tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:forum-1596104Nabble - General Discussion2024-03-28T02:19:02Z<b>Think of this area as the Bar at the Club House</b><br/><br/>You don't even have to talk SeaHawks here! Anything vaguely boating is acceptable.
<br/>If you don't think what you want to say belongs anywhere else on the Forum, post it here.tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025458Removed from Trailer, Bottom Paint and Keel2024-03-01T07:40:09Z2024-03-01T08:33:52ZYan Anderson
Hi!
<br/><br/>Mustang is having a bit of pre-season love. I was going to be keeping her on the trailer and dropping her in the water each time I want to use her but I've been offered a Trot mooring on the River Stour outside Christchurch Sailing Club which I'm tempted to take for convenience. I believe its fresh water so hoping she doesnt get too gunked up saying in the water. Either way I want to make sure shes got a good coat of anti foul and the keel is in good order before I launch her.
<br/><br/>I've removed her from the trailer. My technique was as follows:
<br/><br/>1. drop trailer nose
<br/>2. prop stern on stands
<br/>3. raise nose a lot
<br/>4. balance a 2.4m 4x4 fence post across 2 more stands to take the weight of the bow, leaving space in between for the trailer to pass through. bearing 10cm either end with a 2.2m clear span! I was worried it would be too much but the post took it well with no major deflection.
<br/>5. lower the trailer against until Mustang is floating in the air
<br/>6. withdraw the trailer
<br/>7. pop a few blocks of wood under the front of her keel
<br/>8. remove the beam and re-secure the stands on her bow.
<br/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4025458/IMG_6771.jpg" border="0" style="transform: rotate(180deg)"/><br/><br/>Here is the keel. What do you think? It's well greased. I was thinking of trying to fully remove it and have it sandblasted and galvanised as Brian said he wanted to do. I'm not sure if I've got the height to remove it fully though! Possibly if I drop it and then slide it forwards I might get the clearance.
<br/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4025458/IMG_6772.jpg" border="0" style="transform: rotate(180deg)"/><br/><br/>This is what the bottom paint is looking like. A fair few chips either into old layers of paint or right down to the fibreglass. I was thinking of just sanding it smooth and then using Hempel Primer Undercoat which is good for directly onto GRP and old antifoul then going over that with a couple coast of Micron 350.
<br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4025458/IMG_6774.jpg" border="0" style="transform: rotate(180deg)"/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4025458/IMG_6775.jpg" border="0" style="transform: rotate(180deg)"/><br/><br/>Any advice or sage wisdom welcome!
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tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025428sail number2023-09-10T01:41:32Z2023-09-10T01:41:32ZEdward James
Hiya, just a quick question. I own the seahawk 'C-Auk' and was given with it the sail numbered 501 with a black 'H' sort of logo. I was then reading through the history of the pyecraft boats and it says that 'skylarking' or was registered as 501 but no pictures of it are shown.
<br/>Hopefully someone can answer this question.
<br/>Thanks, Ed!
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025421SeaHawk at Cley2023-06-19T04:16:47Z2023-06-19T04:16:47ZMarsh Marigold
Cley-next-the-Sea from the Beautiful Britain Facebook page.
<img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4025421/IMG_7596.jpeg" border="0"/>
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025342Finding The Right Search Terms2021-09-08T02:15:25Z2021-09-08T02:15:25ZGregSeaHawk
I just looked at a report that I receive of the search terms used on the site over the last three months. Amongst the 50 terms on the list are:
<br/><br/>Heave-to
<br/>Heavingto
<br/>Heaving to
<br/>Heave to
<br/>Heaving
<br/><br/>The first three were entered within a minute of each other around 02:40 one morning and the last two, within 15 seconds at 04:45 the same morning. I'm guessing that those searches were made by the same person and given the time of day not probably not by someone in the UK and, maybe, anywhere in Europe.
<br/><br/>I have just tried the same searches and apart from the last one, which produces a nil result, the others all provide links to the same two pages. One of these contains a reference to the effort needed to raise the 70lb keel of a SeaHawk and the other includes this sentence. "She was well behaved when heaving too".
<br/><br/>It made me wonder what kind of result the searcher was hoping to find. The repeated searches using very similar terms suggest to me they felt they were on the right track but just needed something with a little more detail on the topic.
<br/><br/>As a webmaster, I keen to provide content that people find useful and relevant to their interest, but I'm not sure what there is to be said about a SeaHawk and its performance and abilities to be "parked without anchoring" as one reference I found puts it.
<br/><br/>Can anyone report on their experience of heaving to in a SeaHawk or, on another tack, what kind of detail or issue might the searcher have in mind that might make a SeaHawk perform differently to any other similar craft?
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tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025237perfect size of genoa sail when using roller furling at open sea sailing2020-10-07T18:03:11Z2020-10-07T18:03:11Zhardbob
Dear fellow SeaHawk sailors. I am getting pieces together to upgrade my SeaHawk with a Nemo Wonderfurl (roller furling gear) and is looking for advice on a few issues that are somewhat related.
<br/><br/>The first thing is what size Genoa sail I should go for. I intend to have one tailored for me by a sailmaker. The discussion I found in the forum on this conclude that more than 130% genoa is not very useful and potentially something that could put the boat out of balance. Does anyone with experiense sailing at open sea with roller furling agree with this? Does anyone think I should go for less?
<br/><br/>Next, what are actually the dimensions of a 130% genoa for the fractional rig on a Seahawk? I have seen the diagrams on the site, but I cannot read the numbers. My boat Totte is a crossover model with both Redcraft and More and sons features. She looks very similar to H100 currently on the frontpage of the Seahawk site and the mast is the SSS version (aluminium color).
<br/><br/>Also, I am wondering if it would be a good idea to add a new attachment point for the forstay 10 cm further up the mast to ensure a suitable angle from the internal halyard block in the mast. The conventional way is to add an external halyardblock 16.5 cm below the eye where the forstay is attached (please see the attached figure). My motivation for this is partly that it would allow for a sail with slighly more luff and I think I would be able to fit in the full size of my furling gear without having to make any modifications to it. The full lenght of this gear equeals a forstay that is 460 cm. However, from other discussion in the forum, I guess the conventional way is the safe choice (i.e. adding a halyard block 16.5 cm below the attachment point for the forstay and reduce the lenghth of the roller furling gear to the standard lenght of the forstay (does anyone know what that length is?)
<br/><br/>Finally, I am looking for a suitable fitting for my kicking strap that fits with the keyhole on the boom. I am not sure what the original piece looks like and currently I am using something homebuild that is starting to rust... Do you know what it is I should be looking for and where I can order this?
<br/><br/>Many thanks for any advice. And as always, applaus to Greg for building such a great site
<br/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4025237/halyard_block_figure.png" border="0" alt="halyard block figure"/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4025237/Nemo_Wonderfurl_TR.png" border="0" alt="Nemo Wonderfurl furling gear"/>
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025244Why !!!!2020-10-12T12:37:22Z2020-10-12T12:37:22Z2011venator
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiOBmzlDDKI" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiOBmzlDDKI</a>
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025231Seahawk on Facebook2020-09-07T12:36:43Z2020-09-07T12:36:43Z2011venator
Smashing seahawk sold on facebook marketplace is the proud new owner a member i wonder <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1659296514227641/" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1659296514227641/</a>
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025218Outboards2020-07-19T06:55:16Z2020-07-19T06:55:16Z2011venator
I need a new outboard as I have lost the use of my 5hp 2 stroke mercury<img class='smiley' src='/images/smiley/smiley_unhappy.gif' />
<br/>I have a 2hp johnson seahorse that is capable and very good for getting of and on mooring. However I have to travel a long way up a tidal river to get out to sea and find the 2hp 2 stroke is to slow and working to hard.
<br/>I really want another engine as I always like to carry a spare anyway and am looking at the new 4 strokes which are heavier and I am told less powerful.
<br/>I was hoping that a new 3.5hp might be big enough but I wonder if it will be less powerful than the johnson?
<br/>Has anyone got any experience of new 4 stroke engines compared to old 2 strokes i.e how much higher do you need to go to emulate the same real world power.
<br/>So for a old 2 stroke 3.5hp would a 4hp 4 stroke be as powerful or more powerful or is the difference between 4 and 2 stroke negligible for sail boats?
<br/>many thanks desperate to get out now lock down is easing if anyone has an old outboard sitting gathering dust please sell it to me <img class='smiley' src='/images/smiley/smiley_happy.gif' />
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025126kicking strap2019-10-17T17:10:54Z2019-10-17T17:10:54Zmjseahawk
Hi All,
<br/><br/>I need some help with the rigger with the kicking strap in particular, taught myself to sail so obviously i missed some things on the way, such as the kicking strap haha, could someone tell me what i rig that too, i have the boom attachment but im unsure where exactly to attach that? I'm assuming somehow to the bolt at the bottom of the mast? thanks in advance
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025166Capsize2020-05-25T08:03:47Z2020-05-25T08:03:47Z2011venator
Seahawks seem pretty stable little boats to me but the capsize screening formula rates them at 2.45 which seems higher than some other small cruisers anyone ever capsized in rough weather?
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025094Rear Round Cleat2019-05-15T08:51:07Z2019-05-15T08:51:07ZSeaHawk215
Hi, one of my rear round bollard cleats has broken, anybody know where i can get a new one?
<br/><br/>Thanks
<br/><br/>Ben
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025071Launching2018-12-11T07:47:31Z2018-12-11T07:47:31ZSeaHawk215
Hi
<br/><br/>I am thinking of sailing my Seahawk on the local lake as they allow small trailer sailers, they have a winch at the top of the slipway but the depth of the water on the slip is not great.
<br/><br/>Does anybody know how much water i need to get it off the trailer?
<br/><br/>Thanks
<br/><br/>Ben
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025066curlew2018-11-09T14:55:34Z2018-11-09T14:55:34Zrob
Digging on the site I found my 'new' boat posted for sale it's curlew!
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tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4025062keel mod2018-11-06T11:54:16Z2018-11-06T11:54:16Zrob
Has anyone made a lid on the keelcase to allow easy keel maintenance?
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024927Tragedy a tale of drop keel woe2017-08-07T13:15:05Z2017-08-11T09:47:33Z2011venator
Took my seahawk lil dee down to a local river to take my grandson for a tootle , must have caught the drop keel on the trailer as I launched her and pulled the chain I had attached to the keel eye all the way through the keel box jamming the keel down !!!
<br/>Tried to load it onto the trailer hoping it might force it up ended up getting the keel stuck in the trailer had to push the trailer by hand into the river completely submerged to free it (very shallow river more like a canal really)
<br/>So boat is now leaking I presume the keel twisted and opened up the keel box somehow and it is stuck in the river <img class='smiley' src='/images/smiley/smiley_cry.gif' /><br/>I am exhausted (too old for this) will go down tomorrow and remove the keel bolt and hope I can drop the keel into the river so I can load it onto the trailer may have to lose the keel plate , hope to recover it ,I put so much work into removing it and getting it working properly shame I did not leave it jammed !!!
<br/>wish me luck.
<br/>Day 2:
<br/>Stripped the boat out completely this morning to save the local youth the trouble so it is more or less an empty shell even took the doors away so no homeless can use it (how cruel I am )
<br/><br/>Removed the keel bolt , which let plenty of water flood in and hopefully let the keel plate drop difficult to tell as it is still jammed at the swinging end.
<br/>Put bolt back in after tugging boat backwards and forwards a bit to try to get it to drop out completely.
<br/>Baled some water out and came home.
<br/>Will go down later with my neighbor and attempt pull her up onto the ramp hopefully this will dislodge the keel plate and allow easy loading.
<br/>Sadly finances have dipped into the minus part of the scale now for quite some time so local farmers are probably not an option a chap down the road has a small boat business and he has a telehandler so if I am unable to load it he will come and take it away for me for free (bless him) he will no doubt seal the keel up and sell it on but I have all the rig sails and trailer to sell so a little consolation.
<br/>Will keep you posted.
<br/>Oh and no my bad luck has not yet finished on the way home the roll bar on my car broke <img class='smiley' src='/images/smiley/smiley_unhappy.gif' /><br/>Finally managed to get her on the trailer dropped the keel out into the river and she glided onto the trailer as good as gold... 15 minutes searching around in the foul river mud and I even recovered the keel plate...
<br/>Now the fun starts seeing if any damage has been done, must say it all looks ok so maybe my luck has finally changed all that praying must have worked lol
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tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024923Seahawk sail logo2017-08-05T14:11:10Z2017-08-05T14:11:10ZSea Scouter
Can anyone send me a Seahawk mainsail logo please with the the dimensions , I only have a number on red mirror colour sails.
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024895In the water at last!2017-06-02T10:28:26Z2017-06-02T10:28:26ZGreywing
Have just spent 3 days (Tues - Thurs) sailing about the northern broads - Horsey, Hickling and around, having launched "Puffin" P113 S/N 396 from Martham Boatyard. 6 aboard and a dog as well at times. Not much wind this week, but what a great little ship! I managed to sort her Barton Roller reefing out, which works a treat - I have found a way to roller reef without the alloy tube, yet still maintain a reasonable tension on the wire luff. I'll post some pictures after I go back tomorrow for a bit more sailing - it's quite addictive isn't it! Not fitted a high tabernacle yet, but I'm convinced the system I have worked out will work with it once fitted. Forgot the suntan lotion, so I'm red raw! One thing I've got to sort out is the outboard - my 5hp Evinrude is definitely too heavy and affects the attitude of the boat in the water, even with just 2 sailing. Maybe it needs tilting a bit - I'll see. However, wet feet was the result, so I made two cork bungs to keep the water out, then went home (30 miles away) forgetting to take them out, so I had to go back in case it rained and sank the boat! But what a great few days.
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024885Seahawk age2017-05-05T02:49:58Z2017-05-05T02:49:58ZGreywing
This is unbelievable! I recently asked my insurer (Pantaenius) to quote me for Sea-hawk "Puffin", and without including the date of manufacture (as I didn't know), they came back with the full dimensions of the boat AND it's year of build! 1978.
<br/>I have checked the data on the forum and by interpolation their date seems to fit the assumptions made in the 'Buyers/Dating' section. How strange is that? Maybe they have a register of boats manufactured in Uk or something?
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tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024847Jib furling.2017-03-25T08:32:53Z2017-03-25T08:32:53Z2011venator
Jib furling gear? yay or nay or neither better nor worse?
<br/>My little Seahawk has a furling jib and I have been practicing raising and lowering the mast ready for my first trip of the year,
<br/>My old boat had a hanked jib and I found this a easy procedure,my seahawk however has a furling jib, I am seriously thinking of ditching this and just using a hanked on sail as it seems simpler less lines easier to raise and lower .......
<br/>Could I get some opinions on the disadvantages or advantages or is it just a suck it and see adventure....<img class='smiley' src='/images/smiley/smiley_good.gif' /><br/><br/>All the best.
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024867Oh Rats! Mainsail dead.2017-04-23T10:15:29Z2017-04-23T10:15:29ZGreywing
After having bought Puffin, I had a better chance to fully examine the sails. Dave had already told me about the dreadful event that took place in his garage when (what he thought was) a gang of rats trashed the main. I have never repaired a sail with damage as severe as this before, but as the average price of a decent second-hand one was about £200-300, I decided to have a go. Jimmy Greene Marine had some reasonably large sticky-back patches so I bought enough to do a "both sides" repair, and set about the job. Not an easy one, so I watched all the sail repair video's on You tube.
<br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024867/SAILCHEW.jpg" border="0" class="left" alt="Main damage (Ruler shown for scale)"/><br/>While I was at it, I also fixed the other 9 small holes/tears which existed. Having spent the whole afternoon doing the sticking, I don't have the energy to do the complicated zig-zag stitching until tomorrow.
<br/>I am going to have a big whisky now.
<br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024867/SAILPACH.jpg" border="0" class="left" alt="Main area patched (and two tears. Awaiting stitching."/><br/>So if you see a Seahawk on the broads with some monstrous patches up near the sail number, you'll know its me and that the fix was a success!
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024862first sail2017-04-08T12:54:08Z2017-04-08T12:54:08Zharry
went out on Wednesday first sail,had to go out about 3 miles to get some wind ,but a great sail,but very expensive as I had a problem with my roller reefing.when I went to fix it ,,I lost my glasses,so another £300 on Wednesday stil a great day,now I am goining to the help line
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024325An adventure......2015-02-26T08:49:35Z2015-02-26T08:49:35Zmjseahawk
Hi Peeps,
<br/><br/>I'm curious in how far out you would take the seahawk? I have an aim of learning to sail this year and maybe next year once competent go on a weekend sailing on the seahawk. I'm thinking of taking her from southampton to lulworth and back again over a few days. How far do you guys take the seahawk?
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024833Mission accomplished.2017-03-19T14:58:58Z2017-03-19T14:58:58ZGreywing
Well! That was quick. I joined the forum on 10th March, and now I have a Seahawk. Thanks to Dave Turtle, who gave me a great deal. Yes, I bought Puffin and towed her back to Norfolk with my trusty Citroen Van. On the question of braked or unbraked trailers, leaving legality aside, Puffin's unbraked trailer was a doddle to tow and is built like a tank, although the wheels probably need beefing up a bit. On the way back I planned out how I'm going to customize the interior, but more on that later. I now feel like a proper member of the forum with what I think is the best boat of it's type ever built. Shame they are no more.
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024795new year2016-12-30T04:08:33Z2016-12-30T04:08:33Zharry
wishing all members a happy and healthy new year,and good sailing to come,regards harry warner
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024740Finally able to go out for a few days2016-08-21T00:04:59Z2016-08-21T00:04:59ZReneDirks
After dealing with too many health issues it seems we're finally able to go out sailing a few days. Weather in the coming days should cooperate as well. The boat really needs a good paint job but will have to wait.
<br/><br/>According to sails and tag boat nr = 352, the boom uses the key hole pattern for the kicking strap like you describe on the Reedcraft models, but has a Holt Allen tag attached to it. The gooseneck is the same, but the hardware a bit different. The mast uses the vertically aligned pulleys like on Moore's.
<br/><br/>Greg, since I have the boat in the open now, if there's any specific pictures you need let me know please.
<br/><br/>Greetings
<br/>Rene
<br/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024740/2016-08-21-01.jpg" border="0"/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024740/2016-08-21-02.jpg" border="0"/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024740/2016-08-21-03.jpg" border="0"/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024740/2016-08-21-04.jpg" border="0"/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024740/2016-08-21-05.jpg" border="0"/><br/><br/>
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024776Wingsail Testing on a Seahawk2016-10-21T11:04:36Z2016-10-21T11:04:36Zwinghawk
Visitors to Hickling Broad this year may have noticed an very unusual rig on my Seahawk "C-Auk".
<br/>I have been testing a self-trimming wingsail rig I designed.
<br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024776/3partcauk.jpg" border="0" class="center"/><br/>As a long time member of AYRS (Amateur Yacht Research Society) I have been working on new ideas for a number of years, and these are described on my website <a href="http://www.sailwings.net" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">http://www.sailwings.net</a> my ideas are very forward looking - some would say "unusual" - and my first project was to design a boat powered by a wind-turbine that could sail directly to windward! A description of the tests I did on the Seahawk are described on the site.
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tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024773re t s arethusa2016-10-15T12:02:27Z2016-10-15T12:02:27Zharry
it was good sailing on the medway at upnor,i was in training on the arethusa ,I was there from 1957 to 59 when I joined the royal navy,idont know if you remember but john chancellor the marine artist had his Thames barge called viper moored in front of us while he worked on it,in 1975 the arethusa was sold to the new York museum, but about 3 years ago they wanted the Hamburg museum to take her from them them as they could not afford repairs,as she swas built in hamberg,she went back to her first name which was peking,her sistership was the pamier german training ship which sank in a tall ships race regards harry
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024758somthing wrong2016-10-07T22:53:12Z2016-10-07T22:53:12Zharry
seahawk on ebay £112-00,i was interested sent the seller a message and asked for an up to date picture as greg said he took the pic 11 years ago,seller asked for my landline and said he would send more pics of boat.j sent it and djd not hear any more from him,my trailer wae not in use then and I would have picked it up just for the new keel he said it had,i have taken my boat off the mooring and put it down the local boatyard,will chock it up today and get the keel freed,then back on mooring for some winter sailing regards harry
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024753great sailing2016-09-30T23:00:12Z2016-09-30T23:00:12Zharry
had 3 good days,monday and Tuesday force 3/4,wednesday just over 4,boat sails very well,even with the keel up,bit hard to get the main up in a large swell,j cant sail off my mooring,due to the amount of btrying to hoist the sailoats moored,if the wind is not to bad I can hoist the main and raise the boom to spill the wind and motor out,but as we get a lot of westerlys it blows right down the river,i did thimk of trying to hoist the main and slacken it of on the boom and gather it in to the mast and once at sea pull it back along the boom,even at sea when I turn into the wind its a bit of a bind regards harry trying to hoist the sail,could be something to do with my age now,as you get towards 75 you do not take the risks you did when younger,have fitted roller reefing which is good and works well,i willleave her on the mooring and get some winter sailing in this year regards harry safe sailing
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024724ace of sails2016-07-12T22:50:50Z2016-07-12T22:50:50Zharry
the other boat with the same hull,the ace of sails was discontinued,when I was manager of florance marine,we built the pedro and the ace was turned into an open fishing boat called the fisherman it did not sell very well,but we built a lot of pedros,mainly for the German market,i have never heard or seen a female pedro regards harry
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024691prue now on mooring2016-07-02T12:47:31Z2016-07-02T12:47:31Zharry
not the best day to go to a mooring,force five wind and our high tide runs at 7 knots,but picked up morring first time,very handy having outboard on the starboard side,because I use a pickup line from the bow to the stern and just lean over and snatch on ,no messing around on the bow,will sort out some pics,thanks to all for replies regards harry safe sailing
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024688new boat2016-07-01T22:43:58Z2016-07-01T22:43:58Zharry
picked up my seahawk,750 mile trip but well worth it,it was loulabell,but is now called prue,sail number 371 (if that is correct),I think I have a stuck keel,but will work on that when I get it on my mooring today,in the bag of sail gear,i found an item shaped like a hors shoe with two rollers in the end,dont know what it isor where it fits,may be just a bit of gear from another boat,any ideas,have been on a lot of boat forums,but congratulation this is by far the best laid out one,regards harry sail safe
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024667Mast foot position.2016-03-14T06:39:33Z2016-03-14T06:39:33Zsea_turtle
Hi,
<br/><br/>I've just acquired a boat with a mangled mast foot. Evidently one of the shackles holding the shrouds on to the chain plate snapped and the mast falling to one side bent the tabernacle beyond repair.
<br/><br/>I sail in a costal location so don't need a full stainless steel tabernacle, I have machined up a new hinging mast foot instead. I'll post up a picture and dimensions as soon as I have a moment.
<br/><br/>The question is where should the mast foot be ideally placed? looking at the boat is has had several mast feet over the years in differing positions. Does anyone have a dimension from the aft face of the mast to the round crease in the deck where the cabin / cockpit cover meets the flat cabin roof?
<br/><br/>What is the relationship between the mast foot and the strengthening beam on the underside of the cabin roof? Does the mast foot sit centrally on this? Do you have a plate on the underside of your mast foot or does it just screw into the plank of wood encapsulated in the grp sandwich?
<br/><br/>Any help or ideas will be gratefully received!
<br/><br/>Best
<br/><br/>Dave
<br/><br/>(the line in the photo represents the centre line of the strengthening beam under the cabin roof)
<br/><br/><img src="https://forum.seahawk17.org.uk/file/n4024667/IMG_20160314_101929.jpg" border="0" class="center" alt="mast foot location?"/>
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024624How many Seahawks can you spot?2016-01-26T02:42:07Z2016-01-26T02:42:07Zianhurley20
I don't know the answer but there are a few. The video was shot from a GoPro camera mounted on the top of a Laser mast at the Blakeney 2015 Regatta in North Norfolk. I rather like the video anyway. Blakeney has a lot of Seahawks moored there, about 10 in all I think.
<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRuIrjNGPkw&feature=youtu.be" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRuIrjNGPkw&feature=youtu.be</a><br/><br/>Ian
tag:forum.seahawk17.org.uk,2006:post-4024599The Art Of Coarse Sailing2015-12-07T14:25:14Z2015-12-07T14:25:14ZGregSeaHawk
I started to write this in <a href="http://seahawk-forum.968426.n3.nabble.com/Genoa-Sizes-for-a-Fractional-Rig-tp4024499p4024598.html" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">a reply to Tom Altee</a>, who hails from Florida. Then I realised it deserved a topic of its own in the forum's "bar".
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<br/><br/>If you want a true understanding of Brit yachtsmen and the Broads I implore you to get hold of a copy of the book "The Art Of Coarse Sailing" by Michael Green. It relates the fictional - but oh so true to life - tale of a week's holiday on a hire boat.
<br/><br/>It was first published in 1962 and it perfectly captures the Norfolk Broads boating holiday of the period. I know! My first sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads, was taken in 1966. I, the oldest aboard, turned eighteen year old a week after the holiday. The rest of the crew were by brother and two mates from school.
<br/><br/>Almost everything related in that book happened to us on that holiday - except the bit at the start of Chapter Seven... "Next morning I blew the boat up." It's possible the humour will escape you but it does contain such lines as...
<br/><br/>If the sun rises in the west, ring the coastguard at once.
<br/><br/>It is never possible to make sure of fine weather in sailing, but to ensure rain and squalls, hang some washing out to dry on the backstay.
<br/><br/>The human hand is a poor substitute for a fender.
<br/><br/>Never put up an umbrella on a yacht; it suggests you may be a novice.
<br/><br/>When grass and leaves appear on the bows, it is time to come about.
<br/><br/>A tide is the best engine.
<br/><br/>If during a storm a large bird perches on top of the mast whatever you do don't shoot it.
<br/><br/>The finest way of surviving bad weather is to put three reefs in the mainsail; set the storm jib; prepare a sea anchor with an old canvas bag and a hundred foot warp; make sure everything is securely stowed and the boat is well battened down; then go ashore and sit in a bar until the weather gets better.
<br/><br/>The only safe place for a spare outboard motor sparking-plug is the cutlery tray or inside the skipper's pyjamas. If placed with the engine tools it will disappear. This applies to all vital spares.
<br/><br/>Never take advice from anyone you meet in a bar.
<br/><br/>They will sneer at you for bringing your own tin-opener, until they lose the only one on the boat.
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<span class="weak-color" style="font-size:80%"><b><a href="http://www.gregafloat.org.uk" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">GregAfloat</a> - My Boating Biography</b></span>
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