Wednesday 5 February 2014

Fairing + Beams

Fairing is now complete for the starboard hull.

 
Also I now have both beams. As you can see in the picture below. One of these beams is not like the other. One is some aluminium section I managed to get hold of early on in the build. But when I tried to get more it proved difficult so I researched other options and settled on a carbon fibre section made locally, it is still wrapped in plastic here, the finish is so nice I might just keep it wrapped up for a while. It is customised for the boat with extra reinforcing at the ends where the hull mounts are. It looks great and is much lighter than the alloy section. The alloy section is round, it looks a bit strange in the photo because I have cut an angle off at the end which will later allow securing to the beam mount.