Video of return from Guernsey

On August 24, 2017August 26, 2017 By Nick Nottingham

Below is a link to short, very amateur video which gives some idea of the excellent return trip we made from Guernsey – downwind for 14 hours, from St Peter Port to Cowes with the engine being used to get out and into our berths. In particular there is footage of the Hydrovane and the water generator in action. I do look rather grumpy in it but I was concentrating on not falling over mid-Channel! If only more sailing was like it…

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnEcA8j-m3poOcNsgMgGiTw

4 thoughts on “Video of return from Guernsey”

Clare Wilson

Good video; you’re looking very serious in it though Nick!

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August 24, 2017 at 9:05 pm Reply
1. Nick Nottingham
  
  Yes – I think I was concentrating too hard on holding the Go Pro stick steady!
  
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  August 24, 2017 at 9:09 pm Reply
Charles Delaney

Hydrovane looks great! Have you managed to find an easy way to reel in the water generator? Cool video, I look forward to seeing more of Spellbinder in the future.

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Charles

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September 3, 2017 at 8:04 pm Reply
1. Nick Nottingham
  
  Just garden gloves Charles – very third world! Thanks for your interest. Stay tuned – some more sailing opportunities coming up next year and you and / or Adam would be most welcome back on board.
  
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  September 3, 2017 at 8:34 pm Reply

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Technical details

Spellbinder is a Hallberg Rassy 40, designed by Argentinian German Frers. She is hull number 66, and was built in 2005 and commissioned in 2006.

Layout. She has a centre cockpit layout and has 3 cabins – the main saloon, an aft cabin with a single and double berth, and a traditional forepeak with two singles which can me made into a double – in theory sleeping 7. She has a heads to port at the base of the companionway ladder, and to starboard a linear galley.

Stats:

Length Over All (LOA): 12.4m / 40’8 »
Waterline length 10.6m / 34’9 »
Draft (unladen): 1.99m / 6’6 »
Beam: 3.82m / 12’6 »
Displacement 10.00 tonnes
Gross tonnage 14.79
Fuel capacity 445l
Water capacity 460l

Engine and Drivetrain. She is equipped with a Yanmar 4JH 4E 54HP engine, which has an additional 120A alternator for fast battery charging. She has a 3 blade Gori folding prop.

Bluewater fit-out. Spellbinder was upgraded by her first owner to make her bluewater (extended offshore sailing) capable, and I have since added various bits and pieces. She has a Spectra Newport 400 12v water maker and satellite communications (Iridium, Sat C and Icom 802 SSB linked to a Pactor 4 modem) as well as a number of other modifications appropriate to offshore passage making. These include fresh and salt water manual foot pumps, LED lights throughout, 6 12v Hella fans for ventilation, 5 x solar panels totalling 310W, and a water towed generator (Aqua4gen). She has a WiFi booster and MailaSail Red Box system. She has two diesel tanks which give her some 900nm of range, and two water tanks, and addition to her normal fridge she has a separate fridge / freezer.

Rig and Sails: She has a Selden rig with 3 spreaders and a removal forestay for a storm gib. All reefing is done at the mast, which has ‘granny bars’ for support. She has a double bow roller, to support a removal bowsprit for a furling gennaker (116m²) with furling mechanism and a Kobra 2 anchor with 60m of 8mm chain on an electric windlass. She also has a Breeze kedge anchor on chain and rope. Other sails are a 125m² Parasailor, a fully battened slab reefed main (49.1m²) by Jeckells with 3 reefs enclosed in a stack pack, a genoa (51.6m²), a working jib (38.9m²) and storm gib (13.1m²) which hanks on to a removable forestay. She has a spinnaker boom stowed on the mast (Selden MDS batten system), adjustable genoa cars, running back stays, a backstay tensioner and Selden Rodstay vang.

Navigation. She has a Furuno Black Box system 14 » TFT Chartplotter, interlinked to AIS and Weatherfax. She also has Raymarine AIS B linked to an Axiom 7 Multifunction Display at the helm, which is linked to an AIS transponder and a Raymarine Quantum radar. There is a Raymarine ST7001G+ quadrant-mounted autopilot with giro rate processor Type II, along with Raymarine ST60 wind, speed and depth gauges. She has a Hydrovane self steering system which also acts as an emergency rudder.

Electrical. She is powered by 6 x Rolls FS250 domestic 6v batteries giving a total of 720 aH, and a single separate 12v engine start battery. There is a galvanic isolator, Mastervolt MASS 12v/60A 230v charge controller and a Mastervolt battery manager. The modifications outlined above allow her batteries to be charged by engine, solar, or towed generator. The solar and towed generators are each linked to separate charging mechanisms, giving redundancy.

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