New Texas 200 Video.
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Showing posts with label boat building. Show all posts
Thursday, July 6, 2017
New Video!
New Texas 200 Video.
Sunday, June 4, 2017
A little Maintenance and Reloading
It 's time again for the Texas 200. It's one week away. A little maintenance and a couple of modifications are in order. This year I have some extra special equipment and a lot more knowledge about movie making. The doc will be bigger and better! Time to reload and do it again.
As far as modifications go, both of them involve the steering. The design of the tiller always seemed a little odd to me. It has no lock on being pulled out of the tiller. It is really not a big deal under normal sailing but it could be pulled out in situations when things get awkward. To remedy the problem I made a pin out of cocobolo (because it was on the shelf) and drilled a hole where it could be inserted as a stop.
The other steering modification was to the pintles. Pintles are the pin part of the hinge on the rudder. The pintle is inserted into the dungeons. Anyway, as these pins had broken in they had become a bit looser. Nothing but gravity and friction keeps these pins down. During last year's 200 there was some wave action that would push the rudder up and occasionally I would have to pound on the top of the rudder to get it back seated all the way down. After a couple of days my hand was getting sore. To fix the problem I drilled a hole in the pintle and put a ring through the hole with a washer on top for good measure.
Other items to tend to were general wooden boat things. In other words, refinishing and cleaning. I didn't take any before pictures because it was embarrassingly nasty and should have never gotten that bad. Good news is things really cleaned up nice. The rub rails did need refinishing and they came out looking nice.
When I get back, the boat is going into the shop (with the AC) for a complete overhaul and get her back to new condition. Working outside is a drag. She is too good of a boat to be neglected.
As far as modifications go, both of them involve the steering. The design of the tiller always seemed a little odd to me. It has no lock on being pulled out of the tiller. It is really not a big deal under normal sailing but it could be pulled out in situations when things get awkward. To remedy the problem I made a pin out of cocobolo (because it was on the shelf) and drilled a hole where it could be inserted as a stop.
The other steering modification was to the pintles. Pintles are the pin part of the hinge on the rudder. The pintle is inserted into the dungeons. Anyway, as these pins had broken in they had become a bit looser. Nothing but gravity and friction keeps these pins down. During last year's 200 there was some wave action that would push the rudder up and occasionally I would have to pound on the top of the rudder to get it back seated all the way down. After a couple of days my hand was getting sore. To fix the problem I drilled a hole in the pintle and put a ring through the hole with a washer on top for good measure.
Other items to tend to were general wooden boat things. In other words, refinishing and cleaning. I didn't take any before pictures because it was embarrassingly nasty and should have never gotten that bad. Good news is things really cleaned up nice. The rub rails did need refinishing and they came out looking nice.
When I get back, the boat is going into the shop (with the AC) for a complete overhaul and get her back to new condition. Working outside is a drag. She is too good of a boat to be neglected.
Pintles and dungeons. Sounds like a game the nerdy kids play. There is now a hole through the exposed area of the pin with a ring through it.
Installed.
Rub rail sanded and ready for finish.
Finish applied.
Saturday, April 9, 2016
If Blogging was not Enough...
I have a pretty good background in photography that goes back to the days of film. I know its hard to tell from these blog pictures that are all taken with my cell phone, but I really do. I promise.
With this background I have decided to get into video. I figure the only thing really interesting enough to video and download to youtube would be something to do with my Pocketship. There are really fun to watch videos on Youtube with beautiful young couples on 30 to forty foot yachts. The obvious video project for me would be documenting the Texas 200. Kind of a grimy version of the same thing without the hot chicks.
I figured that I really need practice shooting video and learning the editing program. I have noticed on the videos of Pocketships on youtube have not shown any interior shots. With the boat in the shop I figured that was a good place to start. I shot some footage (do they still call it that?) and put together a little three minute video of a tour of Candy-O.
I'll keep shooting and editing some little projects until the Texas 200 starts in 65 days. I figure that will be enough time to become the Ken Burns of sailing videos.
With this background I have decided to get into video. I figure the only thing really interesting enough to video and download to youtube would be something to do with my Pocketship. There are really fun to watch videos on Youtube with beautiful young couples on 30 to forty foot yachts. The obvious video project for me would be documenting the Texas 200. Kind of a grimy version of the same thing without the hot chicks.
I figured that I really need practice shooting video and learning the editing program. I have noticed on the videos of Pocketships on youtube have not shown any interior shots. With the boat in the shop I figured that was a good place to start. I shot some footage (do they still call it that?) and put together a little three minute video of a tour of Candy-O.
I'll keep shooting and editing some little projects until the Texas 200 starts in 65 days. I figure that will be enough time to become the Ken Burns of sailing videos.
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