Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Decked!




A long time coming but the deck is now bonded on with Plexus. The deck was weighed down with animal food, 60lbs worth and some weights for a total of 140lbs. It's on well and the main foil pictured is actually off of the ground. A little break over Xmas and then back to it next week as I tackle the racks and begin the finish work.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Warm and comfortable


It has become too cold to continue working in the garage so the boat has come inside (it was actually my wife's idea so I'd get this project done). I set this up tonight and will be working on the deck tomorrow and Saturday in preparation for bonding the deck on.

Trunk images



A couple of images of the trunk in its new home with a secondary fat fillet having been applied. The tabbing has already been laid in as well and the hull is ready for the deck. Now I need to do the last couple of elements to get the deck ready.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

I'll get a picture up shortly but a couple of things happened over the weekend. I bonded the trunk in at a forward rake of 5deg, taking lots of time to level the boat to make sure that the main foil was laterally centered as well. It's looking good, we'll see if it's fast later. I also clear-coated the prodder base area one more time and shorted the post on the mast base (and the spare mast base) by 1cm as they were too long. The mast is 5 minutes away from being complete and ready for rigging day in the Spring.

This week will be about reinforcing the trunk and prepping the deck for bonding. The deck should be on before next weekend and then I'll begin the racks as I also start to do finish work on the deck/hull joint.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Truncated



Tonight I was able to wrap up the upper section of the mast and nearly the lower section. If it wasn't for my need for perfection then I'd be wrapping it up now too but there was a drip on the aft side that I tried to remove while it was gelling and it stuck around. Nothing a quick sand and touch up won't cure. I also spent the night cutting the main foil bulkhead and hull to fit the trunk. I'll have the trunk bonded in shortly, within the next 48 hours or so.