Roller reefing guide block bracket 2017
Found a piece of 12 M/M aluminium off cut, that had more or less the right dimensions to make the bracket to fit a swivel block .
This will hopefully solve my problems with the roller reefing furling line experienced in the chapter Improvements.
Picture on the right the completed fitting machined on the lathe and milling machine to fit over the 19 m.m s/s pipe of the pulpit. .
Picture on the right ready to be fitted, including a swivel block.
Leisure 17 , 4 m/m Fore Stay
Making a new fore stay to fit between the top swivel and the bottom "furling drum". Using 4 m/m stainless steel wire rope.The length between the two pin centers is 5.45 m. Assembling this fore stay I am going to use the swage blocks I made, for the 7.5 ton press described on an other page "Hydraulic press".
Picture below the finished product. Now all that needs to be done is test the stay, and see if I applied enough pressure
leisure 17 Bow Fitting
A new stainless steel fitting fabricated
this will fit over the existing chain plate fitted to the bow of the leisure 17. this will allow me to fit the permanent fore stay in the outermost hole and fit the roller furling gear in the aft facing hole and drill two more holes on site to take more bolts to secure the fitting to the fore deck an other attempt was made at an earlier stage, I took it to the boat it turned out to be an complete disaster. Next step on this project will be the cleaning up and polishing on my belt grinder
Some small alterations and hopefully an improvement welded a lug on to the existing fitting and drilled an extra five holes in the fitting. To hope fully make it more useful. now the finale clean up.
All round white Navigation light and mounting pole
Bought a all round white navigation light with a 12-24 v LED globe certified for boats up to 12 meter in length.
Next will be the manufacture of the mounting flanges and the aluminum pipe that will be fitted with aluminum brackets to the Push pit. It may also double up as a flag pole.
Picture on the right the making of the bottom mounting bracket all marked out and ready for machining.
Picture on the left the holding brackets roughly cut to size and a pilot holes drilled with 55 m/m between the centers.
Picture on the right made the top flange, this flange will be press fitted in to the tube. while the three holes in the flange are drilled and tapped to take 4x10 m/m round headed stainless steel set screws. For securing the all round navigation light to the top of the pole.
Picture on the left the top flange and bottom guide press fitted in to place ready to take the all Round light and the wiring.
Picture on the right all round white top light fitted with the S/S screws ready to be wired up
Picture on the left the one bottom mounting bracket completed and the two halves bolted on to the Pole now to find the next piece of material to make the final holding bracket.
Picture on the right the top bracket completed and ready to be fitted Those fittings where machined on my lathe and partly shaped on the milling machine.
Picture left top light temporary rigged up the all-round navigation light hooked up to a battery .It works very well.
Picture centre top, testing the all-round navigation light with a LED 12-24 V 10 W globe In my home workshop using a 12 V sealed battery with a capacity of 7 ah .
The test was started at 10.30 hrs. the voltage measured it was 12.95 V.
The voltage was checked again after 19 Hrs at 0530 Hrs and the voltage of the 7 ah battery measured dropped down to 12.44 V This is absolutely amazing . This means, with this battery of only 7 ah. I could anchor whole night and still have a nearly fully charged battery the next day.
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