Hull painting with Roller and Tipping

[minaret]

Good name!

[JPA Cate]

Congrats, RC! Lots of hard work there, and a beaut launch day, as well. Now, go play, dammit!

Ann

[boatman61]

Looking good mate.. now just need creamy sand topsides to really set her off.. that pale blue kinda clashes..
Sorry Rustic..

[JPA Cate]

Oh, I don't know, Boatie, maybe he has a pale blue spinnaker or code 0......

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Ann T. Cate

Oh, I don't know, Boatie, maybe he has a pale blue spinnaker or code 0......

LOL... just teasing him guys.. my Longbow was British Racing Green and cream top.. so I'm biased..

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by minaret

Good name!

Very fitting for a steel boat

[Rustic Charm]

Gee, this new trim tab is amazing. Really sensative to movement.

Im taking her down the river today and using the trim tab just manually it immediately turns the tiller. Got to stay away from the tiller though or you get wacked.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Rustic Charm

Gee, this new trim tab is amazing. Really sensative to movement.



Im taking her down the river today and using the trim tab just manually it immediately turns the tiller. Got to stay away from the tiller though or you get wacked.

Sounds like whatever system you use to drive the trim tab will need to incorporate a self limiting mechanism to avoid over steering. A simple enough thing to arrange and a pleasant dilemma to have I reckon.


Sent from my iPhone so apologies for weird autocorrect typos.

[SimonV]

I like green, green on boats seem right. well done.

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Looking good mate.. now just need creamy sand topsides to really set her off.. that pale blue kinda clashes..
Sorry Rustic..

I completely agree with you boaty. Later in the year ill turn it back to the light yellow it was. I only used the blue because i thought my wife liked it.

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by GILow

Sounds like whatever system you use to drive the trim tab will need to incorporate a self limiting mechanism to avoid over steering. A simple enough thing to arrange and a pleasant dilemma to have I reckon.


Sent from my iPhone so apologies for weird autocorrect typos.

Alan Mighty has suggested a number of things i can try. Including changing the rudder dampening settings. Ill try those things first. Im sure it can be callibrated to allow fir the trim tab.

Raymarine St4000 with Trim Tab Problem - Cruisers & Sailing Forums

[Rustic Charm]

My trip down the river went well. No problems with the motor not being used for six months. Apart from a minor freezing of the accelorator cable when we first put it in. Just need to sort this auto pilot thing with my new trim tab now.

The trim tab really surprised me with how much power they have to operate the rudder. A big rudder like mine and it can be turned with my little finger using the trim tab tiller.

Here's a picture back on her mooring. Im keen for Easter break next week. Five days off. Woo hoo.

[Terra Nova]

Very good looking.

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by minaret

Good name!

The colour is the origional import colour from the manafacturer in France. Vintage Green. Except the Port red colour slong the toe rail which was my idea. I copied that off a little boat called Teleport.

The boats origional name was Corolis. Then when it was imported they called it Corolis II. Then one of the owners in Australia called it Rustic Charm. Probably fitting given the visible rust in places. All gone now though


I considered returning it to Corolis but then i heard that name on the VHF once and it sounded too much like Cliteros. dont get me wrong, i love cliteros's, i mean, i got nothing against cliteros's but i am not calling my boat after one. I seriously considered before painting her an aborigional name 'Kalamalanku', which is the local indigenous name for my local river. But i was informed it was not polite so i ditched that idea.

My boat has always had ships registration too and its expensive to change the name. $575 i think.

[Jim Cate]

Well done, RC! And refresh my memory, please: where is that mooring? We just might be getting into the Tamar in a couple of weeks or so...

Jim