Tag: Machinery
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Finally something goes right…
The last 3 weeks have been slightly too troublesome for my taste. Progress on the final to-do list has been very slow and sometimes almost backwards… Especially since I am trying to get some sailing done every now and then. But today I got a nice verification that at least I am not completely lost…
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Steering work
Do you remember this picture? It was a little tricky designing the dimensions for the steering, without having the rudders in place. There is basically no straight surfaces anywhere to measure from… However, it seems that we were reasonably successful. Some angles are not 100% optimal, but this will not be noticeable in real life.…
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50% chance the keel will go up. Or down.
Olari has started to install the machinery that will lift the 5 ton keel up and down. The draft can be changed from 3.8 meters to 1.8 meters. This shallow draft is often necessary when entering small fishing harbors and secluded anchorages. We were joking about this this morning, since the last two boats that…
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Too much equipment?
It doesn’t matter how many times I have said “I don’t want a lot of equipment and machinery, it is just things that can break”. There is still a lot of machines. And I’m sure they will break at one time or another! Anyway, most of it goes on a shelf that sits above the…
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Installation times
Lots of things are happening right now. Mostly machinery installations. But since most of the inside of the boat looks like a complete mess you will only get a picture of the outside: The bow thruster has been install (the real, not the human version). So has the main engine, the windlass and some of…
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The machines get a place to rest
A lot of work on the mountings for the machinery happened the last days. The engine mount is completed: An advice to others planning to build stuff like this: Never ever trust the manufacturers drawings of the equipment they deliver. The bow thruster drawings had the mounting holes in the wrong place. And the engine…