0 expeditia trans med roquette |
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sail yacht france 2016 |
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xxl sailing arround the clock 2000 miles |
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beginning by having the 42 ft sloop lifted and surveyed |
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cleaned the hull bottom hoping for a gain in speed |
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displacing 12 tons the camper&nicholsons classic sloop was being kept at imperia italy |
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halfaway home alongside in lesvos |
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main cabin the salon with berths laterally and diesel under table |
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mile after mile south to volcano stromboli and messina then north towards greece |
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motor sailing on the sea to danube channel |
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original 1962 plans were located and copied in order to do an accurate restoration |
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our mediterranean sailing passage 2004 |
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danube floating crane lifts boat out to truck |
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danube to bucharest and inside our yard |
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boat loaded here on trailer for a 50 km road journey to bucharest |
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diesel was taken out and rebuilt |
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half of mahogany frames were rotten at bilge section |
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hull planking rebuilt |
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hull was turned 90 degrees |
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lead ballast keelbolts were replaced |
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mast bearing step and floors were badly corroded |
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new laminated framing and floors and new bronze fastenings |
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observe the rebuilt deck |
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position for gravity to help epoxy adhesion |
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this is how rusted steel floors were |
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transom was rebuilt by cold molded core plus veneers epoxy capsulated |
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west system veneer epoxy cold molding |
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deck was reinforced and sheerstrake added |
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rusted fastenings cabin to deck |
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deadwood off |
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deck reinforced with epoxy saturated dynel |
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new bronze ballast bolts |
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starbord cold molding complete |
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transom cold moulding |
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cold moulding |
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bilges painted white |
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coppercoat antifouling on |
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diesel reconnected |
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diesel was reconditioned |
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lead ballast back in place |
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new stainless mast step |
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re varnishing epifanes |
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ready for launching |
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rocquette loading |
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rocquette trucked at constanta harbor |
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sept 11 006 rocquette launching costantza harbour |
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after launching |
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after launching cabin |
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after launching forward |
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after launching manoeuvering |
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after launching rebuilt deck |
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after launching rigging on |
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after launching rocquette baptising by owner andrew |
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after restoration rocquette at tomis harbor prepares to sail |
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after restoration cockpit |
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after restoration deck reinforced with dynel and painted antiskid epifanes |
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after restoration deck revarnished mahogany |
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after restoration in quiet greek waters |
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after restoration interior |
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after restoration nav station |
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after restoration stainless rail |
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