Relaunch 08
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:54 am
A launching slot appears in the busy Donegal boatyard
The water's out there somewhere..
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A launching slot appears in the busy Donegal boatyard
The water's out there somewhere..
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A launching slot appears in the busy Donegal boatyard
The water's out there somewhere..
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:33 pm
Are you next in the queue?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:07 pm
Well no that's me in the middle photo.
Was supposed to be a follow-up photo floating off the cradle but I cocked it up!
Anyway the boat is now in Fanny's Bay..
Was supposed to be a follow-up photo floating off the cradle but I cocked it up!
Anyway the boat is now in Fanny's Bay..
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:44 pm
Doesn't look long (or deep) enough to be you. Must be the camera angle.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:14 pm
Sadler 34 shallow fin 1.65 m draft.
Floated off with - ooh - inches to spare..
Otherwise it was at least 4 weeks to wait
Floated off with - ooh - inches to spare..
Otherwise it was at least 4 weeks to wait
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:19 pm
Begorrah!
I take it that your yard is competitively priced?
I take it that your yard is competitively priced?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:23 pm
Cheeky sod! That's what I calls a proper boatyard! Sadly not many of 'em left in UK now, but I do know of at least one hidden away in WalesSilkie wrote:Begorrah!
I take it that your yard is competitively priced?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:35 pm
I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you..Silkie wrote:Begorrah!
I take it that your yard is competitively priced?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:40 pm
It'll certainly be cheaper than mine was this year.
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:27 pm
Nice being back in the water again. 
Any particular plans for the season, or sailing out of Fanny's Bay?
Any particular plans for the season, or sailing out of Fanny's Bay?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:34 pm
Great feeling tho on the trip back to Fanny's Bay had a problem with water in the cabin seems to be the shaft seal argh!
Hope to see a lot more of the Donegal coast especially south of Bloody Foreland tho possible trip to the Clyde in early June - Campbeltown, Aran and the Kyles - you about then?
Hope to see a lot more of the Donegal coast especially south of Bloody Foreland tho possible trip to the Clyde in early June - Campbeltown, Aran and the Kyles - you about then?
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:17 am
Press release by Donegal Yacht Launchers Inc:ljs wrote:Great feeling tho on the trip back to Fanny's Bay had a problem with water in the cabin seems to be the shaft seal argh!
"with great prescience the owner of a saddler thinggummy removed the de rigeur dustbin from its usual mast position to bale out the ingress of sea water"
joking apart .. thush sounds serious ... wus it ok efter a wee while or has she sunk?
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:56 pm
No just letting in water while shaft turning but may need a lift out (sigh) to sort itParaHandy wrote: joking apart .. thush sounds serious ... wus it ok efter a wee while or has she sunk?
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:13 pm
We once had a bit of a shock when we'd arrived at Castlebay after a bumpy sail from Tobermory - the bilges (one of which passes for our cool store) were full of water. We were worried that there was a leak around the propshaft hull fitting, but it turned out that the (phosphor-bronze?) casing on the propshaft tube, well pitted with corrosion, had started to leak between the hull fitting and the gland.
It was an easy enough repair (buried the tube in epophen resin) but it required a lift out.
Mind you, we sailed for two weeks before the liftout - pumping out every three hours, day and night......
It was an easy enough repair (buried the tube in epophen resin) but it required a lift out.
Mind you, we sailed for two weeks before the liftout - pumping out every three hours, day and night......
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:56 pm
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What sort of seal is it?No just letting in water while shaft turning