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Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-11-2023, 16:54
Replies: 15
Views: 2,751
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Strange motion on sailboat?

Set aside your experience with the vessel docked. As per another post, dock line tensions can create strange jerky motions.
Jerky motion is usually, but not always, due to short period. Which of the...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 24-11-2023, 16:35
Replies: 20
Views: 3,566
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Standing Rig: Has anyone replaced SS wire with Dyneema?

Chafe is probably the biggest issue. Neverthless there are boats around with 20 year old dyneema rigging. One fact and one observation:

Fact: (It took a lot of searching to find this info). ...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-03-2022, 06:44
Replies: 104
Views: 7,593
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Would anyone be willing to help me interpret chainplate plans?

Those are some of the most inadequate drawings I have ever seen in my many decades as a naval architect, including years of teaching yacht design. Tear those drawings up and find a qualified naval...
Forum: Our Community 16-09-2021, 17:12
Replies: 67
Views: 5,818
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: motion sickness in cars implying susceptibility to seasickness?

Anecdotally I get car sick quite often but I have never (yet) been seasick in over 50 years of offshore sailing. So that might be good news for you.

More generally, the sensory conflict theory is...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 15-04-2021, 21:25
Replies: 69
Views: 11,488
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Who is Richard Macfarlane? Here is his anchoring advice...

To answer the question in the title "Who is Richard Macfarlane?":
Richard is a mechanical engineer who established the boatbuilding and design company Windrush Catamarans in Western Australia in the...
Forum: Oceania - Australiana 22-03-2021, 04:40
Replies: 82
Views: 14,307
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Newbie to circumnavigate Australia, looking for advice

You seem to be asking all the right questions, I think you will manage just fine on this big adventure. A couple of references that you might find helpful:
1. Western Australian Cruising Guide. -...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 08-01-2021, 18:32
Replies: 232
Views: 32,731
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Anchoring with 4:1 Scope?

You might find the following presentation to be relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVV0BhU9swc&list=PLi0kmfjmT5_0T07hezMq-KiwUH83GpnEj&index=3
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 08-01-2021, 15:21
Replies: 62
Views: 19,276
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Another dyneema line failure

I had a dyneema backstay break about 5 years go (in the pen, luckily). Can't remember the make of rope, but it was professionally made up by our local rigger who supplies a lot of the offshore racing...
Forum: Oceania - Australiana 15-09-2020, 01:22
Replies: 12
Views: 2,817
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Broome to Perth... next week

The link Jim was using is out of date. Not only does it require a member number, but the download is the old edition of the book. I am trying to get it removed. Please use the one I give in order to...
Forum: Oceania - Australiana 14-09-2020, 18:46
Replies: 12
Views: 2,817
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Broome to Perth... next week

Download a (free) copy of the Western Australian Cruising Guide Edition 5.2,
from https://www.fsc.com.au/wa-cruising-guide/

or just google "Western Australian Cruising Guide"
It is over 600...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-01-2020, 02:57
Replies: 2
Views: 692
Posted By Kim Klaka
B and G depth transducer mechanical failure

2 years ago I fitted a B&G forward looking sonar. The transducer installs into a housing, with o-rings and a screw-down locking nut, similar to many speed logs. It also comes with a blank which you...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 27-08-2019, 18:32
Replies: 21
Views: 18,403
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Volvo Penta 2003 - Electric Control Panel Problem

Hello Nicolas,
I have the same control panel as you, on a 33 year-old Volvo 2003. I think they might have changed the panel design several years ago. I bought a new panel about 5 years ago but it...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 05-02-2019, 02:49
Replies: 6
Views: 2,498
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: profurl antiwrap installation

I filed the corners of the half-crescent fitting to a nice radius, then mounted it with the crescent forward of the forestay i.e. as per the manual. This has stopped the spi hal'd hoist from catching...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 02-11-2018, 18:17
Replies: 49
Views: 13,904
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: yacht roll at anchor

As others have commented, this is indeed a complicated problem.
see
[URL="https://cmst.curtin.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/05/2002-08.pdf"]
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 05-10-2018, 23:41
Replies: 30
Views: 10,931
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Manufactured Emergency Rudders - are you in need of it?

To the student team:Commercial adaptable solution already exists in Western Australia (not owned by me). Contact me for details.
Kim Klaka
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 30-07-2018, 17:02
Replies: 18
Views: 4,510
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Anchoring while motoring in forward?

I have just been told that the RYA Day Skipper practical does not include an anchoring exercise (though it is in the syllabus). The ICC course does not include anchoring in the syllabus (as shown on...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-07-2018, 23:18
Replies: 36
Views: 10,380
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Boat length vs chop size and period

Actually you can scale pitch inertia in the tank (I have done it), though it is quite tricky.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-07-2018, 18:40
Replies: 36
Views: 10,380
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Boat length vs chop size and period

Yes, there are lots of factors besides length and yes, boat length relative to wave length is possibly the most important factor. However, it is the boat length relative to the ENCOUNTERED wave...
Forum: Oceania - Australiana 11-06-2018, 16:22
Replies: 82
Views: 19,969
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Sydney to Perth over top end of Australia

Make sure you have the latest copy of the WA Cruising Guide, edition 5 (Dec 17). It is downlaodable for free at either https://www.fsc.com.au/onwater/publications/ or Western Australian Cruising...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-03-2018, 19:13
Replies: 14
Views: 4,581
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Fairing hull to reduce drag

Working overhead to fair the hull would be a soul-destroying job. I suggest focussing on fairing the keel and rudder, then getting the hull surface roughness smooth. The following article explains...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-12-2017, 17:26
Replies: 22
Views: 9,262
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Beneteau first 32 v contessa 28

The Contessa 28 is a very different boat from the 26 and the 32, which many of you are familiar with. It is a Peterson design. Not all Contessas were well built (some of the S&S designed 38s leaked...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-08-2017, 17:54
Replies: 73
Views: 15,373
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Buy a boat without a survey? or even seeing it?

Why on earth would you? A survey costs maybe 1-2% of asking price, cheaper than a single repair. If you can't afford the survey then you can't afford the boat. Besides, you will probably recover the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-05-2017, 16:49
Replies: 21
Views: 5,019
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Control of Weather Helm

I don't think the above explanation applies to this rig. Increasing mainsheet tension does two things:
a) pulls the boom closer to the centreline of the boat and
b) tightens the leech
Both these...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 21-04-2017, 20:49
Replies: 37
Views: 15,499
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Bulk & Float Solar settings for LiFePO4 batteries

Many thanks for the advice. FYI Drop-in 12V lithium packs with min/max regulator cost roughly 10-20% more than good quality AGMs, here in Australia at least. That's the initial outlay; when you...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 21-04-2017, 19:40
Replies: 37
Views: 15,499
Posted By Kim Klaka
Re: Bulk & Float Solar settings for LiFePO4 batteries

I am intrigued, not least because I am not very good at electrics. I have had LiFePO4 batteries on my boat for over a year with no problems, I just let them take whatever current is offered to them....
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