Brian Kerslake wrote:

Peter Manning wrote:They say incidents happen in three's. Number two happened when lifting the sail bundle. I forgot to release the kicking strap and another loud bang resulted in the U bend being ripped out of the eye plate. Fortunately, whilst the plate bent a little I think the boom is undamaged so all I need to do is replace the fitting. As for number three - I have to go up the mast today .............

We've all done similar, Peter - bad luck. Shortly after we bought Paradox I ploughed her stern into a concrete floating pontoon at Mayflower Marina. They'd asked us to move because we were blowing on and a gale was forecast. The temporary grp repair done from the dinghy is still there some three years later. Hope you made it up and down the mast safely - take care.

Thank you Brian. Still breathing!

I'm liking the Tad Roberts designs lately, especially his future cruisers. They are 28, 38 and 44' plywood sharpie type boats. Then there are the Bolger AS29 and 39s of course. Also the Gary Underwood boats (footprints) look a great build'able design.

Hello David, Tystie was conceived by its owner, David Tyler. He took his ideas to David Thomas who in DT's own words spliced on a very nice hull. Mallie is almost identical but with a slightly different interior. Both have lifting bilge boards. Tystie's boards are pivoted whilst Mallie's lift vertically. Both are cold moulded. I would'nt say the design is as easy to build as the Badger design. The hull, deck and coachroof of both boats were professionally built. I think David may be flying back to join his boat so may be out of touch for a while.

Annie, your suggestion would work well but I also needed to go to the top of the mast using the main halyard, indeed my only halyard. In the end the crane was used to lift the sail bundle and position it where I wanted it. Once that was done we put a line round the bundle and secured it to the mast with rolling hitches thus enabling the crane lift to be removed. We could have used your method to do this and I shall use it in the future so thank you for mentioning it.
We had to move Mallie from her berth into the lock to use the crane and this proved rather traumatic. Just as I left the berth the wind got up. I though it would be calmer in the lock, which it wasn't and in trying to manoevre to tie up on the port side whilst being blown down the dock I carelessly ploughed the bow into the dock wall. Mallie, as Tystie, has two substantial bow rollers and whilst the anchor on the starboard roller took some of the impact, unfortunately the port roller fitting also made contact and one of the s/s wings on the end of the fitting was knocked off. Fortunately no serious damage was done and this can be easily fixed by a competent welder.
They say incidents happen in three's. Number two happened when lifting the sail bundle. I forgot to release the kicking strap and another loud bang resulted in the U bend being ripped out of the eye plate. Fortunately, whilst the plate bent a little I think the boom is undamaged so all I need to do is replace the fitting. As for number three - I have to go up the mast today .............

Peter, She looks great; hope your first sail goes well.  We'll raise a glass to Malliemac at the AGM