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Capt.Mooron wrote:
Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast Sounds excellent- glad to hear 'Overproof' is in such good shape. You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. Surely you tough Arctic types aren't going to complain about a little drizzle? Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... Did you adjust anything? If you have it all set up right, did you take any measurements? Very useful info. The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. You got a tan in 1 weekend? It sounds like a great time. I saw some pics of the classic boat festival up there but it didn't occur to me look for anybody I knew.... Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures! Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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![]() Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures! I bet. Doug's sailing adventures are ended. RB 35s5 NY |
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![]() "DSK" wrote in message Sounds excellent- glad to hear 'Overproof' is in such good shape. 3 weeks of knuckle bruising labour to get all systems overhauled. Way more work then I anticipated. Surely you tough Arctic types aren't going to complain about a little drizzle? No problems other than my hands were so pruned up that the cigarette kept going out! :-) Did you adjust anything? If you have it all set up right, did you take any measurements? Very useful info. Yup I keep a baseline of numbers for rigging tension and have a caliper to measure loads on the sheets and halyards. It provides a great indicator of if a particular area is suffering extra loads due to a variety of factors [ ie: sheave lubrication, wear on the sheets/halyards, mast alignment / rake/ shroud & stay tension balanced / etc.] You got a tan in 1 weekend? Yeah!.... what's odd about that? I tan overnight usually.... rarely get "red" for more than 6 hours before it browns up nice. Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures! Well I just got seconded to a large project so I only have the weekends and the job is 5 hours away. I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend. (Is there such a thing?? :-) Sure was a blast..... CM |
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![]() Capt.Mooron wrote: I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend. (Is there such a thing?? :-) Sure was a blast..... CM What about the fishing? Joe |
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![]() "Joe" wrote in message What about the fishing? I think they were shy of the rain.... didn't want to get wet and all. :-) We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though. CM |
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We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though. What test line do you use for whales? What bait? Do you have to get a special license? DSK |
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![]() "DSK" wrote in message ... Capt Mooron wrote: We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though. What test line do you use for whales? What bait? Do you have to get a special license? I have a professional hand held Harpoon with 4 metal barrel floats... each with 100' of 1/2" rope and a detachable harpoon head attached. It's part of the gear I have in storage from my commercial fishing days. It was used for marlin etc from the bow of my 30' Cape Islander. I believe it would suit the purpose..... but I'm not a fan of whale meat and refuse to kill anything unless I plan to eat it, use it or in self defence. It is to my knowledge illegal to kill any whale in Canadian waters unless you are Inuit. CM |
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![]() Capt.Mooron wrote: "DSK" wrote in message ... Capt Mooron wrote: We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though. What test line do you use for whales? What bait? Do you have to get a special license? I have a professional hand held Harpoon with 4 metal barrel floats... each with 100' of 1/2" rope and a detachable harpoon head attached. It's part of the gear I have in storage from my commercial fishing days. It was used for marlin etc from the bow of my 30' Cape Islander. I believe it would suit the purpose..... but I'm not a fan of whale meat and refuse to kill anything unless I plan to eat it, use it or in self defence. It is to my knowledge illegal to kill any whale in Canadian waters unless you are Inuit. CM What! You have no explosive tipped harpoon's like the Japs use...? I thought you clubbed babie seals and put them on a hook squirming to catch killer whales for Sea World Toranto. Or was that Max.... Joe |
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![]() "Capt.Mooron" wrote I have a professional hand held Harpoon with 4 metal barrel floats... each with 100' of 1/2" rope and a detachable harpoon head attached. It's part of the gear I have in storage from my commercial fishing days. It was used for marlin etc from the bow of my 30' Cape Islander. I believe it would suit the porpoise..... or Dolphin. SV |
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Sounds excellent- glad to hear 'Overproof' is in such good shape.
Capt.Mooron wrote: 3 weeks of knuckle bruising labour to get all systems overhauled. Way more work then I anticipated. That's always the way. OTOH it is the only way to ensure your vessel is 100% right. Did you adjust anything? If you have it all set up right, did you take any measurements? Very useful info. Yup I keep a baseline of numbers for rigging tension and have a caliper to measure loads on the sheets and halyards. It provides a great indicator of if a particular area is suffering extra loads due to a variety of factors [ ie: sheave lubrication, wear on the sheets/halyards, mast alignment / rake/ shroud & stay tension balanced / etc.] It was primarily rake & tension that I was thinking of. Measuring sheet & halyard tension sounds like a great idea; what about the shrouds? What about measuring the rake? You got a tan in 1 weekend? Yeah!.... what's odd about that? I guess it's the latitude. Down here your skin would peel off in scorched chunks and leave shiny pink scar tissue. Not healthy. Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures! Well I just got seconded to a large project so I only have the weekends and the job is 5 hours away. I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend. (Is there such a thing?? :-) Not really. If you're racing, a bad weekend is when you finish poorly and don't have a good excuse. Cruising is much simpler. DSK |
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