Comments on: Catastrophe strikes the Mollymawks!

By: Caesar

Caesar — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:53:22 +0000

Hi Jamie, Thanks for your comment. The resin we used for the rigging terminals is called Chockfast Orange. It is actually meant for making chocks to replace steel spacing shims... There is also a product called Socketfast (made by a different company, I think), which is intended for terminals on wires. Where in the Canaries will you be coming? We're planning not to be here any more by Christmas, but we still haven't finished mending the engine...

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:03:51 +0000

I hope all is well now or at least on the mend.
I can remember a slightly drunken conversation many few years ago in Birdham Pool about why triatic stays are dodgy and the value of doubling up. A couple of seasons ago while sailing off Belle Ile on a beautiful evening, all sail set, on starboard tack, when Jemma shouted “Yacht”. Hidden behind the genoa was a French yacht on port tack (he had been sailing below us and in front of us and tacked onto us!). Because we had a good heel on when he hit us amidships (T Bone collision) he hit the right-angle where the hull meets the deck, so did very little damage to us, other than the one of the hound shrouds on the opposite side of the boat to the collision. The stainless steel terminal fitting sheared. I guess the whole mast flexed forward in the middle on impact. Anna is a very heavy boat in all respects. We came off ok, but the French yacht, who was in the wrong, motored off fast while we were assessing the damage, so we never got his name. He had a custard yellow hull. The holes in Anna‘s toe rail worked like a cheese grater and we had big yellow curls of fibreglass on the side deck like grated cheddar. I had to repair the section of toe-rail that was bent flat onto the deck. I told Affaires Maritime in Lorient the next day, but other than Bretton sympathy there was not a lot that could be done.
Would be very interested in Nick’s resin based rigging terminals. The weak point on our hound shroud terminal was the link between the swaged terminal and the shackle to the chain plate.
As it happens we are off to the canaries next Monday for Christmas. Talking of which, have a very good one and new year yourselves.
Jamie, Jemma, Danny (4) and Joe (2)

By: Jill Dickin Schinas

Jill Dickin Schinas — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:33:25 +0000

Hullo Patrick,
Thanks for the good vibes. Fear not, it takes more than a few broken bits and pieces to clip our wings. The Mollymawks will soon be setting sail again.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:36:57 +0000

Greetings Jill ‘n’ All,
Just popped in to catch up & have a laugh at your latest adventures and this is what I find! Wish there were something I could do or say – but am at a loss. For words, also…

Don’t know of anyone who might need artwork, wesite design or sail space for logo. Nor am I in a position to help out financially myself. But if there is any way in which you think I might be able to help out, please don’t hesitate etc., etc.

¡Ánimo!
Sending-out-positive-vibes-in-your-direction regs.,
Patrick