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Matt1
Rear Admiral Joined: 10 March 2019 Location: Hamble, UK Status: Offline Points: 664 |
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Hi Jon - thanks for the welcome. We now own the boat :-) and she will be launched at Hamble point on Wednesday, with handover sail on Friday. She will be on L19-L20 and is called EmBer I did wonder if the pad eyes on either gunwale were for barber-hauling. Was your's out the water at Swanwick recently? Rgds Matt
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Tranquillity
Captain Joined: 01 December 2018 Location: Hamble, UK Status: Offline Points: 224 |
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Matt,
Good luck for Friday! Yes that was us at Swanwick😀 Cheers. Jon.
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Muriel
Commander Joined: 19 February 2019 Status: Offline Points: 90 |
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Hi Matt,
Good Luck with your Handover Sail. We have one week to go. In Sea Trials at the moment and getting to the final strokes. Jon, I too was wondering about barber haulers after sailing with Gordon on Breathe a couple of weeks ago. I used them occasionally on our earlier Bavaria Cruiser 40 when going downwind but it didn't make that much difference. However, with a self tacker I can see value, both for opening the slot a bit more and for winging when running dead square, not your fastest course, but sometimes necessary. I'll await Gordon’s feedback while I fiddle with the rest of getting to know our boat. Being an old Hobie 16 racer in my younger years, I still tend to tack downwind for better boatspeed, even though one covers greater distances. I'd rather have the boat driving through the water with full sails than wallowing around, even when cruising. In fact, I'm sure I read somewhere, that it's against 418 owners rules, to let your boat wallow at less than 4.18 knots. Certainly Muriel (named after my dearly departed mother and meaning “of the bright sea” in Gaelic) won't be allowed to wallow. Cheers guys. Bruce J
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Tranquillity
Captain Joined: 01 December 2018 Location: Hamble, UK Status: Offline Points: 224 |
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Bruce,
I am sure you will be going faster than 4.18 knots Good luck for your handover next week. Jon.
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Matt1
Rear Admiral Joined: 10 March 2019 Location: Hamble, UK Status: Offline Points: 664 |
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SO.... she the retro fit bowthruster has been fitted. Sidepower (and Osmotech seem to have done a great job fitting it)
She was launched today, which sadly I missed as I was in work. I've a car load of gear to be loaded this evening on my way home. I've removed the wood from the cockpit table which I've epoxy coated and am varnishing in the evenings. The Mainsail is with the Sailmaker having a 3rd reef and her GBR numbers applied and I collect that tomorrow. Then handover and acceptance sail on Friday. Want to spend some time calibrating the log and generally man faffing initially, but the temptation for a shakedown sail to Lymington for the weekend has proven too much! |
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Breathe
Commander Joined: 17 July 2018 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 146 |
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Matt,
Good decision regarding going for a sail! Plenty of time for the man faffing later. Gordon
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Matt1
Rear Admiral Joined: 10 March 2019 Location: Hamble, UK Status: Offline Points: 664 |
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So handover done. Nice sail to Lymington (15 miles) with one reef in the main. Am generally misjudging the turn when boat handling eg not turning early enough. No harm done, am just used to a 31' boat, so somewhat more agile because of her size. Was getting better throughout the weekend though and the last three manoeuvres were executed just fine ;-)
Bowthruster is a boon and very quiet. Am loving the push button pilot too. Last boat had a tiller pilot which took some time and grappling to set up. Could have done with the second reef on the way home, but stupidly I had rigged the tackline to the 1st reef point....which I found out when trying to put the reef in. After that we ended up motoring the rest of the way rather than pushing her hard as we are trying to break everything in slowly. Loved seeing the hull windows under water and the light coming out of them at night. Helm remained light despite 25-30 deg heel and was impressed with how steady the pilot held course - nice n smooth. The trip has inevitably shown up a few teething issues but IMG are onto them. Overall, and it's very early days, she has exceeded our expectations in every area so far
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Captain Cook
Admiral Joined: 23 May 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 1008 |
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Hi Matt1 13 years ago I changed my 32' old boat to a brand new Hanse 400. There is nothing like a brand new boat under your feet. My delivery was in june, so I guess it was a little warmer. If you need a hint where to route the three reefing lines, Martin&Rene has a solution, that works for the old Sparcraft masts. Good luck with your new family member! |
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Freya H400 #27 (2006), 40HP 3JH4E, 2-cabin, 3-blade Flexofold, Aries LiftUp Windvane, Exturn 300, Jefa DD1,Simrad NX40,Icom M603(VHF)+M802(SSB)
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Matt1
Rear Admiral Joined: 10 March 2019 Location: Hamble, UK Status: Offline Points: 664 |
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Thanks :-)
I just made a schoolboy error with my reefing lines. All sorted now :-)
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Tranquillity
Captain Joined: 01 December 2018 Location: Hamble, UK Status: Offline Points: 224 |
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Matt,
What a great weekend for your first sail. The 418 handling is so light and well behaved I am sure you will enjoy and soon feel very at home! Good sailing. Jon.
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