This site will hopefully keep track of what Ninjod and I get up to.
March 09, 2010
Bare Bottom
Ian and Olly of SpeedMarine got started on the hull preparation yesterday and this morning I checked my inbox to find these pictures.
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March 02, 2010
More unseen Ninjod pictures
I bumped into Rod Tinsley recently. Turns out he had taken some snaps of Jan and I sailing Ninjod 2 up in EAORA's Houghton Cup last year. At the point in time these were taken it was all going very well and we were leading class 2 out of the Crouch. It all went down hill after that.
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Unseen Ninjod OSTAR Pictures
Uwe of FanFan very kindly sent me these pictures yesterday. The head torch is an indication that I had been down below messing with water ballast levers.
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Jobs done !
Jan, my father Phil and I spent last Saturday and Sunday ticking jobs off of the list ahead of Ninjod’s launch at the end of the month.
It was nice to climb on board and see the new Harken radial winches and bowsprit installed. The secondaries have been upgraded from 2 speed 42’s to 2 speed 46‘s and all winches are now self tailing.
Between us we set about replacing the main compasses, relocating the water ballast pump to avoid the air locks I kept getting last year, installing a new sound system and speakers, re-securing batteries, upgrading bilge pumps, removing the toilet (ahead of installation of the new one), re-routing the heater output and racking out the new Tow-A-Van race trailer (required to reclaim much needed space in our house and shed).
The sound system, a Fusion MSIP-600, will hopefully resolve the issues I had when ipods and iphones went flying across the cabin on lumpy days. With this product the waterproof control panel opens and the ipod/iphone sits inside a secure housing; it’s very cool.
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February 24, 2010
Progress and Excitement
Simon of Response Rigging yesterday started work on the Bowsprit installation. I popped down to the boat to discuss pole position and to stare at my new shiny Harken Radial winches. Simon had done a super job in fabricating the stainless steel ring mount that the sprit slides through. I also collected the Facnor furler from Quantum sails to try it in position on the end of pole.
So far it looks as though everything is going to work out very well. It's all very exciting.
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January 18, 2010
JOD 35 Mailing List
A bunch of JOD 35 owners from different parts of the world have come together to establish a mailing list. If you own a JOD or are interested in them then please do join the group. Click here for details.
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January 03, 2010
First Sail of 2010, Last sail of the Season
New Years day saw our first sail of the year and last of the season. Jason, David, Simon and myself all boarded a snow covered NINJOD a little after 10:00 to take part in the HPYC Ice Bucket race. A cold light breeze coupled with a strong ebbing spring tide helped make a fun and interesting race.
Congratulations to Brave for their win and many thanks to Peter Cockayne for these fabulous pictures.
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December 22, 2009
Christmas Optimisation
I had never run any trial rating certificates before and thought that it would be a good idea to see if any rating optimisation was possible. Having spoken with sail makers and now established what is possible I have been busy purchasing Christmas pressies for Ninjod.
The plan for the new year is to run a shorthanded IRC certificate and a fully crewed IRC certificate. In both cases the jumpers are coming off and the mast head kite is being put into storage. The cost of these items in terms of rating could never be justified against their use.
For fully crewed racing the water ballast is being dropped and we are going back to fractional symmetric spinnakers.
For shorthanded and solo stuff Ninjod will be configured as a bowsprit only boat. A new Selden on deck retractable carbon bowsprit will be fitted sometime between January and March 2010. To make use of the sprit new sails and hardware have been purchased. A Code Zero, and larger Asym will both make use of a Facnor FX2500 furling system. My existing smaller and heavier Asym will run off a tack line from the sprit. To make all of this work properly a new 2:1 halyard will be installed .
The result of all of this is a reduction in IRC rating from 1.024 to 1.012.
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