Chanty's New Sails

Rolland working on the asymmetrical spinnaker

Storm trysail (this takes the place of the mainsail and doesn't use the boom)

Rolland and Bianca

Bianca modeling for scale with the new main sail

Jannelle modeling for scale on the spinnaker

  Back in July of 2009 on the way down to New York City from Newfoundland, Chanty's  main ripped. (see old post).  It ripped at a seam so I was able to do a really rough job of hand stitching it back together until I could get someone to beef it up a little.  When I got to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (see old post) the jib ripped.  Luckily there was a sail maker in town to assess my sail situation.  It was concluded that there was too much sun damage on the jib and was beyond repair.  Lucky I had a Genoa that hadn't seen much use yet.  The main was then reinforced and usable.  I was given strict instructions to not take another big trip until these sails were thrown in the trash and new ones made.  Well here we are, a trip from NY to Florida later and in August of 2010.  A little late but at least happening.  I will now have a new main, a storm jib and storm trysail (main) and the most exciting of all and new to Chanty is the asymmetrical spinnaker complete with the spinnaker sock.  Chanty has never done good in light winds so this will be a great addition.  Rolland with the help of Jannelle and Bianca decided to take on the sail making challenge and put his industrial sewing machine to the test.  I don't think I will be disappointed. 

Butterfly Garden

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles-The Vault

This is the Kazanjian Red Diamond

The vault in the museum

Magic Crystal ball

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

Megamouth Shark

These megagmouths are still around but rare.  I would hate to come across one of these. 

Whale skeleton

A few shots of the beach

Marina Del Rey

Water Reflection

Fisherman's Cove

Some new computer features I have been playing with

Fisherman's Cove

Living Vicariously

These are a few pictures that Rolland sent me via email.  Their last trip on the NW passage they lost their really good dingy in really bad weather.  So Rolland is making a new one this week for their 200 mile trip to Russia this Saturday.  After getting Precipice ready after a cold winter and a long wait from the Russian government for the papers the Trowbridges are ready and off they go.  They have worked hard to get ready now they get to go have fun.  I haven't had any sailing adventures for a long time so this is the closest thing to for me right now.  This will be the third Continent that they visit. 

The first guess cut.  I extended the stern and increased the freeboard. Tricky.

Cutting the frames.  These will become the seats and give the hull stiffness.

Attaching the sides to the frame.  I tried screwing it together and ended up using stainless wire to "stitch" it together.

Setting the bottom pieces on.  At this point I didn't know if I could bend the wood this hard.  I had increased the freeboard, which meant a greater curve in the front. I had also used thicker plywood than the plans called for.
It bent hard.

Here are the boards bent.  The wire ties are barely holding.  The whole thing is under great tension.

Here it is from the front.  I didn't get the front or the rear transom pieces right on the first try. Second time worked.

Here is the completed boat, ready for epoxy.

Here it is upright.

This is the dingy after the first coat of epoxy, and the corners fiberglassed.  Tomorrow I will paint it and then fiberglass the inside.

Have A Good Trip!