Little progress

Hi All been a slow weekend for boat building due to commitments at the sailing club doing repairs on some of the safety boats and filming rigging videos so people can learn how to rig them properly. I have managed to dry fit the sheer clamps and they are now ready for glueing next weekend. Those are the strips that run around the inside of the boat and add extra strength to the hull/deck joint. Just creates some stiffness and more glueing area to the joint. I have also trimmed the extra ply on the hull sides at the stern of the boat. I have changed the design very slightly to allow more crew weight to be placed further aft when going downwind with the spinnaker up to stop nose diving. 

Cheers Jay

So hopefully this works, enjoy watching. Cheers

Jay

 

BIG DAY!!!!

Edit: can't figure how to upload a video at the moment will upload as soon as I have figured it out. 

Hi everyone. Today was a huge day in the building process...... TURNING DAY!!!! We had family round for a braai (South African bbq) and I took the opportunity to get the boat flipped over. I wanted to set up a camera to film the entire thing but got into it and forgot so we called (loudly) for someone to grab a camera and get a few quick shots. My ever patient and quick thinking wife Jenni decided to video it as well so sit back and enjoy the turn. For once we beat the rain gods and they didn't catch us turning the boat and try and make a hot tub out of it!! 😁 😁 As always thanks for visiting and feel free to comment.

Cheers Jay

off the legs and waiting to flip. I reckon the weight was around 40-45 kg.

on the cradle and job done. Time to light the fire.