Outboards Now Working (Keep Fingers Crossed)

Last week, I removed the carb from the port outboard and cleaned it again.  This time I was able to do a better job with the jet that was hidden below the plastic cap.  Outboard started right up.  On Friday, I took the boat out around the marina and filled up with gasoline.  Both outboards ran effortlessly so now I am feeling more confident.  I practiced getting in an out of the slip and even performing pirouettes by putting one throttle in forward and the other in reverse.

Still adjusting the hoses in the head.  I have a very small leak that I need to solve.

Meeting lots of nice people in the marina, without fail, everyone who has passed by the boat has complimented "Got Twins?".  Makes it worth the 2-year project!

On Saturday, I went up the mast to release my spinnaker halyard that was stuck since the day the mast was stepped.  I also put the Davis wind indicator back, that was removed when the mast was stepped.

The trip up the mast was done solo using my Top Climber.  I used a tether to wrap around the mast as some sort of safety feature.

Here is the view of the marina from the top of the mast.















On Saturday I also flew 3 of the jibs that came with the boat.  The first is a No. 1 jib that only reaches 75% of the way up the forestay.  The other 2 are genoas, one perhaps original and the other is made of mylar, which is not very friendly when trying to stow.  In the near future I will be installing a Pro Furler and I don't think any of the 3 will be useable.  Still trying to tweak the self tacking jib rigging.

Rigging Tweaking

Spent most of yesterday, trying to get my port outboard to run properly.  I cleaned the carb, which gave some positive results, but I am still not happy with its performance.  I will continue to fiddle around with it before I call in a professional.  Took care of a few rigging matters as well.

I installed 2 stanchion fairleads (left side of picture) to keep the side board line tidy and off the deck.

Playing around with the main sheet purchase and leading it forward.

Here is the forward boom location showing the main sheet and other rigging.  The topping lift (black) and the main halyard (blue flakes) need to be switched at the exit plates.  It works okay so it is a low priority project.  I just don't care for the criss cross.

The main sail is about 6" too long. So I took it home and cut the top off.  I then sandwiched the sail between 2 pieces of poly carbonate and temporarily glued it with some gorilla glue.  I will place some aluminum rivets around the perimeter and then drill a hole for the halyard and another for the sail slug.

I decided to document the water line location.  The storage locker has a couple of things in it, but not too heavy.  Right now both the rudder box and raised rudder are submerged just under an inch.