Afternoon!
Okay, so it’s been 2
months since I last posted. I was having such a good run, but life got in the
way and the mother-in-law (plus others) got in the way of this weekend, I'm just lucky it's a bank holiday Monday here today.
So this weekend, I have done quite a bit of the small stuff. I started by
adapting the connection between the keel and the mast to one solid component to
reduce weight and add strength.
Before with dual
plates:
After with it connected
to the keel plate, and a bit of rework done on the keel plate.
Mast support pin
included. It’s a bit long right now, but I don’t know how much is required to
weld it in place. This is there to add strength to the mast and (hopefully) prevent it being ripped off the boat in high winds.
Holes have been put in
the deck for the mast support. This doesn’t look very clean in this photo, but
as there will be some play in the position overall and the holes in the rubber
seals are smaller than the holes in the deck/supports so it hasn’t lined up
properly, which means I’m not worried if it’s 0.5mm out.
I have adjusted the
plate that supports the mast internally in the boat to take the M8 lock nuts.
This cut out is to hold the position of them so that they can be spot welded
into place and the boat doesn’t have to be opened when the mast is attached.
Below is the first
version of one half of the keel bulb.
This is how it’ll
attach to the keel with bolts obviously. On a second look, I was thinking how big it appears. I did
a quick check on it and I need 579 cm^3 of lead to make the whole keel bulb.
This one is 837 cm^3 as it is. I will need to revisit this next weekend (or
whenever I can work) and redo my calculation on it’s size.
Anyway, to finish off,
this is how my boat looks now. Not the best picture in the world, but you get
the idea.
Next Steps
Rework bulb size calc and create bulb.
Rear bulb on boat
Sail boom supports
Sail top support
Hole in rib section for keel plate.
Inserts on backbone to support keel plate.
So much work still to go. Getting there slowly through via a lot of procrastination... :)
