It,s a thing of great beauty Charly! Remember to stuff 2 by whatevers in the daggerboard trunks will make great tweaking and taming levers.
I think I am beginning to hear ''Anchors Away!" playing in the background!:)
Cool, it's starting to look like a boat! In the olden dayes we had to bag balsa upside down, then pull the scrim, do they make it epoxy...
Here's some further exploration with a fairly proven design gp333, http://www.solarnavigator.net/transatlantic_21.htm
I would consider strip plank cedar. easy but boring prep of strips, cut your scarfs ahead of time, 12'/ 4 meter strips should be easy to deal with.
John Wayne was our mightiest lead disseminator, and he preferred serving it ''hot'', which further improves lead's ability to move air! :eek:
Lead is one of the heaviest of the elements therefore promoting movement and control over the more ethereal elements such as air.
I built a catamaran next to a 50' Scow project, as we put her thru sea trials, I begged the elderly Scow builder to come out for a spin to no...
sorry sir, all my Hughs design builds were either built solid or transported to the water for an end of the build tabbing session and some touch...
Quite possibly, this rig doesn't belong in a narrowly defined ''wing sail'' discussion, but the designer is calling it a ''soft wing sail'', and...
That'd be Keep It Simple, Stupid. ;) I guess people aren't as mean to engineers, designers, and inventors these days.
One of the best uses of peel ply i've seen in a long time. if your socket alignment is critical, you're going to have to leave it be until you...
Check out this site, seems the technology is getting deteched, is that a word?, and my prediction is that it's on it's way towards being the next...
well par, peel ply buries and totally flattens the glass in one wet out, whereas a proper weave burial without peelply takes three, 3, to get the...
That ''lazy susan'' will be handy for hors d'ouvres at apres race, beach parties!
nice repair work charly. make absolutely certain you've eliminated as much twist in the hulls as possible, deck jig twist sticks, plumb bob...
at least I'll be warm and dry for a change! Happy La Nina and Merry Solstice
epoxy is heavy, significant gains in strength to weight in glass layups can be made with the use of peelply and it has the added advantage of...
I"m in awe of your tenacity gentlemen. I can assure you that the fold up is the hump and you will have much smoother sailing for the remainder....
the 36 day charter was a delight to build and with some careful cabin work would make a very nice tandem or solo cruiser. it's a little lite but...
