Once the hull and spars were complete, MAYAN headed up Haulover Creek under power while her spars were sent overland to meet her at the bridge. Lacking a crane tall enough to step the masts and wishing to avoid building jack-yards to lift the spars, the crew used the bridge to get the spar in place.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the picture on the left, you can see Paul Allen, who commissioned the build, standing at the helm. His father who helped Mr. Allen fund the project seated on the left in the white hat and an unidentified crewmember standing on her aft deck as they powered up to the bridge.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjOpcISndJw9N14BWSBmrmMhcQ3MDxS3FY7dqxV-rrZ5uqFIPlT7pNdlKBai6-zww6wVVFXqnYfP2blh7uZN9vq8FuLWGD2EPNLVp0ZayDEA-NF5ePmh9DsrS5StOhSK3ig_xE7O6Q-U/s960/8.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="688" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjOpcISndJw9N14BWSBmrmMhcQ3MDxS3FY7dqxV-rrZ5uqFIPlT7pNdlKBai6-zww6wVVFXqnYfP2blh7uZN9vq8FuLWGD2EPNLVp0ZayDEA-NF5ePmh9DsrS5StOhSK3ig_xE7O6Q-U/w143-h200/8.png" width="143" /></a></div>As they approached Haulover Bridge, they could see one of the masts hanging from the bridge beams. The crew from the boatyard had successfully carried the spar to the bridge and rigged it vertically. Given the weight of the spar, that was quite an accomplishment. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We know that MAYAN's original foremast rotted out during the time David Crosby owned her and he had a new one built of Douglas Fir. We aren't certain of the history of the mainmast. However, we have determined that it is spruce and that it is hollow. That last fact was a surprise to us all, but it's nice to know it isn't as heavy as some had suspected. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkILfbMyzWvnClBLSSroVc7ZYFK3tYOK6JCZpR0MDXUeDagTxlSeDwlKPfhAJlw4RiJZL2o1PDJ69hgPgzU_F_LN7h1EibBLyarSbCjDZXtdWfnvhurfoeZ9zl595ZfvmKOfC8wbfrS8/s960/1+%25284%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="960" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkILfbMyzWvnClBLSSroVc7ZYFK3tYOK6JCZpR0MDXUeDagTxlSeDwlKPfhAJlw4RiJZL2o1PDJ69hgPgzU_F_LN7h1EibBLyarSbCjDZXtdWfnvhurfoeZ9zl595ZfvmKOfC8wbfrS8/w320-h224/1+%25284%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div>From the picture below, we surmise that MAYAN was anchored and hauled back to the bridge. She was then probably tied off beneath it and moved about to get her under the spar dangling from above.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We've been involved in stepping spars on old boats and the entire idea of dangling 75' of spar above one's head from a bridge under the steady gaze of kids and other passersby is daunting. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Of course, we know that these folks knew what they were doing, the spars went in and they headed back down the river to finish the rigging.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYvh2sT-dv2T3W-5sIa_TooxbXX2W2ELEcglHHpckX8efKtGg-IinKuI8rRvkC45cbVwvXO47irlBQ2EoD6RxP39hVXjUq4kBri4mM_DXCQJUfk-JFMpc-k9UMMaiSXVF3uHKk04QQMA/s960/6.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="960" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYvh2sT-dv2T3W-5sIa_TooxbXX2W2ELEcglHHpckX8efKtGg-IinKuI8rRvkC45cbVwvXO47irlBQ2EoD6RxP39hVXjUq4kBri4mM_DXCQJUfk-JFMpc-k9UMMaiSXVF3uHKk04QQMA/s320/6.png" width="320" /></a></div>With her rig standing and her covers deployed, MAYAN spent her final month being prepared for her passage to New York City. Paul Allen and his grandson, along with four other sailors, would make the trip stopping only in Florida and twice along the east coast to resupply.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When she arrived in New York City she was immediately put up for sale and rapidly sold into the eager market for yachts. After this, we lose track of MAYAN until she turns up in the early 1950s as the yacht of the Bissel family. But that's antoher story.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><p></p><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></p><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></p></div>Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-29129506851970295882020-05-25T11:27:00.002-07:002020-05-25T11:27:54.772-07:00Memories: 2015 Great Schooner Race at SFYC<br />
With MAYAN moored in her slip while we're sheltering in place from the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to reach back in time to one of our favorite events.<br />
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We had the tremendous luck of having the Crowninshield schooner MARTHA visiting the San Francisco Bay for the event, giving us a rare opportunity to sail against a staysail schooner of similar length. The schooners BRIGADOON and YANKEE were racing with us, but their gaff rig puts them at a disadvantage when going upwind.<br />
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The day started with the threat of strong winds. A gray overcast hung above us and a strong ebb tide was forecast. It would be bumpy!<br />
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We had set all the lowers: Yankee Jib, Fore Staysail, Main Staysail, and Mainsail, in anticipation of a blow. But as we reached back towards the Knox Buoy starting line, the wind faded away.<br />
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"<i>Change to the Genoa Jib!</i>" called Beau, only 4 minutes before the start.<br />
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Under the leadership of the foredeck boss, Syntha Petroka, the foredeck crew went to work. With one minute to the gun, the sail-change was completed, we were on the line on time, and had the correct sail flying. As the starting gun went off, the boat settled down, and we started playing the puffs in the surprisingly light air.<br />
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MAYAN was new to us all. Thanks to the quick work of the foredeck crew, we had the right sail up and began to extend our lead on MARTHA. But, we didn't know how much wind the rig and sails would take. As we reached the windward mark, the wind was above 25 knots with gusts to 30. We turned downwind and hauled up the massive Advance Staysail to replace the Main Staysail, and set the Spinnaker flying from the bowsprit. With her centerboard pulled up, MAYAN has far less wetted surface than the other schooners. As one of the crew said: "<i>She's lifting her skirts to run away now.</i>"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the wind sailing back from Southampton Shoal to Alcatraz</td></tr>
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The leeward mark far to the east of Angel Island was fast approaching and the wind was still in the high 20s to low 30s. Just before rounding the leeward mark the Advance Staysail and Spinnaker came down, the Main Staysail went up, and we took a chance by flying the Genoa Jib. Our crew boss, Skip Allen, had the team working beautifully.<br />
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"<i>Wayne, how much can that bowsprit take?</i>" Beau called out.<br />
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"<i>More than the sailcloth can!</i>" responded Wayne with a smile.<br />
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Wayne had entirely rebuilt MAYAN a decade earlier, he was confident in her strength. He was right. With the large jib drawing well MAYAN started clawing her way back upwind, bouncing in the ebb chop, and covering her crew with cold saltwater. A typical spring day on San Francisco Bay.<br />
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As we approached Alcatraz Skip Allen could see the ebb pushing us westward, directly upwind. MARTHA was gaining on us now, her full keel holding her to a lot less leeway than MAYAN makes with her centerboard.<br />
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"<i>Bow down, Beau</i>" called Skip. "<i>Don't pinch her in this chop. You'll be too close to the island.</i>"<br />
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Beau pushed the bow down and MAYAN picked up a knot of boat speed. She was romping along now, spray flying everywhere. As is usually the case, Skip was right. The ebb tide kept pushing MAYAN westward towards Alcatraz and we ran the risk of getting into the lee of the island. What's worse, if we got too close, we'd be lifted out of the favorable ebb tide.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MAYAN riding the edge of the ebb tide upwind past Alcatraz</td></tr>
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As we shot past Alcatraz, Beau called to Skip: "<i>Call the layline. We don't want to go any further towards the City than we have to.</i>"</div>
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Skip grinned and started to gauge the current, wind, waves, and boat speed. One of the most experienced racing sailors in the world, this was a call he was really enjoying. </div>
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"<i>Stand by to tack!</i>" rang out as Skip rallied everyone to their positions. "<i>Tacking in 5, 4, 3...</i>" he counted down. </div>
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<i>"This is nuts."</i> said a friend from the Pacific Northwest as he took his position at the Genoa sheet winch. "<i>We will never get around the island. We'll be headed right for the center of it.</i>"</div>
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"<i>Just watch,</i>" Beau replied with a grin, and then called out: "<i>Helm's a lee!</i>"</div>
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As MAYAN completed her tack she was indeed pointed right at the rock cliff in the middle of the south side of Alcatraz. People ashore and on the ferries started to point at us and pull out their cameras. We were only six or seven boat lengths from the cliff and going fast. Our friends from out of town were worried.</div>
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But, Skip did what Beau knew he would. He had judged it perfectly. The ebb tide continued to push MAYAN upwind at over three knots. It runs especially strong along this southern cliff. "<i>Keep the bow down, Beau.</i>" Skip called out. "<i>You'll clear by two boat lengths.</i>"</div>
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Often referred to as The Elevator, the tide along this cliff is legendary. It is also extremely difficult to judge just how much a sailor can count on it. MAYAN did clear the southwestern tip of Alcatraz by two boat lengths as Skip made himself helpful by coiling lines and pointedly not looking at the island as it rushed past. </div>
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MARTHA, not knowing the local conditions, had stood on a while towards San Francisco. There she tacked only to discover that the ebb tide and pushed her a long way west and she was badly overstood. The rest of the race was a romp back to Knox Buoy as both boats eased sheets and reached along with spray flying everywhere.</div>
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Wayne had brought his movie camera along that day, and just recently provided us with a beautiful video of the race. A special thanks to him for his efforts and a reminder that all of us who cherish these old wooden boats need to keep guys like Wayne going strong. You can find the <a href="https://youtu.be/1chWAj_dCkI" target="_blank">race video at this link</a>, and please visit the <a href="https://www.maritimept.org/" target="_blank">Maritime Preservation Trust</a> for more information on caring for these lovely old boats. </div>
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Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-90422113719709193642020-02-02T09:28:00.003-08:002020-02-18T07:29:31.097-08:00Testing The Manual Bilge PumpYesterday we wrapped up the rebuild and re-plumbing of the Edson 11" Manual Bilge Pump. It was time to give it a test!<br />
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We blocked off the limber holes to isolate the water in one section of the bilge between MAYAN's deep floor frames. Then took the freshwater flush hose from the engine room and ran it in reverse to fill that section of the bilge with saltwater. Matthew manned the pump handle and in the attached video you'll see that he has no trouble draining the bilge with the 30-gallon per minute pump working against the 7-gallon per minute flow from the hose.<br />
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After the test, we connected a freshwater hose to the input hose and filled the system with fresh water. No need to let seawater sit in the pump. That said, apparently, seawater has been sitting in that pump for decades without hurting it at all.<br />
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The video is <a href="https://youtu.be/Kf_cn-APne8" target="_blank">YouTUBE HERE</a> or just click on the video below.<br />
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We also tested the engine-driven Jabsco 60-gallon/minute bilge pump which ran perfectly. It emptied the bilge so quickly that the crew spent quite a bit of time waiting for the bilge to re-fill. We've only run the engine at 1,000 RPM so far, which is below the maximum RPM for the pump. As a result, we were only seeing about 80% of the pumping capacity expected.<br />
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Our neighbor, the Columbia-50 XANTHIPPI, has hauled out for a paint job. This has allowed us to test the engine-driven pump in the slip. The outlet for the bilge water from this pump is located near the waterline, and when we engage the pump bilge water is sprayed all over the dock and into XANTHIPPI's slip. We washed the dock down completely after the test, happy that we'd waited until the slip was empty!<br />
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These tests are run annually to ensure that the pumps are in good working order.Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-20841066869369993072020-01-30T10:29:00.002-08:002020-01-30T10:29:32.444-08:00:Winter Projects: Crew Training: Flooding - Part 1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The following is a bit dry and instructional compared to our normal posts. If crew training and dealing with a sinking vessel aren't interesting, we'd suggest moving along to other posts.<br />
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In Part 1 we cover the tasks which need to be done when the boat is found to be flooding. We have also arranged them in order of importance, to best utilized the relatively short time one has before a serious leak can get dangerous.<br />
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In Post 2, we will cover various techniques we've learned over the years which can be used to stop flooding. As always, we're constantly looking for new ways of dealing with problems. Please feel free to email your thoughts to SchoonerMAYAN@gmail.com<br />
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Having been aboard a few boats which were trying to sink, the MAYAN crew is focused on including training for this eventuality in addition to a host of other training programs including Person Overboard, Fire, and Collision. All of these are in addition to the regular sailing practice and training that we'll be running in the spring. Each of these major training areas will be documented here and a handout will be given to the Crew as they go through the training.<br />
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<b>Note:</b> Let us start by saying that these instructions are designed to work best aboard MAYAN. Your crew may or may not find these suggestions useful. We'd recommend writing up your own set of instructions based upon the characteristics of your own boat and crew. More importantly, these instructions are <b>NOT</b> a substitute for attendance at a <b><a href="https://www.ussailing.org/education/adult/safety-at-sea-courses/" target="_blank">US Sailing Safety At Sea</a></b> or <b><a href="https://uspowerboating.com/" target="_blank">US Power Boating</a></b> class or any other official training. They are solely our own opinions and the way we do things aboard MAYAN.<br />
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<b>FLOODING: Part 1</b></div>
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<b>Prioritization of Tasks </b>- It is critical to rank order the tasks by importance, ensuring that the highest priority tasks are attended to as quickly as possible. While this sounds rather obvious, it is surprising how rarely a crew is prepared to triage a problem they face. Below is a <u><b>prioritized</b></u> list of actions that need to be taken as soon as it is determined that the boat is flooding. At some point, while working down this list, the problem will be discovered and in almost all cases will be resolved. It is almost always safer to stay aboard MAYAN even if she were partially flooded.<br />
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<li><b>Determine the source of the water: </b>While this sounds silly, in our experience some crew will immediately start attempting to operate the radio, launch the life raft, or start pumping rather than organize themselves to identify the source of the water. In a boat that is the size of MAYAN, the source may be difficult to find initially. We identify search areas and crewmembers who are responsible for searching those areas. <b style="text-align: center;">Four Crew Assigned to the following search areas:</b></li>
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<li><b>Engine Room</b> - Because there are numerous thru-hulls and pipes here, it is the highest probability source of a problem including both salt and pressure freshwater leaks. </li>
<li><b>F'o'csul</b> <b>& Head </b>- Possible collision or raw water intake leak, holding tank failure, shower sump failure, pressure fresh water leak. </li>
<li><b>Galley</b> - Sink outflow, pressure fresh water leak. </li>
<li><b>Main Saloon</b> - Manual bilge pump outflow, 12v Electric bilge pump outflow, leaking freshwater tank, leaking freshwater pressure pump</li>
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<li><b>Assign Crew to Deal With The Leak:</b> An appropriate sized and skilled team will be assigned to deal with stopping the leak. (This topic will be covered in Flooding: Part 2) Typically, this is no more than three crewmembers as space is typically limited and only one person can be positioned directly at the leak. The other members of the team will be running for parts, tools, supplies of various sorts. Also, some repair techniques require crew to work from the deck or even the water. Appropriate safety equipment and techniques should always be considered.</li>
<li><b>Assign Crew to Pumps and Communications:</b> With the leak identified, the skipper will then assign one crew to the VHF radio to stand by for instructions and NOT send out a message until told to do so. Two crew will be assigned to the pumps:</li>
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<li><b>Manual Bilge Pump</b> - Located in the main saloon. Suggest a strong crewmember</li>
<li><b>Engine Driven Bilge Pump</b> - Located in the engine room along with its clutch control.</li>
<li><b>VHF Radio</b> - Note the Longitude and Latitude of MAYAN. Pull the emergency radio procedure Cheat-Sheet from the Log Book. Perform a radio check to see if anyone is within range and responding. Standby the VHF Radio. DO NOT ISSUE A MAYDAY until ordered to do so by the Skipper.</li>
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<li><b>Assign Crew to Abandon Ship Team:</b> Only on the orders of the Skipper, execute the following steps:</li>
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<li><b>VHF Radio Crew</b> - Start MAYDAY calls.</li>
<li><b>Grab Bag Crew</b> - Locate the secondary EPIRB, in the master stateroom, and bring it to the Nav-Station. Locate the Grab Bag in the hanging locker aft of the Nav-Station. Place the secondary EPIRB and one handheld VHF into the Grab Bag. Ensure the Grab Bag is sealed. Move it up onto the deck amidships near the Liferaft. Secure it to the mainmast.</li>
<li><b>Life Raft Crew</b> - Ensure that the raft is ready for launch. DO NOT LAUNCH without a direct order from the Skipper.</li>
<li><b>Deck Crew</b> - Secure MAYAN to the greatest extent possible: sails down, hatches, portholes, sea-cocks closed and wheel lashed.</li>
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<b>Practice The Tasks</b> - It is best to practice the tasks and (where possible) have crewmembers cycle through the various tasks to ensure that in the event of a problem, all the available crew can execute all the important tasks. While some crew is better suited to certain jobs, like a large grinder operating the manual bilge pump, flooding typically happens in foul weather and not all crew may be available.<br />
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MAYAN will gear up for spring practice which will cover all these tasks.</div>
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As always, please feel free to contact us by email at SchoonerMAYAN@gmail.com</div>
Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-80810910831505543342020-01-29T10:29:00.004-08:002020-02-18T07:30:19.396-08:00Winter Projects: Bilge Pumps<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This winter the projects aboard MAYAN are primarily of the "Once Done You'll Never See Them" category. So far engines have been services, minor leaks have been fixed, some rigging work has been completed at the masthead, and the one exception is that we're nearing completion of the annual varnish binge.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Today's post is about bilge pumps, a topic only a sailor could love, and one often neglected until the water is up to one's knees.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">MAYAN has a small 12-volt bilge pump which </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">is for clearing out the water when the washup-technician (me) spills the pasta water. As a result, there are two other pumps to deal with a serious leak.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ideal 11" Manual Bladder Pump 30-Gal/Min</td></tr>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">The first is a manual Edson pump with a 4' handle which will move 30 gallons of water per minute activated by even a small crewmember. On the right is the Edson pump stripped down. Because it is solid bronze, even after constant service from 1947 it is still in great shape and only needed new rubber bits.</span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">The second is a 60 gallon per minute Jabsco pump belted to the Yanmar generator engine through a clutch.</span></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">While pumps almost never save a boat with a serious leak, they do buy time for the crew to address the issue and stop the water from coming aboard.</span></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">A key problem with a serious leak is that every bit of rubbish in the boat, under the bunks and along the inside of the hull flows into the bilge and will clog the intake of the pumps. Often, pump intakes are buried at the bottom of the bilge where the crew can't get to them to clear the blockage.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Engine Driven Pump Pick-Up Under Saloon Sole</td></tr>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">The first step with MAYAN's pumps was to relocate the pickup to a place where a crew could easily reach the intake even if there were three feet of water in the boat. This required moving the pickups to the bilge beneath the main saloon sole.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PVC Screens for Bilge Pump Pickup</td></tr>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">The picture above shows the bilge beneath the Saloon sole. It is easily accessed by lifting a hatch in the sole. This is the inlet of the 60-gallon per minute engine-driven pump with it's 2" hose leading to a 10" long length of schedule 40 PVC pipe, and the screens. The entire screen can be removed when it clogs (It will clog!) and replaced by the spare screen tied to the hose in the picture so it won't wash away. The crew can then clear the clog by removing the end cap on the end of the PVC pipe and returning it to the bilge as the spare.</span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">All connections are hand fit, as this is on the suction side of the pump and the use of a hose clamp would make it impossible to swap in the spare or clear the screen.</span></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Once we've finished all this work, all the hoses and screens will be laying in the bilge for years, hopefully never to be used except for testing and training. We'll post an example of the training program in a future edition of the blog.</span></span>Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-74740227623428016702019-12-26T12:55:00.001-08:002019-12-26T12:55:30.601-08:00MAYAN Gets Her Rudder Re-ShapedJohn G. Alden designed hundreds of boats over many decades. MAYAN is design number 356-B and based a design from 1928. Alden's design serves a specific mission: To annually traverse the Intercoastal Waterway from New England to the Carribean in the fall, returning home in the spring.<br />
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To succeed in this mission, MAYAN needed a draft no deeper than 5' with her centerboard up to avoid the shoals. She needed a masthead no higher than 65', to clear the bridges without forcing them to open. She needed a broad beam to hold her up against a stiff breeze, and a long waterline to let her make the passage quickly.<br />
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Alden's design delivered solutions to all these problems in a graceful seaworthy design: 60' on deck, 16'6" of beam, 4'6" of draft, a 45'6" waterline, and a mainmast head that stands 63' from the waterline. She is a bit short on sail-area, but that's perfect for her new home sailing on Monterey and San Francisco Bays. Here we have consistently strong winds that mask the ill effects of MAYAN's small rig. A side effect of her shallow draft is that her rudder is a bit under 4' tall. When combined with rather primitive ideas about hydrodynamics, it was challenging to keep MAYAN on course in quartering seas and hard to maneuver in close quarters. The advantages of our strong local winds dissipated on the square front and blunt trailing edge of our antiquated rudder shape.<br />
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I'm catching up on long-overdue posts. Our significant winter project last year was to re-shape the rudder while MAYAN was ashore to refresh her anti-fouling paint and various other maintenance tasks. Homer Lighthall, who has built hundreds of rudders for racing boats like MERLIN, was recruited to perform the work. Bill Lee, the yacht designer, volunteered to advise on the new shape. A squad of friends formed up from thin air and offered opinions about nearly everything.<br />
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The original rudder had a substantial list of problems:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MAYAN Original Rudder Shape</td></tr>
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1) The prop aperture took up more than one-third of the leading edge of the rudder. 2) That leading edge was 4" thick, cast of bronze, and sported square corners!<br />
3) The trailing edge of the rudder was 3" thick and finished in a hemisphere; one of the worst shapes when considering drag.<br />
4) The rudder didn't extend up to the counter above, leaving a gap between the rudder and the hull.<br />
5) The rudder didn't extend to the full depth of the keel, leaving it undersized.<br />
6) A gap of 3" ran between the deadwood and the rudder post, allowing turbulence to form along the leeward side of the rudder.<br />
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As Bill and I discussed various strategies to re-shape, extend vertically, and reduce the after edge of the rudder, Homer appeared with a sheet of cardboard. He clamped it to the old rudder, lining one side with the trailing edge of the deadwood. Trimming the right angle with a box cutter, Homer slid the top up until it was as close as possible to the counter. Extending a straight edge from the bottom of the keel, he cut the lower side of the cardboard. Finally, after stepping back and estimating the new additional area, he cut the cardboard short of the trailing edge of the old rudder. In ten minutes, Homer had designed the profile of a new rudder, expressed in cardboard. Bill weighed in, "That's about right."<br />
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I was still pondering which CAD system I was going to use to draw up the new rudder profile.... but, it was over. Homer's design looked good to me. Cardboard CAD!<br />
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"Homer, I'd like to have the same rudder area so that we don't change the boat's handicap rating," I said.<br />
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"I'll get my tools," Homer responded. Measure what I've added and what I'm going to cut off. Let me<br />
know if I missed it."<br />
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Five minutes with a tape measure confirmed that Homer's eye was nearly perfect. He was off by less than two square inches out of a total of 1,848. "Damn near perfect!" I told him as he returned with his pushcart loaded with a circular saw, power planer, and angle grinder.<br />
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"Do you two want to talk about this more, or is this good enough?" Homer asked Bill and me.<br />
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"It looks about right to me," responded Bill.<br />
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With a little trepidation, I agreed. "Go for it, Homer," I said, sounding more confident than I felt. "We can always screw some back on if it's too small."<br />
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Homer just laughed and scribed a line on the old rudder following the trailing edge of<br />
the cardboard. Then, picking up his circular saw, he cut about 7.5" off of the trailing edge of the old rudder along a graceful curve. Seeing a four foot high, by 7.5" wide, by 3" thick slab of wood laying on the concrete under MAYAN, felt incredibly odd. It had happened so fast.<br />
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Trading the circular saw for the power planer, Homer went to work, making the trailing edge of the rudder thinner. He worked entirely by eye. Where I would have built templates and patterns, Homer just ran his hand over the shape, stepped back to look at it every few minutes, and kept grinding. My job was to sweep up the rapidly growing mound of teak shavings growing underfoot.<br />
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To reinforce the wood and transfer the significant loads from the rudder shaft aft to the blade, the original builders had used two 3" by 1" bronze straps, which extended aft three feet. Homer cut away the last four inches of these straps. Removing the tail end of the bronze straps allowed the after edge of the rudder to be ground down to a far narrower shape. Before the advances in hydrodynamics made in the 1950s, builders and naval architects didn't appreciate the drag created by thick foils. MAYAN was being brought forward into the 21st century just a bit.<br />
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With the profile and the foil shape roughed out, Homer headed off to his shop to order some 4" thick mahogany he could use to build up the top and bottom of the rudder to match the cardboard pattern. I set to work grinding all the paint and putty from what remained of the rudder and from areas of the deadwood, which would be shaped and faired to let the water approach the rudder and aperture.<br />
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Just aft of the propeller, the square leading edge of rudder was now clean, shiny bronze, highlighting the absurdity of its 4" thick square-cornered shape. As Homer looked over my shoulder, he laughed at the shape.<br />
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"That's like towing a bucket!" and then continued, "It is terrible in that spot because the water leaving the propeller is moving a lot faster than the boat, It hits that flat surface and goes around those square corners. I'll bet she'll get better fuel economy once we fix that."<br />
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Having completed the cleanup, I sat in the shade under MAYAN's port quarter and researched the clearance the MaxProp required aft of the blades and at the tips. We had plenty of space. It seems that MAYAN had once had a much larger propeller. At least she had an aperture large enough to accept one.<br />
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"What's the answer?" asked Homer.<br />
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"We can make the leading edge round. We've got 5" to work with, and we only need two. We can also bring the bottom of the aperture up about 3". I replied.<br />
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"That's what I was hoping," replied Homer as he started cutting the long wooden strip for the bottom of the rudder.<br />
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Within an hour, he had cut the bottom edge of the rudder off straight and square, roughly shaped the new addition, dry-fit the new piece with long screws, and then attached it with West Epoxy and a bonding thickener. Turning his focus to the top of the rudder, he installed the new wood in the same manner. Mixing up epoxy and a sanding filler, he built up low spots on the sides of the rudder, which I hadn't noticed.<br />
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"We'll start final shaping tomorrow," Homer announced as he packed up his tools. We were only a few days into the project, and MAYAN's rudder looked entirely different.<br />
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As always, the final shaping takes much longer than I expected. It is a series of steps repeated over and over. First, the planer and grinder rough out the shape. Then, epoxy filler builds up low spots. Finally, after more shaping with the planer, hand rasps, and a sander, it's back to the first step to continue the shaping. With each pass, the flat wooden plank, which was MAYAN's original rudder, was becoming a much more modern foil shape.<br />
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As Homer worked his magic with the power planer, I assigned the task of figuring out how to fill in the large gap between the rudder shaft and the trailing edge of the deadwood. Taking a cue from Homer's work on the rudder, I fashioned wooden blocks which we attached to the deadwood with epoxy and small screws. The trailing edge of these blocks cut to a concave grove to parallel the front of the rudder shaft.<br />
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We exposed the blunt leading edge of the bronze straps holding the gudgeons to the deadwood. A ramp of thickened epoxy served to fair their sharp corners into gentle bumps, further reducing drag. I ground away the anti-fouling paint to expose the epoxy and epoxy primer sealing the hull and re-coated everything with West Epoxy making it ready for the new primer. Epoxy's ability to survive for decades underwater undamaged and its ability to adhere to high moisture content wood make it the perfect sealer and glue for work on wooden boats.<br />
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As Homer wrapped up his tenth day of work shaping the rudder, I fashioned a template of the port side. Having watched Him work by eye for days, I was impressed with how symmetrical the shape of the rudder had become. But, it was time to measure it with something more accurate than my eye. Flipping the template over I, lined it up along the starboard side of the rudder. It fit perfectly. Homer had shaped the 4' broad and now 5' tall rudder perfectly. Using nothing but his decades of experience and skill, he had shaped the two sides of MAYAN's rudder to within a few thousandths of an inch.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGNZ4Z4fbdsUinDYO6r7b2du4UwNeJDqefEygVgg1BDcHUVPOevrLs5vGfSHJSo6FG5haTj5Dk_jOnMEysX8sDqeCn09aVtFw6Q_EekZIToW8bUmNzZIPJwYRgd1WwT_QTzIutfgyCzI/s1600/MAYAN+new+rudder+Homer.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGNZ4Z4fbdsUinDYO6r7b2du4UwNeJDqefEygVgg1BDcHUVPOevrLs5vGfSHJSo6FG5haTj5Dk_jOnMEysX8sDqeCn09aVtFw6Q_EekZIToW8bUmNzZIPJwYRgd1WwT_QTzIutfgyCzI/s320/MAYAN+new+rudder+Homer.jpeg" width="240" /></a>As we examined the new rudder shape, one of our long-time crew, Matthew, joined in by holding up the old trailing edge of the rudder for comparison. It wasn't until relatively recently, by schooner standards, that designers realized that the trailing edge should be nearly sharp. As we now know, the hemispherical shape of MAYAN's old rudder trailing edge is just about the worst possible shape, causing more turbulence than a square edge. We predicted this change in the trailing edge would improve MAYAN's performance substantially.<br />
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Finally nearing the end of the project, Homer and his team applied two layers of West epoxy and glass cloth to the rudder and deadwood, completely sealing the rudder and bonding the new wood along the rudder shaft to the deadwood. Two coats of epoxy primer covered the West to fill the cloth pattern. Then three coats of anti-fouling finished everything off.<br />
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How did it work?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Rudder Shape Completed</td></tr>
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After relaunching MAYAN, we headed out of Santa Cruz Harbor on a calm day. In the channel, idling along at 4 knots, everything felt about the same. But, upon reaching the open Monterey Bay and pushing the engine up to 1750 RPM, the crew and I exchanged glances. It was noticeably quieter.<br />
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Gone was the RUMMA-RUMMA-RUMMA of the prop wash smacking into the square flat-fronted rudder just aft of the propeller. Now at 1750 RPM, in a calm sea, MAYAN was making 8.2 knots through the water, a full knot faster than with the old rudder shape.<br />
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I pushed the rudder hard over. We watched as MAYAN turned much more quickly and in a far tighter turning circle. Our experienced eyes estimated that at maneuvering speeds, the turning circle was at least one boat length smaller.<br />
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Perhaps the most attractive feature of the new rudder shape was expressed by Gene, our most experienced crew member at 80 years old, when he announced, "I used to have to work at turning her. Now I'm driving around with just one hand on the wheel!" His smile was infectious. As each of us drove MAYAN around in drunken circles, backed her up, and spun her side to side, the grins grew wider. The new rudder was a tremendous success.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURH7XlxFYWdNhl-YBX0vXht_mzZ-w7oatLv4Rl_7oDYRBst1iRDv5p2rgyXc4ZtOBvXr_JmysnYa9PQluCUmiUZ_OBQ4DVCbMaQj0kMKK_hEJzQTaYTYGWMo6dDdxmkE0MizLoFfBPC4/s1600/IMG_1783.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURH7XlxFYWdNhl-YBX0vXht_mzZ-w7oatLv4Rl_7oDYRBst1iRDv5p2rgyXc4ZtOBvXr_JmysnYa9PQluCUmiUZ_OBQ4DVCbMaQj0kMKK_hEJzQTaYTYGWMo6dDdxmkE0MizLoFfBPC4/s320/IMG_1783.jpeg" width="320" /></a><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">We've Been Silent Too Long: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I'm embarrassed to see how long it's been since we updated this site. Ah, well, our primary excuse is that we have done a lot to MAYAN and then sailed her a lot. Our secondary explanation is that we tried out using Facebook as a place to post things, which didn't work as well. The FB interface isn't set up to support someone who wants to write pieces that are more complex than a paragraph. As a result, we're back here.</span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">To start with one of our more recent exploits as a bit of a tease for the rest of the story, here is our girl crossing the finish line in first place during the last race of the 2019 Rolex Big Boat Series. </span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Now, back to where we were when we last wrote here on this site. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wet ride north of Pt. Conception</td></tr>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Gettin' Outa LA: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">When we last blogged here, MAYAN was getting her new rail caps, a new cockpit, new fuel tanks, fresh fuel, and exhaust system, etc... etc... etc...</span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">With that work finished, we left LA in a non-stop passage north to San Francisco in September of 2018. The short version is: No wind or waves south of Pt. Conception, 30-40 knot winds and enormous seas from Pt. Conception north, arrived in San Francisco sopping wet and tired. Cleaned and dried out MAYAN in two hours and greeted our guests for a cruise to the Sacramento Delta. There is a great deal more to the story, but that deserves and will receive its own story.</span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">As we tied up to the fuel dock in Santa Barbara, the attendant greeted us: "Welcome home, MAYAN. It has been too long." In every port we've entered along the coast of California, MAYAN is a long-missed friend.</span></div>
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 41); color: #1c1e29;">As a teaser, the video on the left shows the water running off the chart table. The decks were deeply awash for two days as we slogged north.</span><br />
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">2018 StFYC Jessica Cup: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Following our cruise to the Sacramento Delta, we gathered MAYAN's race crew together and joined the fun in the StFYC Jessica Cup. Each year the Jessica Cup gathers a group of classic yachts together to race around the central San Francisco Bay. A fantastic venue for MAYAN as the winds are traditionally strong, and she loves a breeze. MAYAN managed to win both races on handicap and came away with the Cup.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">2018 Leukemia Cup: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Many of us have lost loved ones to the various forms of blood diseases. Each year the San Francisco Bay plays host to the most significant money-raising Leukemia Cup in the country. The Corinthian YC provided the racing and sent the classic yachts on a course, which was a lovely tour of the central Bay. With light winds and some great sailing by a beautiful 30-foot Bird class boat, MAYAN ended up in mid-fleet. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sailing MAYAN home to Santa Cruz</td></tr>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Following the racing, it was October and time to sail MAYAN home to Santa Cruz. We gathered up crew from 4 to 80 and had a lovely sail down the coast in postcard weather. We were finally back in our home slip and ready to get to work on winter projects. </span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">We feel that this will become our pattern in future years. Enjoy the warmer spring sailing in Santa Cruz and points south, then move to the San Francisco Bay for the lovely fall weather, returning home as the stormy weather of November starts to arrive.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Winter Projects: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">As every boat owner knows, winter is the time when one puts dreams of warm, gentle breezes and gets to work on all the tasks it takes to get the boat ready for spring. This year would be no exception. It has been two years since MAYAN had been hauled out, and we had a long list of projects. In addition to refreshing the anti-fouling paint, we needed to sort through and service all the seacocks, and most importantly, do something about the rudder. The rudder project deserves a separate post; we completed the rest of the work as planned. </span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">The Sun is the enemy of varnish. If left exposed, a crew will need to apply a coat every month or two for the best results. If covered, as MAYAN's varnish is, one can use a solid base and three or four top coats, then leaving it covered and only needing a couple of coats a year.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">2019 Master Mariners Race: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">With the weather warming up, it was time to go racing again! Since the 1880s, the Master Mariners Benevolent Society of San Francisco has held a race on the waters of San Francisco Bay. The entry fees were initially used to support mariners who were retired and left ashore in their old age, a near-fatal fate in the late 1800s. Over the decades, this old regatta has become much loved. </span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Now populated with classic yachts of all varieties, it has some comical racing rules. Our favorite is that one has to round all marks "</span><em style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">...except that hitting a mark with a potato thrown from the Big Schooner will constitute a correct rounding, no matter which side of the mark the Big Schooner is on.</em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">" Some intense competitors are said to have recruited an outfielder from the San Francisco Giants baseball team to join the crew, thereby allowing them to turn inside of other yachts but still follow this rule. </span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Cruising The Coast Again: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Some sailors have asked us why we take MAYAN to and from San Francisco so often. Why not leave her in San Francisco Bay all summer? The answer is rather simple. Even in the worst weather, we'd rather be at sea sailing the boat than almost anywhere else. MAYAN is a great boat, even in foul weather. The video to the left is typical. After the Master Mariners Regatta, we headed back home. It was a wet gray day, with a bit of southerly chop running cross the NW swell, creating odd bumps-n-lumps. Because we were short-handed, we set the main staysail to steady the boat and headed for home under power. It was a wet and bumpy ride, but the heater was on belowdecks, Stacey's Amazing Soup was on the stove, and the crew was happy to be at sea.</span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I have gone long enough without introducing Stacey, my perfect partner in life. MAYAN and her crew clad in MAYAN logo-gear, our sailing team shirts are legendary for their bright colors, and the soup is to-die-for! Without Stacey, this program wouldn't be the same. From the help she gives the race team, through the fantastic cruises she hosts aboard, to her incredible willingness to learn an entirely new sport, she's great!</span></div>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">From someone who had never been sailing, let alone heading out in the rough-n-tumble of San Francisco Bay and the legendarily rough ocean beyond the Golden Gate, she has been a willing supporter of the MAYAN project. Our cruising crew's first question is: "Will Stacey be bringing the food?!!?" </span><br />
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Our trip up the coast was uneventful, took all night, and made under power. For those who aren't acquainted with the central west coast of California, the wind blows hard from the NW, starting around 1200 hours and continuing until about 2100 hours. Most evenings, it dies down, and a few hours later, the sea state calms. The trip from Santa Cruz to San Francisco is almost directly into that strong wind, so we start the passage after a leisurely dinner at around 2200 hours. Typically, we arrive in San Francisco for a warm breakfast ashore. (Of course, Stacey's Soup is gone by 0300.)</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">2019 StFYC Rolex Big Boat Series, Classic Class: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">For many years, I have worked with various people to try and get classic yachts into the Big Boat series. This year, with the election of Paul Cayard as Chairman of the Board of StFYC, I found a strong supporter of the idea. We rounded up five stunning classic sailing boats, and the Classic Class was born. Rolex became a strong supporter of the newest class, with two of their team sailing aboard MAYAN in one of the races.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">StFYC Stag Cruise: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">With the Big Boat Series behind us, we moved MAYAN back into cruising mode and headed up the San Joaquin River to Tinsley Island. The sailing couldn't have been better. Broad reaching in 25 to 30-knot winds, MAYAN set a new record to the Island. This was the first year that our son John joined us. It was great to have him see for himslef the varous hyjinks his male adult relatives have been up to all these years. He also managed to wind 1st place in the Laser racing, no surprise there. Returning to San Francisco, we off-loaded the cruising gear and returned MAYAN to racing trim in time to be ready.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Sailing Heals: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">This is the first year that MAYAN has sailed with the Sailing Heals team. This organization takes folks with cancer and their caregivers out for a day sail. We were thrilled to host 6 survivors aboard for a sail. Two survivors, who had a little sailing experience, drove MAYAN out under the Golden Gate Bridge, back into the Bay, rounded Angel Island to port, and then back to the City front. The smiles on their faces brought tears to their caregivers. It was a deeply touching event for us all.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">2019 Jessica Cup: </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Once again, we found ourselves setting up on the starting line just outside the Clubhouse windows with a group of classic sailboats. We did miss having YUCCA join us this year but still managed to find the competition excellent. MAYAN took home the Jessica Cup again with a crew hardened by four days of close competition in the Rolex Big Boat Series.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">2019 Leukemia Cup:</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> Once again, we lined up with our fellow sailors to support this great event. Once again, the Corinthian YC did a great job of running the races. Once again, we ended up mid-fleet, and that well-sailed Bird boat took home the prize. Despite the challenges, the crew had a fun time sailing for a terrific cause.</span></div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Sailing Home Again:</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> Leaving San Francisco after breakfast, MAYAN carried us home to Santa Cruz by dinner time. The calm weather of the fall made this a slow trip down the coast; we powered all the way. After all the trips we'd made this year, that was fine with the crew. Some slept, some read, we all ate Stacey's soup. I wrote out the list of projects for the winter haul-out and watched from the tip of the bowsprit as MAYAN's stem cut through the swells occasionally joined by a porpoise. Remembering makes me smile.</span></div>
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Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-12727664214592564742019-02-17T17:57:00.000-08:002019-02-17T17:57:04.533-08:00MAYAN Gets New Rail Caps & Sheet Adjustments<br />
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There were two problems with this approach on MAYAN. First, she is a beamy boat. Alden made this choice when designing her so that she could carry more passengers in comfort and so she'd stand up without heeling much in a blow. Her broad beam makes her quite stiff despite the fact that she has only a shallow and relatively light keel. The difficulty is that the beam is wide enough that the sheeting angle is too far outboard and as a result one can't trim the sails in tight enough to allow MAYAN to sail to windward at her best. After doing a bit of calculating, we determined that it would be best to have the sheet points moved about two feet inboard from the rail to get the correct sail shape.<br />
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Second, when sails flog or flap they jerk quite hard on the blocks which as riding on the rail. Similarly, when sailing in heavy weather there is a tremendous load put on the sheet and therefore on the rail when gusts hit or when a wave top fills the sail with water. In that case, the bulwark frames and bulwark planking have to carry the load. This is something they weren't designed to do. In the first few years of our sailing MAYAN hard in the strong winds of San Francisco Bay we discovered that the bulwark frames had been moving a little, indicating that they were overloaded. </div>
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In the picture above you can see MAYAN beating past Alcatraz Island in nearly 30 knots of wind still carrying her largest jib. the strain on the rail in these conditions is substantial and well beyond the use she had seen in her earlier life in S. California. It was time to do something about it.</div>
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Once we'd decided to move the sheeting inboard we started exploring various methods. Some recommended simply moving the track off of the rail and attaching it to the side deck, where there is plenty of space. As someone who has had both little toes broken by banging them into objects mounted on the deck, I was completely unwilling to clutter up MAYAN's side decks with bronze tracks with sharp edges and cars running on them. We turned to the oldest way of attaching the sheets and adjusting their angle to get the sail to set correctly. Our guess was that this was used on MAYAN when she was built. Returning to this old technique is particularly interesting because fixed sheet points with barber haulers used to just the sheet lead is now the very latest technique used on the fastest racing boats.</div>
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(We'll get back to the inboard sheeting once we get the rail cap completed.)</div>
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Once all the rail caps had been removed, which required removing hundreds of wood plugs and backing out the bronze screws, we set about filling all the holes in the bulwark and the bulwark frames. The tops of some of the frames had some minor water damage which was treated with epoxy and then all the frame ends were brought up to the correct height with a hard compound of epoxy and filler.</div>
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As is typical of Wayne, as soon as the rest of us went to work on the rail cap, he dragged a large teak plank into the shop, built a form of the curve of the transom rail cap which stretches across MAYAN and arches up in the center, and then clamped the raw teak plank to the form. "What's that for?" I asked. "This will let the teak plank get used to the idea that it's going to be bent like that for the next thirty years." Wayne replied with a grin. We lifted the plank clamped to its form onto a shelf in the back of the shop and set about the rest of the work. When we retuned a few weeks later, it was already "used to the idea" of being bent and didn't even try to straighten out when we pulled off the clamps. </div>
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Second, at each end of scarf he turns the cut to intersect the edge of the rail cap at about a 50° angle. This makes the joint sides thick enough that the thin side won't splinter away during sanding or in the event that something like a block or or oar bangs into the rail cap. </div>
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Finally, in four places along the run of the scarf two inch pieces of bronze all thread will be glued into both pieces of the rail cap from the joint side. This eliminates the need for bolts covered with wood plugs to be inserted into the curved sides of the rail cap. Plugs on rounded surfaces, like the edge of a rail cap, have a bad habit of coming out over time. It's good to avoid them if possible.</div>
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With the top edge of the bulwark heavily coated orange anti fungal primer the rails start to work their way forward from the transom plank. The rail cap expands to round the shrouds. In the picture on the left you'll notice that the rail is wider as it goes past the mainmast shrouds. The rail cap is set down over the chainplates and caulked into place once screwed down. </div>
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Before being screwed in place, most of the rail was shaped with a series of router bits and then sanded to a 150 grit finish while the planks were still on the bench. This saves a tremendous amount of back breaking labor when compared to doing the sanding once the wood has been mounted on the boat. </div>
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The process of cutting, shaping, sanding, and fastening the rail caps went relatively quickly. Within a week all the easy parts were screwed down and ready to be finished. But, as is always the case, the difficult fitting came at the corners. </div>
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Here are Wayne and Garrett working the complex joint between the transom rail cap and the starboard side rail cap. Like the locking scarf, these joints were reinforced with two inch lengths of bronze all thread which requires more careful assembly but much less work later on.</div>
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In addition to the two large sections, each corner of the rail cap has a triangular piece which allows the rail to sweep gracefully from the side to the transom. Fitting this was Garrett's challenge. He did a terrific job and learned a few tricks from Wayne along the way.</div>
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The most difficult part, by far, was the tip of the bow. You can see it on the left. Again, the joints were reinforced with bronze all thread and glued with epoxy. But the curve of the rail, the sweep of the sheer, and flare of the bow all gather together at this point causing each piece to have sides which were far from square to anything.</div>
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After an afternoon of careful fitting, Wayne applied the glue and clamped up the pieces with bar clamps, "c" clamps, a special jig he cut from some scrap, and a trailer load tie-down strap. It all held and was aligned perfectly in the morning when all this bondage was removed. </div>
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Because there need to be flat surfaces to clamp against at every scarf and joint, a great deal of hand work was now required to shape the exterior of the rail cap where these occurred. Now came days of that back breaking hand work with everyone pitching in to get the shape just right.</div>
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We're taking a new approach with this varnish stack. At the bottom on the raw wood are two coats of thin sealant. It penetrates the wood and stabilizes the natural oils in the teak. Then we apply three coats of West 207 special clear epoxy. What you see in the picture on the right is the shine of the second coat of epoxy. While difficult to sand, the epoxy is extremely tough and will resist chafe far better than traditional varnish.</div>
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Finally, we applied 5 coats of a classic spar varnish to provide UV protection for the epoxy and because it yields a beautiful shine. Because the jib sheet tracks have been removed from the rail, one person can sand the entire rail cap in one day. This is more than twice the speed of anyone who had tried it, especially me.</div>
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With the rail caps nearly complete, Garrett and Rubin set about installing the deck plates which will hold the eyes and snatch blocks for the sheets. In the picture on the left you can see the bronze pad with its removable eye screwed in, upper left. It will be let into the deck. You can see the diamond shape dent which has been cut into the teak to match the bottom of the pad. It has been sealed with epoxy to prevent rot and the bronze pad will be covered in dolphinite to further protect the wood.</div>
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Once the pad is pressed into to the teak deck, then the bent stainless steel plate is taken below decks and clamped in place. The holes for the retaining bolts for the pad are drilled using the pad as a template, then through the stainless steel plate. Once drilled, the holes in the stainless are threaded to accept the mounting bolts from the bronze pad. The stainless plate has been pre-drilled and is then thru-bolted to the deck beams ahead and astern of the pad. Once assembled, this construction is extremely strong.<br />
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These pads were located approximately three feet aft of the known sheet point for each sail. Then approximately three feet forward of the known sheet point, another pad was installed. Fortunately, this spacing resulted in being able to re-use a number of pads for different sails. As a result, the side decks have a pad approximately every six feet and these pads can manage our entire inventory of sails.<br />
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In addition, the pads serve as terminations for the running backstays for both masts.<br />
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For each pair of pads assigned to a sail the aft-most pad carries a snatch block which accepts the sail's sheet. the forward pad carries a barber-hauler with a low-friction eye spliced into the upper end. To protect the varnish and more importantly the sailors aboard, the eye in the end of the barber-hauler is run through a soft vinyl tube as shown in the picture on the right. This is expected to reduce the damage done when the sheet is flogging and the eye is swinging around the leeward side deck. </div>
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The lower end of the barber-hauler is secured to the pad's screw-in eye with a hobble splice. This splice, which was become quite popular with the adoption of high strength Dyneema single braid lines, works in a manner similar to a line with a rolling hitch tied around it. When the line is relieved of load, one can slide the hobble to make the line whatever length is required. Once the load is reapplied, the hobble will not slide. Aboard MAYAN we mark the barber-hauler lines to that the crew can preset the hobbles to the correct position for each sail.<br />
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Of course, adjustments of the jib lead position do require that the load be removed from the jib sheet using this technique, but that was also true of the bronze track and cars which this system replaced. We also sail with a 6:1 handy-billy on deck. It's quite useful for tasks like pulling the jib or staysail sheet down while one adjusts the barber-hauler.<br />
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So far, this system has works quite well. We used it while competing in the Jessica Cup in San Francisco Bay and found it to be reliable and easy for the crew to understand. However, one problem was discovered, with the sheet leads inboard where they belong for the best sail trim, the sheet runs directly over the signboards and running lights on the foremast shrouds. Naturally, we found the lights dangling from their wires and bits of the signboards missing entirely. Not everything goes according to plan, we'll need to relocate the signboards to a place out of the line of fire. The fact that the signboards were damaged is great evidence that we've finally got the sheets in the right places, looking on the bright side.</div>
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Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-21075648644285122462019-02-16T16:45:00.002-08:002020-01-01T13:26:05.239-08:00Mayan's Progress<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Mayan's Progress</h2>
For over two years MAYAN received the able ministrations of Wayne Ettel, master shipwright in his boatyard in Los Angeles. As a result, I've collected the various short bits of progress into one post to make it easy to avoid all this boat building stuff if you wish.<br />
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First, we wish to thank Paul Reck for building the model of MAYAN on the left. She's now on display at the <a href="https://www.stfyc.com/" target="_blank">St, Francis YC</a> as a part of the club's collection. Paul did a wonderful job and we are thrilled to see her take her place amongst so many beautiful models.<br />
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Model building is a skill which amazes us. The patience and care that it takes to construct a tiny version of a boat or ship is significant and rare. The model Paul built was constructed the way MAYAN was, with a keel, stem, sternpost, horn timber, floor frames and frames. Then deck beams and deck planking. The hull was tight planked caravel fashion, as was MAYAN originally. The rig shown in the model is of MAYAN as a transitional schooner, with a gaff foresail and a marconi mainsail. This is the way she was built and the rig we are returning her to. More about Paul <a href="http://www.yachtsmanmagazine.com/articles/rudder_aug2014.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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While We're In Here.... </h2>
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To review, during our <a href="http://www.mastermariners.org/PDFs/2016-MMBA-Results-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">2016 Master Mariner's Regatta</a> we noticed that the cockpit floor was flexing quite a bit as our three 250+ pounders came aft to haul in the mainsheet; we do not have a winch on the mainsheet and it takes all three of them at a leeward mark or during a gybe to make progress hauling in the mainsheet. This prompted a reservation at the <a href="http://www.boatswayne.com/" target="_blank">Wayne Ettel Boat Spa</a>, which is anything but a "spa". But Wayne is the shipwright who rebuilt MAYAN's hull and deck in 2005 and re-built the interior for us in 2014.</div>
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We had known since our initial purchase survey that the cockpit was the only remaining piece of deck from MAYAN's original construction of oak frames, iron nails, and caulked decking. As a result, it had been suspect for some time. After removing the water maker and a few other bits, an exploration of the underside of the cockpit had Beau shaking his head and crawling out with a piece of frame in his hand. He had simply broken a large piece of the frame away; it was rotten. We sailed MAYAN carefully from Santa Cruz to LA, see the earlier post about winds steadily above 40 knots and significant seas, and after the StFYC Commodore's Cruise Wayne's crew went to work on her. </div>
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The first step was to remove the cockpit, a process which took a week and resulted in some discoveries. We have had fuel quality problems for quite a while, and were looking forward to cleaning out the tanks. Only accessible when the cockpit is removed, we found that not only were they badly polluted, but they were also slowly leaking in various places. Out they came. To remove them the main engine exhaust system had to come out, and <i>while we're in here</i> we might was well do that right. This phrase would be repeated many times....<br />
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It was easy to see why the beams holding up the cockpit floor were flexing. MAYAN had originally been built with iron nails and they cause what it called "iron sickness" in the oak beams. It's clearly visible in the beam on the left. it also showed up as holes in other beams, no trace of the original nails, just weakened wood with the stain of iron running through it.<br />
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Once the leaking fuel tanks were pulled from under the old deck, it became obvious that they were far worse than we'd imagined. One tank like the photo on the left occupied the space under the cockpit seats on either side, and then a small day-tank to port. Nearly every joint and weld was slowly oozing diesel fuel. While the tanks had clean-outs, which can be seen in the picture, the only way to get to the clean-outs was to remove the cockpit and then remove the tank. We won't be doing it that way in the future.<br />
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I think that "<i>while we're in here</i>" should be engraved on a bronze plaque just above the Engine Room entrance! The list grew and grew and grew...... Ultimately, we ended up with a yawning hole in MAYAN where there used to be a cockpit, fuel tanks, and the main engine exhaust. In the photo below you can see Wayne just after we completed removing the fuel tanks. The rudder head is just to the right of his left elbow and we've tossed a sheet of plywood onto of the floor frames so we can have a place to stand while working. Now, to start putting things back together!<br />
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Over the years the expectations for fuel consumption have gone up and up. Originally, MAYAN had an sixty horsepower gasoline engine and a fifty gallon fuel tank. That would push her along at about 5 knots at full throttle and at cruising speed she could travel for about one hundred miles. Of course this assumed there wasn't a headwind or any sort of seas. When out cruising, this meant that one couldn't rely on powering anywhere. The engine was primarily for getting in and out of port and short distances when it was completely calm. There was no refrigeration or heat, no electric lights or navigation instruments, certainly no expresso machine or microwave! Things have changed. </div>
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We had previously replaced what was left of MAYAN's internal ballast with larger batteries, bring her capacity up to 1,400 Amp hours. We had also installed a hydroponic diesel heater, microwave, expresso machine, refrigeration, RADAR, navigation system, AIS, etc.... All this is considered "normal" in a modern boat MAYAN's size, although almost all of it is entirely hidden from view, leaving the sailor with the illusion that they are sailing in the 1920s. Sometime in the 1970s a 130 horsepower MBZ diesel had been installed, which is capable of moving MAYAN right along at a cruising speed of 7 knots, but with the old fuel tanks she only had a range of about 90 miles. It was time for more fuel.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyXck_sRjBjyfYxmbrdekY_e_iUDNScKf0XWx5RyjzBZRK-rfk4Qv9NNEmmCDemrqc_r9lLUYW40LbebGkVLzTaUH5WIQDMjyxtUlP0WQyrmQpDpMv2ajFrmUUiniP8tRUd5A7o5tokc/s1600/_DSC0486.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1600" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyXck_sRjBjyfYxmbrdekY_e_iUDNScKf0XWx5RyjzBZRK-rfk4Qv9NNEmmCDemrqc_r9lLUYW40LbebGkVLzTaUH5WIQDMjyxtUlP0WQyrmQpDpMv2ajFrmUUiniP8tRUd5A7o5tokc/s320/_DSC0486.jpg" width="320" /></a>We also had reservations about the size of the cockpit well. It simply held too much water when a boarding wave came along. The solution was to make the cockpit seats wider. This made the cockpit foot well smaller, the space for the new fuel tanks larger, and the cockpit seat wide enough for people to sleep on deck if they choose to. A triple win! In the picture on the right you can see the new planks which made the seat wider and more comfortable.</div>
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While we were at it, there's that phrase again, we decided to increase the size of the secondary sheet winches. In the photo on the left you can see the large primary winches, Barient #35 size. The original secondary is the Barient #22 at the far right in the photo. Between the two original winches are the Barient #28s which we bought from a Cal-40 owner, they were original equipment aboard those wonderful boats back in the '60s when they were built. We repurposed the Barient #22s to upgrade the halyard winches for the spinnaker and fisherman staysail halyards.</div>
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We also decided to relocate the fuel fill plate while we were at it. These used to be located in the cockpit seats, and when the weather got rough a pool of water would sit atop the fill plate. Naturally, this lead to salt water getting down into the diesel fuel and allowing the algae to grow in the fuel tanks. A terrible problem we had been fighting since we bought the boat. </div>
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By locating the fuel fill plates on top of the winch islands there can't be any standing water atop them, it's easy to wipe up spills without staining the teak, as it's varnished up there, and it's much easier to get the fuel hose to the fill plate without banging into the cockpit combing. All great features of this new locations. </div>
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With the fuel tanks approaching completion, the fill lines cut in and the new winch mounting bolts installed. Garrett started doing the dry fit of the new cockpit prior to varnishing and installation of the inset panels. </div>
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Garrett is popping out of the hatch in the cockpit floor which allows access to the prop shaft and rear side of the main engine. It also provides a tremendous amount of air flow through the engine room when one has to work on the motor in hot weather. The cockpit floor is built of plywood covered in epoxy and carbon fiber, substantially stronger than MAYAN's old cockpit floor even when it was new.</div>
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In the upper left you can see the rudder head and the cut out in the cockpit floor around the horn timber. The wheel box will eventually go over this and hold the steering gear. </div>
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Once all the cockpit bits were installed, it was time to add the teak grating and decking, the portholes which allow fresh air into the engine room, the engine instruments, and a lot of varnish before we re-installed the wheel box, wheel and binnacle. </div>
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There's a wonderful tradition with Alden schooners. Every one of them that I've been aboard has a port hole which opens from the outside and leads into the engine room. At first I didn't understand the purpose of it opening from the outside. Then I read a article in an old Rudder magazine in which Alden described being aboard an 1920s fishing schooner far out at sea. A fuel line had leaked and caused a fire in the engine room. The only way to get to the fire to put it out was to open the hatch in the deck at the top of the engine room. When they opened the hatch, the fire got a lot more air and the flames roared out through the open hatch. Eventually, the crew managed to get buckets of water down the hatch and put out the fire. But, from then on, every Alden design has a port hole opening from the outside so that one can push the nozzle of a fire extinguisher into the engine room without opening a hatch and feeding massive amounts of fresh air to the fire.<br />
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With her new larger fuel tanks, MAYAN now has a range of over 500 miles without reducing speed to improve fuel consumption, and while running the refrigerations, heating, microwave, and espresso machine. You have to have the espresso machine running!</div>
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In the next post we'll go into various other projects that were the result of following the "While we're in there" creed including new rail caps, new jib sheeting system and a new samson post.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MAYAN winning her class in 2016 Master Mariner's</td></tr>
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But work and family obligations tend to push boat projects back, and back, and back. After two years of sailing MAYAN around Santa Cruz and San Francisco, racing her hard, making a list of things we wish were different, it was time to get busy and address some issues. </div>
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For example, it was time to remove and pack up the last components of the water-maker aboard MAYAN. Water-makers are great devices that make fresh water from salt water by pushing it through a membrane at extremely high pressure. This is something that would have seemed magical to anyone from the golden age of sail, along with diesel engines, GPS, and email by radio. But today water-makers are rather standard aboard cruising boast.</div>
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<span class="s1">Once the water maker membranes were removed and the hoses pulled out, I set about removing the plywood they’d been attached to. Darn! There are never “good” surprises on a boat. This time, hidden by the membranes and their mounts, there were some rotten deck beams beneath the cockpit. Laying on my back I broke a few 2” pieces off of the deck beams with my fingers. Time to sail back to Wayne Ettel’s boatyard! MAYAN needs a new cockpit floor.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>A passage to Southern California</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Getting MAYAN to Wayne's boatyard in Southern California resulted in five of us meeting aboard MAYAN in Santa Cruz Harbor at 0700 on a beautiful late June morning. Our crew was: Gene Sofen, Alex Rickabaugh, Lance Burc, Dick Watts, and me. It’s always a joy to have shipmates you can trust. It lets a skipper sleep well!! We left the harbor at 0900 to an oily 4’ swell from the south and no wind at all. But… the forecast was looking “<i>sporty</i>”. </span><br /><span class="s1">In addition to a MAYAN Spa Date at Wayne's boatyard, we intend a bit of cruising in the southland. The St. Francis YC Commodore's Cruise for 2016 will be from Newport Beach to various spots on Catalina. Stacey has never seen Catalina, and there is no better way to enjoy the island than aboard a boat. I (Beau) grew up spending hundreds of weekends sailing to Catalina and have sea chests of memories of my times there with my family.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">MAYAN is no stranger to Catalina. While David owned her she made a number of trips to the island including one in which he and his band-mates completely cleaned out the grocery store at Avalon, having decided to go to Mexico after a few beers and realizing that they'd no provisions aboard. As happens in every port with enter with MAYAN, I am certain someone will row up and announce: "I've partied on that boat!" (We will post about our cruise in a week or two.)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">As we left Santa Cruz and headed south to Lover's Point, the middle of Monterey Bay didn’t disappoint us. There was sea life everywhere. I’m always surprised at how thrilled I am seeing the humpback whales breach, and how a pod of porpoises always make me smile as they romp up to MAYAN and start surfing her bow wave. This has been a BIG YEAR for whales.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">With the weather forecast including reasonably strong winds off of the coast north of Point Conception, we set the double reefed main, main staysail, fore staysail, and the yankee.</span> The yankee is our smallest jib, flies from the tip of the bowsprit, and is made of heavy cloth. It loves a blow. </div>
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We did feel a little silly for the first few hours, all reefed down and rolling slowly along against the SW swell. But by 1300 the wind was up to 25k from the NW and MAYAN was moving nicely at 8 knots. </div>
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By 1500 the wind was up to 30k, and we lowered the main. By the 1600 watch change the wind speed was 35k and a bit beyond. The NW chop had developed nicely and was doing odd things as it crossed with the SW swell. As the wind steadily built we struck the fore staysail, then at 1700 we struck the main staysail. </div>
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The wind speed was now a steady 40 knots with an additional 5 to 7 knots in the gusts. The NW chop was now truly magnificent as it crossed the SW swell. It was getting a little damp aboard. When the wave trains crossed the peaks were amazing, some over 18’. One decided to pay us a visit and filled the cockpit nicely! So much for dry boots!</div>
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<span class="s1">MAYAN handled the breeze and bumps beautifully. Since rounding Pt. Sur we’d all been sailing hooked into the jack lines as the water sloshed around us across the deck. As the sun set we settled into the night watches, expecting the wind speed to moderate after mid-night. Another failed forecast. When Alex and Lance handed off the watch to Gene and Dick at 2000, I checked the wind instruments. Average wind speed for the previous hour had been 43 knots. Peak wind speed recorded was 51 knots. “It’s breezy out here.” Dick announced as he climbed into the cockpit. No kidding!!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We were abeam of Los Angeles Light at 0905 and were off of Wayne’s boatyard at 0930. A civilized time to arrive on a Saturday morning. The strong breeze had let us make Los Angeles in 48.5 hours. The distance travelled over the water was about 350 nautical miles, and MAYAN had comfortably carried us along at an average of about 7.2 knots. “We sure seemed to be going faster than that!!” was the general impression of the crew. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">What we learned about MAYAN is that she is deceptively comfortable below decks even in 15 to 18 foot waves and 40+ knots of wind. So much so that various crew members would put their heads above deck and say: “I’ll be back in a minute.” appearing later wearing much heavier cloths, hats, and boots. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Secondly, we found that MAYAN is amazing at climbing up over steep waves without letting (much of) them aboard. John Alden did a great job. Third, we found that trying to drive a displacement hull like MAYAN’s above her hull speed is dumb. She starts to fight the helmsman. Keeping boat speed below 9 knots made for a much easier passage. Hey, we’re cruising here! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Finally, we learned that when running off in a breeze it’s best to have the center of effort well forward, pulling MAYAN by the nose, and the centerboard fully up allowing MAYAN to do her lovely sliiiiiiide sideways down the face of steep waves. </span>This passage was the most wind and largest waves we’ve ever experienced with MAYAN, she made it look easy. As a result, we’re happily planning trips to far away places knowing that MAYAN will have little trouble taking us through the snotty bits. </div>
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While in LA, MAYAN will spend a few months at Wayne’s “boat spa” getting her various bit renewed and improved. After two years of sailing her, we’ve decided to change a few thing and continue putting MAYAN back to the way John Alden designed her. We’ve concluded that Mr. Alden really knew a few things about the way that schooners should be designed. Once MAYAN has had her spa treatment, we’ll cruise her in southern California before bring her north again to Santa Cruz in the fall, and once again race and cruise her in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. </div>
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Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-57302450269504471872016-06-06T23:39:00.002-07:002016-06-07T14:28:20.562-07:00Master Mariner's Race, San Francisco Bay, 2016<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fleet at Encina YC after racing</td></tr>
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A few times a year the classic boat community on San Francisco Bay gathers to celebrate their lovely old boats with a friendly race. The grandpa of them all is the Master Mariner's Regatta. It's an event that has been run on and off since 1867, well before the more famous America's Cup race. Its origin was to raise money for the widows and orphans of sailors lost at sea.<br />
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Today marine industry companies still sponsor competitors, and folks rarely admit to the side bets our ancestors used to brag about. This year MAYAN was thrilled to be sponsored by Latitude-38, our local sailing magazine. Thankfully, there aren't many sailors lost at sea these days, but the comradery and fun of pushing classic wooden boats around the SF Bay in a breeze have carried on, as has the philanthropy.<br />
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The crew of MAYAN gathered at the StFYC docks early on Saturday morning on the 28th of May. Twenty-five strong and ready to sail. Some, the veterans of other races, guided the new crew to lines one simply doesn't find on a modern boat. Peak and throat halyards were pointed out, the Gollywobbler was tied into stops, and the art of flying trapezoidal sails was explained. Finally, the skipper took a few minutes to take the crew through a safety review and a preview of the strategy for the race. "Two primary rules." were announced. "First, keep the people inside the boat. Second, keep the water outside of the boat. If we do those two things, everything else will be a lot more fun."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lance, Chief Data Officer</td></tr>
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For those who haven't sailed on San Francisco Bay, the wind fans out from the Golden Gate. (On the left of the chart above) This means that a wind direction of 270° at the start will have shifted to about 240° at Little Harding, and a wind direction of 280° at Blossom Rock will have shifted to at least 220° at Southampton Shoal. This, combined with a similar fanning out of the flood tide, means that sailing the rhumb line is almost never the fastest way to the next mark. Fortunately, we had two great navigators aboard. Stan Honey on deck and Lance Berc as "Chief Data Officer" manning the navigations computers below. <i>(Hey, just because we're a 69-year-old schooner doesn't mean we're not up to date with all the latest navigational technology ;) </i>This team allowed the helmsman (Beau) to focus on sailing the boat and delegate the details of where to drive the boat.<br />
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Starting a race on a 70,000 lbs schooner is all about maintaining boat speed heading into the starting line. Fortunately, the start was set as a beam reach and we could enter from the west end of the line. This meant we could get MAYAN moving nicely on a broad reach and make a nice smooth turn towards the line at the appropriate time. Synthia Petroka, our foredeck boss, let us know we were about four seconds late to the starting line. We'll have to work on that for next year!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skip Allen</td></tr>
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As we gybed towards the starting line the crew set the large advance staysail, under the watch full eye of crew-boss Skip Allen. Grinding in the genoa and advance staysail kept the cockpit crew busy as MAYAN turned north onto a beam reach.<br />
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For those of you who've sailed on schooners, this will be no surprise. As the genoa and the advance drew full and by MAYAN accelerated to full speed and simply took off across the bay at 8.5 knots, leaving the other boats who shared our start in our wake.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LYDIA (left) and MAYAN at the start</td></tr>
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Crossing the flood tide is always complex. On San Francisco Bay the flood starts first along the City Front, where the starting line was located. Then, as the boat sails north, she will sail into less flood and even a little residual ebb tide. Finally, as we enter the deeper water near Little Harding buoy the strong flood current will re-appear. At each of these tidal transitions MAYAN's leeway will change. To sail the shortest possible course, the heading of the boat must be adjusted to the new current. The chatter between the Navigator and the Chief Data Officer was continuous, with updates on the compass course the helmsman should steer being adjusted every few minutes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the left: Beau, Jeff Lawson, Stan Honey</td></tr>
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As we approached Little Harding buoy on a port broad reach, the boats which started earlier were returning towards us on starboard tack. This made the combination of avoiding the oncoming traffic, which had the right-of-way, and continuing to sail the straightest possible course to the mark challenging. Fortunately, everyone kept a sharp look out and there weren't any close calls. Again, the absolute trust that the helmsman had with his crew meant that he could focus on sailing fast and avoid the distractions of looking around for the on-coming traffic.<br />
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MAYAN made a clean port rounding and beat towards Yellow Bluff under genoa, main staysail, and full mainsail. With only 25 knots of wind, we were short on sail area, but we've learned that setting the large advance staysail forces us to sail so low that we can't make up for the low angle with better boat speed. (More in a future post on how we plan on fixing that.) Knowing that MAYAN isn't weatherly and that there was a 3-knot flood tide in the middle of the Golden Gate, we took two port tacks which put us near Pt. Cavallo before we struck south towards Blackhaller buoy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackhaller buoy with Pt. Cavallo in the background</td></tr>
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As we rounded Blackhaller buoy and gybe set our spinnaker and advance staysail, there was some discussion about how close we came to the buoy. "Not to worry," the helmsman remarked. "The only thing that touched the buoy was the spray from our bow wave."<i><br /></i> <span id="goog_1846279180"></span><br />
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As the sloops with their symmetrical spinnakers ran close ashore down the City Front, MAYAN with her schooner rig was forced to sail out towards Alcatraz to keep moving and in the hope of finding a stronger flood tide. We found it and managed to pass a few more boats as we rumbled along at 8 to 10 knots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nadine Franczyk trim, Dick Watts grinder</td></tr>
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It is always deceiving, sailing downwind on MAYAN within the flat waters of San Francisco Bay. The water looks choppy in the strong Bay winds, but the complete lack of swell means that MAYAN stands up straight and hardly moves as she plows along. With our boat speed steadily above 8 knots and a 2-knot favorable current, Blossom Rock buoy was coming up fast. Watching Nadine trimming and Dick grinding the spinnaker sheet, I was struck by the crew sailing the ponderously heavy MAYAN as if she were a small boat. It was great. We ground down a few more competitors.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The foredeck crew</td></tr>
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The leg to Southampton shoal was too tight for the spinnaker, so the foredeck crew set the genoa and doused the chute. The sign of a great foredeck is that it's silent. Synthia, with the help of Sally Honey, Liz Kroft, Gene Sofen, and Paul Manning made it look easy. No drama, no yelling, just sails up and down right on time.<br />
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For those who've not worked a foredeck that includes a 14' bowsprit, this is no easy feat. No roller furling, everything is on hanks. Drop a sail from the bowsprit, it's under the bow. Lose the spinnaker, you've yards of shredded nylon. This team made it all look easy!<br />
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Our navigation team let me know that we couldn't lay the R4 buoy from Southampton Shoal mark, so we made a smooth rounding on to port and tacked back to starboard once we'd settled everything down. Discovering that we were still not laying R4, we took another port tack up towards Pt. Blunt before tacking when we were certain that we'd fetch the next mark. Then things began to get interesting....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Mattsson inquiring why they hadn't tacked</td></tr>
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As we approached R4 we noticed that the cutter BRIGHT STAR had struck the buoy and was slowly moving to windward of it while inspecting the bowsprit and hull for damage. At the same time, the ketch PEGASUS was approaching the mark on port and was focused on the injured BRIGHT STAR. Despite repeated hails of "Starboard" from MAYAN, PEGASUS was showing no signs of either turning to pass astern or tacking to avoid us. Finally, when it was clear that PEGASUS wasn't going to give way, we crash tacked MAYAN to avoid a collision. One of our crew endeavored to find out why PEGASUS hadn't tacked or ducked, using the best of polite sailor language. ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MAYAN's track near mark R4</td></tr>
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At one point the two heavy boats were only five feet apart, but calamity was avoided and the crew spun MAYAN around and eventually rounded the mark. PEGASUS did her penalty turn and not only apologized when we reached the dock but provided the crew with enough drink tickets to stand a full round for all hands. Everyone was aware of how close we'd come to serious damage, a lesson for us all. It is amusing to take a look at our GPS track as we sorted out our schooner rig following the crash tack. (right)<br />
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Elsewhere on the race course this day two boats did collide. The smaller was dismasted and the larger had her bowsprit broken. All these boats are large, heavy, and difficult to maneuver. If we have one cautionary statement it is: "Leave more than two boat lengths between all boats." It is simply too risky to cut things close.<br />
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With R4 behind us, it was a broad reach in 25-27 knot winds to the finish. This is MAYAN's strongest point of sail and she loves a breeze. She started to rumble! BRIGHT STAR, PEGASUS, JADE, and ELIZABETH MUIR lay ahead of us. We passed BRIGHT STAR first, making up the four minutes we'd spent sorting ourselves out at R4. Then, slowed by their penalty turn, we caught and passed PEGASUS.<br />
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There was less than half a mile to the finish line. To leeward ELIZABETH MUIR had become pinned to leeward of RUBY and was struggling to break free. As MAYAN overhauled them both ELIZABETH MUIR broke through and accelerated rapidly. But MAYAN managed to rumble by and get the gun by only 18". It was a hold-your-breath finish. The first three boats were only separated by four seconds!! Racing doesn't get much closer than that.<br />
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Cheers were shouted, beers were opened, and MAYAN sailed on to Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda to collect the Dead Eye trophy for first in Marconi 1.<br />
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Stacey and I couldn't be more pleased with the way the entire crew sailed. New hands and old, everyone pitched in and brought MAYAN home safely and into first place in class. We've learned that MAYAN loves a breeze, and she could have used a bit more this day, but with a breeze comes hard work. Glancing over my shoulder after I called for a bit more mainsail trim, I had to smile when I saw that it took four strong men to gather in that last six inches of the main sheet. We really do need to get a winch on that line!<br />
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Thank you to everyone aboard! Stacey and I really appreciate the great effort!<br />
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The crew: Alex Rickabaugh, Amy Manning, Carol Gordon, Chris Hofmann, Dick Watts, Elizabeth Anathan, Gene Sofen, Jack Gordon, Jeffrey Lawson, Lance Berc, Lisa Corsetti, Liz Croft, Nadine Franczyk, Paul Elliot, Paul Manning, Peter Mattsson, Sally Honey, Serge Zavarin, Skip Allen, Stan Honey, Synthia Petroka, Tom Lewin, Will Campbell.<br />
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Photo Credits: Liz Croft, Will Campbell, Serge Zavarin - Thank YOU!<br />
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We have not been sailing MAYAN much this winter. Storms filled the Santa Cruz Harbor mouth with sand and even with her centerboard pulled up, she was trapped. The hard working crew on the dredge finally caught up a month ago and we were free to set sail and enjoy a beautiful springtime. As always, the early trips bring out the gremlins and MAYAN certainly has her share. Our wind instruments failed, the fuel system needed attention and who left all this stuff sitting around where it would fall over when we sailed?<div>
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Once MAYAN's diminutive crew had settled into a routine of waiting for their trick at the helm and catting with their friends. They looked for a bit of fun/mischief to get into. It was wonderful to see them find a game I played as a kid and my children played when they were aboard. One kid will jump down the boobie hatch (the fore hatch for those who aren't schooner sailors), then dash aft down the alleyway, through the galley, across the saloon and up the main companionway into the cockpit. Then race forward to repeat the process. As some of the crew ran 'round the boat, others sat down with one of our regular crew, Alex, who taught them how to re-pack an inflatible lifejacket. Cruising on a large stable platform, like MAYAN, changes sailing. There's time and space to indulge other activites beyond just sailing the boat, and there's little as nice to see as kids in the share of the fore staysail learning a seamanlike task.<br />
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As the day faded we returned our small sailors to the dock and said good bye. It was wonderful to see MAYAN do such a great job at her appointed mission. We chose her because we've grand children coming along and we wanted to provide a way for them to learn seamanship and go voyaging with us. It's looking like MAYAN was a great choice.<br />
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As one of their parents dashed up in a RIB, they all lined up for a quick photo, then set to work hoisting the lowers and the outer jib. Initially we had a bit more wind, so we tucked a reef in the mainsail to avoid any drama. Of course, having done that, the wind immediately fadded away and left us slowly cruising along.<br />
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We shared the day with the Moore-24 Pacific Coast Championship, which was particularly fun as one of the Moores, MERCEDES, was crewed by Scholastic sailors. MAYAN did a small sail-by to encourage the crew. They are the Moore with the red strip in the picture to the left.<br />
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Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-50930583835165579762015-06-17T08:26:00.000-07:002015-06-17T08:26:22.328-07:00Otter Cup - Elkhorn YC - 2015<br />
May 16, 2015 -- For many years the Elkhorn Yacht Club, located in Moss Landing, has hosted a wonderful reaching race from the waters outside their harbor, to a buoy off of Monterey and back again. A few of us left Santa Cruz harbor early and took MAYAN by power to Moss Landing in time to arrive for the 0930 hours skipper's meeting. The winds were looking painfully light again, and the memories of our slow and frustrating sail in the Leukemia Cup lingered.<br />
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As always EYC was warm and welcoming. The race committee did a good job of briefing us, warming us with hot coffee, and sending us out to the race course. For those of you who haven't been to EYC, the MAYAN crew would highly recommend investigating this jewel of a club. No flash, just sailors enjoying sailing to the fullest. <a href="http://www.elkhornyc.org/" target="_blank">Elkhorn Yacht Club</a><br />
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The race course was simple and looked to be perfect for a schooner like MAYAN that loves to reach. The only difficulty was going to be that short little beat directly into a 6-8 knots westerly wind. We've been learning how to sail MAYAN in light winds (those painful memories of the Leukemia Cup haunting us again) but it is hardly our strong suit.<br />
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Approaching the start, which was a beam reach start on Starboard, we underestimated the additional speed MAYAN would show on a reach and found ourselves early by about a minute. We are clearly still learning how to judge her speed. Turning the boat up and down wind a lot to slow her down started to fail as competitors formed up around us on our final run-up to the line, so we were forced to reduce our boat speed by easing sheets. While we were on the line at the gun and had "won" the start, we were only moving at about 3 knots and the ARIEL, a C&C-110, passed by us to windward. <br />
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For the next one hour and fifteen minutes we painfully beat two miles upwind in 4 to 8 knots of shifty breezes.... frustrating to say the least. We rounded the windward mark dead last, seriously - dead last, behind the Cal 25, really seriously... last. MAYAN is not a light wind boat. We had confirmed our lousy ability to go upwind in light air.<br />
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Then everything started to get better. The wind built slowly over the course of the ten mile beam reach to Monterey. The sun came out. With the genoa, advance staysail and mainsail we spread as much sail area as we could on a tight reach and MAYAN started to do what schooners do well.<br />
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Our friends on UN BEL DI, the Cal 25, started snapping photos as we moved past them giving us some of the best pictures of our restored schooner we've seen so far.<br />
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As the wind moved aft slowly, we were able to set the forestaysail and MAYAN started to average about 6 knots over the ground in what had built to a steady 12 knot breeze.<br />
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With no complexity to the leg the crew relaxed and enjoyed the ride. One of the great joys of being MAYAN's caretaker has been that Stacey and I have been able to invite a tremendous group of sailors aboard to share the rare joy of schooner sailing. With so few of these old girls still sailing, let alone racing, our friends have turned up in large numbers to share the experience. <br />
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In this race we had to wonderful helmsmen who paired up to relieve me: Bill Lee and Lou Pambianco. There were smiles all around and I got a chance to spend some time fussing with the sail trim up forward, and catching up with old friends. The wind continued to build and move aft and by the time we reached Monterey it was relatively steady at 14 knots. Bill guided us through the gybe gracefully, the crew brought the sails around and we were off again back to Moss Landing.<br />
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By the Monterey mark MAYAN had reeled in all but two competitors, and we appeared to be gaining on them. With about ten miles left in the race, it would be difficult to catch the C&C but we provided a bit of a photo shoot for the boats still sailing towards Monterey and the boat in second.<br />
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We decided to hold a bit high of the finish line and then set the spinnaker. As you all know, we're really just learning how to sail MAYAN and in hindsight it would have been better to simply sail the rhumb line as she doesn't gain much speed from the spinnaker. <br />
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After a wonderful dry and relaxing sail back to Moss Landing, we finished in second place, and believed we had saved our time on the C&C. It is nearly impossible to provide a single number rating for two boats as different as the C&C and MAYAN. If the race had included more distance sailing upwind, we would have been last. But with 20 of the 24 miles of the race course being reaches in enough wind to get MAYAN moving, the advantage shifted to the schooner. Aboard MAYAN we were amazed that she was so very slow upwind and so very fast on a reach.<br />
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As always the EYC put on a great meal after the race, there was great camaraderie in the bar, and we were thrilled to receive MAYAN's first ever First Place trophy. We have sailed at Elkhorn Yacht Club in the past and have always enjoyed their tremendous hospitality. Later this year we'll be back for the Double Angle Race, a crazy fun race course in which boats start from both Santa Cruz and Monterey, go around a mark in the middle of Monterey Bay (rounding in opposite directions simultaneously), and then run downwind to Moss Landing. The party after that race is a legend amongst Monterey Bay racers. The MAYAN crew will be there!<br />
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It is always great to support a cause like the Leukemia Cup. The <a href="http://www.lls.org/" target="_blank">Leukemia and Lymphoma Society</a> supports a massive amount of research into the elimination of all forms of blood cancers, a cause that is near to my heart. My Dad, who taught us all to sail, died of multiple myeloma. Then a few years ago my good friend Dave Emberson came down with Leukemia. Even since we've worked hard to help when we could - so this event was for Dad and Dave.<br />
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The day started out cool, calm, and overcast, with a gigantic all-star cast aboard sorting out the multiple strings that dangle from MAYAN's two masts. One of the more interesting sails is the advance staysail, which you can see hanging from its halyards in the picture on the right. Named for the schooner ADVANCE, a Starling Burgess design, which was the first to sport a sail like this, the advance staysail replaced the gaff foresail that used to occupy the space between the fore and main masts on many schooners. With the luff running all the way up the foremast and the foot as close to the deck as we dare, the advance staysail is perfect for the light winds that had been forecast.<br />
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Once the crew had assembled, we set out for the calm waters outside our small harbor in Santa Cruz. The forecast was for 8-10 knots of wind from the southwest, but our first half hour was spent simply trying to get the sails to fill in near nonexistent winds. In the picture to the left you can see the large genoa, advance staysail and mainsail set with just enough wind to fly the flags. Some have commented that MAYAN looks a bit down by the stern. Well, we had 28 crew aboard and at least half of them were in the cockpit at this point.<br />
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This was to be our first race in N. California. That combined with the great cause it was supporting, resulted in every person we asked showing up to crew on MAYAN. As we left the dock Beau counted heads and came up with 28! This was a new record for MAYAN during our stewardship and we were thrilled to see that everyone was comfortable. Indeed, we could have accommodated 6 or 8 more folks aboard!<br />
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The crew was wonderfully competent with world champions, a yacht designer, professional crew men and women, along with some of the most adorable little kids we've seen aboard any boat. For Stacey and Beau, a major component of MAYAN's mission is to sail with friends, family and most of all kids. MAYAN was proving to do a great job of all parts of that mission. <br />
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The Lawson family had brought the entire team, and they all seemed to be having a great time! While the munchkins played in the cockpit and below under Dannie's watchful gaze, their Dad (Jeff) hauled the main sheet and provided Beau with a spare pair of eyes spotting boats and marks.<br />
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The race format was a pursuit start, slowest boat first, which theoretically should have all the boats finishing at the same time. The course was basically a windward/leeward course twice around. Beau got us to the starting line about a minute late, which in schooner-time is close enough (but needs to improve). Most importantly, no people, glass or wood was injured during the start. The PHRF handicap MAYAN has received from the Monterey Bay PHRF committee matched her up boat-for-boat with the Catalina 30s.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill Lee</td></tr>
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With the wind hovering around 6 knots, it became critical to keep the boat moving. With over 68,000 pounds to move, MAYAN will stubbornly stand completely still with her sails full until she decides to grandly accelerate. Eventually we set off around the race course and the wind built to about 8 knots. Beau turned the helm over to Bill Lee for a bit, and the two of them discussed her sailing characteristics in these non-schooner conditions.<br />
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With the wind this light, and our entire crew completely new to sailing schooners, we struggled with the first beat. After rounding Wharf Mark the crew scurried around re-setting the sails for a broad reach.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gollywobbler and A1 set on the foremast of MAYAN</td></tr>
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Schooners are known for being able to reach well, but usually there's a bit more wind.... oh well. Up went the A1 (asymmetrical spinnaker) tacked to the bowsprit and sheeting about amidships. Shaped more like the spinnaker for a Aussie-18' skiff than a big boat, this sail drew beautifully and MAYAN started to move. Next the gollywobbler was set to leeward of the advance staysail and the advance hauled down. The gollywobbler is another sail that is set between the masts, tacked at the foot of the foremast and hoisted to the top of both the fore and main masts. It is made of spinnaker cloth, light and strong, and fulfills the needs of a main mast spinnaker. Aboard MAYAN, both sails are marked with the MAYAN logo on a broad yellow/orange band. If only we'd had enough wind to really fill them!<br />
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The next mark was SC3, east towards Capitola, so we had a nice long reach to try and get MAYAN moving.... but the wind stayed very very light. As we approached SC3 the advance staysail went back up, the gollywobbler came down, the genoa went back up, the A1 came down and the crew rounded the mark close along side and kept the old girl's speed up. Nicely done! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A crew of 28 on the windward rail</td></tr>
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In slightly stronger winds of 12knots, MAYAN began to move more easily, but we still hadn't figured out how to get her to point. Perhaps she just doesn't point? Bill repeated the wonderful old joke about schooners: "<i>When you watch a schooner going upwind, you keep wondering why the boat in the back doesn't tack to clear her air.</i>" He got quite a chuckle from that one. As we returned to Wharf Mark to round again and head dead down wind to Black's Point Mark the wind died off again and MAYAN began to wallow a bit.<br />
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Finally, abeam of the Santa Cruz Harbor, Beau called Homer on the VHF radio. "<i>Homer, go ahead and head in, we're going to withdraw.</i>" Homer thanked us and we started taking sails down. We had ended up last by well over a mile. Not our best day as a race boat, but one of our best days ever at having a great time on the water.<br />
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The Santa Cruz YC hosted a terrific party after racing with great conversations, drinks, food, and awards. Team MAYAN managed to win on shore, even if she was dead last on the water. Thank you to ALL the generous folks who donated to the effort. MAYAN raised more money than the organizers had set as a goal for the entire event! Well done!!!<br />
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We will be making this an annual event for MAYAN, so please continue to look kindly on the email pleas for funds that will start appear early in 2016. Hopefully, we'll get a race day with a bit of breeze so that we can have a little better showing on the water. Again, THANK YOU for your tremendous support for our efforts and fund raising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.<br />
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Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-46421275878352940862015-03-18T15:56:00.004-07:002015-03-18T15:58:11.310-07:00Making Progress<span style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7613/16630974250_9e3410b15d_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7613/16630974250_9e3410b15d_b.jpg" height="400" style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" width="300" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">OK, today we completed and did a sea trial on the new autopilot and the quick release for the wheel. The Admiral and I have been worried about the damage that OttO could do to small arms and faces by spinning the open spoke pegged wheel quickly in a crowded cockpit. Give OttO has the power to spin the wheel six turns in 20 seconds and exerts the equivalent of 380 lbs of pressure on the outer pegs of the wheel, clearly he could hurt someone. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">First, we took MAYAN out of the LA harbor and powered around in the glass flat sea. No testing the wave handling or sailing (no wind to speak of). Through out the time OttO performed perfectly. He ramps up the speed at which he turns the wheel, spun MAYAN to nearly the new course, and then started to back the helm off quickly and then more slowly as MAYAN reached course. I was impressed. This OttO is NOTHING like the OttO that was in S'AGPAO! MAYAN has a LOT of weight in the steering worm gear, the rudder shaft and the rudder itself; because of this the Jefa guys told me that only the Raymarine unit will gently speed up and slow down the power on their drive unit, making it easer on all the old heavy gear in MAYAN.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7655/16630976790_f65f156299_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7655/16630976790_f65f156299_b.jpg" height="320" style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" width="240" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Second, going back to the wheel spinning around and potentially hurting someone.... </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">First, a quick look at the display for OttO mounted on the after side of the binnacle. It's pretty much hidden from everyone except the helms person. I can put up with this much "new" tech. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Now back to keeping the wheel from damaging someone. Wayne and I had discussed a pin through the wheel hub that one could pull and then the wheel would spin easily. That was two weeks ago. When we got to MAYAN today, we found a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">MUCH BETTER</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> idea had been built. Typically, Wayne didn't bother talking about it, he just built it. So..... </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Mounted aft of the wheel, around the steering gear main shaft, is a bronze collar, see picture on the right. In the collar there are two stainless steel screws, with unthreaded ends. You can see one of them on the right side of the collar in the picture below. These pins run in two grooves shaped like an inverted "J", you can see one on the top of the shaft and there is another on the opposite side of the shaft. When the collar is "locked", as it is in the picture on the right, the pins are in the short end of the "J" and hold the collar tightly against the wheel hub.</span></span><br />
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To free the wheel, so that it won't turn when OttO turns the rudder, one grabs the collar and twist the top of it to the left in the picture (to port). There is a small click as the pins get around the curve of the "J" and then the collar can slide aft on the shaft a distance a bit bigger than the thickness of the wheel's hub. In the picture on the left, the collar has been moved aft.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">When we pull when wheel back and let OttO drive, I'll tie the wheel so no one accidentally pushes it forward or tries to turn it and it spins out from under them. We don't have a lot of hours on this system so far, but our first four hours were great.</span></span><br />
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While stuck in an office working, I've spend a little time working on the history of our lovely schooner and was thrilled when the grandson of her builder sent this along. He has been researching his grandfather's dockyard in Belize and had the pen-n-ink done from a composite of family pictures. A big THANK YOU to Robert Tewes for getting this lovely piece of art for all of us who love MAYAN and great old dockyards.<br />
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As I've mentioned earlier, part of the re-fit of MAYAN includes building a proper head with a shower, adding some berths forward, and rebuilding the starboard side of the saloon to make the seating more comfortable. These projects are proceeding nicely. I suppose some of the credit for the progress goes to me for not being there to constantly distract the team with silly questions. </div>
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The new refrigeration, water tank and holding tank have been installed in the head, outboard and to port. (see above) You can see that all of the wood that will be painted has been covered with red-lead paint prior to final finish. This is the best technique we know of to stop dry rot and mildew. <br />
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With that complete, Wayne has been able to start making real progress installing the bulkheads that he has built to enclose the space. In this first picture the central athwartship bulkhead which divides the shower from the head forward of it is being installed. (BTW, that's Wayne back there fitting the panel.)</div>
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The way that Wayne assembles the interior allows us to remove these bulkheads to access the equipment outboard of it and also allows us to remove them for re-finishing when required. You can see that the central panels of the bulkhead have been sealed and have already received a couple of coats of varnish. Prior to assembly, all the bulkheads, doors and panels will be completely finished with 8 coats of varnish. Below is the same bulkhead viewed from the galley, aft of the head spaces. The shower will be on the left and the head is visible beyond the bulkhead.</div>
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Just forward of the head space, where the head used to be located, Wayne has built a berth and will build a storage space below it. While the camera has shortened the look of this berth, it is a full 6'6" long and full width. These pieces have been dry-fit and will be removed for varnishing soon. The sleeper's head will be aft, to the left in this picture and you can just see the opening at the foot of the berth to allow air-flow to the fo'c's'le in hot weather. </div>
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This next picture shows the opening from the passageway berth above into the fo'c's'le. It will have a door for privacy.<br />
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While air flow is certainly valuable, one of our primary goals of MAYAN's mission is to be a great place for grandchildren. The fo'c's'le will be their space and Stacey and I think it'll be great fun for them to be able to climb through the opening at the foot of the berth, and to have whomever is sleeping there get their toes tickled when they least expect it. If you're crewing aboard MAYAN you'll need a sense of humor! ;)<br />
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Moving forward into the fo'c's'le in the picture above you can see a panel below the opening leading to the passageway berth. This is part of the base of the two berths we're building up forward. In the next picture you can see the same berth with the wide central area in the bow. This platform provides a place to stand while moving sails up through the foredeck booby hatch, and will also make a great tiny person berth. At the moment it's serving as sail storage.<br />
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Finally, Wayne has put together a wonderful video on how he built the raised panels for MAYAN. Please enjoy it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP-SfAV2yXg&feature=youtu.be<br />
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The sheet of plywood on the right serves for the lofting and layout of multiple bulkheads. The top, center, and bottom stiles for two narrow panels are laid atop the lofting for two narrow panels.<br />
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The end of each stile has a long tendon that will fit into the mortise in the rail. In the picture on the left one can see the inner edges which will face the raised panel within the bulkhead. Each has been milled on the shaper. To produce all this Wayne has been running plank after plank through the shaper and then cutting out the tendons with a jig on the table saw.<br />
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I've no idea how he keeps it all straight, but there are dozens of small stacks of wood, each with the grain matched, piled around the shop and slowly forming themselves into raised panel bulkheads and doors.<br />
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Few boats have bulkheads built this way today, primarily because it's a massive amount of work and also because modern boats utilize the strength of the bulkheads as a key component of the boat's design. In older boats, like MAYAN, the bulkheads often aren't structural and can be both less strong and moved to whatever place in the boat is most useful. In the three pictures to the right, you can see how the tendon on the stile fits into the mortise in the rail to form the center structure of a bulkhead. A panel will be inserted into the interior slots in the stile and rails.<br />
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A number of new bulkheads will be built to surround the new head, separate the head space from the forward passageway and from the galley, and to provide the cabinetry along the starboard side of the main saloon. In addition, we will most likely replace a few of the older doors in spaces like the master stateroom and build new doors for the new head and shower that are all constructed with this raised panel technique.<br />
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Traditionally, only the stiles and rails were glued and fastened together. The panels within the system were free to move within the slots. This was done because the finishes were not particularly water-proof. For example, oil based enamel and varnish only blocks 60% of moisture. As the humidity changed, especially in northern Europe and New England, between summer and winter this allowed the large panels in the center of bulkheads and doors to expand and contract as they absorbed and lost water content.<br />
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However, many modern glues are capable of providing enough flex. This will allow Wayne to glue in the panels, making everything much stronger and resistant to mold and rot that can occur when the panel is loose set.<br />
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Because the bulkheads and doors in the shower area will also be built in this way, and will be subjected to a great deal of moisture, we will be using epoxy to set all the joints. After a few tests, we've decided to use varnish to finish the interior of the shower.<br />
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Panels made entirely of one broad plank are prone to cracking as the humidity changes. As a result Wayne is gluing up the large panels from multiple smaller pieces with the grain matched. This results in a stronger and more stable panel.<br />
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It has been a great deal of fun for me to hold the "dumb-end of the board" for Wayne in this process. Learning a new field is always entertaining and in this case it's teaching me that I have a tremendous amount more to learn about the complexities of wood, adhesives, joints, shapes, and thousand of other things that Wayne has learned over his 40 years of ship and boat building.<br />
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After weeks and weeks of infrastructure stuff, like new exhaust systems, wiring, refrigeration, etc... none of which shows any progress to the uninitiated after the lockers are closed, it is wonderful to see the chips fly!!</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here is Ruben looking forward into the forepeak from the place where the passageway head used to be. Before "El Destructo" went after it (that's me) this is the place where MAYAN had her head. This opening will allow the foot well of the berth to protrude into the forepeak and reach the required 6'6" that our sons demand. There will be a hatch in the foot of the berth so that fresh air can flow through. (I hate quarter berths that don't have a vent in the foot well - too damn hot.) Also, as The Admiral pointed out, the munchkins who will inhabit the forepeak will have a lot of fun tickling the toes of the person sleeping in that berth and crawling through the foot well hatch!</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5579/15017157347_b3fa37f171_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Below is the space where the head used to be. Originally, as seen in earlier pictures, I was going to refinish the long leaf yellow pine ceiling material as I did in the forepeak. But after taking some time away from the project I noticed that the wood had an odor (Damn leaking heads). I had attributed that to the plumbing for the head, but alas that wasn't the source. Various leaks over the years had saturated some of the wood with foul stuff (don't ask) and the smell was coming from the grain of the wood. Rather than strip and sand it all, which would have required at least a week, I tore it all out (took 5 hours). Rubin will install a Alaskan yellow cedar ceiling this coming week (in fact he's probably got it done by now). Smell gone and replaced by the nice fragrance of cedar. One third the work and a better result.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3849/15171638306_623cdaf645_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Meanwhile, Wayne has been milling the wood with which to build the interior bits. Here's a stack of milled "rails" for the raised paneling and doors. Also a door jam and a few other bits in the making.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3875/15008006360_69f4fe1514_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here's a pile of the "stiles" (the bits that go between the "rails". Together then surround the "panel" that will be machined to have that nice raised panel look. All the joints will be mortise and tendon, pinned with trunels.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5556/15191632221_8b52c023f5_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Meanwhile, back in the main saloon, El Destructo has been removing the stb settee and cupboards. In the picture below, the large space (6'6") on the right is where the berth used to be. We will move the berth forward and inboard, putting storage behind, so it can serve as a settee for the saloon. It'll be long enough to be a berth, keeping in mind Mr. Perry's missive to allow a space where women can curl their legs up and read. This should be about the best reading spot aboard when on port tack. Above the back rest for the settee will be raised panel doors and in the center of the row will be some leaded glass doors to break up the monotony of all the wood. Back aft we'll put in a small flat work space. It can serve as a chart table, for the rare occasion that we need to look at paper charts, but it's primary purpose will be as a stand up desk just below the main companionway. above and outboard of the work space will be doors that hide the RADAR and other instruments. (No electronics in view on MAYAN.) We've nixed the quarter berth under the chart table idea as we want the space for storage of wet sailing gear. There will be a powered fan in a vent, drain/pump and hot plumbing in there to get rid of water and dry things out quickly.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5561/15017156338_ff86d288d2_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In the forward section you'll notice that somewhere along the circuitous course MAYAN has sailed weights were added to her starboard side. Our guess is that these were added when the Yanmar generator engine was added to keep MAYAN on her lines. We're pondering removing these and adding some more battery capacity on the starboard side. No sense in hauling around lead unless it's doing something helpful!</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/15017145427_3139942d8c_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Next week should see a lot of "visible" progress, as opposed to invisible progress we've been making. It will also see the arrival of the sails on Wednesday and Thursday - which I'm really looking forward to!! The booms and lower 6' of the spars have been painted and the fitting remounted, read to have nu-suls bent to them. We'll get to go sailing on Thursday!!! </span></span>Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-26979084253666590542014-09-06T10:11:00.000-07:002014-09-06T10:23:48.849-07:00The Sails Are Nearly Done!!<span style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I have had some business things to attend to. As a result, I've been in Santa Cruz dealing with this rather than down on MAYAN getting "work" done; which is mostly getting in Wayne's way asking inane questions. But, one piece of the project is proceeding apace just a couple of blocks from home - sail making. Yesterday my granddaughter and I walked over to check out the progress on the sails.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The white sails are all completed and waiting in bags for the big "haul" to LA. We've taken a little different approach, non-traditional, on the main staysail and the fore staysail. They are loose footed so that we can ease the outhaul and round the sails when appropriate. The mainsail is still running on a track with cars along the boom, as it doesn't need to have the draft altered as much. But the poor staysails are either operating solitarily or are flying in the slot between the advance staysail or the yankee/genoa. As a result, I've always wanted to be able to get more shape in them when they're on their own. We'll see how well all this theory actually applies, and can always put the cars on them again if we need to.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">We're keeping the original multi-colored spinnaker - which appears to have been cut down from a much bigger boat so there's no chance we'll ever blow that thing out. We are also lifting the over-size A-2 from S'AGAPO (It's not legal under PHRF, IRC or ORR) and we will just have to live with the british numbers. This A-2 is perfect for MAYAN. When flying it has an effective overlap of about 140%, a great reacher.</span></span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Finally, the gollywobbler is finally done. It's got a dyneema luff rope and triple cloth luff tape, so we can reach up more with it. But I really didn't have any idea how BIG it really is until seeing it laid out on the floor at the loft. It literally doesn't fit. Pretty funny! It is coming out exactly the way our granddaughter and Stacey wanted it.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here's our granddaughter doing her first inspection, and you can see Patrick (a top sailmaker at Santa Cruz Sails {Now Ullman Sails}) laying out the MAYAN logo on the center section of the sail.</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5583/14964276628_2bbfbbeaef_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Most of the stencil for the MAYAN logo is glued down now. It's computer cut with the same cutter they use on the sail cloth. Double layers of butcher paper and a bit of spray adhesive hold it in place. There is a pattern under the sail to show Patrick where to put the stencil, which was generated by replacing the cutter with a sharpie. </span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3871/15128291176_d8715190ec_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Next Patrick gets the box ink (used for putting black logos and stuff on cardboard boxes) and starts to "paint" the logo on with a foam roller. This goes fast and the black ink is amazingly potent. It covers in two passes easily, drying quickly. The solvent is denatured alcohol, so it smelled a little like a doctor's office. 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My wonderful granddaughter was lying down in a Syndey 38 spinnaker by this point having a little nap. 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Stacey and I are thrilled with the contrast between the yellow/gold cloth strip across the center of the gollywobbler and the black ink. No one will doubt which boat this is! We will be putting a 6' high version of this on the mainsail also, and have selected "1947" as our sail number (the year she was built).</span><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5575/15148994671_c3b9fb5694_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">To match MAYAN's beautiful original Honduras mahogany Wayne had to hunt for quite a while. The wood's here! I'll help stack and sort it, and we'll get </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">started on making the bulkheads, panels and doors for the new head. After weeks of work which doesn't really show progress - re-wiring, re-plumbing, engine work and bilge painting - it will be a blast to see this beautiful pile of lumber come to life.</span><br />
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Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-10491902057714926932014-07-10T10:23:00.004-07:002014-07-10T10:23:42.298-07:00Gluing The Splines In The Locking Scarf<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_53bec880a941d7397572895" style="display: inline;">
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Yesterday we (meaning Ruben) fit and glued the splines into the locking scarfs on either side of the trunk cabin. Having made the gap between the planks straight and of even width, Ruben hand shaped piece of Honduras mahogany to fit. The<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> picture to the right shows the locking scarf prepared for the splines.</span><br />
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In the photo below you can see the work Ruben has put in matching the color and the grain of the wood, so that the resulting repair will disappear after varnishing. We'll come back to this once it's finished, in about a week.<br />
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The third picture, on the right, shows Ruben holding up the spine being slathered with gorilla glue just before tapping it into the slot in the side of the cabin. Each piece is press fit and doesn't require clamping.<br />
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In the final picture the spines have been inserted and the excess Gorilla glue is pouring out. This is easily cleaned up and we will go after it later today. The next step is to hunt down all the small imperfections in the cabin sides and fit them with small dutchmen or wood plugs to fill years of damage to the wood. We should be able to start sanding and the initial refinishing early next week.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFdOFoP71GNPOwV8BzPJlzH0RpCSmjX0kwo5oU_g_6pByMoYJVioJI7_pTPitHh1tYqWXv0WDJAG-p6Gym9CxJmqHmYPLrFsF96o143jVxa8VHyGg__5AsR-o3KxCiKFYsXDXWUPIYgQ/s1600/lock+scarf+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
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Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-67908306412976486802014-07-09T09:28:00.003-07:002014-07-09T09:28:30.094-07:00Gluing The Cabin Side Planks<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Glueing in the new panels:</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">First, after everything is cut to a nice press fit, both sides get covered with glue. The glue in this case is what Wayne calls "Golf Club Glue" for the center of the piece. This is a two part 50:50 glue of some sort, and I have to investigate exactly what it is. Wayne and the guys use it to double plank hulls (Which is their standard approach to fixing sad caravel planked hulls.) and they used it when MAYAN was rebuilt in 2005. It is a stretchy form of glue, that will hold well and dry while also letting the wood move more than West System. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The outer edge of the piece and the lips covered in West Epoxy that has been thickened with Honduras Mahogany dust, heaps of it. One of my jobs was holding the angle grinder in a trash can with a piece of wood and grinding it into dust. It took me a while to get the hang of grinding a piece of wood with a powerful grinder, one in each hand, without being able to see anything as the top of the trash can is covered with a blanket to contain the dust. You grind until the grinder starts to overhead, which is darned quick, and then stop and clean everything out, capturing the dust.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here's Ruben putting the port side plank into the cabin side.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><img alt="Image" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3926/14422396179_8bb7c72978_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Next it is time to clamp the plank down. Pressure needs to be built up in the center first and then towards the outside to allow the glues to migrate towards the edges. We were in luck with MAYAN, she has a large bulwark and it is at exactly the right height. On the port side Rubin had rigged up his normal clamping system, and I helped out with some braces and wedges to the bulward. He liked that so much we did the entire starboard side with just braces and wedges.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><img alt="Image" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3890/14605731021_1f64ae3ebe_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In the picture above you can see the clamps, with the forward one reaching through the port hole and the after one reaching over the cockpit combing. The plank that is between the clamps is a piece of beautiful Honduras Mahogany that is an off cut from two covering planks that we were installing. "Don't break that by tightening the clamps too tight! We need that wood for the next pair of dutchmen." said Ruben.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">According to Ruben, clamping is a big challenge and often more difficult than getting the bits of wood and the hole for the dutchman exactly right. "If we were installing this repair in a painted surface, we would simply drill holes and hold all this in with wood screws. Then we'd plug them later and no one would ever see it. But, you want this to be varnished, so we can't injure the wood like that." Ruben is from Peru and his syntax is often more flowery than ours. "Injure the wood" I like that.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Once we'd started the glue flowing it's all hands to the clean up. Putty knives for the big ugly bits and lots of shop towels with alcohol for the final clean up. The biggest problem I had was a real knack for getting the glue on the back of my hands, my knees and my arms. Ah well, I used to have the same problem years ago building stuff with epoxy; somethings never change.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Now, it's off to the starboard side to repeat the process.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><img alt="Image" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/14422567377_5054f840e2_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This plank is smaller so there wasn't a need for a central block in the ultimate clamping. I installed a central post and wedges while the glue moved/migrated and then removed it once we'd moved to what you see above. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The posts and wedges are all made from scrap that I found laying around the boat yard. I was shocked to find that one of them was teak, old and battered, when I cut into it. Ruben says it came off the rail of a boat built in the 1890s, the wood was still oily and beautiful inside the piece. "You should save this" I suggested. Ruben just laughed and pointed at a stack of wood twice as high as my Mini, "You can put it on the stack with all the other old teak we've saved from boats that have died." It seems that Wayne and the guys save every piece of teak they can and that has allowed them to deck a number of 20 and 30 foot boats with the scraps left over from deck rebuilds. Ruben informed me that the beautiful 30' Danish cutter that is a few boats down the dock was due to be re-decked from the pile. "We like to use the old wood. It's stable and doesn't wander." Rubin continued.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">After we've cleaned everything up, Ruben goes around with small wedges and adjusts the pressure to right where he wants it. In the picture above you can see the tiny wedges he has driven under the 2X4. Prior to using a 2X4 for this purpose, Ruben has used the joiner to insure that the surface is completely flat and true - a great use for what used to be the side of a palette that an engine was delivered upon. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Below you can see a close up of the tiny wedges and the glue continuing to migrate out from behind the plank. The reason for the West with the sanding dust becomes apparent as well. While the Golf Club Glue is great for holding the plank, it is white when it dries. The West Epxoy full of dust will blend in with the varnished Mahogany cabin side and you'll never see the joint. Well not unless you're waking up from too much fun on the side deck. </span><img alt=";)" src="http://sail2live.com/scantlings/images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" title="Wink" /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><img alt="Image" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/14606933614_9dc301a41e_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Next up will be filling the hook-scarf joints further forward on the cabin side. As I write this, Ruben is probably already at work cutting the odd splines that he'll need. Because the hook scarf runs across the grain at various angles, the spline needs to be cut with the correct grain angle to avoid being visible. It'll be interesting to see how he cuts these.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Back to work.</span></span><br />
Beau Vrolykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825287452708317019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686651298881985800.post-67811082257598519812014-07-08T10:29:00.004-07:002014-07-08T10:29:59.372-07:00Progress on The Cabin Sides Continues<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Yesterday afternoon we just about reached the point of starting to do the final fit the boards into the sides of the trunk cabin. The planks below are a nice tight fit, maybe a bit too tight. It's warm and dry here in Los Angeles, so this wood is about as small as it'll ever be. We'll leave a tiny bit more room than we would if we were fitting this up in SF and a lot more than if we were in the PNW. While this will be set in with epoxy, the flexibility of the epoxy will let the wood expand as its moisture content increases. The varnish over the joints will be plenty flexible enough to allow the joints to move a tiny bit.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here are the planks of Honduras Mahogany which Wayne's team has cut. The wood for this has been hidden in Wayne's tug boat for well over 15 years, "Waiting for a boat that deserves this wood." Real Honduras Mahogany is terribly hard to find today especially in this size. There's more of this wood that he's "saving" for MAYAN's interior rebuild.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3884/14599852672_0f8d434c82_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Here's the Starboard side cut. The round hole is for a bronze port hole. As you know, we're installing a Hurricane Combi boiler/heater for domestic hot water and heat. The stainless steel exhaust fitting, which is supposed to exit through the transom or hull side, is polished stainless and quite shiny. Wayne had a great idea. We'll put a port hole through the cabin side and mount the exhaust within the hole. When the weather is really awful, we close the glass of the port hole. The port hole is mounted backwards, with the glass on the outside. This is how Alden mounted the port hole into the engine room on three schooner's I've sailed on. Supposedly, it is mounted this way so that one can ventilate the engine room from on-deck, but it is also reputedly so one can open the port hole and squirt a fire extinguisher down the hole in the event of a fire. We'll follow this custom so that one can close the glass when the seas are rough or when washing down the deck so water doesn't get into the exhaust pipe. There will be a small gooseneck in the pipe also, to help keep water out.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3904/14600465605_1d385dcf41_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This next picture is of the Port side cut. The round hole in this is where the AC power cord receptacle used to be mounted. I've relocated it down into the engine room and notched a hatch board to let the cord go below. I'm thrilled not to be looking at the thing and also thrilled to know that the plug won't be exposed to salt spray any longer.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="Image" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3891/14413814720_f8a82ba342_c.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 99%; padding: 0px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">On each side there are three 6" long bronze lag bolts that hold the aft edge of the cabin side to the corner post. We'll be documenting exactly where these are for future access, and then burying them with the wood piece. After this, we have two or three small dutchmen to put into the after side of the truck cabin, where it faces the cockpit, and then we're ready for the final sanding and finishing work.</span></span><br />
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