Rasputin22
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Will be good to see Triple Jack back out on the race course. I wish ALIEN was still around to show them the way around the course...
'Triple Jack' rebuild...FU Irma!
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boardhead
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Maybe the revamped Triple Jack would show Alien the way around!Will be good to see Triple Jack back out on the race course. I wish ALIEN was still around to show them the way around the course...
Rasputin22
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There wasn't much left of ALIEN after she was left on her mooring in Great Cruz bay after a nasty hurricane that I can't even remember the name of now. She had been sold and bought for only a week or so. No revamping after that storm...
boardhead
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It was Hugo
PIL66 - XL2
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Well ....? I have been patiently waiting for 5 years..... did it happen...?
HotCarNut
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I want to see photos on the water. Thinking positively they’re probably still shaking down the rig after today’s trials getting ready to race. Or enjoying a frosty beverage…
PIL66 - XL2
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yep.... I hope all went well for them.....
Rasputin22
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Not Hugo, I was in Culebra for Hugo and will never forget that nightmare!
boardhead
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I thought Alien was in Culebra - my bad.
Rasputin22
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My Tri was in Culebra for Hugo. Not a good decision on my part...
boardhead
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That nice wing vented Cross 40 I saw in St John?
racinginparadise
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Launched!
What a relief after a very long 'haulout'.
Husky Salvage used the same crane that trundled Triple Jack from near the concrete bridge, that should have finished her off at the tail end of Hurricane Irma, to the rebuild site for the last 5 years or so. They trundled her again to the water's edge. It was a bit nerve wracking with the 'fast line' ball swinging around near the hounds...but it all went very smoothly
With the scales only good for 10,00llbs I had left off the daggerboard, the spinnaker, genoa, all sheets AND the 8 ocean winches of various sizes.
In this 'lightened state we registered 8820llbs or 4009kg.
Pretty happy with that but now we have to load up the daggerboard with those heavy items weigh them. Frikking heavy is my best guess.
BUT it was nice to see her floating high on her lines, even if it's only for a fleeting moment.
Ballistic, we were the only ones in the weight sweepstake. The jury is out on who has the upper hand, hope it's me! Regardless I look forward to having a pint or 2 with you next time I am in Blighty or when you visit!
This thread will be ending soon. Once we are all set up after sea trials and are race ready, I think I will call it a day and move on. The job is a few details away from being done, Irma did not beat us in this case!
What really bought it all home today was seeing Rosie, who is nearly 8, jumping in the tramps and loving the boat...but she has never been for a sail on her! Same for Steve's youngest, Jervis. That will be remedied very soon.
History is those 2, super excited to be on a saildrive base 'Scrumping mission' t o Buck Island with their dads a few years ago!
What a relief after a very long 'haulout'.
Husky Salvage used the same crane that trundled Triple Jack from near the concrete bridge, that should have finished her off at the tail end of Hurricane Irma, to the rebuild site for the last 5 years or so. They trundled her again to the water's edge. It was a bit nerve wracking with the 'fast line' ball swinging around near the hounds...but it all went very smoothly
With the scales only good for 10,00llbs I had left off the daggerboard, the spinnaker, genoa, all sheets AND the 8 ocean winches of various sizes.
In this 'lightened state we registered 8820llbs or 4009kg.
Pretty happy with that but now we have to load up the daggerboard with those heavy items weigh them. Frikking heavy is my best guess.
BUT it was nice to see her floating high on her lines, even if it's only for a fleeting moment.
Ballistic, we were the only ones in the weight sweepstake. The jury is out on who has the upper hand, hope it's me! Regardless I look forward to having a pint or 2 with you next time I am in Blighty or when you visit!
This thread will be ending soon. Once we are all set up after sea trials and are race ready, I think I will call it a day and move on. The job is a few details away from being done, Irma did not beat us in this case!
What really bought it all home today was seeing Rosie, who is nearly 8, jumping in the tramps and loving the boat...but she has never been for a sail on her! Same for Steve's youngest, Jervis. That will be remedied very soon.
History is those 2, super excited to be on a saildrive base 'Scrumping mission' t o Buck Island with their dads a few years ago!
Russell Brown
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Hat's off to you guys. Something tells me it will all be worth it.
boardhead
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She looks like a New One - Congratulations.
Rasputin22
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Yes, it was actually a Cross. FOXFIRE was the name it was registered under. And Great Cruz Bay was my homeport/mooring. I think that it was an unauthorised copy of the Cross 32 R that a guy in Florida had built and then scaled up to 42 for his own personal version. I never saw any mention of a 42R on the Norm Cross website and after my personal interaction with the builder I think that the guy was a putz and my boat was somewhat a ripoff bastard. It had the wing vents that you mention and was a pretty good tri for its era. It was pretty forgiving and always took me out of harm. I was young and dumb and full of rum during those days when I sailed it from Gulfport MS down to the VI and the God's must have been smiling down on me! I eventually added a sugar scoop onto the rather large and unused transom of the original design. That stretched out the run of the main hull to 46' and cleaned up the waterflow of the hull and was a favorite place for the girls I invited sailing to do whatever girls do when they experience the thrill of a fast sailing trimaran!
Wess
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Congratulations!!
Son of a Sailor
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This has been such a great story to watch you all bring Triple Jack back to life! Congratulations and a job very well done!
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HotCarNut
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Congratulations! This thread has been wonderful to follow for the last 5 years, and I can’t wait to follow your racing exploits now that she’s complete.
racinginparadise
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OK, a busy weekend and some busy days to come.
The big news is the final all up weight, with nearly all the sailing gear on board.
We weighed the daggerboard by itself and then loaded a pallet with all 10 winches, sheets, genoa and spinnaker.
I forgot the bowsprit and a few other bits and bobs BUT we have a declared and witnessed weight for measurement.
The biggest surprise was the daggerboard.
I had that down at over 300 llbs.
It weighed in at 198 llbs.
The 10 winches, lines, genoa, spinnaker....less the weight of the pallet was 438 llbs.
So, add 636 llbs to the 8820 llbs
9456 llbs or 4298 kg in new money.
We are very happy with that.
At our last weigh in in 2016 we were 4157 kg, 9164 llbs
Adding an engine, big battery, electrical system and gallons upon gallons of epoxy and paint has only added 138kg.
The rig and rigging MUST have been the biggest weight savers. We have also noticed that the transom is clear of the water with all gear on board. Not so before, the extra weight must be midships and forwards. Kind of hard to figure that out because most repair work was aft of the mast, so is the engine!
It is what it is, the race is on now to bolt some winches in place and go sailing on Thursday.
It looks like it's going to be a 20kt Spring Regatta, mid-teens for Tuesday 29th and the Round Tortola Race.
Bring it on!
History?
Nah, too much going on in the present!
The big news is the final all up weight, with nearly all the sailing gear on board.
We weighed the daggerboard by itself and then loaded a pallet with all 10 winches, sheets, genoa and spinnaker.
I forgot the bowsprit and a few other bits and bobs BUT we have a declared and witnessed weight for measurement.
The biggest surprise was the daggerboard.
I had that down at over 300 llbs.
It weighed in at 198 llbs.
The 10 winches, lines, genoa, spinnaker....less the weight of the pallet was 438 llbs.
So, add 636 llbs to the 8820 llbs
9456 llbs or 4298 kg in new money.
We are very happy with that.
At our last weigh in in 2016 we were 4157 kg, 9164 llbs
Adding an engine, big battery, electrical system and gallons upon gallons of epoxy and paint has only added 138kg.
The rig and rigging MUST have been the biggest weight savers. We have also noticed that the transom is clear of the water with all gear on board. Not so before, the extra weight must be midships and forwards. Kind of hard to figure that out because most repair work was aft of the mast, so is the engine!
It is what it is, the race is on now to bolt some winches in place and go sailing on Thursday.
It looks like it's going to be a 20kt Spring Regatta, mid-teens for Tuesday 29th and the Round Tortola Race.
Bring it on!
History?
Nah, too much going on in the present!
