Did YOU do the math correct?
Imagine how Archi feels!!!
M m m m M m m m M M M M ! ! !
'Noli turbare circulos meos.'
Archimedes discovered the principal of buoyancy.
Happy fatherhood 6/17/07!
Did YOU do the math correct?
Imagine how Archi feels!!!
M m m m M m m m M M M M ! ! !
'Noli turbare circulos meos.'
Archimedes discovered the principal of buoyancy.
Happy fatherhood 6/17/07!
Last edited by ebb; 06-17-2007 at 07:35 AM.
Very nice Mr Tim...
question.. when you were on the travel lift, did the operator record your displacement? Having followed the Pearson Triton displacement debate, I'm curious about the range of displacements for our little boats...
To be honest with you I didn't even think about it at the time. My mind was all over the place at that moment. I'll be sure to have them check this fall during haul out.Originally Posted by bill@ariel231
Our plan is to head back out to Newburyport on Wednesday and do a short trip to Essex Bay to start our cruising this summer. The plan is to use the boat as much as we can and enjoy every second of it. I can't wait!
Last edited by Tim Mertinooke; 06-18-2007 at 08:52 AM.
Ha! The man bought the boat in February, has already gotten her floating and sailable after 10 years on the hard, and is well underway on his total restoration. Well done Capt. Mertinooke and congrats! Have a great first season on your "new" boat! She looks great in the water.
Last edited by mbd; 06-18-2007 at 07:27 AM.
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
Well, we completed our first trip with Archimedes (wooden name banner being worked on as we speak, sorry to those that liked whigmawhateveritwas...) Like any shake down cruise, there were highs and lows. The high is that she sails great, is roomy enough to live on for a few days for the three of us, took on no water, and overall is in nice sailing shape with the exception of one thing, the rudder. The wind was blowing a steady 15 gusting to 20. Not quite the ideal conditions to test a boat that hasn't been in the water for a decade, but non the less it was a fine day to see how balanced a boat can be. We started out by flying the jib as the wind was from the aft on the way out the river. After exiting the river we raised the main and were on a great beam reach and exceeded six knots over land the entire trip down. We were at hull spped and pushed the boat pretty hard. Just before we got to essex I noticed the tiller had a little more play than when we left Newburyport. We motored into the bay and set the anchor. The wind was coming from one direction and the current was coming from another so the anchoring was not ideal. I set the tiller so we were riding well for a while. With everything set, I started to check the tiller to see what was up and was getting ready to dive and check the rudder to see why it had the extra play. The wind began to pick up and the balance that I had found was disrupted and the boat started to swing around the anchor rode as it was overpowering the current. I couldn't stop it from happening once it started and once it was wrapped I heard a crack and the tiller went loose. The anchor rode that wrapped around the boat created enough force to break the top 25% of the rudder clear apart from the rest of the rudder. The shaft setup on the Ariels is not continuous from the top to bottom instead it is in two pieces to allow for the propeller aperture. The forces of a hard sail mixed with the force of the wrapped rode was all it could take until it broke. A piece of the broken rudder floated up and I hopped in the tender to chase it down. In the center of the piece was some suspect wood that looked a little rotten. I'm drying it out now to get a better assessment. The rudder was laminated as I showed in previous posts and it was damp when I removed it. It looked like it was in great shape, but apparently it wasn't. The good news is that it happened on the shakedown cruise within ten miles of my mooring and that we had a great two hour sail before it happened. We motored back using the outboard in the well and were able to steer using the motor just fine. This was one of the pros I thought of when buying a boat that uses an outboard in a well intsead of the inboard. Everything else on the boat worked great including the instruments, lights, running rigging, etc. so that's good news as well. Right now the boat is sitting on her mooring safe. We can motor just fine so bringing it in to the dock is no problem. Our plan is to bring it along side the bulkhead of the yacht club and dry dock her for a tide or two to get a better assessment and move from there. If I can rig something temporary up so that we can go for a few more sails we will. If it can't be repaired and sailed this season, then we will enjoy the fine harbor we moor in and putter around with our new 6HP Nissan. You can probably guess what my winter project will be.
The sunset on the first night aboard before motoring out to our mooring.
The next morning on our way out the river via the jib.
Right after raising the main.
What it's all about in my eyes.
This is looking south toward Halibut point which is the tip of Cape Ann Mass.
This is looking at the entrace to Essex Bay. At this point I could really feel the extra play in the tiller.
A blury picture, but we were flying down there on a beam reach. The top left shows our speed over land at that moment.
The show goes on. Stay tuned as the story unfolds. Of course I hope to sail again this summer, but even if I'm left to be a "powerboater" for the remainder of the season, we plan to spend quite a few more nights aboard as we work out where we want to keep everything and come up with a list of modifications we will make to make it our little cruiser.
What a bummer, especially after all your hard work.
Another reason why everyone should have at least two boats
Ditto that Tim! But, at least you didn't suffer a catastrophic failure or anything. Especially surprising since you ground it all down and had a close look at it!
BTW, beautiful sunset picture!
Mike
Totoro (Sea Sprite 23 #626)
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