Boat Sticker

 this is my new Boat sticker for Black Magic , but first the old name must be taken off and the hull repainted black.

more to follow

To do and purchase list

 Items needed for "Black Magic" or to do list

Boat stickers  FUNKYMONKEYBOAT Names £97.91  done

art and sea better boat stickers as ordered wrong font £65 done

Ecoworthy Lithuim iron phospate 12v 100ah  £340 done

Victron blue smart charger £88 done 

Drascome inner cockpit cover £345 done

Bluetti EB3A 600wh power bank for nav kit £ 269 done

Ecoworthy 130w flexible solar panel £ 129 done

New jib sheet needed £ 25 (20m)   done

Bisson 55 electric outboard new £192 done

2x Anchor marine fenders 45 x 13cm £29  done

new Rydal 2.3m rib £420 done 

mooring strop £28.70 done 

stainless steel clips £10 done 

galvanised mooring shackles £19.65 done

pickup bouy £25 done

double action pump £23 done 

£2100 so far 

 Black paint for hull needed £

make boom for Mainsail  2x cls timer needed

Boom fitting to mast and boom (possibly a mirror version) needed

clipper wind instrument wanted but not essential 

this is just a short list more to be added no doubt 

Mutley93 has been sold

on Saturday 15th April my d zero Mutley93 was sold to Ninian and will be sailed in the manchester area. an early start to get to Bala on time and pack the boat away and tie it down ready for the transfer. i made sure i had everything needed. after this i went over to Dogstar(Black Magic) To get her unwrapped. the cover was taken off after bailing all the water off the top, all the spars were removed and the heavy rudder, with the help of David Ansell we put the main mast up and the mizzen the rest of the baot was rigged whilst waiting for Ninian to arrive. when he did we handed over the correct stuff went for a tea and did the money transfer.a last farewell picture and Mutley93 was gone. back to Black Magic as i will be reverting the name, i fully rigged the baot and got a feel for what it was going to be like overall i am really happy as the baot was only boat on supplied photos. with help from Rob Hyde we got the gaff up no problem. the day was very sunny and warm but not a lot of wind. i am still waitng for my engine electric to put onboard and get the Lithuim phospater iron 100amph battery with all that it was time to pack away and put the rather tired cockpit cover. new one on order. plans are to rename the boat back to Black Magic former name and stickers still visable repaint the boat Black , get the bision 55 outboard ecoworthy 100amph battery do some re roping ie the jib sheets and shroud ropes. apart from that re do the teak oil gunwhales and centreboard wood , all are fine but it doesnt hurt.

This blog will change

when Mutley 93 has finaly sold this blog will then change to My adventures on Drascome Lugger Dogstar (Black Magic)

Mutley #93 prov sold

     well alot has happened, on 3rd and 4th April we traveled to Stranrear to buy Dogstar (Black Magic) from Peter Barlow of New Luce 

the trip was without hassle and we enjoyed the area and also Prtpatrick alot.

the long trip home took from 1045 till 1700 to Bala , the boat was just unhooked as i was very tired ,on leaving my headlights failed as i forgot to turn them off unplugging the light board.

later in the week i had a message after i had advertised Mutley93 from Ninnian that he was keen to buy the boat , after booking his towbar fitting we agreed to meet on the 8th April.  i set off early and got the boat mostly riged ready for him to see, i stupidly mislaid the outhaul rope whic i did find at homelater.

i also had a duty day to do for the Easter regatta so time was short.

Ninnian arrived and agreed to buy the boat and colection will be 15th April.

the boat was on the side of the lake on its road trailer,and little did i know of the bad wether Tuesday onward , in short i had to travell upto bala again easter monday 1300 to go move the boat and tie it down, Howrd Jones saw my message on whatsapp was kind and hauled it up the slope into the cat section.

we arrived not knowing and hunted the boat down  it threw it down cats and dogs and got soaked. the boat was tied down an straped to the trailer.

the rain eased off just as i got back into the car  typical.

setting sun after Easter regatta Saturday

summary of blogs

 ERL 2007 DART 15   ERL2007.blogspot.com

BlackMagic1541 was Mutley93 D ZERO  www.mutley192.blogspot.com

Spuds Archives  SpudsArchives.blogspot.com

archives of earlier boats also available earlier on the timeline 

8th October 2022 trip to Bala

 the weather looked sunny and calm and saturday racing was on.

left at 0900 and got to Bala in good time. set about doing the few jobs i needed to do 

1. fix new water bottle carrier via 3m to cockpit area velcro detach 

2. same for optimum watch starboard side 

3.  attach retaining bungy cord to centreboard grab handle to keep centreboard down if capsized. 

4. stick magnetic strip to starboard boom to hold small course diagram 

boat was already to launch checked phone before putting in its case and i had a message some one was intrested in the boad on FB market , to cut along story short it was a scam and i missed race 1 and decided not to do race 2 due to the wind being a tad strong , packed it all away and brought some kit home ready , couldnt find the trailer key for the lock but found it at home .

boat is for sale at £5k ono includes the new drop down rudder.

intended r1 course 

August Regatta pics Bala

 

Bala regatta 27/08/22

 the trip was very last minute as wind was not good very light 

0800 i set  off and stopped a few times to tighten the loosening cargo strap at 1000 i arrived and set about unpacking then rigging the boat, all went well  brief at 1200 race at 1300, set off 1230 to sail down the lake   got there intime for the start to commence 

wind was very light and the comets soon caught us for 3 mins they got in the way but it was a drift and didnt finish very high up the fast fleet

race 2 was more wind after a postponement the boat went well and was a joy upwind but the downwinf was painful

race 3 had a cracking start and got to the windward mark in 3rd behind the very fast solo and fireball.

the downwind leg was painfully slow again getting pipped by the blaze of martin clift

so 11th 6th 5th , a slow sail back a quick derig and put Muutley to its new berth spot

very pleased overall . a hot day lack of enough water but a pasty to eat before the trip home .

Kicker upgrade

 

back in the spring i attempted an upgrade from 8 to 1 to 32 to 1 on the kicker using 12 plate 4mm dynema , i failed to understand how to do it and got 16 to 1

now the boat is home i set myself up and redid the lot to get it to 32 to 1 

basically adding one more line and block , to tidy up i used new lines being the blue and yellow , it all worked out well and looks good .

Trolly repair

 well luckily someone in the village is a welder fabricator

so Tuesday last week i dropped it off with a photo for referance 

hopefully shouldnt be too long 

Trolley damage

 

Trolley damage

 had a report Monday 15th that my trolley had been damaged.

so a trip to New Quay was on the cards to recover the boat

this was what i found 

reset optimum watch

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGYn2Tsnx4

17/7/22 Mutley 93

 with an early start for racing on Cara of Menai, i moved the boat off the beach finally to on the main slipway. it was hard work pulling it up the slope but im sure it will be better overall.

also decided because of this and launching /returning i would get a flip up rudder as the cassette one is too stiff to lift with ease.

bit pricey but with discount and postage £663