Installation Blitz Begins

Sat, 14 May 2011 21:48:45 +0000

The Garhauer Rigid Boom Vang arrived today. This is the first major system install since the windlass and it marks the beginning of a series of complex installs that will last until we shove off. I didn’t really think it would be all that difficult when I ordered it at the boat show. “Just drill a few holes, tap them, and bolt it on,” I thought. But when I started lining it up I realized I would need to dust off some of that trig that I had forgotten 15+ years ago. A few well written blog posts later I’m feeling much better about the install. I’ll try round two tomorrow (and document it if you’re lucky).

Dyneema® Update

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:21:40 +0000

I met Kevin Coughlin of New England Ropes (NER) this weekend. New England Ropes is the vendor that will be providing the finished Dyneema® product, and Kevin has been awesome so far at liaising between us and the contest organizers.

I finalized our inventory (who would have guessed what a project that would be) and sent it off with some additional questions. From NER the Dyneema® spools will be sent to West Marine in ~~Connecticut~~ Newport, RI for splicing and then out to us to install on Convivia. He expects it to be here in 3ish weeks.

Install on Forgeover

Installation Blitz Begins

Dyneema® Update