{"id":1531,"date":"2021-09-02T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwendal.ca\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2021-09-09T06:40:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:40:04","slug":"caledonia-yawl-project-shakedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwendal.ca\/?p=1531","title":{"rendered":"Caledonia Yawl Project: Shakedown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After the launch on Sunday I spent a couple days working through the final rigging for the mainsail and getting a few more small daysails in to test the setup properly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mizzen sheet block tied to boomkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was a real pleasure to have all the blocks I made fitted and feel like the proportions I chose were appropriate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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mainsheet dyneema stropped fiddle blocks with cherry cheeks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It all came together nicely for the maiden shakedown daysail on Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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under full sail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Everything went quite well except that the centreboard was quite tight in the centreboard well when I tried to lower it. It would appear that the extra layers of paint on top of the graphite epoxy finish might have been a little superfluous and causing me grief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I removed the thwart to get the centreboard out the next day and saw exactly where it was a touch too wide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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centreboard just a little too wide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

knowing that these parts are well hidden and have lots of epoxy coats. I sanded down the paint and re-installed it in the centreboard well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m now ready for the planned first voyage out to go camping in Howe Sound on Friday with the family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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