It’s been a very successful day. We’ve pulled the keel bolts, and all the bolts holding in the partners stabilizing the position of the keel. Here’s a pic of the keel plate. The two bolts in the middle are what holds the keel in, and in the second slide you can see the gaps around the keel underneath the plate. There are shims that go in place here that hold everything. We’ve had a few lengthy discussions with Bristol about how to do the rollover, and we’re good to go first thing in the morning 🙂
December 5, 2011
Today’s mission…..marketing meeting, prep for the roll over, remove the keelbolts and give her a flip!
Diane
December 2, 2011
What an awesome team we have! In a short one and a half work days Nick, Sheila, Andrew and I have managed to strip all of the gear off of the deck. Now we’re ready to roll…..literally! The plan is on Monday afternoon or early Tuesday morning, with the help of Bristol Marine we’ll pull the keel off and then roll her over to fair the bottom. We need to make her bottom “go fast” smooth for France.
We’ve also assessed a small deflection in the hull to determine if the deflection is a result of a bulkhead or floor shifting or just the usual changes of a hull after dropping off of waves and spending thousands of miles in the ocean. We exposed the floor grid and the bulkhead by cutting in to the quarter berth and diggging out the flotation foam, and had a good hard look. The good news is that everything is in tact. This is great news! Now we can just fair the jull once she’s rolled over! Phew 🙂 I would have taken a picture of the deflection, but the camera batteries ran out! I’ll try for Monday. In the meantime, here’s the stripped deck and a candid shot of the blonde chick banging away at pulling the pulpit, taken by our own photographer….Nick 🙂
December 1, 2011
We’re all moved in at Bristol Marine. The work list we’re tackling is fairly short, but in reality it’s incredibly extensive. We’re going to pull all of the hardware off the deck to do new non skid so I don’t slide all over the place in the ocean. The keel needs to come off so we can seperate the bulb and find out why it’s cracking at the joint, and then we’re going to roll her over to rectify the oil canning in the stern and totally fair in the bottom. Today’s jobs consisted of getting her in the shop, pulling hardware and cutting a nice size hole in the port quarter berth to inspect the internal bulkhead and the floor where it ties in to the bulkhead. It was a big job digging out all of the flotation foam to get a good inspection, but once we got in there and got a good look at the glasswork, it was clear that the problem isn’t from the inside. Tomorrow we’ll consult with Mr. Bailey (Bristol’s Service Manager) to see what his thoughts are on the oil canning and the best repair. Then pull the rest of the gear off the deck and plan for rolling her over on Monday. I’ll try to take some pictures tomorrow 🙂
Diane
November 30, 2011
Life is about achieving little steps. Got the gear off loaded today from the boat and the sails back up to the UK Halsey loft, but the wind was blowing 20+ knots, so too windy to haul OGOC out. Nick and I will do it in the morning before heading to Bristol Marine 🙂
Diane
November 29, 2011
One mast down and tidied up…check! Unfortunately there was not enough daylight to get all of the gear off loaded and OGOC stowed back on her trailer. Everyone cross your fingers that there will be a pause in today’s rain long enough for me to get her ready for transport! Thanks Tom for your help yesterday!
Diane
November 28, 2011
Looks like today is the day. After my morning meeting I’m going to take OGOC’s mast down. We’re moving in to Bristol Marine on Thursday to get all of the “go fast in France” work done, and having a mast up will make the road trip a little tricky!
Diane
November 25, 2011
Yesterday was a successful mission with Tristan from UK Halsey onboard. We sorted through bobstays and reinstated the shortest one for comparison measures. As we launched OGOC, the wind started to pick up a little with a puff here and a puff there. A little rigging and we were off the dock. After doing turns to calibrate the new pilot we pressed out of the harbour….10knots of wind, 11, 12, 15….we were making our way up wind. 17, 18, 20, 22!!! This wasn’t the forecast! So we turned around, put the kite up and gybed before the imminent portage! We were heading for Kingston at an easy 10-12 knots…….fabulous day! 🙂
Diane
November 24, 2011
Sailing Day! Adjust bobstay height, more photo data for new sail measurements and configure autopilot are the final things on the “to do” list. Tristan and I are going sailing to get the data. Then UK Halsey can start building some new racing sails for France this spring. Get your woolies on….it’s gonna be chilly 🙂 !!
Diane
November 21, 2011
Well Saturday was great as always at the awards dinner at ABYC! Awards were applauded and individuals’ incredible efforts were acknowledged, including a very nice nod to OGOC for completing our 1200 nautical mile qualifying run through the Bahamas. Congrats to everyone and thanks for the moment 🙂
Diane
