Buccaneer 24 Builders Forum

Sails

Somewhat off topic, What is the best way to clean/store sails off the boat?

 

Wash off the salt and keep them in a dry place preferably in the house. Keep them in their bags or otherwise out of the light to protect from UV damage.

 

There you go.
http://www.glen-l.com/resources/glossary.html

 

Bruce.
Since summer vacation must be just starting in your neck of the woods, are you planning on getting any racing in, or are you still "modding".

 

buc mods

Funny you should ask- and you are not the only I have been working and not sailing or modding. It is really hot here for another month so I am not that motivated. I have finished one board (port) and I am going to try to test it this week. It is 72" overall, 12" cord with a NACA 2408 profile. It is E-glass and foam with some carbon in the high load areas and weighs 10 lbs. I am going to try and "push" it and see if it seems strong enough. Wish me luck, I will take some pics either way B

 

Thanks Bruce. Can't wait to see the results.

 

has anyone ever got a PHRF or portsmith rating for a Buc 24?

 

buc rating

When I applied for my local PHRF rating, there were no active b-24s found. Our committee found a couple of out of date ones, one in the great lakes area and one in Texas. They arrived at a 110-120 range for a "stock" 24, and assigned me a 90 as mine is modified and that is the upper cut off for our local sport boat fleet. They also "know" me. A stock Corsair 24 mkII rates 83 by comparison and the Melges 24 is 87. I certainly can sail to a 90, maybe even a little faster, just don't let a local rating committee use my boat as an example without knowing the modifications on mine. Contact me off the forum if you need more details. B

 

Here is the first float almost ready ...

It is 23 feet long. 2 feet longer than stock buc.

 

Progress!!!

Nice job. Where/how did you lengthen it, and what sort of ply are you using? B

 

New boat

Well don't consider me a traitor yet. I found an old Reynolds 21 catamaran for a decent price. Trailer needs quite a bit of work but before putting all the time and money in the Buc I decided to try this sailing for a while. The upside to this is my middle brother.

He went with me to haul the boat home. We took it out for a test sail and he bacame more excited about sailing than I. I had actually made up my mind not to buy it until I found out he had told my daughter to ask me to buy the Reynolds 21. Other upside is if he still like it after a short time I've found some help to build the Buc.

 

Bruce,

I did exactly as the oldsailor suggested in past posts and moved the frame # 1 one foot forward and added two feet in overall length. Also raise the bow to near 90 degrees.
I am using 4mm plywood and I use the method of scarf the panels to join. L.

 

More photos

More photos...

 

I didn't advocate that at all.
Please backtrack and see what I did suggest, which was increasing the distance between frames forward of the front beam and adding an extra stringer.

 

Ok, oldsailor. Forgive-me. I just used some ideas from another forum that i dont remember.