November Holiday

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I see how the horizontally split hull halves narrow at the stern, making it hell to get in there with your ape-like fingers to do any useful lay-up work. Hence this change of your hull lay-up methodology.

So -- correct me if I get this wrong, Scott -- you are first producing a GRP stern parts from a more sensibly, vertically split, stern tool; inserting that stern piece into the after end of the lower hull tool half; and bonding it with the hull lay-up? This 'insert' producing the radial break at the top of the stern onto which the after end of the upper hull half will butt?

(in the voice of Mr. Burns:) "Excellent. Most excellent!"

Bob will be here for some training. I'll show him your work. I'll ask him to use the sharp knife as he posts comments.

David

[HardRock]

The rear section just wasn't right so I stood the plug in some rubber and made a new mould of the rear section. Thus:





This is the gell coat.



Once it goes off I'll lay in some fine cloth and start to build up the thickness. Then its a quick trim around the edges and joining the two halves in the mould. Hopefully this will be better than the original which was far too difficult to lay up correctly.

[HardRock]

This is the first hull; bottom and top together. There were a few issues with the rear plane slots and a section of the stern where the rubber glove bulged a few mm. Other than that its OK.



This is the second hull waiting to cure. I'll leave it in the mould for four or five days before lifting it out.

[HardRock]

Reaaaaly impressive!! Did you have to rescribe the details or did that hull come out just like this?

Poped out just like this. The first shot out of the mould always seems to have a few blemishes in the gel coat; some small places where the gel coat beads up on the surface of the mould. That usually goes away for subsequent shots. I'm quite happy with it so far.

[DMTNT]

Absolutely fantastic work, sir!

[JHapprich]

Reaaaaly impressive!! Did you have to rescribe the details or did that hull come out just like this?

[HardRock]

Yahoo. Starting on the laying up the bottom half tomorrow.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

This is the top section. Three layers of 2 Oz and one layer of 4 Oz cloth. It weighs in a 6.5 Oz.

Beautiful!

Make the sail and stuff about 1 ounce, plug in a fudge factor and I get a topside displacement of 10 ounces. I'm on the two-motor SD for this thing, Scott!

David

[HardRock]

This is the top section. Three layers of 2 Oz and one layer of 4 Oz cloth. It weighs in a 6.5 Oz.

[DMTNT]

When even the Brits have stopped using something we invented.

I think if they can’t adopt the metric system they are yearning for the good old days of British rule!

We just took it and made it our own. Like the damned, insolent, no good pirates that we are.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

When even the Brits have stopped using something we invented.

I think if they can’t adopt the metric system they are yearning for the good old days of British rule!

… just keep picking at that scab!

David

[Albion]

So quaint that you decided to hold on to an arcane BRITISH system of measurement AND manage to **** up the units as well! Base ten rules.

When even the Brits have stopped using something we invented.

I think if they can’t adopt the metric system they are yearning for the good old days of British rule!

[HardRock]

So quaint that you decided to hold on to an arcane BRITISH system of measurement AND manage to **** up the units as well! Base ten rules.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

You can pry my ruler from my cold dead hands.

Yeah! What he said!

David
The Horrible

[DMTNT]

Funky? It seems that America is learning the metric system one millimeter at a time!

You can pry my ruler from my cold dead hands.