Thread: Building a Waller TS540

Just had another thought Phil. That's my second this week, I'll have to slow down a bit.

If you are worried about drilling the CB pin hole accurately enough, this is what I'd do. Lay the board on your bench and pack under it by the amount that the centre sleeve needs to stick out of the side (say1.5mm). Do this so that the sleeve can be dropped in and glued from above without having it end up flush on one side! It's good to have the hole a bit bigger than the sleeve so that you can get plenty of thickened epoxy in there anyway, and this will also allow you to massage it into a truly vertical or perpendicular position.

Start with a pilot hole, say 4-5mm, and drill this with the aid of a square to sight the drill bit from several angles, making sure it is parallel to the square. Then use a spade bit (drill from each side to the centre to avoid tear-out) or a forstener bit, a loose sliding fit for the sleeve. Paint in lots of thin epoxy into the hole and wait for it to be sucked into the end-grain, then mix thick stuff and coat the sleeve, then slip it in.

Clean up the sleeve a bit or mask the ends before all this, then maybe oil the pin to protect it a bit and insert it partially. Maybe use something under it so it sticks out high enough to check it carefully from several directions with a square, and when the epoxy has firmed up enough, take the pin out so it doesn't end up as a permanent fixture. You should now have a pin and sleeve that will allow a close CB case fit.

Thanks Rob.
Sounds do-able.

Originally Posted by m2c1Iw

OK I gotta ask how do you get the neon blue colour affect in the pics looks great.

Dare I say this but you have acheived a first rate production finish .....oops probably not what you wanted to here.

I think I can see a winch mounted on the cabin.....cool.

I think i can see a wench mounted on the cabin.....cool.

It wasn't me Your Honour, I wasn't even there at the time.

What's your alibi....you'll need a good one!

What's your alibi....you'll need a good one!

No...but....yeh but....no....but....yeabut...itweren'tme.cos iwozsumwhere else see an it were mike cos like he woz ere and i like wasn't coz he made me go to the place and I woz busy see an enyway he did it cos 'e woz there.or not or sumthing or nothing.....

.................and all the time the Judge was wishing he was there......

...and the judge replies to the prosecution "Case dismissed! It aint no crime mounting a wench on the deck of a fine boat!"

Now I'm really in trouble....em...that's not my boat..honest.

Originally Posted by rob540

Now I'm really in trouble....em...that's not my boat..honest.

talking of "not my boat"..... from Turkey I have to report that most of the boats appear to be wooden and of a similar design, all based on a Gulet shape which is generally very full at the stem (almost" blunt") and with significant flare so that the sheerline is not far from horizontal at the bow. Very elegant and yet functional. They generally have a canoe stern. But very few are smaller than 8 or 9 metres and all being commercial are a bit depressing for an amateur to dream about. Carvel construction, a lot of local softwood used. Some great boatbuilding and some ordinary fit outs on the passenger boats , but these blokes know the sea and their boats must represent one of the biggest fleets of traditionally designed wooden boats I've ever heard about. Turkey is a really wonderful place and it's coast is still not completely ruined by tourists like me, but we seem to be working on it.

On your head sail question, I always used a down haul, we called them
dowsers. Just keep it between the hanks and the stay, not flying loose.

The block needs to be as close to the stay as you can get it, to keep
it pulling straight down the stay.

It will keep it on the deck and a little tension on the sheet will keep it
from flogging.

Beautiful work BTW!

Thanks for that Papa, that's how I pictured it, although I'm pleased now to know what to call it and how to keep it all in place . Latest local advice is to do it this way rather than with a furler on such a small boat- despite mikes good advice!
Good diagram! Even able to follow it on my phone, easier than posting anyway, with my three acre fingers and my iPhone screen.
And Daddles and mike if you are reading this I'm still watching your progress despite the difficulty, so don't think you can get away with anything dodgey....rob

Hi Rob and Papa,
I have not seen that system before but have to say ingenious idea should work a treat well done.

We are looking forward to some pics when you get back Rob.

Hmm...dodgey is my middle name

Couple of tips:

Use 1/4" line, it can be soft, a little stretch is good. If you secure the
line and the halyard it keeps everything neat, and safe.

If you tighten the jib sheet on the windward side it will lay on the deck
in a nice pile. If the weather is real bad, a couple bungees will help
as well.

I single handed most of the time, and had a 200% genoa on a Catalina
25. In any blow at all, I didn't want to go forward and try to fight with
it. The dowser made quick work of it and it was safer.