Now the attachment point for the control lines to the centerboard are in epoxy. The one in the upper bow is sawn with the help of the epoxy needle.
It went well.
I intend to use epoxy needels also for the rub rail that will incorparate webbing.
Tomorrow I...
I keept you in suspension. To tell the truth I thought that I was going to do the real thing today but then I realised the bow was not strong enough. So instead I made a trial run just to show tha principle and I am at the same time reinforcing the bow nea...
It is important that the controll lines for the centerboard runs smothly and do not interfere with each other.
Normally a centerboard only have one control line relying on gravity to lower the board.
Exlex is however desinged for heavy weather, designed in...
The centerboard trunk did withstand the pressure of the expanding foam with a good margin.
To tell the truth I did not think that it would be a problem but when surfaces are concerned even a small pressure over many square centimeter gives a lot of force.
...
Now the foaming is nearly complete. I have been back to Anders to get more polyurethane with my bicycle the cans fitted well into the basket.
Peter have been helping me with the mixing. Things have to be done quickly. We could have been done it faster afte...
Today a mix of different small jobs. I have been to the polyurethan factory to get more infofrmation aboaut the foaming and a sample to test the product. As with other chemical reaction once you have mixed the ingredients it is no going back.
Also I have b...
Regarding the bow todays work is much the same as yesterday but for the port side of the bow. It went well. In adition I put a strip of glasfibre between the hull and the the trunk covering it with peel ply.
Also just to make sure I put six 12 mm G11 rods ...
I plan to fill the bow with high density 200 kilo per cubic meter expanded two component polyurethane foam.
That will increase the strenght of an already strong boat, but thats not the reason I am doing it.
The reason is to make the boat clean with no hidd...
The centerboard is now in place and works to my fully satisfaction. I belive it is the best centerboard ever that I have done.
There is no fulcrum pin that is difficult to get at. The control lines are fully accesible.
Even if the should break the center...
Today I have opened the laminated slot with care as not to damage the trunk sides. All went very well. I finished with sandpader on a piece of wood to get the outside laminate in line with the inside of the trunk.
If you’re interested in contributing lin...
The two layers of glassfibre I did yesterday with the boat on even keel is now supplemented with five more 450 gram.
It is so much more easy to work with the help of gravity that I suggest that anyone starting to build a boat first figure out how to rotate...
Next step is to laminate the bottom oc the centerboard trunk and get it attached to the outside laminate.
To do that I like the boat to be upside down. That makes the work so much better.
But with the boat upside down NM-epoxy will get into the centerboard...
Yesterday the centerboard trunk was fixed in lined up position. Today I turned the boat upside down and filled the gaps with Divinycell and thickened NM-epxy.
This metod of building boats is so very easy and gives so good results that it is terrific.
Tomor...
The centerboard trunk is now in place. Its six degrees of freedom are gone she is now fixed in the relation to the boat.
I lined her up as good as I could. I do not think it is ultra important. A boat moving on a wavy ocean is not a symmetrical object.
Bon...
Today I did the last lamination on the centerboard trunk. The most easy of them all.
Tomorrow it will be exciting. Hopefully I can put the trunk in the bow of the boat and get it lined up in all three degrees of freedom.
If you’re interested in contribut...
Doing fillets and laminate the starbord side of the centerboard trunk.
There are many videos on how to do fillets.
They tell you to put the thickened epoxy in a bag, cut a corner of it and squise the epoxy into the place then use a tool with the appropriat...
Here is one more step in making the centerboard trunk strong.
The foreward vertical side gets laminated.
Part of it is open as the bow will be part of the trunk to bet as much as possible space for the control lines.
If you’re interested in contributing ...
This video shows the result of laminating the aft pat of the centerboard trunk.
The fore side is planned to be donne tomorrow.
After that it is time for the port and starboard side.
By dividing the job into many small ones it becomes simple and I have more...
With the mockup as a pattern I draw the shape of the centerboard on the G 11 epoxylaminate. It is very hard and difficult to shape but modern tools like jigsaw blade covered with carbide-tungsten grit made it much more easy than outherwise would have been....
Here I give Sam Holmes a guided tour of my workshop and show him some of the machines I am using.
I have been building boats in many places. First outside, then the the first Bris in my Mothers basement, then an aluminum boat in Vetlanda. Then for ten year...
Divinycell sandwich construction is amazing. It gives you strenght, insulation and flotation all at once.
Shore a metall boat is strong but you have to insulate it well especially if you intend to sail in high latitudes. Do not let there be any cold spots ...
Yrvind is telling Sam Holmes aboat his Ideas of handling storms.
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Sam is still here. Today we talk about the importance of keeping the saltwater on the outside.
If you kan keep the water on the outside. The passage will be much pleasant.
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To get an overviuw Sam Holmes have made an introduction for people who are new subscribers, and I hope there will be many.
Enjoy.
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