Sailing "Cascadia" my CD30 Around the World

[psjanker]

Andy

Thoughts on you manual windlass. Are you happy with it or would you have chosen something different given your experiences?

V/r

Pete

[Doublebecket]

Andy

Thoughts on you manual windlass. Are you happy with it or would you have chosen something different given your experiences?

Honestly, I never use it. It works fine, and I believe the leverage is 2:1, but It's mounted too far forward so all the chain bunches up in the peak of the bow. If it was moved back two feet it would be perfect and the chain would pile up in the center of the locker. Because of this, I use good old fashion muscle to weigh anchor. It's definitely limiting though, and I HATE anchoring in anything over 50' as the chain and anchor become too much to handle. I had one anchorage of 85', and had to use the windlass. It was such pain getting the chain back into the locker.

[psjanker]

Andy

Thanks much for your perspective. I was looking at the same model you have and had wondered about it being mounted over your bow sprint.... I figured that perhaps the drop in the chain locker was sufficient to pull the chain accumulating on the deck into locker. Glad to hear that I need to reconsider its location.

Fair winds and following seas.

Pete

[tjr818]

Here is a novel way to redirect the anchor chain:

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This is from the folks at Off Center Harbor, always an interesting site, but mostly wooden boats.

[Doublebecket]

Here is a novel way to redirect the anchor chain:
This is from the folks at Off Center Harbor, always an interesting site, but mostly wooden boats.

Oh, that's actually a good idea. I'm getting some work done in the Philippines in a few weeks and I'm sure they could fabricate something like that.

[Doublebecket]

Hey Everyone! It's been a while since I updated my progress but I can finally say that I sailed my Cape Dory across the largest ocean in the world! I lost my transmission 400 miles outside of the Philippines but was able to sail Cascadia all the way into the boat yard in Cebu and get it pulled out. She is still in the yards getting a hard dodger built and stainless tubing to replace the cockpit lifelines. Here is the footage of my final passage across the pacific if you're interested. I should be leaving in a couple weeks to begin sailing through Asia.

https://youtu.be/chqlimWNwRE

[Jim Walsh]

Andy,
Wishing you continued safe passages!
If you could document the process of designing and constructing the hard dodger it would be of great interest to many CD owners.
Best of luck!

[Doublebecket]

Andy,
Wishing you continued safe passages!
If you could document the process of designing and constructing the hard dodger it would be of great interest to many CD owners.
Best of luck!

Unfortunately I was gone when they started the project, so I don't have the best details. I know they used my old dodger tubing as the frame and then used honeycomb foam and epoxy filler to farbricate it. Here is a pic I snapped the other day while they were sanding it to paint. I will post some more pics when I get back to the yard.

[Doublebecket]

Some better pics from yesterday. They are priming and sanding, should be painted and finished my next Tuesday.

[Steve Laume]

I really want to do this on Raven.

Are the window areas flat or curved? There are a lot of difficult areas to work around. I would love to see a bunch of close up pictures when they get it done. Things like how it is fastened to the boat and how they managed the offset hatch and those pesky combing boards. Will any of the windows open?

Good for you in getting this done, Steve.

[tjr818]

Notice the "safety gear"? Where was OSHA during all of this

[Doublebecket]

I really want to do this on Raven.

Are the window areas flat or curved? There are a lot of difficult areas to work around. I would love to see a bunch of close up pictures when they get it done. Things like how it is fastened to the boat and how they managed the offset hatch and those pesky combing boards. Will any of the windows open?

Good for you in getting this done, Steve.

I'll get some better pics when I go back next wednesday. It should be fully completed by then. They fastened it to the cockpit combings and deck with 5200. The windows are slightly curved but they are having trouble getting the acrylic to bend.

[Steve Laume]

I was concerned with bending so I just did a bunch of net surfing. Lexan and acrylic have different properties but they bend in much the same way; according to what I found. Heat is your friend. Lexan can be cold bent to a very sharp angle but this will not apply in your situation. You probably want to lay out the sheets and slowly heat them with a heat gun, then quickly set them in place. I found one site that suggested using compressed air to cool the material while cutting and drilling to keep the chips from fusing as you work. It is pretty amazing material. Best of luck with yours, Steve.

[Jim Walsh]

Acrylic forms very easily if warmed in an any standard home oven. You would need a mold of the finished shape to place the heated acrylic on when it comes from the oven until it cools. 350 degrees F for five minutes works very well for 3mm but you will have to adjust the time for the thickness of your acrylic.
YouTube has instructional videos.

[zekmeister]

Hello Andy. Been following your adventures on YouTube, kudos to you and Cascadia, awesome voyages man.

I just recently acquired a CD30 and I'm originally from Cebu. How much did it cost you to have it built there? Can you PM me the number of the person/s who built it for you?

Regards

Ze'K