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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    What top coat did you use?
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Pivot construction for catamaran kick-up rudders

    Thanks. How much should I oversize the hole by??
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Pivot construction for catamaran kick-up rudders

    Great solution. Silly question. Do I soak the uni directional glass in resin as I wrap the bolt?
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 30, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Pivot construction for catamaran kick-up rudders

    Should I put thickened resin back in the hole and start again?
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 28, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Pivot construction for catamaran kick-up rudders

    Yes there are a few cracks. Thinking of reinforcing that area with cloth and resin. I have some carbon cloth laying around? Probably should have...
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 28, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Pivot construction for catamaran kick-up rudders

    I took my kick-up rudders into a boat builder. He cleaned and re-welded the rudder cassette and inserted resin into the holes and gave me the...
    Thread by: TomBlake, Jun 28, 2020, 11 replies, in forum: Multihulls
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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    Could you give me some information on when to use the microbaloons and silica and the sequence of 400gm uni and 440gm double bias? I haven't done...
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 27, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    Thanks Phil I've actually purchased those clr257 auto release cleats I've had two blocks pull off the cabin roof and they were just glued on. A...
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 21, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    Thanks. I'll try that. The mechanism is abit primitive to adjust. At the moment you have to cleat off the rope which pulls the rudders up. Not...
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 21, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    [ATTACH] some photos. Not alot of bridge deck clearance. Haven't taken it out too far as yet. We've been sailing around Moreton Bay and the...
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 20, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    See photo. When fully down rudders already rake forward quite abit[ATTACH]
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 20, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    I'm a woodworker. Found a good piece of wrc at home. 2.4mx75mmx260,quarter sawn nice grain. Heard that wrc is very light and rudders could pop...
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 19, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    where is the best place to get WRC blanks in Australia??
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 18, 2020 in forum: Multihulls
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    Extend Rudders on 10metre sailing catamaran

    Great. Thanks. I think I will make up new ones from scratch and put current ones back on; so I can get out on the water ASAP. The current sail...
    Post by: TomBlake, Jun 18, 2020 in forum: Multihulls