Blue Moon

[The Q]

Back to rebuild  time,  

A total of two carrier bags of excess wood have been removed from the rudder box area, cut off,   ground down, smoothed off, and 3X holes cut through unneeded thickness of beam. A new set of quality holesaws did the job easily.  A small section of the hog needs finishing, it all needs final sand and paint.  

Next time should see that finished,  then I'll move onto the next compartment.    

Still can't get angle  grinder blade unstuck,  maximum force is just elongating toothed spanner holes. Everything tried heat, hammering,  oil.  If  I can't unstuck it when I come back from Scotland then a new grinder will have to be ordered.    

Come 14:00 I was knackered, I had to force myself to continue until I completed some essential  resin work. Needing a sit down before covering the boat up.  

 

Authority has been granted to purchase a garden marquee,  20ft by 10ft this will extend the rebuild season.  As yesterday's conversations with my injured sailing compatriot confirmed it's highly unlikely we will sail this winter season, giving me much more boat rebuild time..  

[The Q]

Further to my notes on having a small kestrel jib,  which I think was for high wind strength.  I've been reading up on kestrel jibs,  it appears that there are many who have moved towards blade jibs,  for ease of use and quick tacking..


This weekend involved a 402 mile drive to visit my parents,  so no boat work has been done,  however much thought on control layout has been done. Sketches have been done and rope routes planned.

Originally I was going to have a control panel in front of me, similar to the various mini 12M classes,  however so as to not feel so enclosed in the boat, and not have so many ends of ropes all in the same area,  I've changed my mind.

Now I will have most controls on the cockpit combings just each side and in front of me.
So they will be, in nearest to me order, on each side,  jib sheet,  jib in or out haul,  then jib vang on one side.

At the front of the cockpit just by the mast, will be jib and main halyard,  topping lift and Cunningham,  

From the boom in front / above me, in nearest to me order,  mainsheet,  outhaul, kicking strap.

The mainsheet starts on the boom,  to the aft cockpit bulkhead back to the boom,  then along the boom to the block in front / above me.

I'm still working on the design  for the rudder controls but it's looking like a inclined forward slightly rotating post with cross bars for feet.  Then just each side of me,  handles attached to the rudder control wires,  as an auxiliary control..

Also dropped into the cockpit behind me,  are a permanently attached  small fender and aft mooring rope on each side.
In the forward corners on the cockpit another fender each side  and the forward mooring rope. weekend involved a 402 mile drive to visit my parents,  so no boat work has been done,  however much thought on control layout has been done. Sketches have been done and rope routes planned.

Originally I was going to have a control panel in front of me, similar to the various mini 12M classes,  however so as to not feel so enclosed in the boat, and not have so many ends of ropes all in the same area,  I've changed my mind.

Now I will have most controls on the cockpit combings just each side and in front of me.
So they will be, in nearest to me order, on each side,  jib sheet,  jib in or out haul,  then jib vang on one side.

At the front of the cockpit just by the mast, will be jib and main halyard,  topping lift and Cunningham,  

From the boom in front / above me, in nearest to me order,  mainsheet,  outhaul, kicking strap.

The mainsheet starts on the boom,  to the aft cockpit bulkhead back to the boom,  then along the boom to the block in front / above me.

I'm still working on the design  for the rudder controls but it's looking like a inclined forward slightly rotating post with cross bars for feet.  Then just each side of me,  handles attached to the rudder control wires,  as an auxiliary control..

Also dropped into the cockpit behind me,  are a permanently attached  small fender and aft mooring rope on each side.
In the forward corners on the cockpit another fender each side  and the forward mooring rope. weekend involved a 402 mile drive to visit my parents,  so no boat work has been done,  however much thought on control layout has been done. Sketches have been done and rope routes planned.

Originally I was going to have a control panel in front of me, similar to the various mini 12M classes,  however so as to not feel so enclosed in the boat, and not have so many ends of ropes all in the same area,  I've changed my mind.

Now I will have most controls on the cockpit combings just each side and in front of me.
So they will be, in nearest to me order, on each side,  jib sheet,  jib in or out haul,  then jib vang on one side.

At the front of the cockpit just by the mast, will be jib and main halyard,  topping lift and Cunningham,  

From the boom in front / above me, in nearest to me order,  mainsheet,  outhaul, kicking strap.

The mainsheet starts on the boom,  to the aft cockpit bulkhead back to the boom,  then along the boom to the block in front / above me.

I'm still working on the design  for the rudder controls but it's looking like a inclined forward slightly rotating post with cross bars for feet.  Then just each side of me,  handles attached to the rudder control wires,  as an auxiliary control..

Also dropped into the cockpit behind me,  are a permanently attached  small fender and aft mooring rope on each side.
In the forward corners on the cockpit another fender each side  and the forward mooring rope.

[The Q]

No work done this Sunday,
A, I was Knackered,
B, You may have noticed some precipitation. Our nearest Weather station reported a months rain in one day...
Agreement has been reached with the "authorities" to purchase a marquee type tent, so the rebuild can continue in the winter, I hope to go and collect one tomorrow.

The Model Railway Show on the Saturday seemed to go well, we appear to have had a good attendance, but final figures won't be known until the debriefing on Tuesday. The Show is continuing and will be October 3rd 2020 again in Aylsham.

If you arrange the broads meeting right, I believe the Club open day will be held at Hoveton Village hall on the Second May bank Holiday on the Sunday.  That's about a 15 minute walk up from the Wroxham - Hoveton Bridge.

Last year, we had about ten layouts on display half of them running, a second hand stall and a tea bar. I was displaying my railway, "Tiree" https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=38780.msg581341#msg581341 But as it's not finished I was demonstrating scenic work... Making rocky hillsides and static grassing..

[simplesimon]

Yes, it was a little damp. In the past 10 days the Broads (well Barton Turf anyway) has had the equivalent of 2 months rain (110mm), and the Wroxham - Norwich road flooded on Sunday to the extent I went round by Salhouse to get to Sprowston Tesco.

[GregHBBR]

Diana and I were on the way to Birmingham on Sunday afternoon.

We did manage to get through the flood on the A1151 between Wroxham and Norwich, though many were turning round but that on the A47 between Easton and the Mattishall Road roundabout defeated us.

We took an exciting detour around the villages. It dried out after that with just "normal rain" on the rest of the journey.

The best collection of pictures from across North East Norfolk seems to be at:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/weather/parts-of-a47-impassable-as-torrential-rain-brings-flooding-to-region-1-6308557

(I like the one taken by a passenger that shows waves on the floor of the bus approaching their seat!)

[The Q]

After Our Show on Saturday I had left my landrover and trailer connected up in the garden. The trailer being used to carry things like trestle tables across to the show which is 17 miles from our club house.
 So Sunday one thing I had to do was put the trailer away So I put my waterproofs on and did that.....

That being done, as I approached the house SWMBO lets the dog out and hands me the lead saying "he won't want to go far in this rain...."


Several miles later and we are both soaked...







He's a Border Collie....

 The picture of the floods I like is.. under Hoveton Railway Bridge...


 

[Chris Waite]

Tell you what Q; whatever that stands for

That picture is priceless and underlines every dismal idiocy

That this sorry world has come to

Thanks

Chris Waite

[The Q]

Q is my first initial, I'm lumbered with a first name, that as far as I know, I'm the only one in the world with it..
Anglia water reports that the driver winched the van out of the water himself.. They didn't report if the engine survived..

[The Q]

You may have noticed its raining again,  while a marquee has been obtained, I was not putting it up in that downpour especially when I've got a cold and sniffles..
Maybe next week.

[The Q]

The marquee ground frame has loosely been put in place and just over a third of the uprights and roof bars are installed.  So next week the rest of the poles should be installed and weather permitting the covers on.

Tomorrow is the start of the Snowflake sailing club winter sailing season,  which commences with the Tri-icycle race,  a mini 3 rivers, from horning to Acle and Potter heigham,  and return with out going under any bridges.

[The Q]

Some pictures of the Tri Icycle race, I would qualify to enter this race in Blue Moon. As it's anything with a PYH of faster than 1250, I'm hoping Blue Moon acheives that, my rough calculations *** give just slower than a Yeoman which is 1108.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ladylouise2/albums/72157711433050781?fbclid=IwAR06atfZOwS2yQfYdPRqE7qbtqYd4yqA8D6uvP4-9MZHa2-sB5wv63cWrFQ

In other news, the marquee frame is up except for 1 Bolt, I have to level the ground frame that may mean I can get the bolt in, which is at the peak of course. Then the  boat needs moving 2ft to port, followed by moving the crane the same way. Then put the cover on.

The good news is with the top rail of the crane fully down it will fit inside the marquee, which means I don't have to disassemble it.

***You may wonder how I calculated the PY, I used a spreadsheet from this page , http://www.capedory.org/phrf.html I simplfied it of course by removing references to propellors E.t.c. as none of the classes I'm interested in have them..
 
I then used that by entering the details for any boat raced on the broads for which I could find the details.
this gave a chart of plots, from a Thames A rater to an Illusion about 20 boats. Then entering Blue moons details, and it roughly came in the line of boats on the graph.
Odd boats didn't sit on the graph like the Finn, because it's rated faster in UK PY due to the number of "experts " that sail it.

Anyway the American PRHF spreadsheet gave of course their PY numbers whch are different to ours. BUT there is a frig factor box, by adjusting the number in that, I persuaded it to output numbers for the various classes roughly corresponding to a UK PY.

[Chris Waite]

"Q is my first initial, I'm lumbered with a first name, that as far as I know, I'm the only one in the world with it.."

I don't know about that Q

In my youth, I once played a game of squash doubles with three other Chrises - unmitigated chaos.  Whatever the 'Q' is, it has to be more interesting and unique than 'Chris'; shout that in a posse of my sailing buddies and half a dozen heads bob up....

As for your handle

Quentin?

CW

[The Q]

My name is that of a WW2 battle of 1941, in which my grandfather took part.  But the spelling is also of the time,  today the English translation does not use a Q.
Having an odd name when every one else is named Matthew Mark Luke John or Chris makes you a target when you are young.

[Chris Waite]

That’s suitably intriguing Q

So I tried to look it up and there are over half a dozen battles from 1941 that start with a hard ‘K’ sound.  While the Eastern theatre had battles galore, it occurred to me that perhaps the North African campaign was a more likely origin; it included 1941.

A number of Arabic names start with a ‘glottal stop’ – a sort of cross between a ‘Q’, a ‘K’ and a cough. ‘Cairo’ is perhaps the best example, where a more accurate transliteration is (Al = The) ‘Qahirah’ though there was no WWII battle there that I am aware of.  There is a town South of Tripoli with a similar name Al Qaryah that would be more likely and others in that region include several called ‘Qasr’ and even further West – Qacenta, though that would have been closer to 1943 and none of them match the list....

To say nothing of the main theatre in Europe itself

Anyway, enough of my intrusive tosh

I’ll get back in my box

‘Q’ it is

C

[The Q]

No boat work today, I was on rescue boat  duty, for the Yeoman and dinghy open at my winter sailing club,  same place different club. The only thing I rescued was a tinfoil wrapped bread roll,  a young girls lunch lost during a topper capsize. I did however put all the buoys out and retrieve them at the end.
I'm in this shot,  behind the gaggle of boats on the left.


Chris's attempts to find out my name were on the right continent as my grandfather was later in the seige of Tobruk,  but his guess was to far west...

[Chris Waite]

Is that photograph taken on the Broads, Q?

If so, I don't recognize it - looks too manicured.

As for my being too far West; if you go very far East from Cairo, I thought you'd fall off the edge of Africa?

Anyway, 'Q' will do nicely

It's quintessential

And quick

CW

[GregHBBR]

Hi Chris,

Chris Waite wrote

Is that photograph taken on the Broads, Q?

If so, I don't recognize it - looks too manicured.

Those manicured houses on the rising ground is the giveaway, but if you've never turned off the Bure between Hoveton and Horning, you'll never have seen them!

Here's just about the angle the image was taken from:


Hoveton Little Broad (aka Black Horse Broad).

[The Q]

Gregg is almost spot with the picture and red lines.  

Incidentally there are two houses one above the other on the picture with the lower one over looking the broad. ( the orange one behind the red Yeoman in my picture) The Lower one was offered to the club back in  the 1960s for around 60,000. The club Thought it would never afford it..
Mind you it would be a very different club now..

The house is now owned by a club member, who still sails a broads cruiser.
The Gates to that broad will be locked Friday morning, until they open for a couple of weeks over Easter, then close till the end of May.

As for east of El Qahira, you do have to go a little south as well. I did fly over El Qahira / the pyramids from Riyadh, flying back From Saudi in the late 1990s, sadly not far enough south to see my name sake.

[Chris Waite]

OK Q

My knowledge of WW II does not extend to battles a smidge East Southeast of Cairo.  It looks pretty much all desert according to Google Earth; I was not aware that the war got as far as that corner and I haven't reached that volume of Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples.... if it touched on anything that recent.  I always get stuck in the 1700's, which seem extremely tedious, but what do I know?

So 'Q' it will be

Up the slim-line White Boat look-alike

Hug a Hull today

CW

[The Q]

Well. No work has been done on the boat due to the erection of the marquee,  and my back which screamed NO!!!  At one point.  
So here's a picture of the boat in the marquee and an outside pic ready for me to restart work..