Friday 24 May 2013

Let's do that again

Time for some Deja vu.

It was good to dust off the second set of bulkheads which I made about 18 months ago. And clear some space to set them up.

In this pic you can see I had to shift the base just a little bit to give me enough room to work beside the finished hull.


Then it was a case of "How did I do this last time?". Oh yeah. That's right.


Laser level and being careful, measuring twice and all that.
It is a nice feeling to be working on the second half of the boat. :)

Saturday 11 May 2013

Rudder Housings

While I still have some room in the garage I decided to make a start on the rudder housings.

The first stage is to use each rudder as a mold for creating the sleeve of the housing out of fibreglass.
In this picture you can see the first one still wet with many layers of cloth and epoxy wrapped around it.


Once cured the sleeves are removed from the mold and cut to shape.


That is part 1 done. Next step for these will be the addition of some ply and carbon fibre.