For those who don't know, when Laura and I split up, she took Tehani, and I bought back another small trailerable we had owned before.
I was not going to say much about it, but Laura posted the following on her Facebook page, so I suppose it is now general knowledge
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"For the first time in 20 years or more, I have no sailboat. I took Tehani for a sail and the top of her beautiful wooden mast broke. One of the side stays dug into the exposed wood at the top of the mast so the whole rig did not come down. It was very loose and wobbly, to say the least. I scrambled around and tied some lines to secure it as best I could. The bay was a little lumpy but we managed to make it back with no more problems. I have felt bad for some time. I have not had the time, money or tools to take care of her properly and wasn't sure what to do. I did find a trailer for her and had planned to get her out of the water this fall so I could work on her. Slip fees were taking there toll on my wallet. The answer always becomes clear if I am patient enough to wait for it. Tehani has gone home with Charlie on her trailer which happened to fit her almost perfectly. Charlie will have no problem rebuilding her mast. He is a very skilled woodworker with a heart full of love for boats. Tehani will be happy. And I will be fine."
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I have begun the rework, and as soon as I complete it, Necessity will probably go on the market again. I can't afford, nor do I need, two cruising boats, and Tehani is by far the better sea boat. I feel very bad for Laura as she really loved the boat and is heartsick at giving her up, but I'm excited to have her back again.
So perhaps the thread-"From Tehani, out cruising" will resume one day
Tehani on her trailer, and the broken off mast head-
I'm glad she's in good hands.
Looking forward to the updates.
Wow Charlie what a turn of events, under the circumstances it is hard for me to be happy or sad, since I know you both. I guess I can be happy for Tehani though cause I know she will be fit and trimmed soon.
Thank you Tim. I'm sad for Laura, but I suppose things happen for the best. I hope so
Charlie, you both remain in my thoughts and prayers.
Too bad you cannot find a way to keep
Necessity and a way to best utilize them both...Tehani here on the E. Coast and the trailer boat available for there and hauling to various locations, maybe?
But, I certainly understand if that's not in the cards.
As for:
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Slip fees were taking there toll on my wallet.
Here at least, there are plenty of well protected anchorages. Kept the A-30 on anchor in Georgetown for 18 months...no slip fees.
I'm happy for you Charlie must be Tehani couldn't go on with out you.
I feel for Laura and i'm sure at some point she will be at a helm again.
Did you have a nice breakup? I can't imagine breaking up and she gets the boat!
We're still friends, and it's a long story.
Hi Charlie, I just happened to log on tonight after being away for some time, and saw this thread.
I am happy for you, too, and think that things may have happened for the best, as you say, under the circumstances.
Also wish for the best for both you and Laura, and that she will be sailing again soon, and will find another boat, if that is her goal.
Reading this I had the same thoughts as John, wondering if the medium boat and smaller boat for trailer sailing might work well for you?
I think about how well it worked for John to bring his trailer sailboat up here to New England last summer. Or as Frank and others have also done.
I hope to do this myself and to trailer a boat down to his, and eventually your area.
It will be good to read about the further adventures of Tehani...
As a final follow up to this particular thread. Necessity has been sold, to a very good friend, She's a highly experienced sailor, and will use the boat. She's happy about the purchase, I'm happy Necessity will be used, by someone who will appreciate her.
Tehani now sits on a very heavy duty trailer, capable of hauling her safely to anywhere. I'll have to rent a tow vehicle to do so, but that's not a problem. For the next little while though, my sailing will be on the gulf coast, where I won't NEED to tow.
And that's a LOT of water ;D
Many will note that my profile has been changed to reflect the change.
And time marches on.
I'm happy for you, Charlie. It just seems right that you have her back.
Chuck Jones
You need to update your photo. That one is more than 4 years old taken by Travis.
Older than that even, but yes, I need a new one. When I get her back afloat, we need to go out on a picture taking sail. :D
Well, I guess that WON'T be the final post about Tehani :D :D
Pulled the outboard the other day, after some 7 years continuous exposure to salt water- it always stays in the water- lives in a well, Had James and Rachel (Ralay) over to assist- took all three of us :o
Anyway, here's how it looked after removal. I disassembled the carb, flushed it out and reassembled, and got the engine running fine. Then put the engine on a hoist and started scraping, sanding, wire brushing(bronze brush), repeat.
Then it looked like this. Only allows 200 K so next post has more pics
Now it looks like this. Two coats of Zinc Chromate primer. Tomorrow it gets the first real paint, then anti fouling on lower leg. Then gets put on a stand so I can work on the lower cowl. Can't do that while it's hanging.
I am in favor of painting boats to look like electric bananas.
:D :D
Too late- it turned black today
:D :D
Some new pics of the engine repaint.
Leg got first coat of anti fouling primer. Waiting for new impeller and other parts to arrive
And a before and after of tiller and lift bar. Tomorrow it goes onto a rack so I can finish the lower part of the engine cowling.. Ropes are blocking that right now. Soon be done ;)
And that is why I like Yamaha.
My old 6 HP 2 stroke stayed in the water from 2004 to 2009 pretty much all the time. I would bring it up every once and a while for a new zinc and a scrub.... Corrosion was not bad at all.
The Tohatsu 4 stroke, it started looking like it was getting corossion within 2 days! Little things Like bolt heads and the edge of the cavitation plate.... Much mild steel on the exterior....
Have not had that problem on any of my yamahas.
Craig- I'm kind of amazed. The heads of the bolts that access the water pump are still sharp cornered.
There's a VERY small amount of shallow surface pitting on the lower unit section, and I suspect that came about in the last year and a half.
Something I AM doing this time is mounting some pad eyes each side of the lower cowling, aft, and making a lifting sling between those and the lift handle forward. Then I can use the main sheet and hoist it by myself to check lower unit oil, zincs, and shoot a fresh coat of anti fouling if needed.
Wow, Charlie, the tiller and lift bar look like new. What did you use on it...the brass wire brush?
Bronze wire brush. Came from friends in Canada. seems they get that sorta stuff easier than we do. Ya know- here it's Stainless, stainless, stainless.
I love bronze. :D
Some more updates. Getting the drive shaft out of the crank proved almost impossible- had to have it done at the dealer and he had BIG problems. But it's out. Bad part is the shaft got bent , a new one is (back) ordered, and they inform me it''ll be here on - ready?
OCTOBER 2nd!!!!
I'm searching online for a shaft.
In addition, I have begun work on the mast repairs. Capt Smollett is gonna fuss, but there are just too many pics to post twice, so here's a link to the post I made on TSBB. John-I WILL post finished pics here, so they'll stay around.
http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/trailersailor/index.cgi/read/881427
More on the mast repair-With pics this time ;)
Last evening I epoxy coated the new mast head and left it hanging to cure
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Then began the fitting to the mast top-
Once fitted to my satisfaction, it was epoxied in place-
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after curing, all sanded to make it flow into original sections, and epoxy coated one last time, ready for the finish, and hardware installation- Have to go get the material to do the finish with, so it'll be a day or two. But it's getting there
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Looking good!
Very nice work!
Yes, Good work. You make it look easy, Charlie. :)
After that kind of break in a wooden mast, some might be inclined to abandon it and look for an aluminum replacement. Good to see that you were able to evaluate how specific and limited the problem was...and fix it.
Tehani's engine is FINALLY all back together. Here's before and after shots. Can you tell the difference? ;D ;D
As you can see in the second pic, I added lifting rings so I can use a bridle on the main sheet to hoist the engine out. Before it took 2 people. Now i think I can hoist and service by myself. Permanent bridle will have to wait til the engine is back in the boat, and the boat rigged, so I can tell how long to make it
Does this spell the end for motor lifting/rum drinking parties?
Nope- still need your strong back one more time- to put it back IN the boat. Nothing up there to hoist with right now ;D
SOON
See ya tomorrow most likely.
looks great CJ !! ....did someone say "rum" ?? :o
LOL- Yeah- that was Woody.He and his lady (Ralay) helped me get the engine OUT of Tehani, which is NOT easy. or wasn't.
Dead lift from below your feet, of 86 pounds, with no real place to stand. Then down the steps to the ground. With the boat on a trailer. I could NEVER put it in there alone
And we have to put it back without scratching my new paint ::) :D
So rum is a cheap price. Dinner even :D Besides, rum and dinner is fun with those two, even without a reason
Closer and closer to launch time :D
When I was in Madeira Bch, Fl, got afoul of a heavily oyster encrusted piling- scraped the devil out of the side of the boat.
Got them filled, sanded, and today got the side re painted
I was just reading the earlier posts and thinking...I hope you post some photos...
Looks good. Still kinda curious about how it looked "before".
On that trailer, it looks like Tehani "is in launch profile...T minus...x hours"
Was just thinking that if you have to make that dreaded call... "Houston Control...we have a problem..." you're close enough to just about shout over to them... ;)
No before pics. The boat was out of my hands for a year and a half and since coming back to me, I've been too busy. But they were long, deep gouges- running 2 to 3 feet long, over an area about 18 inches.
Here's a shot of the culprits- Maderia Bch Fl at an EXTREMELY low tide- I got aground, was single hand, and couldn't fend off fast enough
Mast is all ready to rig, engine is awaiting helpers. Little bit of Non skid touch up on foredeck, and she's good to go. Hoping for hauling down on Friday, or Monday at the latest.
There's a mast lies rigged and ready in the boatyard, and tomorrow on Tehani it will stand.
(with apologies to Roger Whittaker and his "The Last Farewell" )
Bottom is painted, except for where the jack stands are. The crew will move them tomorrow so I can paint there. Looking for a Friday launch
Good to see the original mast fully repaired.
I like the simplicity of the just the bottom paint waterline, with no boot top to paint. It always seemed to take me as lo[ng] to mask and paint the boot top stripe as the whole rest of the bottom and then the boot top would get fouled. A nice system to raise the anti-fouling paint higher and avoid all that.
Beautiful to see the lines of a graceful hull, full keel, deep forefoot, and slack bilges.
It's a happy sight to see...a boat so close to being splashed. :)
Grog to you!
Quote from: CharlieJ on September 23, 2013, 06:39:05 PM
Here's a shot of the culprits- Maderia Bch Fl at an EXTREMELY low tide- I got aground, was single hand, and couldn't fend off fast enough.
Thanks, I can see how that could happen.
When I made some trips down there to sail over 30 years ago, the 30-foot sailboat was in a slip at the Clearwater Beach Marina, not far away. The slip looked much like the one in your photo. There were a lot of pelicans, drawn to the fishing boats that were berthed along the shore. They would come back from an outing and there were tables where they'd clean and fillet the fish on the wharf and toss the scraps to the big birds.
It sure was a nice break during the long winters up here! To go from parkas to T-shirts and shorts in a few days.
Quote from: Jim_ME on October 03, 2013, 01:17:01 PM
Good to see the original mast fully repaired.
I like the simplicity of the just the bottom paint waterline, with no boot top to paint. It always seemed to take me as look to mask and paint the boot top strip as the whole rest of the bottom?and then the boot top would get fouled. A nice system to raise the anti-fouling paint higher and avoid all that.
Beautiful to see the lines of a graceful hull, full keel, deep forefoot, and slack bilges.
It?s a happy sight to see?a boat so close to being splashed. :)
Grog to you!
Many long term cruisers do the water line like that. As you said, it prevents a bit of fouling, PLUS, most are over loaded, so the water line HAD to be raised. That was the case with Tehani. Right now, it's probably going to be a bit high,but she'll be going cruising again ;)
Tehani is a whole boat again :D :D Today was mast step day, tomorrow, splash.
The crane truck came to lift the stick
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And here she is all back together. No pics of the process, since I was pretty busy attaching stays ;D
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Still have to re-load all the "stuff" into the cabin. That'll happen in the morning. Launch is scheduled for afternoon.
Ya'll will have to wait a bit to see pics of the launch, cause I'm gonna go on a short cruise :D
Be back Monday.
Maybe ;D
looking good, have a great trip
Have fun Charlie. Have a great trip.
Congrats CJ. As always..."lookin good" ;) Enjoy your lil cruise!!!
Yes, congratulations.
Fair winds on your cruise!
Take photos. :)
Tehani is IN THE WATER!!. Launched Friday at 1630. Motored to Port Aransas Marina, for final set up. I spent the last two nights aboard. Had planned to start homeward today, but we had a front come through.
Winds gusting 25-30, Temps at 61 degrees, raining, course would be dead to windward, and nothing aboard but shorts and tee shirts ::) No thank you.
Brought the vehicle home, tomorrow I'll park it at the home marina, and a neighbor is driving me back to the boat. I'll take the next few days bringing her the rest of the way home- WITH long pants and long sleeve shirts aboard!!
But here she is, afloat, at the Port Aransas, Texas city marina. About 60 miles south of here
Good job! Way to make it happen Charlie!
It IS uplifting to see your photo of Tehani in the water again, and to see you with the flexibility to work with the weather. Appreciate the easy-does-it approach. If you're out there and you get this kind of weather, you make the best of it--but why go out in it if you can wait a day or two and enjoy the cruise more?
In Downeast Maine and farther up the Bay of Fundy there were big tides and sometimes fog. After awhile when sailing you just learned to work with the weather and currents. There were two fair tides a day and planning an outing around the fair tides, getting out the tide charts and working the plans and schedule around the natural cycles seemed to make me feel that much more connected to nature. You see a full moon and know that meant the bigger tides.
It was mid 60s here in Southern Maine today, but that is slightly unseasonably warm now. It rained and we had similar winds--the first since the leaves have changed. Many colorful leaves and needles on the wet roads as I drove to Mom's for dinner and a visit, and then home. Fall is definitely here...the foliage at or nearing peak color in my area. We're nearing the end of the local sailing season for many--past it for others...
Tehani is in her home slip. Here's a paste of the write up I did on TSBB on the last two days of bringing her home. I had originally planned to start back on Sunday, with a friend along, and had moved my vehicle to Rockport Tx so I could drive from there. But a strong front came through- gusting north at 20 to 25 knots, and temps at 60 degrees. That put the winds on the nose, and I was at the downwind end of a 15 mile wide shallow bay!! I had no long pants, or warm shirts aboard, so drove to the home marina.., This picks up on Monday
Paste starts here--
Since I had previously positioned my vehicle in Rockport, and was unable to get there by boat due to the frontal passage, I had a friend bring me to the Jeep on Sunday, and drove on home, leaving the boat in Port Aransas.
Then on Monday morning, I drove the Jeep to the Port Lavaca marina and a nice neighbor drove me back down to tthe boat- 65 miles each way- she claimed she had shopping to do in Rockport- it's an artists town.
At anyrate, I finally left Port Aransas at about 1030 on Monday, heading for as far as I could get. Bays were still churned from the front, but nothing serious- just a lot of spray from punching into the seas.
Crossing the 15 miles of Aransas Bay was uneventful, and running the land cut north of that bay was too, EXCEPT that one pin in the autopilot plug was corroded, and I couldn't make that work. So hand steering was the order of the day. Now, Tehani will hold her course unattended for a good while- 2 -3 minutes at least. But that's really not long enough to fix a lunch. grin. So yesterday's lunch was a slab of cheese, a few pears and an A&W Root beer.
Made it across San Antonio Bay (another 15 miles)and the only tricky navigating, just as the sun was setting, and got back into the ICW. Finally at about 2030, found a small fish camp and eased over toward the lights As I was nearing the lights, I hit a mud bank out on the ICW, which slowed us terribly, but I pulled back towards deep water and she came free-JUST as a big, black piling sailed past my port side, about a foot off the hull. Looking back, heart in mouth, I saw a whole ROW of pilings extending from shore and about 1/4 of the way across. Put there apparently to stop boaters from ramming the small docks. If not for hitting the mud at the end, I would have punched at least one of them. Totally unlit, and almost invisible to tired eyes in the dark.
Eased on in, tied up to the deserted docks, secured the boat- had a Clif Bar and a beer for dinner (at 2100) and crashed. Woke this morning at 0700 to the sound of outboards. Fishermen launching- already 15-20 trailers in the lot. Nice guy running the place wouldn't let me pay anything, so I bought gas from him and shoved off for the final leg. Or tried to. Engine refused to idle. Got it running with choke partly out, and headed out. Ran just fine at cruise. Idle jet trouble again-time for SeaFoam
The run up the ICW (13 miles) was uneventful, and the entry into Matagorda Bay likewise, although quite lumpy right at the jetties. Once out into the bay proper, things smoothed out, and I had a very pleasant run up the bay-still dead upwind though. But by the time I made the next bay up (Lavaca Bay) I was peeling out of the jacket. Closer I got to the marina, the flatter it got, til I was motoring in glassy water- and wishing I had a short sleeve shirt on. Jetties to marina is another 13 miles of open bay.
That's a total of 4 bays by the way
Finally at 1400 on the nose, Tehani and I slipped into our slip. I closed the boat, and went for a Burger!!
16 hours total tiller time, and about 75-80 miles by water. I have a new plug already for the autopilot AND a can of SeaFoam
Tomorrow I'll go clean her up a bit, but she's home. And I'm very happy about that
It's always a good feeling to be tucked in at home
Quote from: CharlieJ on October 10, 2013, 11:27:43 AM
As I was nearing the lights, I hit a mud bank out on the ICW, which slowed us terribly, but I pulled back towards deep water and she came free-JUST as a big, black piling sailed past my port side, about a foot off the hull.
Charlie, Appreciate the report of your trip. Gives me a reason to check out the route, bays, and area on Google Map satellite view. Interesting twist the way what seemed to read as a untoward event (the mud bank) ended up saving you from hitting the piling. With the sun setting earlier in the fall one misses the visibility that evening daylight offers earlier in the season, against unlit hazards. From your sharing it, we all gain some experience from your close call. :)
Reading about the sound of the fishing boats waking you early reminds me of being at my sister and brother in law's cottage in Down East Maine and waking to the low droning of the diesel lobster boats as they head out into the bay and haul their traps as the sky lightens and then the sun rises over the islands.
Congrats again on getting
Tehani repaired, in the water, and back in her home slip.