Prodding along

Not a lot of progress lately- just some things I can get done in short stolen moments from other stuff that's been keeping me busy.

The articulator puck, getting closer to done.

It's made from a cylinder of carbon formed by wrapping around a 4"ø pipe union, with another cylinder of carbon formed around the prod going through that, and then a pair of black (for the bling look) sheets of G10 on the top and bottom. All wrapped with a layer of carbon to tie and clean things up a bit.

I've been playing with shrink tape for this stuff and it seems to work pretty well.

And just because it looks cool, here's a pic of the puck after a light sanding and coating of resin over the carbon.

Bow reinforcement. Since a chunk of my stem gets cut away for the puck, I wanted to add some chafe resistance and strength to the hull side panels before the stem gets installed. So there's a bit of carbon for the strength, and some kevlar for the abrasion from the retracting pole, especially if it isn't perfectly centered when it starts to retract.

Mast step load spreading- here's 3 layers of carbon uni capped with a layer of cloth tape. There's kevlar tape against the backside of the angled chainplate frames, which meet at the mast step as well. So hopefully this is enough.

I'm still working on taping the chines- I've just done two frame bays so far. I think I'll be able to throw some more time toward it in the next few days so I can keep the build moving on.