In temporary pause. Will continue soon.
In the midst of glassing the board. I fitted the finished bulb plug and have half the keel strut with cf. The buld looks fairly straight.
Bulb plug is getting some protective coating.
While priming the keel bulb I started to work on extending the donor boat rudder castings. My transom is 18" from bottom to top of the cockpit...
An i550 bulb from rear view. Take a close look how out of symmetry and alignment it is.
Windmill plans. Only caveat $2500 to build...I couldn't see how you could buil a boat for $300 unless you use really cheap junk....
Windmill. I see sone have Al rigging also. You could add a slight sq top main and move the board back a tad for an advanced Willmill 2.
Windmill specs and they were fairly quick boats. Handled 15+ knts easily. I remember sailing in a few squalls with my two brothers. A really...
I also have another sailboat parameter to bring up. It has to do with plane-ing hulls. After reading about the difficulties the SB 18 has...
Here's some info on this boat. I did a comparison to this design to a 6.5m Mini-Transat. I calculated the Displacement/Length ratio on an mT its...
The keel board filled in two days ago. I had issue with the router on the thick board. I found it best to slit with the skilsaw in 1" increments...
The Keel board core out of Western red cedar being cut with a skilsaw,router and jig sled.
Yes it is. It wasn't that bad. A little itchy on the arms but the sanding went quick. I glued some sand paper on a 1 x 4 and started shaving....
The Aubigny Keel/bulb Interface. History: Lead torpedo bulbs are favorable at the lower end of the keel. Sizing of the bulb can be reduced...
A little history and a note on my project purchases thus far. I wanted a boat that could handle a cat rig since 1990. I had a boat but it was...
Sounds like a Windmill. It was 17 feet though but meant for entry boat sailing. You could take one and add width shorten 6" on both ends. $300...
There was further work to be completed. I planned on bolting the bulb vertically. The trend here is the bulb loosens a bit, racks the bolts some...
During the shaping process I checked the dimensions with my large caliper. ;)
Final result on bulb plug. I will cover the plug with glass for immersion into a split concrete mold.
Assembly glued together prior to sanding. Sanding will start at o, 90, 180, 270 deg. then 45 deg offset. Finally rounded to form. I finished...
