{"id":159,"date":"2016-04-12T10:55:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.h2ak.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2019-08-04T12:27:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T19:27:17","slug":"monkey-tested-monkey-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Monkey tested, Monkey approved."},"content":{"rendered":"

I did a shake down overnight trip to Poulsbo to test some of the new improvements and changes to the boat. \u00a0The winds were from the south, witch made for a fast 3.5 hour passage with a fast yet leisurely reach across the sound. It was an event for the cruising set at the CY<\/a>C so there was a great potluck and an entertaining game of cards against humanity. I even scored a smallish, lighted Richie compass for the boat for $6 from Longship Marine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I spotted a tree just off the shipping lanes.<\/p>\n

\"100B1930\"<\/p>\n

The picture doesn’t do it justice. it was about 6 inches in diameter at least, with a gnarly stump on the end that stuck above the water.<\/p>\n

it was a great weekend out ,with the exception of some confused seas i na few places \u00a0on the way back on Sunday. i rarely get out in\u00a0this area when winds are from the south so it was a fresh experience, as the winds and waves made traversing some areas much different, especially around the north end of Bainbridge island and thru the channels back to Poulsbo.<\/p>\n

As to the boat’s progress, last week the hatches, the andersen bailer, the oarlocks, the preventer to keep the mast stepped, and the mainsheet cleats went in and I made a tiller extension.<\/p>\n

Overall, the changes were a success, except the andersen bailer. It just won’t bail. I think it’s a combination of the hull shape and the lower speed. As it is now, it’s just a pretty cockpit drain. I may eventually swap out to a venturi super sucker type, but for now this will do.<\/p>\n

the mainsheet cleats were handy to have. these are on the wall of the cockpit well, to give me some way to free up a hand for a few minutes. They worked beautifully on the reach over to port madison. the oarlocks were ones I fabricated out of stainless, and I’m happy to say that they appear to be the ticket.<\/p>\n

I did find a few things I will still need to change. I thin k i’ve got a better storage idea for the oars to keep them out of the cockpit, and the mainsheet tackle will probably see a revision.<\/p>\n

When I got back to the boat ramp, I tested the pump-out system. I filled the boat with water, and pulled the tape holding the float switch down. My estimates of 10 minutes to empty the cabin were fairly accurate, however that is a long time when you have to sit there and watch it. While it definitly increases the chance of self rescue, it isn’t going to be a fun experiance if I ever need to do this in rough seas. i may add some floatation to the bow; I’ll be thinking about this one for a while.<\/p>\n

\"100_1981\"<\/p>\n

And to explain the monkey- last week my son said it’d have to be ‘triple safe’ for him to take another trip n the boat. Last time he was out in it was last July when the boat went turtle off of Bainbridge island, so this is Understandable. I took him out back and showed him the changes and the pump system, and he judged it ‘two and a half times safe’.
\nSo, I took his sock monkey George along on the trip to get an independent opinion for him. George the sock monkey deems it ‘triple and a half safe.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I did a shake down overnight trip to Poulsbo to test some of the new improvements and changes to the boat. \u00a0The winds were from the south, witch made for a fast 3.5 hour passage with a fast yet leisurely reach across the sound. It was an event for the cruising set at the CYC Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventures","tag-minnow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teammonkeyfist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}