ajg193 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 We'll just keep it going with sticky plasters and glue. Doesnt need to be flash- just not sink. I'm not sure if it is possible for you to make something that isn't flash, looking at everything else you do 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Safari windows for the front would be lush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Safari windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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xsspeed Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 but this this sort of stz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Oh ok. Yeah that would be ideal because boy is it hot in there! Also some sort of roof vent things too. So I need to find a vw camper to chop up. I like this idea! Just need one thats sitting around doing nothing.....seedy al.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted October 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2021 6.5 years later.. Its lost more paint, gained more cobwebs and has become a useful storage place for all sorts of stuff. But 6 weeks ago a load of local friends formed a yacht club. We had our first event on Sunday. A race out around a local island in the bay and back followed by chilling out on the beach in the lagoon, in the afternoon sun, inhaling nature and drinking Rum. We both went along, helped crew a friends trailer sailor, came fourth in the race, enjoyed the whole process very muchly! I just really loved the whole process of setting the sails, getting things in the right order, reading ahead what the next move should be and how much difference little changes can make to forward progress. I have always been aware that there is a huge technical aspect to sailing but never actually done any of it except a teeny bit of sailing when at Marlborough boys college. I can really see how people get hooked on it, especially racing. I accept that our yacht, being a bilge keeler, will never be super fast but I'll still be giving some racing ago- especially with our new super relaxed club!!! Took some pics... Got back home excited, sunburned and windswept with a slightly giddy head and wobbly legs. First thing we did was clear all the accumulated crap we'd had stored in our little yacht and sat inside it planning our attack on how we shall restore her in time for summer cruising. I took a few pics after having brushed off all the cobwebs, dust, leaves. She's luckily completely dry everywhere which is great so the boat shed we whacked together has been doing its job well. A rat has found its way in and had made a nest in a bag containing a sail. Not so good. Lesson learned. Luckily though the boat doesn't smell at all of rat nor is there any real sign of rat droppings or piss stains. The paint is pretty fucked all over, mainly from the sunshine. I think once restored we will make a drop down sunshade on the shed. So yeah. No progress at all but for a spring clean. Oh and going to the library to get some sailing books. This one here is a really good read!... Also exciting and interesting news for us. After joining the club on facebook I had posted up a few pics of Fiona Mari and lined out our plans. Someone in the club must have sent the link out because I had a private message from a lady... "Hi Alex, how extraordinary! My parents bought Fiona Mari from the Honey's about 1969. Dad, Noel and Alex Trethewey developed the Nolex 22 and 25. Dad drafted up drawings, then built our next trailer yacht based on Fiona Mari and the Nolex design. We have some drawings of Fiona Mari of you are interested. She was white in our care, and like the Honey family, became too small for a growing family of 5. I had hoped to find Fiona Mari a couple of years ago when the Nolex champs and celebrations were in Lyttelton. We are in Chch" Wow! So we chatted a bit about the boat and it turns out that this lady is actually Mum to harry @JustHarry and Wills @Carsnz123 Small world ! here's a pic will sent me of fiona mari when they owned her.. So we will start on the resto soon. We have a very large coffee cart build to finish for a customer over the next two weeks and once that's out I want to get the Micra engine swap finished off. Then we can look to bringing the boat in and hoisting it off the trailer for work. Looking forward to posting some updates here soon! 35 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Stoked to see an update on this! Bilge keelers may not be the fastest boats but clever sailing can still make them competitive, plus you'll always get the best anchorage for the party after the race. My old yacht wasn't a bilge keeler, but it was always satisfying chugging into an anchorage, past all the big boats, and anchoring right next to the sand. The best way to learn to sail is by doing it. You've got the type of mind that will figure out how to trim the sail nicely all on your own by seeing where it's flapping or wrinkling, then looking at the ropes you have available to change the shape of the sail. It's hard to describe to someone when the right moment is to release the sheets during a tack or a gybe, but it's easy to feel when you're doing it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I have plenty of memories of heading out and about on the old mans Tasman 20. He's since replaced it with a Gazelle (originally 24ft but has had a flat extension added off the transom so is actually 26ft). No race machines by any stretch but still fund getting around on them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Is a tasman another kiwi made yacht? Its quite cool now I'm looking about and learning how many cool different trailer sailer boat designs have come from nz. @Samboone of the first things that tim, the fella who's boat we were on told me was to think about the sail being a planes wing standing vertically. Its the low pressure created on the front of it as the air flows across the sail that creates the 'pull' Up to that point i had always just considered a main sail as something that caught the wind from behind and the wind pushed the boat along. I never considered that it (well a modern sail) was shaped to create the same cross section as a planes wing. Sooooo much to learn! But it's fun Plus as carbydave @sentra told me when here - there's no fucking about worrying about certs and all that like with cars. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Tasman 20 was designed by Alan Wright, who designed my old boat also. You'll see his name attached to an extraordinary number of NZ yachts. Mostly they go by other names (Tasman, Variant, Lotus, Tracker etc), unlike a lot of other NZ designed boats. Very cool that your boat was built with the guys who developed the Nolex design too. That's another Kiwi classic. Apparently Nolexs have been used to circumnavigate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 I'd like to find out who actually built it. It's been beautifully put together, very nice joints and finish to all the edges. Its practical but not flamboyant. Hopefully @Carsnz123 or @JustHarry might be able to find out more info because the fella we bought it off was a bit elusive when I asked him about the folder of info he claimed to have. I'm looking forward to adding a few more bits of hard wood trim and stainless inside to create our own little interior over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasinthemirage Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Excited too see what you guys do with this! I've been keeping my eye out for a wee sailing dinghy, luckily mrs is keen to so hopefully might get to spend some time on the water over summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 So much nice sailing about down there too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Max out your broadband on this fellow Golden bay sailor https://www.youtube.com/c/VernonDeckLearningByDoing/featured He brought a boat, learned to sail and filmed the whole lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 Ha- that's just waaaaaaaay too much for me to watch man. I just browsed his videos. it must be noted that his most popular video appears to be this one... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bronze Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 9 hours ago, Sambo said: Tasman 20 was designed by Alan Wright, who designed my old boat also. You'll see his name attached to an extraordinary number of NZ yachts. Mostly they go by other names (Tasman, Variant, Lotus, Tracker etc), unlike a lot of other NZ designed boats. Very cool that your boat was built with the guys who developed the Nolex design too. That's another Kiwi classic. Apparently Nolexs have been used to circumnavigate. I did a quick google, which didn't reveal anything, but on the offchance do you know if Alan Wright was also trained an architect? There was an architects firm in the sixties called Warwick & Wright, and Warwick went on to build superyachts, wondering if Wright did too? That'd be amazing. They designed my house. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I don't think so. He was a boatbuilder who started doing his own designs. Architect to superyacht builder isn't the most ridiculous switch I guess, but still wow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriveBy Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Oooh please get into this project really keen to see what you do with it. I grew up sailing little optimists, p classes, starlings and sunbursts. It was a right of passage with a family full of boat builders. Wish I had the time to still be involved in the scene. Such a wholesome way to pass the time and many good people involved. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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