Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Finished and waiting for launching.

Tuanella 3 is awaiting transport to Deacon's boatyard on the Hamble River (off Southampton Water) and thence launching. This will require a crane with slings, initially to fit the rudder and keel pod and thence to lower her into the water. I shall have some sacks of aggregate at hand to use for trim if need be and these might stack beneath the floor boards.








The stern light seen below had to be offset to accommodate the excursion of the rudder (not shown on her polypropylene pintles) when going to starboard.




The engine, when raised for 'sailing', overhauling, or transport of the boat, is held secure in its 
box by a wooden bar which is held in place athwartship by stout shock cord, (seen as two white cords) around a sheave portside and back across into a cleat on starboard.



The pitch of the engine in this up position is not so 'flat' that oil can work its way from the gearbox into the head of the engine yet lends itself to easy working access and hopefully good drainage of seawater from the engine and the potential to screw a hose fitting to the base of the engine casting to rinse it through with fresh water. 
Also, some 'muffs' I bought to embrace the seawater inlets on each side of the propeller housing to run the engine out of water using a hose and fresh water, couldn't be fitted on the engine while in gear. I therefore modified them using timber and keeping the original rubber cusps and hose fitting. I think I shall have enough clearance on each side to flush the engine while she lies as shown above. In the picture below the hose connection can be seen just to the right of the yellow bobble.
The wood chock is separating the jaws to demonstrate the rubber cusps that cover the water inlets in the propeller housing. 
The advertising video shows the very muffs that I cannibalized to make what you see below, as the offset of those muffs was insufficient for them to sit tight on the inlets.




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