Friday, November 12, 2010


Thursday 10th November 2010

Pained the hull with a resin that was bought locally, and liberally dabbed on to make sure that the hull is waterproof.

Must have miscalculated the amount of hardener required, (2%, how do you accurately guess that…..) as it took 24 hours to go off!

When checking the result, found that the rudder had seized up as some of the resin had found its way down the rudder support tube and locked everything up.

Eventually cut the whole lot out, and found a left over bit of carbon boom and cut and glued that into place.  Wrecked the rudder trying to get the pivot out and so have fabricated another……

I did however put the hull into the water today to check for leaks!

As can be seen in the photo, a small wash-board has been added in front of the mast to try and divert the water from washing over the deck in stormy conditions.....


Everything seems to be fine, but did notice that this hull floated a little nose down.  This is the hull that was built “back to front”  so this may account for the bias to the front.  Will have to wait until the other hull is covered with resin, and make sure that the rudder is done separately………
 The deck has now been cut, shaped and glued to the second hull and both rudders have been removed prior to applying the resin ........

Back to the Sails:

In order to make the sails easily removable, I have incorporated small hooks for the tack and adjustable and easily removable connectors for the head and clew:








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