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joe_moore

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Taking Liberties
« on: February 08, 2009, 05:55:46 PM »
..got some new pointy bits over the winter. Mast went up today, and it's all looking very promising. Apologies for the state of my crew, we're doing all we can for him...


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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 06:25:12 PM »
Looks Nice :)

good work guys!

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2009, 06:42:56 PM »
Can you upload the piccies onto this site? My work blocks those and I'm bored.

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2009, 07:13:38 PM »
Looking good guys! Launch date? It'd be cool if we could hit the water on the same date. Combo re-launch Cherub style at Grafham.
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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2009, 07:44:28 PM »
Neat!

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2009, 08:28:05 PM »
Wow, I look like a right spacker.


How I wish I was photogenic.

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2009, 08:48:46 PM »
Neat Work
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rich_cunneen

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2009, 10:15:17 PM »
Certainly has come a long way since our "incident" in June.



Nice work Joe.

Looking good guys! Launch date? It'd be cool if we could hit the water on the same date. Combo re-launch Cherub style at Grafham.

Um, Team Taking Liberties follow the 10 degree rule - we don't go out until it's warmer than that.

We'll try and get her fitted out and ready before it's warm, so that she's ready to go as soon as her wimpish crew are ready to brave the cold.
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joe_moore

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2009, 02:30:49 PM »
Looking good guys! Launch date? It'd be cool if we could hit the water on the same date. Combo re-launch Cherub style at Grafham.

When are you launching then Ross? I've got to splice some rigging and refit the self tacker then we're more or less good to go. Should be sorted in a couple of hours work..

As mentioned, Team Libs do not like the cold.

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2009, 03:03:42 PM »
Looks stealthy!

Roz & I are at Grafham this weekend (RS800 - 1016). If you are around I would love a butchers

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2009, 10:10:34 PM »
Looking good guys! Launch date? It'd be cool if we could hit the water on the same date. Combo re-launch Cherub style at Grafham.

When are you launching then Ross? I've got to splice some rigging and refit the self tacker then we're more or less good to go. Should be sorted in a couple of hours work..

As mentioned, Team Libs do not like the cold.

I get back from a skiing trip around the 21st. I hope to have a full suit of sails shortly after and then it's just a few fittings, ropes and good clean. I'm also getting the Dr's to come and give me a C-tech/fyfe(ish) tuning crash course.
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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2009, 10:21:35 PM »
We'll not be getting wet before March, and even then it's going to take some serious global warming  ;D

Peter, I might take a trip up on Sunday, if not feel free to peel the cover off and have a look. She's in the 3rd block of boats from the clubhouse, about halfway up from the water. Up high on a trailer so pretty easy to spot!

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2009, 10:27:51 PM »
was that sailing or shore based damage, the rebuild looks good.
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rich_cunneen

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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2009, 11:32:50 PM »
was that sailing or shore based damage, the rebuild looks good.

Sailing damage.

A bendy pole, a big gust and perhaps a poor kite operator (me) put enough sideways load into the snout that it ripped off.

We were sailing along at a reasonable speed when it happened, I landed in the water thinking we'd just had a regular Team Liberties dunking, only to surface and see the mast in it's normal horizontal position, but the boat floating upright....


Kudos to the Grafham rescue team though, we floated so long that I started to tow the boat back to shore by swimming.


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Re: Taking Liberties
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2009, 09:10:04 AM »
Yup, just wasn't supported properly laterally. I'm pretty sure you could drive a tank over it now.