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Category Archives: A5

29Jul/23
20210325_134756

Restoration update pt2

29/07/2023A5simon

Busy weekend  actually bolting  fittings on.. such a good feeling ! Helpful  working where I do ,enables me to think through jobs and get them right first time.   On a different note Read More…

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29Jul/23
20230723_151459

Restoration update

29/07/2023A5simon

Final fitment of Engine bearers Brackets and nuts and bolts all in 316 s/s. Chain plates trial fitted  Today fitted only one tricky and messy job with Butyl sealer..I have found brakeRead More…

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25Apr/22

Christchurch A5

25/04/2022A5, imageuploadsimon

Title: A5 Diaphony a long time agoCaption: A5 Diaphony a long time ago Title: 20200921_202043-c0bc6bc5

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25Apr/22
20220425_182609-ec416184

A5 restoration

25/04/2022A5simon

Have decided to fit the keel  mechanism from Jack of London T4  as it was all made from stainless steel ,Problem is getting this lot to fit in the keel box   asRead More…

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25Mar/21
A5's new Python drive and prop-shaft 2

Furlough Work cont

25/03/2021A5simon

Made a mtg for the python drive from 19mm Ply /Mahogany and 2.5 mm A4 stainless.. A new propshaft from Clements  engineering made from Duplex with couplings for conversion from 3/4″to PythonRead More…

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18Dec/20
New spreader and lower shroud mount (repurposed GK24 mast)

Diaphony A5 on going work

18/12/2020A5simon

A few pictures of Deck and a illustration on forming precise curves which are then laminated. This was done a few years ago Picture of mast spreader bracket to Fairey item incorporatingRead More…

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11Jun/20
New engine for A5 - Nanni 250HE 14hp

Renovation update 11th June 2020

11/06/2020A5Engines, mastsimon

Replacement engine arrived today now the fun begins fitting it Nanni 14hp with heat exchanger..Sorting out bearers tomorrow. My New Mast which I picked up on holiday in Cornwall a few yrsRead More…

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09Jun/20

drg number 24833

09/06/2020A5simon

Hello fellow owners I am looking for  drg no 24833 Mast head rig metal mast are they available still and how much.. regards Simon

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06Jun/20
A5 Diaphony Restoration activity during Covid-19 Lockdown

Furlough work

06/06/2020A5simon

3 months Furlough Had to do something   Full speed ahead on Diaphony  working on the keel boxes  Mtg brackets blasted and  Galvernised  and painted with Epoxy Primer  as are the Keels justRead More…

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23May/20
A5 Mark 1 Rudder in 2020

A5 Rudder

23/05/2020A5simon

Mk1 Rudder  in very good condition  has finally found its way on to Diaphony A5 .  And have lowered the top pintle down about 2 inches, also replaced lower pintle with aRead More…

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17May/20

Engine transplant

17/05/2020A5simon

Is there anyone running a Yanmar GM20 in an Atalanta 26 I already have a RCA Dolphin 12 hp two stroke twin fitted in the boat. I would like to know ifRead More…

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11Jul/18
Major Robin Shinkwin '64

Major Robin Shinkwin

11/07/2018A5, F08Mark Urry

Major Robin Shinkwin was apparently the second owner of F8 “Iona”. The photo shows Him on A5 ” Diaphony” on a cruise down to St Malo, with my Father, myself and NigelRead More…

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16Feb/16

A5 Diaphony Restoration Update

16/02/2016A5NingPhoto, Ruddersimon

A5 Diaphony Restoration Update.

Photo: A5 lower pintle.

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