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February 07, 2007
A Big Update
Neglecting this site.
I have had a bit of a frantic time for the past few months both on and off the water. Accept my apologies for not updating sooner. I will try to remain on top of stuff a little better as we move into the start of the 2007 season.
End of last season.
We sailed last years EAORA Buckley Goblets shorthanded, a race from West Mersea to Ostend. Our elapsed time was 10 hours 42 minutes and 11 seconds and by the time corrections were done we were 48 minutes off of 1st place. Again I was pleased given we were shorthanded, there were retirements from others with many more on board and the winning yacht had a crew of 10.
Change of club, address, and many many bits on the boat
Having parted company with the ex I moved to Burnham-on-Crouch and joined the Crouch Yacht Club. Wanting to get involved I signed up for their Autumn and Winter series but didn't get very far into it before the call came in from Mark (my local NKE specialist.) With new chums from CYC we sailed NINJOD to Levington where she was due to be fitted with an NKE Gyro pilot (supposedly the best!!).
While Mark started work on the pilot system I took advantage of my location and got Rig Magic to check the rig out DISASTER.. Basically on 1st inspection many things were either broken or worn. The rig came out and on 2nd inspection cracks and other nasty things were found. The result of all of this was that a new rig was ordered. OUCH !
With my winter activities now constrained by the fact that NINJOD was many miles away awaiting a new rig I decided to contract more stuff out to the local Levington experts. Given the marina has an Awlgrip shed I figured they were best place to apply my antifoul.
With some serious ocean miles to be covered in 2007 I decided to get an Iridium phone. Mark's work on the pilot and other bits was so good I got him to sort the phone. I have ended up with a fixed unit after reading that the data cradle on the 9505A was very fragile. The unit I opted for is the Beamcomm RST620
Launch Date.
The plan is to have everything sorted and be back in the water for March... Fingers crossed.
Posted by ninjod at February 7, 2007 12:04 AM
Comments
Comment from JOCKER (JOD35 in Valencia);
Hello again, I read your comment from the mast. I survey my mast and found small cracks, so I contract professional aluminium welder and after survey with X-Ray the welding, the mast is again like new condition.
Did you purchase a new carbon mast, or you repeat with Aluminium? Have you change the chainplates to the hull side? Here in Valencia we where discussing about this.
Later I survey the rudder stock, and found 1mm of play. I can hear the rudder with speed is over 9knots. But instead of taking off the play I found that the rudder of the Beneteau First 34.7 fits perfectly in the FRP hole, and the design is much better for upwind sailing. The price of a new Beneteau rudder is around 1200 eur. Maybe this information is useful for you.
I haven't yet fit any waterballast tank onboard.
Best Regards
Posted by: Jaime de Muller at March 20, 2007 08:41 PM
Hi Paul
I ama fellow JOD racer (GBR 9411). Our boat is also out of the water awaiting a new rig. We are also doing extensive work to the keel & electronics etc. I studied Marine engineering a long long time ago. I think that the JODS Bulb is a very poor design so I am thinking about having it reshaped based on a a new NACA profile. Along with the keel shape as well. I would really appreciate if you have any tips and trick in other areas on the boat. I will keep you informed on what I find out about the JOD's bulb shape.
Kind Regards
Dom
Posted by: Dominic Anschutz at April 9, 2007 01:28 PM
Dear Paul,
Great site. I hope you don't mind me writing, but it looks as though you might be able to help us out with something. I just need to ask someone who uses Maxsea for yacht racing, I'm not having a lot of luck with the vendor or Maxsea and I have a simple question.
I've recently got Maxsea 12.6 + tidal currents + performance module and have used it for one cross channel race so far. What we can't work out is how the tidal data is used for the course to steer - or if it is at all. Do you know whether the CTS is simply a bearing to waypoint (as it looks to be)or if it does a tidal compensation first (a la normal chart and pencil nav)? We reckon that if it's the former then this isn't fast as we can't optimise wind angles.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Jez - Rattler, Figaro One
Posted by: Jez Rees at April 20, 2007 09:48 AM