Wed Dec 9 16:34:39 EST 2009
Adjusting the pole that is holding the jib out.
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At the moment, one reel has about 110m of 22mm polyester (this is also used for the galerider drogue), the other has about 110m of 18mm polyethelyene.
Mon Dec 7 10:01:00 EST 2009
Matt steering on another pleasant sail across Rio de la Plata.
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Sat Nov 28 15:00:00 EST 2009, La Plata, Argentina
La Plata is a fair-sized city, with universities, an oil refinery, and the government of the province of Buenos Aires (the city of Buenos Aires is the federal capital). The harbor is exceptionally well-protected, and the yacht club (Club de Regattas) is very welcoming of foreign boats.
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Tue Nov 24 15:00:00 EST 2009, Rio de la Plata
We had a lovely sail from Montevideo, Uruguay to La Plata, Argentina. The wind was always from behind, varying between Force 3 and 6, pushing us pleasantly across the muddy waters of the Rio de la Plata. If only the sailing was always this nice :).
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Mon Nov 16 0:00:00 EST 2009, Buceo, Uruguay
Pilot boat entering port.
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Sun Nov 15 5:27:35 EST 2009, Buceo, Uruguay
Matt and Ted (rowing) in the hard dinghy. The choice of dinghies in Santa Catarina (where I bought this one) was quite limited, and this one has more modifications (mostly raising the freeboard) required to make it suitable for our purposes. It does row well.
Issuma has three dinghies, which is a bit excessive, but nice if you can store them all. There is an inflatable (with an outboard engine), the above hard dinghy, and a Nautiraid folding dinghy (which has been the main dinghy used for the last 1.5 years). The folding dinghy stores easily belowdecks, the hard dinghy is stored on deck, and the inflatable is, with some work, stored inside the hard dinghy.
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Have look at very nice and practical dingy plan: The Danny Greene 'Chameleon'. . .
The folks at Bebi did one in aluminum. I have a set of plans and have started lofting a scale model. Would like to do it in Alum. but have more pressing projects in the near term.
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/04/s/designs/greene/cham/index.cfm
http://yachtvalhalla.net/gecko/gecko.html
http://www.bebi-electronics.com/rtt.html
http://www.sailorgirl.com/s/v303_robbie.htm
Sun Nov 8 0:02:00 EST 2009
While we continue working on the boat, other people are sailing :). The picture is of a 49er--a class of boats--that has just set its spinnaker (the dark sail). South American 49er races were held in Uruguay last weekend, and we had a good view of the boats leaving and entering the harbor before and after their races.
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Sun Nov 8 0:01:00 EST 2009
49er tacking.
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Sun Nov 8 0:00:00 EST 2009
49er entering harbor, before tacking.
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Thu Oct 29 16:25:11 EDT 2009, Montevideo, Uruguay
We've been busy working on a bunch of projects on the boat. Nothing really exicting, just a bunch of stuff that needs doing.
Tied up next to us on the dock is one of the Montevideo Pilot boats (pilots go out to meet big ships at sea, board the ships and help them into the port). The platform on the top of the boat is to allow the pilot to step off the boat and onto the boarding ladder of the ship.
Today was a pleasant, sunny, 30 degree (86 degrees Fahrenheit) day, and there was a photo shoot on the pilot boat. It seemed to warrant a picture (perhaps this just means I've been on a boat too long :) ).
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