Offshore Modifications- 'Current Affair' mast posts/buoyancy
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:00 am
Mast compression posts
Some have experienced stress cracks around the mast base due to flexing above the cabin support arch so like others here I've added extra supports.
I used a couple of old pine bed posts and a length of oregon shaped into the roof curve and used thin timber wedges along its top edge. I then passed screws into the posts and oregon beam from the main cabin side. I had also rebated a channel into the underside of the beam to pass the electrics for my nav lights cd player and v berth light.
Buoyancy
When I fitted the dual batteries in the bow locker I put hinges and a latch with rubber seals on the lid to keep water out. The v berth lockers have lids with sliding locks and the s/s side vents can be closed. The stbd locker has three 10litre collapsible water carriers with a plastic feed pipe going down through the drain plug along the bilge and up into a tap on the port sliding sink/stove unit. I use the port v berth locker to store food items.
By having both v berth lockers and bow locker sealable it should (theoretically!) together with the sealed compartments under the main berths provide adequate buoyancy in the event of a knockdown.
Enough talk - thank you all for your ideas and help and now to take this baby out there.
cheers
Some have experienced stress cracks around the mast base due to flexing above the cabin support arch so like others here I've added extra supports.
I used a couple of old pine bed posts and a length of oregon shaped into the roof curve and used thin timber wedges along its top edge. I then passed screws into the posts and oregon beam from the main cabin side. I had also rebated a channel into the underside of the beam to pass the electrics for my nav lights cd player and v berth light.
Buoyancy
When I fitted the dual batteries in the bow locker I put hinges and a latch with rubber seals on the lid to keep water out. The v berth lockers have lids with sliding locks and the s/s side vents can be closed. The stbd locker has three 10litre collapsible water carriers with a plastic feed pipe going down through the drain plug along the bilge and up into a tap on the port sliding sink/stove unit. I use the port v berth locker to store food items.
By having both v berth lockers and bow locker sealable it should (theoretically!) together with the sealed compartments under the main berths provide adequate buoyancy in the event of a knockdown.
Enough talk - thank you all for your ideas and help and now to take this baby out there.
cheers