Bermuda proofing my Tartan 30
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:15 pm
All,
I would be interested in some feedback from folks. In addition to having a kid and changing my career I decided to give myself yet another challenge: sail to Bermuda in my Tartan 30. It is not a offshore boat so I will be making some mods and would appreciate ideas on the following mod list or additions. (I am going to Bermuda as well as a couple planned offshorish passages as crew at least once before going myself)
1) Improve cockpit drainage: just bigger drain holes, hoses, and scuppers?
2) Bridgedeck = none. Thought to use modified drop boards with a bit of weather stripping to make a slight seal and cleats to make them fast to the boat.
3) Add radar.
4) Emergency covers for hatch and a couple ports.
5) Enlarge bilge pumps.
6) Beef up dodger.
7) Emergency covers for dorades and cockpit speakers.
8) Add storm jib to inventory
9) Possibly add an inner forestay through bolted and reinforced with some rigging wire through anchor locker.
10) Lots more hold downs, latches for various doors/hatches and netting for shelves
11) Have to come up with a way to carry dink aboard aover fwd hatch (not sure how to tue it down due to lack of padeyes etc up there)
12) I may add a tie down between cabin roof and mast down below to stiffen up this focal point of stresses (heard this is common on woodies and I know another t30 comrade did this on his boat before the Bermuda 1-2)
That is all I can think of. Thoughts? Thanks.
Cheers,
CLint
I would be interested in some feedback from folks. In addition to having a kid and changing my career I decided to give myself yet another challenge: sail to Bermuda in my Tartan 30. It is not a offshore boat so I will be making some mods and would appreciate ideas on the following mod list or additions. (I am going to Bermuda as well as a couple planned offshorish passages as crew at least once before going myself)
1) Improve cockpit drainage: just bigger drain holes, hoses, and scuppers?
2) Bridgedeck = none. Thought to use modified drop boards with a bit of weather stripping to make a slight seal and cleats to make them fast to the boat.
3) Add radar.
4) Emergency covers for hatch and a couple ports.
5) Enlarge bilge pumps.
6) Beef up dodger.
7) Emergency covers for dorades and cockpit speakers.
8) Add storm jib to inventory
9) Possibly add an inner forestay through bolted and reinforced with some rigging wire through anchor locker.
10) Lots more hold downs, latches for various doors/hatches and netting for shelves
11) Have to come up with a way to carry dink aboard aover fwd hatch (not sure how to tue it down due to lack of padeyes etc up there)
12) I may add a tie down between cabin roof and mast down below to stiffen up this focal point of stresses (heard this is common on woodies and I know another t30 comrade did this on his boat before the Bermuda 1-2)
That is all I can think of. Thoughts? Thanks.
Cheers,
CLint