Stop
Press:
As of July
2004 we are probably 30 to 40 hours away
from launch. The main tasks to
complete are:
* Weld the
broken roller mount on the trailer
* Register
the trailer and boat with the Perth
authorities
* Complete
the anti-slip clear coating on the
cockpit floor
* Finish
thinning the rudder cheeks so that it
can have spacers inside the rudder box
and not leave gouges in the rudder
paintwork when it is raised and lowered
* Finish
the forestay tension block and tackle
mechanism
* Add a
topping lift to make life a little
easier
*
Reinstall the hiking straps and centre
strips in the cockpit
* Touch up
the bottom and chines paintwork where
damaged during shipment to Perth (it
will be fully repainted a few months
after launch)
* Source
and install all the required safety gear
* Have a
number 3 Genoa made by Halsey Lidgard
sails here in Fremantle
* Weigh
the hull and add ballast to meet
Association rules
* Have the
entire boat measured
* Quietly
dry run rigging and unrigging again a
few times
*
Investigate an electric outboard motor
for maneuvering
And then
hopefully (or maybe even before all of
that):
GO
SAILING....!
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Our sincere thanks go to:
Duck Flat
Wooden Boats for providing a beautifully
constructed traditional wooden TS16 hull
using state of the art techniques.
International
Paints
and Bote Cote for amazing products.
Halsey
Lidgard sails Fremantle for a fine
working suit.
The Spar
Shed for great work with the mast, boom
and standing rigging.
Ronstan
(WA) for their support with this
project.
Yacht Grot
in Fremantle (and Kirsty in particular)
for superb consultancy in the selection
of the best Ronstan fittings.
The
members of the WA Hartley TS16
Association who gave freely of their
time to help an inquisitive enthusiast
rejoining the class after a 40 year
break!
Club
Marine Fremantle for their
professionalism and understanding during
the shipment insurance claim.
Fremantle
Sailing Club and Liana for just being
there...
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