Visit our Popular Forums

Lagoon4us · 09-02-2013, 22:48

It also allows you to unclip the stern safety lines, back up to a floating mooring buoy, stop, walk down the sugar scoop steps, pass a line through the said buoy and walk forward tying the line to the bow cleat.

Kinda changes most functions of mooring to being capable of being performed single-handedly.

2 degrees here at 8am, i'll be working inside awhile!!

Cheers thanks for your comments.

haw1961 · 09-02-2013, 23:29

Awesome craftsmanship.Is that gelcoat,awlgrip? Looks factory.Nice color match.

Lagoon4us · 09-02-2013, 23:49

We were staying with friends, he is a auto spray painter, i sanded and filled with epoxy filler, blocked it down and gave it to him asking he paint it off white explaining that gelcoat has a lot of yellow tinge.

He had no colour sample the boat being 12,000 miles away. He used a commercial two pack topcoat over a filler finally baking it.

Personally he absolutely nailed it, i just didn't want 'stark white'. I'm sitting inside the cabin doing the wiring harness now, the boat is covered in light ice something us Aussies cannot cope with!!!!!!

Thanks for your comment.

**Seaworthy Lass** · 10-02-2013, 00:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lagoon4us

I have a few mods that i'll post here over the next month,:-

1) Tiltable solar panel array, around 700watt.

2) Brace for bow roller, a particular weak point on a 440.

3) Under cockpit table shoe storage.

4) Mooring/deck cleat re-inforcement.

5) Lithium bank.

All must be done over the next 10 weeks prior to setting sail for Greece/Turkey.

Modifications look great!
Must be wonderful to be back on board, ice and all

.

Where did you source the Lithium batteries?
We found a supplier in Czecoslovakia, but at the last moment he refused to deliver to Greece

.

Lagoon4us · 10-02-2013, 00:19

Yes same supplier, two things can you try Turkey? Second one wait till mine arrive and if all good and we are def heading to Greece i could bring them down for you?

Waiting allows you to fine tune my installation from my mistakes?

Cheers Frank

**Seaworthy Lass** · 10-02-2013, 00:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lagoon4us

Yes same supplier, two things can you try Turkey? Second one wait till mine arrive and if all good and we are def heading to Greece i could bring them down for you?

Waiting allows you to fine tune my installation from my mistakes?

Cheers Frank

That would be absolutely brilliant! Thank you for the offer. We could organise payment and just have them delivered to you if you are planning to come to Greece. We can chat later. xxxxxx

Lagoon4us · 10-02-2013, 00:54

Yep that's how i see it, i've been dealing with Pavel there he is a big help. PM me your Facebook details if you have an account that way you know who your dealing with to protect your investment cheers, how cold there?

**Seaworthy Lass** · 10-02-2013, 01:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lagoon4us

Yep that's how i see it, i've been dealing with Pavel there he is a big help. PM me your Facebook details if you have an account that way you know who your dealing with to protect your investment cheers, how cold there?

I am not on Facebook, but I will send you my email details.
Somehow I don't think our investment would be at risk LOL.

Beautifully mild here. 16 deg at the moment. Load of washing is drying well. We have had warm southerlies from Libya almost constantly for about 3 weeks now, so most days lately have been shorts and T-shirt weather. Unseasonably warm even for Crete!