Recent content by Lucainbarca

I feel a little bit sad to be taken as a bad example....anyway I want to thank again the people who get the time to answer to my questions. Of course I will not advise anybody to build boats with wrong materials as I did, especially because it is a time consuming process and to get to the end is...

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Here we are again !!! I finally did a few sea trials and would like to share some impression. True wind range as low as 8 knots and as high as 18 ( based on my judgement....no anemometer ) I did noT use daggerboards becouse they are not yet ready. Did not use also the full boat potential...

Some updates on my first building.....

I understand everybody opinion about mdf and me too I am worried.....we will see...hopefully I do not upset anybody. I have been using wood+plywood glued with epoxy. The mdf too is glued with epoxy but the hull is finished with polyester resin over mdf and some fiber renforcements. Mdf was my...

Finally I can work again on the boat !! As suggested by Gary Baigent, I manage to put down the weight of the first hull and built the second with the new specification. In this process of make it as light as possible a new question arise : The boat is designed with 3 aluminium beams, the third...

First of all I would like to thank everybody for advise !! I successfully try to get in touch with the designer and builder of the boat (Sergio Marques and Chico Armond ), and he told me that the complete hull should be between 95 and 115 kg. For a total boat weight between 350 and 390 kg. For...

I would like to test the design first, hope to spend some time in the water....eventually later when the hulls give signs of tyreness make a mould. But I am doing this only for pleasure and I do not see the need of a mould ( I will try to do it if I can encourage any local child go sailing !!!)...

This type of mdf is waterproof and we try to leave it in sea water, after a polyester coat on it, for a couple of months without any problem. I can understad that this is a non structural test. I do not have access to the material specification. I want to use the boat like a beach cat, so not...

I agree...May be in a couple of months I will get a prindle 18, which I bought to cannibalize. But I have to wait ....!!!!

Hobie 21 sc 600 pounds 272 kg Hobie 21 se 565 pounds 256 kg Reynolds 21 900 lb. 408 kg ARC 22 450 lb. 204 kg. 39'6" carbon rig. But this is not my target !!!

For the hull I can't find good marine plywood so I used mdf and the only available one was 9 mm ( here is where the extra weight arrives....) The rest of the structure is cedar and 8 mm plywood. Here we have a lot of windy days and my intention is not to race.... What will be an acceptable...

This is my first building and I would like to have other people advise on design and realization. The plan is available for free in the net. At the moment I am worried with the first h ull weight. Still not finished and already around 100 kg without rudder, daggerboard, deck and any kind of...