Got back to town yesterday and laced the tramp on. Unfortunately it is clear that it will rip in the first month of use. I followed the pattern for the old one which is clearly a bad design. There are not enough grommets around the edge so the stitching is pointloaded and will tear away from the strong webbing edge. In hind site, if we had seen this coming, we would have added a lot more holes in the crossbeams and more grommets. Instead we will pull the grommets and sow a grid of webbing underneath the tramp material that links all the grommets.
this week we will get the sculling system going, scavenge some sail covers, install the compass, start assembling the "rocket tops", ect.
why do boat lists never end?
ahh we are just about finished working on this thing, I can taste the salt. In my heart I am already up north building a fish weir in some quiet lagoon.
Our trip out to Eastern USA made me really glad to live on the North East Pacific, upwind of all the pullution. It is very very noticeably cleaner out here. Some recommended reading-- The Road by Cormac Mcarthy; A Sea Vagabonds World by Moitessier.
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Looking into the hull of a Tiki 21 makes me happy.
We are working on storage inside while we rig and whip above decks. Our mainsail is back from the loft with another reef in it and a new tramp is on the way.
Tomorrow we will go for a sail and see if we can't work some of the hiccups out of the mainsail operation.
The list is starting to get a little shorter and the pile of stuff in our throw away pile is growing. There isn't room for all the unecessary things we normally tend to trap ourselves with.
tomorrow I will try and update the gallery.
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06/01/2009 | David Condron (dcondron att juno dott com)
I feel the happiness also. It's the same feeling I get when looking at the finished, linseed-oiled wood floor in Wayfarer House. The wood speaks and conveys its contentment.
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06/19/2009 | françois (francoisetnadia att hotmail dott fr)
Congratulations!! I'd a look on your your blog cecause i'm refiting a tiki 21 too and i say just one thing :good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Launching at dusk half a mile from the marina, it was a quick motor back to tie up as night fell. The boat is very very easily driven, carries no way, tracks like a car and is easy to maneuver. I think sailing in fjord country will be amazing in this boat.
now we turn our attention to rigging and setting up the main hatches. Somehow we will figure out how to live on this thing.
Within 5 min of tie up we were visited by one of the Otter people. I take it as a good omen that we are on the right track. I think the seals will also find us interesting.
I hope to try moving the boat with sweeps soon if I can figure out the right spot for oarlocks.
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05/25/2009 | julien boivin (julien dott boivin att excite dott com)
This boat can easily be paddled.
My Favorite spot is sitting on one of the bow with my feet dangling in the front compartment. That's the spot closest to the water. You won't go fast but you will move. You can use the rudder to compensate for the fact that you are paddling from one side. |
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05/26/2009 | Casey (desert_apparition att yahoo dott com)
I will try paddling from there next time we are out. thx Julien
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05/26/2009 | David Halladay (david att boatsmithfl dott com)
The boat is looking great. Thanks for all the photos. David
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There are some new photos in the gallery. I have been busy these last few days lashing the boat together and fitting chafing gear all around the plywood deck. Lashing the rudders back on was straight forward and went well. I lashed both the rudders and the dolphin striker with 7/64 Dyneema. The beams are lashed with 5mm double braid dacron.
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Finally the boat is back on her feet, the paperstone is bolted on and we are fitting plywood decking. The new filets on the crossbeams are in the way of the plywood so we need to carve the corners of the ply off.
Drilling out the old nylon rudder hinges was tough. It took all day to do and seemed more like drilling a stainless screw out of balsa.
I am looking into rigging now and I think I will be using a fair bit of climbing gear.
pics to come in a few hours..
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