new sailor, new project

   Looks like Crawley Mariners? We must be neighbours.

I might be able to find some old cleats & bits if you are short.

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piglet Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 04 Jan 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 514	Post Options Post Reply Quote piglet Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Oct 15 at 8:37pm
	Looks like Crawley Mariners? We must be neighbours. I might be able to find some old cleats & bits if you are short.

sawman Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 04 May 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 205	Post Options Post Reply Quote sawman Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Oct 15 at 7:11pm
	from the pics it looks like you do not have a highfield lever to hook the jib halyard on to (and generate rig tension) so if you want to keep it that way 4mm pre stretch would be fine, something with dyneema core will stretch a little less, if you fit a highfield, then the jib halyard will need to be wire and a decent chandler will make this up for you. For sheets 8mm would be fine, or thicker depending on what you want to hold on to. For the tack - this doesnt attach to the boom, but a short piece of line connected with a couple of inglefield clips around the mast and through the cringle in the tack keeps things tidy. for the clew - a length of 3mm pre stretch from the sail, around a block on the end of the boom and then inboard to a jammer on the boom would be all you need, do you have a track on the end of the boom? if so you can shackle the sail to a slider in this track. Kicker, the pics show a pulley system in situ, the only issue with this is that you might want to lead controls for this back to the thwart on either side for ease of use, I would probably make up a dyneema cascade (have a look on the Harken website for some diagrams of this. You will find that the round boom you have is very flexible, and so use of kicker is compromised, you may find a new superspars boom would be stiffer and more effective. cunninghams are not often used on the miracle (I only bother rigging mine when its properly blowing)

Tmay1991 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 06 Oct 15 Location: Crawley Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tmay1991 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Oct 15 at 12:36pm
	His piglet, I picked the boat up from the CMYC and I plan on joining them in the new year, if you could pop round and give a little insight into getting the rigging into serviceable shape that would be most appreciated, Tom

piglet Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 04 Jan 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 514	Post Options Post Reply Quote piglet Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Oct 15 at 5:55pm
	Mailspeed is the best price for Evo race that I can find, though it doesn't state that it's the latest SK78 spec. Jack sailing is 6p/m more but they do state it's SK78. tbh, SK78 spec won't make any difference on an old Miracle. No shipping with Mailspeed either! http://www.jack-sailing.co.uk/shop/4557406952/rs300-dinghy-rope---kingfisher-4mm-evolution-race-78---gottifredi-maffioli%C2%AE---dyneema%C2%AE/9527081

Tmay1991 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 06 Oct 15 Location: Crawley Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tmay1991 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Oct 17 at 1:31pm
	after a long while with various life crap getting in the way, the wife and i managed to get onto the business of sorting the old girl out, luckily we only found rot in the transom and duly replaced it, i also threw some extra fasteners into the decks as some of the old nails where lose in the ply. floors and bracing has received 4 coats of white marine epoxy pant with everything else being dosed with multiple coats of yacht varnish. stripping the huge number of coats of paint off the bottom of the hull was a complete nightmare but has meant that the boat has lost a lot of weight including random patches of filler that had been slapped on and painted over without fairing them in at all!!

iGRF Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6496	Post Options Post Reply Quote iGRF Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Oct 17 at 4:53pm
	Doh, why waste perfectly good bonfire material, what with November 5th coming up soon?
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Do Different Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jan 12 Location: North Online Status: Offline Posts: 1312	Post Options Post Reply Quote Do Different Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Oct 17 at 6:05pm
	Pay no attention to teasings of the Kentish man, also note the smiling wink so at least he does acknowledge what demon little tool the Miracle is. For all the new rotomoulds of similar size that have came along the Miracle is still a delight to sail and handle ashore.

Tmay1991 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 06 Oct 15 Location: Crawley Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tmay1991 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Oct 17 at 11:21am
	No offense taken, I fully understand some people's aversion to old wooden bandit boats, would still rather own something that looks half pretty than a plastic bath tub . I'm a tinkerer at heart and I get itchy unless there is some project to work on and the lack of maintenance required by modern boats doesn't grab me haha Tom