Congratulations, i was hoping to post a similar post a few weeks ago but the 30 footer i had found did not have a good survey report and so the search continues.

Enjoy your new yacht and having a fiddle to make it yours.

Congrats on the purchase Capt_Newmo.

I see double spreader rig with fore and aft lowers and it looks like it would be 12 or 13 metres tall. Strong at the base and allows for plenty of sail to be hoisted. That is a full on rig for a 30 footer. I don't see running backstays nor inner forestay. Possibilities for the future.

A nice slotted pulpit to allow the genoa outside.

Nice clear fore deck with an anchor winch (electric, manual or both? ). Horn cleats either side and it looks like bow fairleads too. Fairly simple bow fitting with a good long strap going down the bow but I don't see any bow roller for anchor or mooring lines. Maybe she is a marina boat?

The furler looks like the same Furlex model I have just taken off my Lotus 9.2. If you need spare parts, let me know.

Quite a high cabin trunk she has which no doubt gives full head room below and a very good fore hatch.

I think you have bought yourself more than a hand ful of yacht there Scott. She is Bass Strait and Tassie proven so the boat is up to it. Are you??

That is a complex rig she has and if she is due for rerigging, make sure you attend to every detail and get it right. Everything perfect on the mast head, anti chafe on the spreader ends, no twists of halyards in the mast.

Take photos of everything before and after so you have a record for future reference. Alcohol dulls the memory.

Get one of these anchor/tri lights.






This is my little jigger.

Congrats Capt Newmo looks like a well sorted seaworthy boat

I have just put backing plates in and on one I used Sika and the other I used Butyl tape as I wasn't going have hands covered in Sika that you can't get off for nearly week again. The butyl is so nice and clean to use in comparison.

LooseChange said..
I have just put backing plates in and on one I used Sika and the other I used Butyl tape as I wasn't going have hands covered in Sika that you can't get off for nearly week again. The butyl is so nice and clean to use in comparison.

Mate has just used this stuff in thin sheet form to make gaskets for all the mast fittings on his alloy Cole. I've been using it in rod form to make pulleys and gears.

www.cammthane.com.au/products/nylon/
They are up in Albion Park.

This year the smallest yacht at the S/H is a Jarkan 9.25 'Gun. Runner' !

The rig and mast is similar to my Adams's which is a keel stepped Allmast kit mast.
Strong reliable thing, if rigging is is fresh it can take a lot of rough weather.
Leak is a problem though with those masts.

You got a very nice yacht for yourself.

Yara said..

Capt_Newmo said..
Howdy
I have just removed all the fittings from my boom. The screws that are threaded into the riv nuts have a blue sticky thread sealer on them. It appears to be amazing stuff as there is no corrosion and the screws all backed out easily although very tight. Does anyone know what that blue stuff might be or what I might use as a replacement.
Cheers

It is probably one of the versions of Loctite. Consult their web site and you might get an idea of which version.

here ya go:

www.henkel-adhesives.com/au/en/about/our-brands/loctite.html