S/Y EFAKI is a Mirage 28 built in 1977 by Thames Marine (UK)
S/Y EFAKI is a member of the SNAPDRAGON & MIRAGE ASSOCIATION
S/Y EFAKI is a member of the Piraeus Sailing Club (I.O.P.)
S/Y EFAKI is a member of the SNAPDRAGON & MIRAGE ASSOCIATION S/Y EFAKI is a member of the Piraeus Sailing Club (I.O.P.)
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Sally Gee
This is Sally Gee of Rob Billington who back on Novemver 2008 wrote me: Hi, My name is Rob. We (my wife and I) have just
bought a Mirage 28. Just like your boat it was part
of a Greek charter fleet. It has travelled from the Greek
islands and is now moored up in The journey across the She now has a new Yanmar engine
and each year we intend to replace other worn parts on the boat. Its nice to hear of another
Mirage owner enjoying the experience. Do you ever see 28s with a
different window layout? Ours has one large and two small
windows on each side. Somehow I managed to loose Rob's Email in my spam (about 100 of them everyday) and I have just found it yesterday after Rob wrote me again: Hi, Just
thought I would drop you a line from the other end of the Attached
are a couple of pictures of our yacht "Sally Gee". We
only bought her in November last year from e-Bay! I
have been pumping money into her ever since. "Still
that's yachting for you"! May
I say how much I have been enjoying your website. We
have both fitted the same Yanmar Engine. The
one on Sally Gee jumps about on its engine mounts. I
see you had similar problems. On
my next trip to One
of the pictures above shows the stern gland. Is
it the same as yours, if so do you know (off hand) the packing size? Shaft
is 1" diameter. Hope
you get to sail your boat this year and your daughter enjoys it. I
used to put my daughter in her carrycot and hang it ( gimballed style). She
would sleep for hours! Hope
to hear from you soon! Regards
Rob Billington.
ROb wrote me again: Not
a lot happening at work "it's the credit crunch" so I thought I would
read some more from your site. Cant
believe you actually have the same carpet on the companionway steps as
"Sally Gee". This
started me looking at other small differences. Its
like one of those kids games you get in a magazine "spot the
difference". I
can see only a few and have sent two pictures as an attachment as I'm not sure
if the bulkhead is the same. You
had some pictures of Llis same rigging as ours. If
you look closely at the picture of my daughter standing on the boom you will see
the inner stays are Attached to U bolts on the cabin roof. Yours go onto the
deck. Also
see picture of my wife in the door way, next to her are two stainless plates.
These plates attach to The underside of the main stay U bolts. Just
like Llis the engine controls are on the port side. Oh
one last thing! The
engine bearers on Sally Gee have a cross member joining the two runners. Some of
it has been cut out to Allow for the extra depth on the new yanmar. Cant
see that same cross member on Efaki. How
did the linking up earthing with metal parts work out. I
think I may have a similar problem with electrolysis. I
will send you some more pictures of damaged caused. Best
regards Rob.
Damage
from electrolysis. U
Bolt from cabin roof, one of the legs was eaten away with a 5mm section missing. The
other picture is of the Hounds. Spreader/ Mast Joint. The
rivets have nearly gone, this is a high priority job before I loose the mast!
I'm very happy that Bob got in touch with me and shared his story and troubles and I hope my answers helped him a little. Please keep in touch! This page was last updated May 7th 2009. |
