Re: Micro, Matilda Jean's outing this Christmas...
Yes Graeme,
Actually I can't now see why I thought the whole thing was such a
t0-do?? Anyway, it really is much easier than I had decided that it
was...beats me where that came from, but maybe just the imagining
rather than the actual doing.
What it basically means though, is, that now we should be more
prepared to put the boat in the water on the odd weekend rather than
waiting till we are there for longer
Greg
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "graeme19121984" <graeme19121984@...>
wrote:
Actually I can't now see why I thought the whole thing was such a
t0-do?? Anyway, it really is much easier than I had decided that it
was...beats me where that came from, but maybe just the imagining
rather than the actual doing.
What it basically means though, is, that now we should be more
prepared to put the boat in the water on the odd weekend rather than
waiting till we are there for longer
Greg
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "graeme19121984" <graeme19121984@...>
wrote:
>good to
> Thanks for the pic Greg.
>
> Sorry to hear your sailing time was cut short (*~*), but it is
> hear just how easy you now find that trailer retreival/launchpics.
> method :-). Better luck at Easter then.
>
> Graeme
>
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Greg Flemming" <greg@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the reply Peter,
> >
> > So, maybe at Easter we can get some sailing in then, and some
> >
> > Greg
>
Thanks for the pic Greg.
Sorry to hear your sailing time was cut short (*~*), but it is good to
hear just how easy you now find that trailer retreival/launch
method :-). Better luck at Easter then.
Graeme
Sorry to hear your sailing time was cut short (*~*), but it is good to
hear just how easy you now find that trailer retreival/launch
method :-). Better luck at Easter then.
Graeme
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Greg Flemming" <greg@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply Peter,
>
> So, maybe at Easter we can get some sailing in then, and some pics.
>
> Greg
Jamie some of the changes to the boat was a fwd stand
up wheelhouse and a lower aft cabin. They also say 5
to 10 HP outboard for power.
You also have to remember they are useing the hull as
a powerboat, not sail. So it will have more windage
and you could well be right 10 Hp may be to much. But
who knows! First they would have to get the drawing
done and then have someone build one and see how well
she runs and what trim changes need to made.
Oh Jamie you are also in print as well as an Owner's
Review. Hey you have hit the big time....Just don't
give up your day job. (I'm just being funny)
Blessings all
Krissie
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up wheelhouse and a lower aft cabin. They also say 5
to 10 HP outboard for power.
You also have to remember they are useing the hull as
a powerboat, not sail. So it will have more windage
and you could well be right 10 Hp may be to much. But
who knows! First they would have to get the drawing
done and then have someone build one and see how well
she runs and what trim changes need to made.
Oh Jamie you are also in print as well as an Owner's
Review. Hey you have hit the big time....Just don't
give up your day job. (I'm just being funny)
Blessings all
Krissie
> Kristine__________________________________________________
>
> Unless PCB&F make some radical changes, a 5 horse
> motor is all you
> need or want on a Chebacco hull. The 10 would weigh
> down the stern,
> while the 5 will drive her at hull speed (yes, 5.5)
> quite easily.
> It also has enough power to buck as much headwind as
> you'd want to,
> the waves will make you throttle back anyway so that
> extra power is
> wasted.
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Kristine
Unless PCB&F make some radical changes, a 5 horse motor is all you
need or want on a Chebacco hull. The 10 would weigh down the stern,
while the 5 will drive her at hull speed (yes, 5.5) quite easily.
It also has enough power to buck as much headwind as you'd want to,
the waves will make you throttle back anyway so that extra power is
wasted. I use a Honda 5 with a remote tank, on our first crossing
from Victoria to Port Townsend it used about 2 gallons, for a
distance of about 35 nautical miles. It took between 7 and 8 hours
due to tides and because my route was curved rather than straight.
We headed more directly across the straight than we should have in
order to make contact with the other side and find out where we
were, then paralleled the Washington shore a couple of miles out, so
we would have covered more than the 35 miles measured on the chart.
Now I base my trips on a range of 50 miles for the three gallon tank.
I have sailed with two other Chebacconists who have 5 horse Honda's,
and they are also very satisfied. Not trying to sell Honda's, just
saying a four stroke 5 horse motor is a good match for the boat.
Jamie
Unless PCB&F make some radical changes, a 5 horse motor is all you
need or want on a Chebacco hull. The 10 would weigh down the stern,
while the 5 will drive her at hull speed (yes, 5.5) quite easily.
It also has enough power to buck as much headwind as you'd want to,
the waves will make you throttle back anyway so that extra power is
wasted. I use a Honda 5 with a remote tank, on our first crossing
from Victoria to Port Townsend it used about 2 gallons, for a
distance of about 35 nautical miles. It took between 7 and 8 hours
due to tides and because my route was curved rather than straight.
We headed more directly across the straight than we should have in
order to make contact with the other side and find out where we
were, then paralleled the Washington shore a couple of miles out, so
we would have covered more than the 35 miles measured on the chart.
Now I base my trips on a range of 50 miles for the three gallon tank.
I have sailed with two other Chebacconists who have 5 horse Honda's,
and they are also very satisfied. Not trying to sell Honda's, just
saying a four stroke 5 horse motor is a good match for the boat.
Jamie
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Kristine Bennett <femmpaws@...> wrote:
>
> Over the weekend I picked up a copy of Small Craft
> Advisor, and in it is a design close-up of the
> Chebacco by PCB and friend and a list of the changes.
> But what had me looking at it was a bit about a
> Chebacco Trawler and what was planed for a lay out as
> a powerboat.
>
> There has yet to be plans for it but from the sounds
> of it it would be a great weekend boat for around the
> Puget Sound area and beyond.
>
> Let's see at 20 feet she would have a hull speed of
> about 5.5 kts and with a 10 hp outboard you would be
> looking at about .6 to .8 GPH that's not bad at all.
>
> It sure beats rowing or trying to sail in little to no
> wind like we see up here a lot of the time in the
> summer.
>
>
> Blessings All
> Krissie
>
>
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> Over the weekend I picked up a copy of Small CraftThe SeaBird '86 design is quite like Chebacco in a lot of ways, and
> Advisor, and in it is a design close-up of the
> Chebacco by PCB and friend and a list of the changes.
> But what had me looking at it was a bit about a
> Chebacco Trawler and what was planed for a lay out as
> a powerboat.
>
> There has yet to be plans for it but from the sounds
> of it it would be a great weekend boat for around the
> Puget Sound area and beyond.
PCB thought of it as a motorsailor from the start. The slight
additional length gives a lot more interior volume (and is probably a
lot more work to build).
Over the weekend I picked up a copy of Small Craft
Advisor, and in it is a design close-up of the
Chebacco by PCB and friend and a list of the changes.
But what had me looking at it was a bit about a
Chebacco Trawler and what was planed for a lay out as
a powerboat.
There has yet to be plans for it but from the sounds
of it it would be a great weekend boat for around the
Puget Sound area and beyond.
Let's see at 20 feet she would have a hull speed of
about 5.5 kts and with a 10 hp outboard you would be
looking at about .6 to .8 GPH that's not bad at all.
It sure beats rowing or trying to sail in little to no
wind like we see up here a lot of the time in the
summer.
Blessings All
Krissie
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Advisor, and in it is a design close-up of the
Chebacco by PCB and friend and a list of the changes.
But what had me looking at it was a bit about a
Chebacco Trawler and what was planed for a lay out as
a powerboat.
There has yet to be plans for it but from the sounds
of it it would be a great weekend boat for around the
Puget Sound area and beyond.
Let's see at 20 feet she would have a hull speed of
about 5.5 kts and with a 10 hp outboard you would be
looking at about .6 to .8 GPH that's not bad at all.
It sure beats rowing or trying to sail in little to no
wind like we see up here a lot of the time in the
summer.
Blessings All
Krissie
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Thanks for the reply Peter,
So, maybe at Easter we can get some sailing in then, and some pics.
Greg
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wrote:
So, maybe at Easter we can get some sailing in then, and some pics.
Greg
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lenihan" <peterlenihan@...>
wrote:
>in
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Greg Flemming" <greg@> wrote:
> > Anyway, I took yet another photo of her on the
> > beach at low tide near sun-set the other day and have posted it
> > Bolger 7 under the file: Australian Micros.did
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> Sorry to hear that you were called away on short notice and
> not have a chance to get some neat sailing shots of Matilda Jean :-(
>a
> The photo you did post however is very evocative,pregnant with
> certain sadness which only a cute little boat, high-n-dry and nocan
> more then a stones throw from her element,(at sunset no less!!)
> ever really show. Thanks for taking the time to post it and toshare
> with us nuts on the other side of the planet your dramaticenvirons!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Peter Lenihan, finally getting a taste of winter along a frozen
> St.Lawrence shore line..............
>
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Greg Flemming" <greg@...> wrote:
Sorry to hear that you were called away on short notice and did
not have a chance to get some neat sailing shots of Matilda Jean :-(
The photo you did post however is very evocative,pregnant with a
certain sadness which only a cute little boat, high-n-dry and no
more then a stones throw from her element,(at sunset no less!!) can
ever really show. Thanks for taking the time to post it and to share
with us nuts on the other side of the planet your dramatic environs!
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan, finally getting a taste of winter along a frozen
St.Lawrence shore line..............
> Anyway, I took yet another photo of her on theHi Greg,
> beach at low tide near sun-set the other day and have posted it in
> Bolger 7 under the file: Australian Micros.
Sorry to hear that you were called away on short notice and did
not have a chance to get some neat sailing shots of Matilda Jean :-(
The photo you did post however is very evocative,pregnant with a
certain sadness which only a cute little boat, high-n-dry and no
more then a stones throw from her element,(at sunset no less!!) can
ever really show. Thanks for taking the time to post it and to share
with us nuts on the other side of the planet your dramatic environs!
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan, finally getting a taste of winter along a frozen
St.Lawrence shore line..............
...was very short-lived as we were called back to Sydney urgently
after only a couple of days. Matilda Jean did get wet, however, but
that was about it.
Oh well, maybe next holiday I'll get to take some good pictures of the
boat actually sailing. Anyway, I took yet another photo of her on the
beach at low tide near sun-set the other day and have posted it in
Bolger 7 under the file: Australian Micros. I was hoping to post some
good sailing pictures this holiday but you can't win them all.
On another note that may interest some, though: Getting the boat into
the water from the beach and getting it out again has now lost its
intimidation value for us as this year it was easy and without any
problems. It wasn't even the highest tide and when she came out
yesterday the tide wasn't too high at all. Maybe the water was just
up to my knees where the trailer was. The design of the trailer came
into its own here as all you really need to do is get the bow transom
up onto the first roller and then just winch her up. The rig didn't
even sink into the sand much at all. We had a rope from the trailer
to the car up on the dirt road about 20 metres away and out she came
with no hassles at all.
Premier Trailers in Adelaide did the trailer design with Duck Flat, by
the way (I believe).
Pindimar (Greg Flemming)
after only a couple of days. Matilda Jean did get wet, however, but
that was about it.
Oh well, maybe next holiday I'll get to take some good pictures of the
boat actually sailing. Anyway, I took yet another photo of her on the
beach at low tide near sun-set the other day and have posted it in
Bolger 7 under the file: Australian Micros. I was hoping to post some
good sailing pictures this holiday but you can't win them all.
On another note that may interest some, though: Getting the boat into
the water from the beach and getting it out again has now lost its
intimidation value for us as this year it was easy and without any
problems. It wasn't even the highest tide and when she came out
yesterday the tide wasn't too high at all. Maybe the water was just
up to my knees where the trailer was. The design of the trailer came
into its own here as all you really need to do is get the bow transom
up onto the first roller and then just winch her up. The rig didn't
even sink into the sand much at all. We had a rope from the trailer
to the car up on the dirt road about 20 metres away and out she came
with no hassles at all.
Premier Trailers in Adelaide did the trailer design with Duck Flat, by
the way (I believe).
Pindimar (Greg Flemming)