Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Little progress

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Since we've had about a month of snow, and I'm pretty much working outdoors, and since My Family and I got nailed by a nasty flu ove...

Auto-release cleat angles

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You can see here a very rough and ready decomposition of the forces (in blue arrows)on the auto-release cleat. I've split the force into...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Kick up Rudder

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First, please forgive the paintwork. It was not right, so it needed sanding back, and it will need another coat or two. Note the uphaul has ...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Stoopid is as stoopid doesn't pay attention

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So I was ripping a 20 foot sitka spruce plank to size for my mast. I set up things as usual, put the wood up on scrap pieces of wood, on top...
Saturday, September 04, 2010

Lead Pour

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I spent a long time worrying about the lead sink weight for the Centerboard. I needed about 30 sq inches of the CB to be cut out and replace...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Rudder

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Or at least part of it. The blade shown here will be pinned through the shoulders to provide a kick up rudder. It will have a down haul to a...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Credit where credit is due

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There's an old tradesman's saying "do a great job, the customer will tell his friends, mess up and he'll tell everyone...
Monday, August 16, 2010

This painting lark

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So I reckoned I'd try to paint the rudder as a learning exercise in painting. Cheap rollers loose tiny fine hairs like a stray dog in th...
Monday, August 09, 2010

Get the Lead Out

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My second try at a rudder was a big improvement. It's amazing how the details matter, if you put too much pressure on a wedge on one sid...
Sunday, August 01, 2010

Trailer

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I had to "nip over" to my Sister's house to pick up my Sitka Spruce for my mast, they had been minding it for me. (Thanks Lisa...

Opps

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So I followed the basic idea here http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/09/howto/foils/index.htm to make up my rudder. I thought that I'd ha...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Steering a course

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I've temporarily bolted on the Gudgeons, I'll take them off again to epoxy the holes, and for painting. But I need the Gudgeons for ...
Monday, May 24, 2010

It all slots together

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There are two pairs of cleats on the frames, and matching cleats on the bottom of the floorboards, so when you drop the floorboards down the...
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Monday, May 17, 2010

And somewhere to stand

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The floorboards are made up of the centre which will be fixed, and the two sides, which which are removeable. The battens which join the fou...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Seats

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And now there's somewhere to sit. The seats are 6 by 1 ¼ inch wide slats of Sapele, given 4 good coats of garden furniture oil. I'm...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

Is that sharp enough

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I've got most of the slated seats done. I'd have them finished tonight only it's raining, so I'm here typing. And I've s...

The obligatory birds mouth test

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I'm still thinking of doing a hollow mast. I made up a quick jig on an 18v hand saw to cut the groove in a single batten, then I cut thi...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Introducing the Lady Caroline

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Now that the deck is glued into place, and trimmed, I can see what The Lady Caroline will look like. I've just started the seats. I have...
Tuesday, April 06, 2010

The deck is attached.

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The entire deck is now glued and screwed in place. It started raining about 10 minutes after I'd finished the aft panel. That could have...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A picture during the day

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I took Wednesday off to do some family stuff, but I still had time for a little boat work when the littlest one was asleep. I've rough c...