The Multihull sailing journal of Gavin and Catherine LeSueur and their three children - Estelle, Baden and Fletcher. Now 25 years and six multihulls down the track they continue the adventure of life at sea...

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Friday, May 18th

eDoc is off to the Clipper Cup


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eDoc is far from a Clipper, but the Port Douglas Clipper Cup is a local regatta with a multihull and monohull division and lots of enthusiasm.
After our little episode at Magnetic Island eDoc is better than ever. We used the opportunity out of the water to survery the boat, remove and refurbish the rig and replace the forebeam and catwalk. We also added roller furling and upgraded the cleats and sheets. The Le Sueur family will be racing crew with a few friends helping out.
docgav on 05.18.12 @ 05:03 PM EST [link]


Monday, November 14th

The moment of truth


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The full article will be in a future edition of Multihull World magazine. After two hours of organisation, pondering the options we had a salvage vessel attatched to the windward hull and with a gentle steady haul the rig slowly righted and up she came. The final moment of righting was filled with nervous anticipation. Would she keep going over? Unmanned and with 20 knots of wind she took off like a cut cat....
docgav on 11.14.11 @ 06:58 PM EST [link]


Tuesday, October 25th

Our facebook page link


For those that are on facebook we have a link to our raceboat news there as well.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Top-Gun-Offshore-Racing-Catamaran-sponsor-eDocnet
Comments and feedback welcome!

docgav on 10.25.11 @ 09:19 PM EST [link]


Sunday, October 9th

Lifes little adventures


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Life teaches those that push the envelope that things can go wrong. Complacency was a valuable lession. In the last race of the series we just needed to finish. We were pushing to win, going for line honours and let our guard down on many fronts. Just to list a few:
1. both centreboards right down while starting to bear away at over 18 knots boatspeed
2. Mainsheet oversheeted and not released when bearing away
3. headsail sheet in a self tailing winch with the winch handle in place
4. The windward sheet also in the self tailer and with the winch handle in place
5. Apparent wind into the high 20's and low 30's and still carrying full mainsail
6. Crew getting dry and ready for bouy rounding, no hands on sheetlines.
7. Skipper/Helmsman leaving the helm to check the mark position below the course
8. When the hull raised turning upwind and stalling the rudder, powering up further

More to come about how we were back in the marina and did not miss the bar nor presentation!
docgav on 10.09.11 @ 06:03 PM EST [link]


Saturday, October 8th

The adventure continues


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The Le Sueur family have barely had their feet on the ground in the past six weeks. Where to start? Estelle, Kai Allison and Gavin sailed eDoc to Magnetic Island and were joined by the rest of the family for the Sealink Magnetic Island race week. A wild and windy week was had by all, each race a demolition derby to some degree. eDoc managed to be in the leading position in the multihull section in the last race - all we had to do was finish to win. The pic above was taken by Terri Dodds, Catherine's sisters sister-in-law. Cracker photo of us jumping and leaping - something everyone did who beat into the steep seas off Magnetic Island. It is not often you have someone in the right place and the right time with a camera.
There was something of an adventure in the last race. Stay tuned.


docgav on 10.08.11 @ 08:17 PM EST [link]


Monday, August 15th

Wireless sytems


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In preparation for a southern run Estelle and Gavin have been hard at the jobs aboard eDoc. The masthead wind instruments have been re-fitted after purchasing a mast rotation corrector. All wirelessly.
The winches have been serviced, lifelines replaced with 6mm dyneema (and eye spliced very capably by Estelle), both side stays and upper diamond wires renewed and galley layout re-organised.
Our plan is to sail to Magnetic Island and campaign eDoc in the Magnetic Island race series in September, returning home via the Townsville to Cairns race.
We have also added a third bunk to the pod to save one of the crew from sleeping in the hull. Although not the most comfortable, and a tad claustrophobic, the hulls do offer a berth for the contortionist capable crewmember.

docgav on 08.15.11 @ 10:35 PM EST [link]


Saturday, June 11th

Simplified electronics


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Many kilograms of wiring was removed. The systems simplified and a wireless instrument system installed. The only real wiring needed was for the amplifier that is driven by the iPod!
docgav on 06.11.11 @ 05:03 PM EST [link]


Galley and Starboard bunk


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eDoc's galley is simplicity. One burner gas, one sink with plumbed water and a cool box. The new seating arrangement has plenty of headroom for Gavin's 6'2" frame - and room to stretch out the legs.
docgav on 06.11.11 @ 05:01 PM EST [link]


The Cockpit, eDoc. Control central


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All halyards and lines run back to the cockpit. Steering is done by tiller, direct action. The auxillary engine is a 36Hp Diesel outboard. For serious racing this is removed and replaced with a 6hp 4 stroke outboard. Plenty of party room!
docgav on 06.11.11 @ 04:58 PM EST [link]