I am sailing as a relative begginer to scotland for charity. I will be sailing a Hanse 312 by the name of Morgen and the chosen charity is AICR (Association Of International Cancer Research) I hope you find this interesting and you can sponsor the venture at www.justgiving.com >
preparation 04.03.11
http://www.justgiving.com/Richard-Dempster0Date:- 04.03.11 - 06.03.11
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Arrived at boat with Fran and youngest daughter at 7.00pm. Stored everything away as best we could, filled water and turned heating on. Not much to be done in the evening so turned in for a reasonably early night. Saturday morning however things really started moving. Climbing harness on and main sheet attached I was winched up the mast to find the mouse lines for the spinnaker halliard. fed the new lines through the mast and then was able to get the new cruising shute out and the tack and clew lines sorted. Heaved the shute and snuffer up and then deployed the cruising shute. And for once everything worked to plan. Yiippeee.
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Arrived at boat with Fran and youngest daughter at 7.00pm. Stored everything away as best we could, filled water and turned heating on. Not much to be done in the evening so turned in for a reasonably early night. Saturday morning however things really started moving. Climbing harness on and main sheet attached I was winched up the mast to find the mouse lines for the spinnaker halliard. fed the new lines through the mast and then was able to get the new cruising shute out and the tack and clew lines sorted. Heaved the shute and snuffer up and then deployed the cruising shute. And for once everything worked to plan. Yiippeee.
Fitted new stubby antenna for the AIS system and spoke to assistant Marina manager re: lifting the boat and holding for jet wash and annode replacement and possibly Antifouling. Now to await news of this. On Sunday started to fit Radar mounting bracket. So up the mast again, this is really hard work I dread to think if it had to be done whilst at sea and not in a nice calm marina on a nice calm day!! Anyway after numerous trips up the mast and yet another visit to the chandlery the radar mounting bracket is fitted and seems quite solid. Gave up for the day as I can now barely lift my arms. Still got a two and a half hour drive home. Aghhhhh.
preparation 16.02.11
Date:- 16.02.11 - 18.02.11
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Collected books won on e-bay on way to boat. these are pilot books for the south and west coast. First job on the boat was to fit the new larger helm pod having already fitted new chartplotter in apperture along with wind instruement and IS15 combi unit. This is in conjunction with new AIS (automatic information system) and also wiring this through the helmpod and connecting to the chartplotter. Although extremely fiddly and awkward to get to - this was successful. However chart plotter is not displaying all wind and position information at all times. 'must be a wiring fauly somewhere' more diagnostics needed! Spent all day Friday trying to find the fault but with no luck. On Thursday I also found that the new lines for the cruising shute had been cut fifteen metres to short!!!! aghhhhhh. Very frustrating few days as most jobs still need finishing in some way or another. Weather has turned very poor so have returned home on Friday 18.02.11
Photos to be attached
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Collected books won on e-bay on way to boat. these are pilot books for the south and west coast. First job on the boat was to fit the new larger helm pod having already fitted new chartplotter in apperture along with wind instruement and IS15 combi unit. This is in conjunction with new AIS (automatic information system) and also wiring this through the helmpod and connecting to the chartplotter. Although extremely fiddly and awkward to get to - this was successful. However chart plotter is not displaying all wind and position information at all times. 'must be a wiring fauly somewhere' more diagnostics needed! Spent all day Friday trying to find the fault but with no luck. On Thursday I also found that the new lines for the cruising shute had been cut fifteen metres to short!!!! aghhhhhh. Very frustrating few days as most jobs still need finishing in some way or another. Weather has turned very poor so have returned home on Friday 18.02.11
Photos to be attached
More Preparation 25.01.11
Date:- 25.01.11
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Finished wiring the Navtex co-axial after arriving at boat. Navtex now picking up signals. Re-wired batteries attaching all negative cables to the sink bar that was provided with battery monitor. The battery monitor is now functioning correctly. Whooppee. Collected new Helmpod from Hamble. Need to take it home and cut holes and mount instruments ready for fitting to boat.
Finally got Roblink cable from Aztec marine at the london boat show. Thanks to Aztec. After removing transponder cover I was able to connect the IS15 combi unit to an available port IS15 combi now working.
Cruising shute delivered.
Things are at last starting to come together!!!! Hope I havn't opened my mouth to soon.
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Finished wiring the Navtex co-axial after arriving at boat. Navtex now picking up signals. Re-wired batteries attaching all negative cables to the sink bar that was provided with battery monitor. The battery monitor is now functioning correctly. Whooppee. Collected new Helmpod from Hamble. Need to take it home and cut holes and mount instruments ready for fitting to boat.
Finally got Roblink cable from Aztec marine at the london boat show. Thanks to Aztec. After removing transponder cover I was able to connect the IS15 combi unit to an available port IS15 combi now working.
Cruising shute delivered.
Things are at last starting to come together!!!! Hope I havn't opened my mouth to soon.
More preparation 29.12.10
Date:- 29.12.10
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
But I can't finish the task untill the Roblink cable arrives from Aztec marine.
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Finally managed to route the wiring for the Battery monitor and connected it to the display. Both Navtex and battery monitor are working. However the battery monitor is not displaying all the data it should. I am sure this is because the three existing batteries are wired incorrectly. I think I might need a marine electrician to sort it out and make sense of all the wires leading to and from all the batteries. Although the Simrad combi unit has not yet been fitted, it is marked out in its final position as can be seen from the photo.
But I can't finish the task untill the Roblink cable arrives from Aztec marine.So I have decided to call it a day and tidy up the considerable mess and go home to a nice warm comfortable bed.
More preparation 28.12.10
Date:- 28.12.10
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
This turned out to be very difficult and time consuming. After many trips to the chandlery for screws and fixings the navtex is finally fitted. Just need a co-axial connector to complete the installation.
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Started the wiring today. starting with fixing navtex and then moving on to the battery monitor and then hopefully on to the simrad combi unit. Spent a long time working out the exact and best positions for instruments taking in to account bulk heads, lengths of wires etc. The most difficult part is the wiring feeding through the ducting in order to keep it as neat as possible.
This turned out to be very difficult and time consuming. After many trips to the chandlery for screws and fixings the navtex is finally fitted. Just need a co-axial connector to complete the installation.I can't believe this has taken all day to complete. The enormity of the task hasn't exactly dawned on me as exploded! There is so much to do. Especially if I want to leave on the 30th April. Small taskes such as sorting the flagpole, flying the Myhanse burgee etc are obviously easy but the electronics, Navtex, battery monitor, log combi unit AIS, chart plotter and radar are extremely difficult to fit especially single handed as I am. I need ten foot long arms to feed the wires through the ducting. I am daunted by the task. I hope I can manage it!
Preparation begins
Date:- 27.12.10
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Left home at 11.45am. Long drive from the midlands to Port Solent where the boat is moored. The idea of this journey is to start the preparation of Morgen for the part circumnavigation of the UK. Once unloaded and everything stowed and finally something to eat I began to look at the positioning of the various electronic aids which I have purchased over the last couple of months. Such as:
Garmin 750 Chartplotter
Garmin GMR18 Radar
Scanstrutt Radar mount
Glomex Antenna with boost
Instruments in position
Name: Morgen
Crew: RD (Richard Dempster)
From: Port Solent
To: N/A
Comments:
Left home at 11.45am. Long drive from the midlands to Port Solent where the boat is moored. The idea of this journey is to start the preparation of Morgen for the part circumnavigation of the UK. Once unloaded and everything stowed and finally something to eat I began to look at the positioning of the various electronic aids which I have purchased over the last couple of months. Such as:
Garmin 750 Chartplotter
Garmin GMR18 Radar
Scanstrutt Radar mountBattery monitor
NavtexAIS
Stubby antennaGlomex Antenna with boost
20W solar panel
Lewmar Helm Pod
IS15 Combi unit
Cruising shute with Snuffer
Memory map-marine charts
New lines
Gaurd rail gateway
And the list goes on!!!!
Looking at the electrics and the chart table where the displays are going to be positioned I have begun to realise the enormity of the task and how difficult it is going to be. I havn't even started on the normal cleaning and preparation procedure which is done at the start of every season such as lift, jet wash anti-foul, new annodes etc etc.Instruments in position
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