Work's been busy the last two weeks, so there's been little boat work done. Had a full day today though:
I'm using 5mm ply for the aft 4', and the forward 80 or so inches of the deck. I don't think it is quite stiff enough without adding a bunch of stringers, so instead I'm coating the underside with 6oz cloth. I added a layer of peel ply to get a nicer finish, ready for gluing down to the boat.
I did the math, and this saves about 2# per full sheet of ply, versus using 6mm ply. That's if you squeegie the cloth aggressively so there is no extra resin- I used 8oz to wet out 25 sq. feet up front, getting a 2:1 fiber/resin ratio. Cool!
Skunkworks spyshot. Not saying more.
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"tackable" rudder assembly? Large dia. pivot low, the adjustment blocks high with the carbon "retainer". Makes the rudder a tad more efficient when going upwind hopefully giving you some of the advantages of a twin rudder set-up without the issues going down.
ReplyDeletehalf right, and half of the reasons...
ReplyDelete50% better than 0%!
ReplyDeletePivot at the top? Makes a bit easier to account for the tiller movement?
Now, 1/2 the reason ....
OK, can't think of anything at the moment ...