Kenny Dumas
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'Triple Jack' rebuild...FU Irma!
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David Bains
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So glad you've got the energy and skills to rebuild Triple Jack.
I well remember her in the UK. I still have all my Multihull Internationals!!
And am still sailing my Kelsall cruiser Aqua Blue, launched '76. Now in El Rompido SW Spain.
Hope the rebuild makes good progress this year!
I well remember her in the UK. I still have all my Multihull Internationals!!
And am still sailing my Kelsall cruiser Aqua Blue, launched '76. Now in El Rompido SW Spain.
Hope the rebuild makes good progress this year!
Rasputin22
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Yeah, hang in there guys. I know it is hard doing such a major repair/rebuild during the racing season but with your new rig and hopefully weight saved you will be more competitive than ever.
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I'm exhausted just reading these heart breaking stories. What a pair of bastard cyclone's you have had to put up with. Good luck to you all with the rebuilds. Anyone know what happened to Virgin Fire? Cheers.
manifold
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I remember this boat being built, Triple Jack back in the UK. It must have been late 1970's. Frank Woods had it built and I think they had to knock a wall out to get her out of the building. Something like that. She came from NW England. Pretty sure she used to have a swiveling mast to just like Dart 18s have. She did some big events and got dismasted before changing her rig to non swivelling arrangement. Good luck with the restoration job. The trimaran Frank Wood had before that was called Lydia Cardell.
racinginparadise
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Manifold, you are 100% correct, here's the pic. She doesn't look much different after Irma!
Nearly one year post Irma and I'm still struggling to get the family under one roof, nothing is easy.
Nearly one year post Irma and I'm still struggling to get the family under one roof, nothing is easy.
carcrash
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How badly was SOMA damaged? Loved that boat.
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Soma, you still here?
Only just seeing this, I was out on a chase call all afternoon.
Only just seeing this, I was out on a chase call all afternoon.
Russell Brown
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It would be really cool to see a photo of SOMA because I don't know it. I lost touch with the Caribbean sailing scene a long time ago.
Triple Jack is super cool and a piece of history.
Triple Jack is super cool and a piece of history.
Rasputin22
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I would dub the boat HalfJack but that wouldn't be quite right. DoubleJack sounds good. How about .666Jack? Soma, what mast did you come up with?
Rasputin22
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Maybe try Ted Van Dusen. I think he might have one of those sections he uses as a mandrel for his triax wound masts.
http://composite-eng.com/custom-carbon-spars/solution-carbon-spars/
http://composite-eng.com/custom-carbon-spars/solution-carbon-spars/
racinginparadise
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OK, leapfrog nearly a whole year.
Progress at last.
Triple Jack had to make way for the new road at Nanny Cay.
That meant some serious head scratching because work had stalled out.
To be honest I was ready to call it a day, post Irma has just been too much with business and house re-building...BUT Mike and Steve persuaded me otherwise.
We now have a nicer carbon spar to use and Nanny Cay have cleared a space for us to use for the rebuild this Summer.
Here's the latest action.
2 cranes used to get her upright.
We were worried that the front beam would suffer or fail with the rest of the boat dangling from it, not a bit of it, not even a GRP groan.
Crane video at iymbvi.com
Progress at last.
Triple Jack had to make way for the new road at Nanny Cay.
That meant some serious head scratching because work had stalled out.
To be honest I was ready to call it a day, post Irma has just been too much with business and house re-building...BUT Mike and Steve persuaded me otherwise.
We now have a nicer carbon spar to use and Nanny Cay have cleared a space for us to use for the rebuild this Summer.
Here's the latest action.
2 cranes used to get her upright.
We were worried that the front beam would suffer or fail with the rest of the boat dangling from it, not a bit of it, not even a GRP groan.
Crane video at iymbvi.com
racinginparadise
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Rasputin22
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Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again!
Good to see you guys persisting! Watching your video is bringing up memories of racing against Triple Jack on ALIEN before she got spun into bits in an earlier hurricane. Hell, I can't even remember the name of that storm now...
Good thing is that I do remember the good times with our crew!
What was that girls name???
Good to see you guys persisting! Watching your video is bringing up memories of racing against Triple Jack on ALIEN before she got spun into bits in an earlier hurricane. Hell, I can't even remember the name of that storm now...
Good thing is that I do remember the good times with our crew!
What was that girls name???
Rasputin22
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Oh if you knew Katy like I knew Katy...
Thanks, your memory isn't as faded as you sometimes let on Lat.
Thanks, your memory isn't as faded as you sometimes let on Lat.
racinginparadise
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A useful Sunday morning spent getting her level and making a cradle that will hopefully position the sponson somewhere near its original spot.
racinginparadise
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More progress today.
For the first time since Irma all the parts are the right way up.
With the severed sponson back near the boat it's 100% easier to plan the re-attachment.
Now it's time to build a roof, that sun hot down here.
For the first time since Irma all the parts are the right way up.
With the severed sponson back near the boat it's 100% easier to plan the re-attachment.
Now it's time to build a roof, that sun hot down here.
racinginparadise
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The Sunday morning warriors were out in force today.
The mission to shade 32'x16' with any old lumber that came to hand.
A good friend had left over 2x4's after his house rebuild...happy days.
It's amazing how quickly you can knock up a structure with torx drive screws and impact drivers, I mean can anyone still hammer nails??
Anyhow, job done, tin on next Sunday and on we go.
The mission to shade 32'x16' with any old lumber that came to hand.
A good friend had left over 2x4's after his house rebuild...happy days.
It's amazing how quickly you can knock up a structure with torx drive screws and impact drivers, I mean can anyone still hammer nails??
Anyhow, job done, tin on next Sunday and on we go.
racinginparadise
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Not a bad Sunday Morning today.
We managed to align the stbd sponson back into its original position.
No roof yet, that will come next week, today was all about seeing her back looking like a trimaran again!
We had all sorts of plans and advice on how to re-attach the sponson.
The fwd beam was severed as a double wrapped 1" bow line ripped through during Irma.
The aft beam connection fell apart as she was being moved post Irma.
Between the two events we had plenty of 'markers' allowing us to accurately get it all back in place.
The fwd beam is a GRP 'I' beam with box section walls.
Unidirectional glass top and bottom 3/8" thick, walls approx. 1/4"
We have decided today that it's best to do all the repairs in place.
Access cut thro decks and aft beam, we'll be checking the port side too.
More to follow as things progress.
We managed to align the stbd sponson back into its original position.
No roof yet, that will come next week, today was all about seeing her back looking like a trimaran again!
We had all sorts of plans and advice on how to re-attach the sponson.
The fwd beam was severed as a double wrapped 1" bow line ripped through during Irma.
The aft beam connection fell apart as she was being moved post Irma.
Between the two events we had plenty of 'markers' allowing us to accurately get it all back in place.
The fwd beam is a GRP 'I' beam with box section walls.
Unidirectional glass top and bottom 3/8" thick, walls approx. 1/4"
We have decided today that it's best to do all the repairs in place.
Access cut thro decks and aft beam, we'll be checking the port side too.
More to follow as things progress.
