Thanks Robert,
my money would be on it being the pivot hole being so far back on the blade.......but no guarantees
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- Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:03 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Rudder shape ?
- Replies: 44
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- Sun Jan 03, 2016 10:00 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Rudder shape ?
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Re: Rudder shape ?
Hi Robert, I meant the pivot hole on the blade itself - but if you grasp the blade and there is no movement of it within the stock then possibly something akin to a "speed wobble" on a motorbike is going on. It may be fixable by moving the pivot hole in the blade/stock forward to change th...
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 8:47 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Rudder shape ?
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Re: Rudder shape ?
my guess would be turbulence amplified by play in the pivot. When the blade was angled backward, the flow of water acted to hold it in a stable position. Now you have removed the drag from behind the pivot point, it is showing up the play. I would check for wear in the pivot hole and also the cleara...
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:38 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: re ..introductions
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- Views: 42950
Re: re ..introductions
Lots of ways to mount but best tip is to remember to also tie a safety line to the camera
You can get an interesting perspective from the top of the mast or by using a handlebar mount on the tiller .
I just use windows movie maker to edit and add music as it is free
You can get an interesting perspective from the top of the mast or by using a handlebar mount on the tiller .
I just use windows movie maker to edit and add music as it is free
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:34 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Rudder shape ?
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- Views: 41593
Re: Rudder shape ?
Hi Jim, perhaps I am recalling a bit of poetic licence in "First of the Few" - I do remember a scene with Leslie Howard staring wistfully up at the soaring gulls. Here is one bit of Mitchell advice where it may be appropriate to substitute "dinghy" for "aeroplane": If a...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:27 pm
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: re ..introductions
- Replies: 23
- Views: 42950
Re: re ..introductions
Thank s Trevor,minisprint? Aren't they the bigger earlier topper style? How insulting! - (sorry Rupert :P ) actually it is an Aquabat which is basically a Beachcomber that someone has spoiled by adding a Una Bermudan rig :lol: Hi Frank - welcome to the CVRDA :) To explain the above - Rupert champio...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:57 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Another Enterprise
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Re: Another Enterprise
Looks like a fun way to spend a few (dozen?) hours
suggest you pick up an ally boom off ebay to go with the ally mast. That way , you will still have a complete wooden set up for future use (putting wood back into the filed out hole will be difficult )
Nigel
suggest you pick up an ally boom off ebay to go with the ally mast. That way , you will still have a complete wooden set up for future use (putting wood back into the filed out hole will be difficult )
Nigel
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:48 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Rudder shape ?
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- Views: 41593
Re: Rudder shape ?
I seem to recall that Mr. Mitchell based his Spitfire wing design on that of a seagull. interesting to work through the reasoning behind a design - what is different and how does that change how it will perform - but sometimes people get inspiration to try something because I just feels right. have ...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 4:59 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Wot's this then?
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Re: Wot's this then?
Taller mast, longer dagger board - sorted!alan williams wrote:Hi Rupert
No you wouldn't!!!! The biggest problem was that the mast and dagger board are too close together.
Actually, now you mention it, you can see it in the photos
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 1:03 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: Wot's this then?
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- Views: 16093
Re: Wot's this then?
I immediately thought "Sea Dart" also (the moulded logo on the rear tank does not contradict this) but when I checked in Burrett, it described a Sea Dart as "simulated clinker GRP with a pram bow". Maybe there were two designs with the same name.
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:05 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Taking a bull by the horns.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23264
Re: Taking a bull by the horns.
Michael - you have a PM from me
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 3:55 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Bleaching wooden hull
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14197
Re: Bleaching wooden hull
oxalic acid is freely available on eBay.....Got mine there a while ago
Nigel
Nigel
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:43 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: sailaway sails
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- Views: 8715
Re: sailaway sails
That is a real shame!
I would be interested to know how the insurers manage to value it.
I would be interested to know how the insurers manage to value it.
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 4:44 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: sailaway sails
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- Views: 8715
Re: sailaway sails
Hi Bob, unless someone here happens to have some tucked away, it is likely to be either new or eBay and a lot of patience/luck. I believe the original mainsail was sleeved onto both the mast and the boom - if that is what you are looking for then it may be a bit of a challenge to find some second ha...
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 6:08 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Stainless steel screws at Aldi tomorrow
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Re: Stainless steel screws at Aldi tomorrow
That would explain why I look like this:
Not sure I understand why that would cause degradation. I would have expected it to take an awful lot of radiation to even start doing that to the material. I think I would be more worried about it degrading me.
Not sure I understand why that would cause degradation. I would have expected it to take an awful lot of radiation to even start doing that to the material. I think I would be more worried about it degrading me.