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Rescued twice in 1 day! or “Pride comes before the fall”
Lily and I sailed yesterday from Royals at Williamstown to SSCBC at Sorrento and had a day full of both excitement and some drama! With 30 nmi of due south sailing ahead of us, we cast off at 8 AM with...
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The best laid plans!
Today Lily and I planned to sail from Williamstown to Sorrento – the BOM said No! Greg then told me he was happy for me to sail but there was no way I was allowed to take Lily! In reality the wind was...
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A ladder for Huia
My first proper wood work project. I have made in pine as a demo but will take the lessons learnt and now make in something nicer.
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Lazy Jacks and sail covers
With the West Gate Bridge “bumper to bumper” the main sail was delivered by sea to Col Anderson by Greg. Col is making combined “Lazy Jack and Sail Covers” for Huia for the summer.
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The green machine!
Huia is at Blunts Boat Yard and will leave with bottom a lovely shade of Green! More to come
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Sailing Sorrento to Williamstown
Huia is home! Andrew Dugan and I sailed Huia home over 14 hours with light breeze and not enough fuel to make it home with “iron power” We sailed in Royals at 12:30 PM with the water calm and the...
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Three Mistakes and Huia is nearly lost!
I should have known better. When I left Huia nearly 4 weeks she was sound if a little tired from a active summer and ready to return to her winter home at Royals. Mistake # 1: Make sure a solar panel...
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Barracuta
Baracouta As we sailed down from Royals to Sorrento we trailed a lure behind Huia! After 9 1/2 hours we caught just one fish a 25cm “Barracouta”
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Oil to Fuel Ratio for Stuart Turner
Lots of conjecture about the correct 2 stroke fuel mixture for the Stuart Turner. Recommended mix is 25 to 1 (petrol to oil). Some internet traffic suggests the figures could be as low as 50 to 1 due...
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We have “Iron Power”!
We have “Iron Power”, need to rebuild the carby and confirm we are getting maximum water effectiveness and we are ready for sea trials.
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We have lift off!
Al has combined two broken engines into one perfect masterpiece! After lots of hard work and need to hand make and replace gaskets, find new bearings and seals, hand washing parts to find the best of...
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Engine all primed and ready for paint
Engine cleaned , rust preventative , primed ready for final coats of green.
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Just to prove Al Francis is a master of the impossible!
Just to prove Al Francis is a master of the impossible. A classic engine returned to full working order.
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Copper Head Gasket
Al is combining the two engines to make one. This has required new bearings, seals, cleaning up all the parts in diesel and in reality a lot of magic. The good new is we found a old / new gasket to...
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What we are aiming for with our restored Stuart Turner!
The plan is once we have rebuilt we will sit down, have a cup of team and watch the engine run – then it will go back in Huia! What a great little engine.
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Rebuilding from the ground up!
The latest picture of the engine as Al starts the process of rebuilding. These skills are rare these days as is the patience to fix a piece of history and I as most grateful for the help. I went to...
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