Roaring Forty reborn

These pics were taken Oct 18 just before I flew back to Australia and Roaring Forty was hauled out.

Raymarine Quantum Radar on Southern Spars carbon fibre triple spreader mast and carbon boom.

Carbon fibre A-Frame supports the Stealth D400 Wind Generator. Satellite antenna to port. 

The two brackets mounted vertically on the transom take the emergency rudder cassette. It attaches via two SS pins and then the 2m daggerboard (leaning up against the lifelines port side fwd) is slid into the cassette and acts as the new rudder and an aluminium tube inserted to act as the new tiller. The entire rudder shaft area is contained within a watertight compartment so if the rudder is torn from the boat the boat will still happily sail as if it has aft water ballast......continuously!

What can you say....look at those speed lines....

The two red patches are the helm seats. A tad exposed to the waves that will funnel down the side decks so maybe some deflectors will be installed down the track for some protection.

For those asking where the wheel is the answer is there is none, I steer using the black tiller in the centre of the picture. Attached to the tiller ( you can see the pin on the front handle) is an extendable tube with a handle that swivels out 90 degrees to the centreline so I can sit, or stand to steer. On long passages the autopilot will steer whilst I trim sails, navigate, eat and sleep. 

All my Raymarine pilots I have called 'Eric' after the French legend Eric Tabarly.
Roaring Forty has two independent autopilot systems so I cannot have two Erics!

So, to keep the vibe going, 'Eric' will be my Raymarine EVO 400 with Raymarine Type 1 Linear Drive located to starboard and 'Tabarly' is my French NKE GyroPilot 2 with Type 1 Linear Drive located to port. Problem solved!

Its all coming together nicely. Main hatch locks down and is operable both inside and out to meet racing rules and the hatch slides into the tunnel and the opening is at 45 degrees (like a Pogo 40). My issue is that being tall, it took me a while to get into a repeatable way to safely enter and exit the cabin since the cabin top extension makes it a tight fit...hence I fitted the two grab handles.

It may seem a bit silly to label basics like port and starboard.....but at night, fatigued, disorientated or with crew onboard who are new to the boat, it certainly takes the guess work out of decision making and responsiveness and that increases my safety factor.

Raymarine e7 provides Quantum radar picture, AIS and Charts or can be configured with data when offshore. The independent Raymarine system provides me with a second autopilot system configured with parameters best suited for upwind. The NKE GyroPilot2 system will be set up for downwind and sailing.

Water ballast remote control lines leading to Valterra Gate Valves to enable transfer of sea water.

Took me a while to figure out where the strings route and I likely have a few rigged wrong but at the end of the day they work for now.

The black pole is the Assymetric spinnaker pole that mounts via that long bayonet pin into a captive fixture located in a fixed position just above lifeline height. The end of the pole reaches out to the end of the bowsprit......that's bloody long!

Nice tunnel addition to keep the base of the mast clutter free above deck level.

Orange safety deck paint has faded so a job for August.