Servicing a Furler Head Swivel: Replacing Worn Ball Bearings Paikea runs a Nemo jib furler — the original unit that came with the boat’s old aluminium mast. When the new carbon rotating mast went in, the existing stainless wire stays got retrofitted onto it rather than replaced. Two reasons: new side stays and a forestay […]
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Mid-Atlantic Repairs and Growing Crew Part two of the Canary Islands to Caribbean crossing on our modified Crowther catamaran. The ride so far has been fast, and sometimes a bit fruity. A Batten Receptacle Lets Go Partway through, one of the 3D-printed batten receptacles blew out — the threaded section pulled clean out of its
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Another informative video filmed mostly at the top of our modified AC rig on a blustery 20+KT day! We’ve worked a lot on sound editing and video quality so hopefully you will enjoy this next YB update. Have you come across a halyard lock before? Do you have one on your boat already? This little
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Sailing with the Code 0 and Our First Choice for Furler The whole point of replacing Paikea’s aluminium front beam with a carbon beam, longeron, and bow pole was sail inventory. A stronger front end doesn’t mean much on its own — what it actually buys you is the ability to fly sails the old
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Paikea’s First Sea Trial: Carbon Front Beam, New Rudders, and a Midnight Sewing Job The sea trial almost didn’t happen on schedule. When we’d left for France earlier in the build — when Shayne was stepping the Gunboat 68 rig — Anna had set the mainsail head webbing in an approximate position, the intention being
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Sea Trials With Our New Mainsail Motor testing only tells you so much. To really know if a rebuilt boat is sound, you have to load it up under sail and see what happens. Paikea had already been out under motor to test the new front beam, longeron, folding propellers, rudders, flush skin fittings, and
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