John Von modeling the new aero gear!
Pirate giving Hap's bunk a proper test.
A couple of action shots!
Sailing
Yes, believe it or not, we are sailing. We sailed yesterday for the first time with the new rig. The team has been put in quite a large effort to get to this point. Yesterday was spent looking at the rig and getting some general impressions. Today was more rig tuning and also looking at the new bow sprit with the A2 and the R-2, our fractional sail that we use for reaching. Everything is looking good and we feel like we are finally on the road to getting ready for Transpac.
Brad Fitzgerald keeping an eye on the new prod.
Worklist
Just a quick update.
We stepped the rig yesterday and successfully got it tuned. We were all very nervous about lengths of all the shrouds. Credit goes to the guys at Hall and Future Fibers for getting it all right. The team worked hard to get it all together. Today was spent hammering away at the worklist. Tomorrow we are splashing the boat and then do all the incline and Transpac measurement. Our boy Blue (Tomac) also gets into town to get all the sails sorted. So we will keep working on getting the worklist smaller.
Hope you enjoyed the video.
Doogie
Getting the rig in
Assembly
The rig assembly has begun. We have plenty of work to do. Today we got the spreaders on and part of the shrouds connected. Tomorrow we will check and adjust the spreader angle and continue to assemble the rest of the rig. The bowsprit is on the boat, painted and looking great. We will continue to work on everything and probably step the rig on Saturday. I’ll get some pictures up tomorrow.
Doogie
Rig on the way.
Well, the time has come and our new rig is en route to San Diego. We assembled the rig in Bristol last week and it left Thursday. We will be receiving the rig in San Diego on Wednesday where we will be assembling it and stepping shortly thereafter. Pirate has coordinated quite a bit of work on the boat. The new prod is on and longer than ever! The new Hall rig with Future Fibers Carbon rigging also look good. We are really all looking forward to getting this thing back together and on the water.
Speaking of that, we will be getting the boat into the water before long and start going through the paces. We have to trial the rig, bow sprit, and a long list of other upgrades.
Getting there
I was in Newport on Monday to get a quick visual check on the rig. It is coming along nicely and we are looking like we are on schedule. The team at Hall is doing a nice job on our rig with the little time they have had. We will soon do a factory rig assembly and then prepare it for getting trucked across the country.
In the mean time, Pirate has been busy with the upgrades going onto the boat in San Diego. The new prod is on and getting laminated and hopefully the boat will go on the keel in the next 2 weeks.
Rob has also been very busy with the new boat with the final decisions getting made and the mold building process started. These are busy times!
Doogie
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