Here is the laser helping me line up the centre line.
Then based off the marked centre line I can work out the Ackerman angle for the tiller. The steel rule in the picture below shows the optimum angle for the boat.
Then I made the tillers to this angle. Much the same as how Hardy made the ones for his boat. These are PVC tubes wrapped in carbon uni at 0 degrees and then wrapped in carbon double bias. If I did it again I would probably use laminated wood as I would prefer the look of a constant curve to the tiller. I thought I could have a constant curve with the PVC but it was harder than I thought, hence the final resulting curve seen in the picture below.
I have been pushing myself a bit lately to get the boat ready hopefully for some sailing over summer holidays. As a result I haven't been taking as many photos for the blog as normal, but things are progressing for sure.
Looking back at the build so far, one thing that I wasn't quite expecting is that building the hulls was a much smaller part of the overall project than I initially thought.
