Trampolines

Tonight we measured the racks to send to Kinder Industries for the trampolines. Tomorrow's a big day since the trampolines are the last of the custom parts. While they're being built, I'll be working on finishing work, starting tomorrow night with work for the gantry attachment and forward supports for the rack tubes.

Sweatin' the small stuff

Now that the racks have been assembled it's on to the small things. Filleting, wrapping in carbon, fairing and painting. Plenty of work left to be done but there won't be any more measuring eight times before cutting...etc. This boat should sail in April. Foiling is a whole other issue.

Front Racks

The front racks are well underway. The outer wing bar holes have been cut and the forward tubes have been cut to length and the ends shaped. Wednesday night I'll bond the forward tubes and hopefully thursday night follow up with the upper bars. It really has started to look like a Moth now that the forward bars are sitting there in place, pre-bonding.

Rack'n it

Not much progress worth showing with pictures but I spent a good part of yesterday fitting all four forward rack tubes to the king post. Those are basically done and I did a lot of measuring and re-measuring to make sure everything is square and aligned. Hopefully within the next couple of days I'll have the holes in the outer wing bars cut and the bars fitted.

Super Bowl Party

While the 7 layer dip was being made by my wife, I spent some time downstairs working on the moth. I was able to get the joint for the aft racks reinforced with some unidirectional so I won't be afraid to work on the front racks, bumping the outer wing bars around and possibly breaking the joint. Tomorrow night, while my wife is at book club, it's time to assemble the forward racks.

Small steps

On Sunday I was able to bond the aft racks together and I cut the king post/mast stump at the proper angle and temporarily fitted the mast step to allow for me to assemble the forward racks. Tomorrow the plan is to continue to work on the aft racks, getting the supports bogged in place and reinforcing the joint with vacuum bagged carbon. On Thursday through Sunday I will fit and bond the forward racks.