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 July 27th, 2011 |  Owen
Actually; I need to empty my account first; but their helpful savant at least showed me the way. June 24th, 2011 | OwenFollowing close on the heels of the LED navlights from yesterday (which are very bright, I tested them last night) I received my depth sounder and compass today The compass is removable; has battery powered LED lighting in the handle, and I got two mounting brackets so I can have both a port and starboard position for it. I’m hoping that the keel (which is the only significant ferrous mass in the boat) is far enough away that the compass does not need a compensator. Another nice point is that this can be used as a hand-bearing compass too; for taking sightings when using traditional visual navigation. The depth sounder looks nice, I was delighted to find that it does not need a huge hole in the cabin bulkhead where I plan to mount it, and the electrical connections look trivial. The hard part is mounting the transducer properly; I’ll probably end up using a tube, filled with water, glued with silicone inside the hull. This allows the transducer to beam through the hull itself without making any holes.. I’ll put out a report on this and the other things I’m fitting once I have the job done and all lessons learned.  New toys for Coppelia  The main unit looks easy to fit to the cabin bulkhead, the sensor needs more effort. June 23rd, 2011 | OwenLED navigation lights for boats are now getting affordable.. A few years ago it was a new thing and very expensive. But I just picked up a set of basic navlights suitable for Coppelia; for just over 100 Euros. They look well made; are properly certified (she’s under 7 meter in length), and should only put a very low drain on her battery; plus she has LED internal lighting too! Now I’m waiting for a Depthsounder and Compass to arrive  Nice solid units; stainless covers and decent weather sealing.  Unfortunately the stern lamp needs a cutout.. April 20th, 2011 | Owen Ghosting down the Gaasperplas with a spinnaker and no wind.. Last night I got the spinnaker flying on her for the first time since I was sailing her almost 20 years ago.. It still flies and works just fine; if only I had had a bit more wind I would not have had to mostly paddle her back to berth.. November 18th, 2010 | Owen
I really should try harder to remember this.. Embedded courtesy of XKCD.com and the beauty of their Licence. November 11th, 2010 | Owen Coppelia at her Mooring I recently joined the sailing club near where I live, it lets me keep Coppelia on the Gaasperplas; I can just cycle down there and sail her when I want to. I managed to do that pretty much every weekend recently; had some great sails learning the lake (it’s pretty small really) and more about how Coppelia herself is working. Last weekend we got the boats out of the water; end of the season and no more sailing until Spring for me. Just lots of little repairs to do on her! December 28th, 2009 | OwenI’m bored… bored bored bored…boooring. August 24th, 2009 | OwenWe sailed Coppelia for the first time in 20 years! A couple of lengths of the Gaasperplas and a big smile on my face…
August 10th, 2009 | OwenI finally got the mast on Coppelia up yesterday, and the sails raised, really pleased!
The list is growing shorter every day
July 15th, 2009 | Owen Keel after refitting in boat. The keel is now back in the boat, and the new winch mechanism works well. Many thanks to Cassje for helping me to get the bolt in place, it was not easy.. The list of things to do is getting shorter:
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