tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89953489085065209312024-03-04T21:38:57.451-08:00V-Twin Project and Other Racing SailboatsAn Obsession with Racing SailboatsiG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-3195536164680321152016-02-10T05:05:00.003-08:002016-02-10T05:05:41.857-08:00Came across a bookmark for this blog on an old computer the other day and can't believe four years have flown by since this adventure. Nor can I believe 17 odd thousand folk have passed by or that maybe 1 person viewed it 17 thousand times.<br />
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So, the old girl is resting down the lake, waiting for me to regain some enthusiasm to jack her up on foils or fit that 49er rig, but in truth I guess that's not going to happen, so if anyone reading this fancies giving her a home, please don't hesitate to contact me.<br />
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A lot of drama has unfolded in my life in the past four years involving semi retirement from business, domestic downsizing and a different viewpoint in what is enjoyable about sailboat racing. One day in the hopefully not too distant future I am going to build another version of this experiment, but the key design parameters have now changed and it'll be aimed more at the nip and tuck tactical racing that I so enjoy and something that won't involve me having to wear knee pads or worrying about it constantly trying to tip me out, yet will be easy to recover should that happen.<br />
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This blog is also on a Google account I'd long forgotten about and facebook these days offers a fast easier communication vehicle of my adventures, never the less I'll just bung a couple of bits about what happened since this.<br />
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From memory I bought an EPS which introduced me to well balanced una rig handling, then recently finally found a couple of craft that actually suit my build. The first was a Solution that I don't have any pictures of in action and the 2nd is an ancient MiniSprint which are temporarily filling the sailing void, so that brings things up to date for the moment maybe now I've re discovered this I'll swing back with more news as it occurs. The way things appear at the moment is me moving backwards in time, but with all things in this infernal sitting down lark there brings with it the inevitable learning curve.<br />
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First a couple of weeks back we had a fairly fresh North Easter that saw my hands go early on, then losing the main sheet once more so failed to make the start of the race so returned and pfaffed about.<br />
Since the debacle of the capsize I've been nervous so sailing defensively and nothing good comes from defensive anything, so after the race I let Dangerous Dan take it out a well known wrecker of kit Dan would likely bust it some more, but at least I'd know what it's potential for single handing in the control of someone with youthful experience can do.<br />
He also suffered problems, kite candles, but appeared from the shore to be doing OK with two sails, up and back, but even in the gusts not really coming unstuck as it did that day in Calshot. he did come ashore eventually, was out some time, and insisted I come out and we give it another go two up.<br />
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With me playing the jib, even though there was the extra weight of us bother which you would have thought would slow it down, it had the opposite effect and after a while we had her tracking upwind and in one kite reach when we both got back about as far as we could, she came unstuck and went quite well, ploughing through and bouncing over the following sea, only the firing ranges stopped us from bothering Dymchurch with our presence.<br />
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He'd tied the jib sheet to the main sheet and it was with this assistance the following week, yesterday as I pen this, I took her out in a freshening SW rly determined to race and mix it a bit. The race organisation at Hythe is such that we rarely get a course you can sail off in any other than one direction, usually port and usually with a pin end, so not wishing to introduce my rack width and not confident self tot eh start line at the gun, I contented myself with a rearguard pursuit once more into the entire fleets dirty air.<br />
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We can't point like a laser but then they go quite slow when they are stuffing it so managed to shake them off sailing bit low and pursuing a fairly low fetch to clear the dirty air, it was a typically short pathetic course (Another reason I'm attracted to the lake, they do at least have proper beats) and the top reach was another beamy Contender affair but we dealt with it, not at any speed but a triangle and a run later and I'm duelling with my pals in a Phantom and Laser, the Contenders, Blaze and Merlin are well gone.<br />
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The kite run didn't produce any magic for me, the now stayed stuck and I note even if I got right back, the water release, didn't get noisy which meant she was still using the mid section with the nose engaged and try as I may I can't get back far enough to lift it. the forward pressure of the rig, is stopping it, in fact I'm just thinking as I type this what's different between the boat now and at Calshot and it's just come to me, the jib, the jib is a lot bigger, now I wonder if I've just got too much canvass there now.<br />
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Anyway we had a kite mare somehow the sheet was under the pole then the bloody boat had sailed over it, then trying to fly it on the other tack it got stuck half up half down, so i had no choice but to go ashore and was going to call it a day, but... It was low tide I hove to at the waters edge the shore dump wasn't too huge at this point, so I free'd the kite, stuffed it all back down the sock and though bugger it I'm enjoying this for the first time I'll rejoin and at least finish this one, and so it was, a few had pulled out, the wind was taking it's usual toll, there were a few breakages and capsizes, probably pushing the top end of four by now out to sea which is fun sailing, it doesn't come any nicer than this, so I had to get some more.<br />
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I tried sailing upwind from the back, it certainly helped, there was no-one left to compare with by now as I was out of touch with the fleet, but for the first time my confidence had returned and hiking fully out of the rear quarter she seemed to revel upwind. With the jib sheet close at hand now I'm almost able to play the jib on the fly, the kite worked down wind I managed to sheet the main in the tiller hand and the kite in the other so got my best kite reach, still not fully unstuck but better.<br />
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I've built a twin hander here, I don't want to believe it, but the fact is it goes better with two as it is currently set up so I have to have a bit of a rethink, then as I'm coming ashore at the end of the race, (I had to come in whilst there are still folk about to help recovery) I came in on a bloody wave on my port quarter, I'd wanted to hove to again in the shallows, but the speed we were going and with the wave where it was, had I done so I'd have done a Tom <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BxNucPvPsY&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BxNucPvPsY&feature=youtu.be</a> so I had no choice but to charge the beach and in doing so there was a God awful graunching noise, our beach at low tide can reveal the most horrendous sharp stones and rock .. I've now got a Titanic graunch under the nose to deal with and there was a load of water on board..iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-25819752398902564692012-04-27T00:47:00.010-07:002012-04-28T17:08:47.356-07:00Breezy April SundayFinally a day dawned, with Sun, a fresh breeze and a rising tide, could probably have done without the tide rising but that's another tale. The Boat was about as prepared as it has ever been, although I was shortly to find out one of my modifications wasn't up to speed, but never the less here I was at the waters edge, nervously considering a launch.<br />
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I'm not sure wether it was my kite accident, or the early years messing with an MPS trying to launch, but I do get serious 'butterflies' before launching. The same nerves that used to plague me whist sitting on the back of a ski boat from the days when the next event was a fifty mile race being dragged all over the ocean.<br />
Mouth dry, looking around, wondering wether to ask for help or not, then suddenly spotting a flat spot about to happen in the shore break, I swung the nose and charged it into the water, whilst pulling on the yards of jib sheet more than I really need, to try and get the jib to bite and tug us over the first wave, which duly occurred.</div>
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This really was the first serious sea test, it was blowing about a Four maybe pushing Five, which is enough to kick up sizeable wave shaped objects which likely would disrupt all attempts at smooth sailing.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>So with my usual panic to get the rudder down, I set off without a centreboard down, wondering why it felt so weird, the sheeting was stiff as well, I'd run an excess of sheet forward past the kicker strop and as the kicker tensioned it inhibited the run of the mainsheet. Then I had to stop to put the centreboard down, realised there wasn't enough mainsheet to fully sheet out and promptly lost the end of the sheet back through the pulley just as the jib uncleated and began its staccato machine gun chatter, at this point irrational fear of some other imminent disaster had to be suppressed by digging deep for resolve and pushing that 'stay calm and think carefully' button we all have for such emergencies at sea.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>So eventually head to wind I managed to regain some control, in the rush I'd misrouted the main sheet, I'd managed to half secure the jib, enough to get under way and leave the lee shore far enough behind to regroup.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There then followed some of the most enjoyable yachting about I'd experienced, control issues aside, she felt really well balanced, happy to sit at an attitude that neither dug the opposite rail in, nor sat too flat to squat. The nose happily reared up and over rather than crashing through head waves upwind, the bear off was a tad scary without adequate jib control, but the acceleration surge was white knuckle inducing, definitely a thrill ride this.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As I was hooning about for half an hour or so, getting accustomed to a handful of power being delivered by 14 sq mtrs of Vortex main and Alto jib, the rest of the fleet were assembling themselves for the race start.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It is a weakness of mine, never to sail dinghies or any long sail powered race craft aimlessly about simply for the fun of it for long, so I went inshore a bit closer just in time to catch what I thought was the five minute gun, and set my watch. The start was way too close in for the conditions, which meant it would be a port hand pin end line up with no possibility of crossing on starboard from the beach out to sea, and there was a fair old tide running with it being on the shove, so I buggered off out to sea for a bit. Knowing the tide would hold them off the line, hopefully enough for me to come in and do a bit of last second arrival, pin end barging, there was no way I was going to take this monstrosity close in and risk a broadside white water escort to the beach.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Checked the watch 1 -10 to go, better start thinking of coming closer, then I remember thinking they're getting a bit previous as the whole lot of them were quite close to the line, I was still a fair distance out to sea at this point. Bang it was the gun, I'd caught the 4 not the 5 whilst I'd been pre occupied with my control issues and hooning about, they were off.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I caught up with the tail enders as they set off, swung round the start buoy and tacked off to get some clear air to see how she'd fair, no more than a couple of minutes passed before I tacked back onto what had previously been my guesstimate of the lay line to the mark they had been laying to weather when I'd been messing about before the start, by the time I clocked it, it was way off downwind, it had been a short fetch rather than a windward beat, I had to foot off, could barely hold the power as we reached back down to where either they'd re-sighted or it the buoy had drifted to and by the time I rounded, once more I was last boat round and nowhere even close, to the fairly short distance to the next mark where the fleet were busy gybing round with the usual chaos. So I set off in pursuit, enjoying the ride and wondering if the pressure from the main was making my hands bleed yet.<br />
It gybed sweet as a nut picking up a few capsized stragglers in so doing, but nothing seriously quick to compare against, just a couple of lasers, the bottom mark quickly followed then it was up the beat for the next leg, still just a tiny short fetch which was really a bit tedious for a race course, typical Hythe contender circuit.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The following pics were from what happened next, which, in brief involved a beat an attempt to put up the kite, the realisation the main had gone out to far and the knot I'd secured the main to the jib sheet had come undone, stupidly hardening up whilst at the same time going amidships to grab the sheet end, with the jib fully cleated for the first time, a text book idiot move that should never be done and the slow realisation that this seemingly un tippable craft could and would in fact go over especially with nothing to climb put the sides with as she slowly reared onto one side...</div>
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This shot before the 'start'<br />
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The next bit is an approach to and rounding of the bottom mark.<br />
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Above I'm struggling to cleat off the jib via my bright idea of routing both through an old laser kicker block I used to use for a downhaul control on my race board, not so hot for boat use and caused no end of issues later, it's back to the drawing board on that control.</div>
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Back under way again and a reasonable windward performance followed.<br />
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Then the silly incident with the main struck and over she went, note the driver standing on the mast trying not to get wet thus ensuring a full turtle.<br />
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Which then involved considerable pfaffing about with the Hythe gutless rescue boat, a pathetically heavy affair with a 20hp motor totally unsuitable for the conditions we get at Hythe but you can't tell them.<br />
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Including at one point a nice wave surge with the tow line coming right up between the legs of the driver in a full frontal assault on the crown jewels.<br />
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None of this of course had gone un noticed by a couple of old boys in their quaint old clinker built sailing bucket, chortling as they sail past at the antics of those young windsurfers, what will they get up to next?<br />
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Finally with the line secured to the rack on the far side, with a bit of a following wind and some extra effort the little rescue boat and gallant crew haul it up and over..<br />
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Back up, the kite sheet had at some point engaged the prop of the rescue boat, can't say I'd noticed it at the time, but it may have had something to do with its lack of power...<br />
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Either way there was a nasty mess of twisted ropes and we still had the rising tide and nose straight into the beach to contend with so, slacking off all the foils, there was no real alternative but to beach and call it a day. Hindsite being an exact science something I probably should have done once it became apparent the rig controls were not functioning as they should, but Hythe beach is something you only really want to leave and return to once in conditions like this, so it was what it was. A baptism of fire which had the control problem to caused the capsize it would have come through with flying colours.<br />
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Since last trip the kicker and cunningham shackle failed as soon as we got a puff of wind and got her up on one sponson with the resulting boom catastrophe. I've rigged a new takeoff point from one I found already drilled up the top of the mast which accommodates my Alto jib, so with any luck it'll not only look nicer but there will be sufficient power for me to get on the racks in less than 12 knots and get a hull out of the water. Until you get one side clear it doesn't really come unstuck I've found on the fresh water of the lake.<br />
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Sadly my old app trail guru seems to have given up the ghost, but this cycling app seems to do the same thing, so here's a track of todays sail. Got the new spinnaker chute on which makes the boat look a bit more swish. It was another light day, quite warm spring sunshine and barely a force 1-2, we had a couple of puffs that got a hull unstuck briefly, to torment with what could be. A couple more issues surfaced, the top spreader is interfering with the sail downwind, not sure what I can do about that, Neal thinks it's an old 49er spreader, it's not adjustable and is really a lash up as are so many of the topside features.<br />
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So, we're getting closer, it is definitely underpowered for theses conditions and does just sit sucking deep in the water with way too much wetted surface and it needs space to really get going, then when it does, as neal found out with a close call near the bank, you very quickly run out of room.<br />
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So the gun goes and I'm stuck on the only shallows in the entire lake and they go 'oh forgot to tell you stay away from that post' as they drift off towards the 1st mark in the faint breeze which dwindled to nothing by the time they got there. We eventually got ourselves off the sandbank or whatever it was and drifted up to the tai lenders by the first mark, but it was such a raft, I thought better than try and barge through so I hung back and dwelt on other issues, one of which was trying to sheet the kite in, it was catching in the shrouds, because of the angle of the pulley I'd sighted on the racks.</div>
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The stronger the puffs, the more weather helm became apparent, I didn't get that much last week in the quite strong breeze, but this light barely force two, had me constantly fighting which meant the brake was on the whole time and I'm now puzzled as to what's different. OK last week I wouldn't have been block to block so the main power would never have been that fully sheeted and when it was I do remember a bit of weather helm, so I'm convinced I need a bigger jib, and the mast needs to be a tad more vertical.</div>
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I had one incident when the merlin that was being sailed by Neal and his crew came pouring past, they had a strange looking kite up on what was close to being a windward fetch and round bottom boats do well anyway in that stuff, but they shouldn't be coming past as fast as they did, well not and make me happy. So right now I'm thinking more power is required and of course less braking action from the rig being out of balance again.</div>
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So I had a few things to sort anyway, the angle of the jamming cleat for the main sheet needed lowering, I wanted a second anchorage point for the lowers, so all the stress wasn't going through that one bolt, so it was off to whitstable with a list.<br />
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The spinnaker will still jam if I use it as it is, but that'll have to be a chance I'll take, it doesn't look that windy tomorrow and it's been fairly mild today, so off down the lake tomorrow, to see if i can get it rigged and ready in time to enter it's first race. Light conditions will be it's worse scenario, all that flat surface is likely to drag and on fresh water, unlikely there'll be enough volume to clear the rear, so it'll be a good test.<br />
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I'll try and get some pics this time if I'm not in a mad pfaff and I'll take my phone get some gps tracks maybe, if I remember it all.iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-58938057029100046032012-02-19T09:27:00.001-08:002012-02-19T13:51:33.989-08:00Finally got on the water single handed today, literally breaking ice to do so, but a clear crisp February day with a brisk North Westerly and no trade shows to attend or other diversions, saw me trundle down there and wrestle with the entry procedure.<br />
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Too cold for photographs, too cold to bother with the spinnaker halyard that got itself half way up the mast, just warm enough to two sail about to get the feel for dealing with stuff alone. It's not the easiest layout to operate, can't say I like the floating bridle mainsheet pulley. 10 yards off the jib bridle untied itself, but being a floating platform a simple enough job to hove to and re-arrange both the main and jib sheeting.<br />
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There was a race going on that I was too late to join, but she seemed on the pace with most of the boats there and it was only later on once I'd found my 'lake'legs , re routed the mainsheet so it didn't keep jamming, (the angle's all wrong) thereby managing to risk a couple of legs 'flying' the windward hull the crafts performance potential really became apparent.<br />
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<br /></div><div> We bunged the kite up again and this time got some wind, which catapulted her off downwind like a scalded cat. It skips over the surface once it releases, it's going to be fun pushing it hard in the future, but today was about checking everything so upwind again, see if we can get it into irons, it tacks sweet as a nut fumble as we might into the tack. When we did get her head to wind whilst we were fiddling with the plate that had been creeping up and trying to sort the jib cleat that had broken, it was a simple matter to back it out into the direction we needed to go.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Eventually time was marching on, (it always does when you're enjoying yourself) and Ash needed to do a final check single handed so i went ashore, only to fin my phone battery dead so couldn't record much, but i did watch him get one big puff and she flew. You can tell when somethings really moving, by the spray, normally the spray is sugary quite large, when it gets super fine, like it's been ionised, then you know somethings really moving and I mean moving, speedboat fast, I doubt a rib would have held it.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>He came back with an ear to ear grin, 'It's mental off wind'.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>So there's still a lot to do, but I'm a very happy chappy and getting even more excited at future prospects of sailing adventures, I've never been in anything so stable before, nor with the speed sensation, it'll be interesting finding out what she can do.. </div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-16114335210546748742011-08-14T11:49:00.000-07:002011-08-14T13:16:53.525-07:00Finally got it on the water, late Friday afternoonAfter a frustrating day of glitch after glitch and issue after issue, stupid frustrations including the moment we hitch the trailer up to the car it being locked and no-one knew where the key was, we finally got her to the waters edge on a dodgy trailer we had to fit a bar to, to even get it there, Jamie elected to take her out for the first sail, as it was a bit breezy, I didn't argue so we got her rigged, there was a minor issue that made the mast sit a bit to far forward due to a splice not being accessible enough to release to get some rake, this was to prove tricky later on.<div>
<br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyBH2zesV10L4N_t00RYjNti2UpdxLQXlHzZhRWDuaz7gkLAyu_MJF-VQDzluzWejmqT57dv4PmfHGN5H22' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div>The tiller extension as I predicted it would (I hate tiller extensions and it was a massive thing which had hell and damnation written right through it) fell straight off as he left the slip.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Once he got it sorted, he appeared to give it it's head, difficult to spot because by now it was well offshore, but off wind it appeared to be performing quite well, I'd noted it sat well on the water, the release off the stern wasn't 'noisy' (too turbulent) and it appeared to accelerate well. Jamie weighs 96 kilo and it didn't squat, with my 67 kgs it's only going to sit higher in the water, at this stage I was very pleased.</div><div>
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<br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwcH_UPyuc9SebnNu7kHSlADCflLtg4T2jhU_bdybYuuPFtVDt4c95XaRSaEnMtIC-cVN0YzwPK_MpwKGDhcg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <i>He seems to be making O.K. ground against that ferry and the tide, I missed the kite episode, it apparently went well until the cleat slipped and he sailed over it, hence having to go forward to sort it out and take a swim.</i><div>
<br /></div><div>A small crowd had gathered as we arrived, some folk from the local Cat club interested in it's unusual design, it was the last night of Cowes week so there were lots of people down there. 'There,' was Calshot, the tide was low so we'd had to go down to the lifeboat station to launch. It was here that the original Spitfire in its Supermarine sea plane guise was launched so as historic venues go, it didn't get any better. Then another frustration arrived, a couple of the local Rangers, very pleasant started off inquisitive enough but it all got down to me moving my car, then being directed to this absurdly complicated cash machine to buy a park and launch ticket, I'd been videoing the boat overtaking a Ferry which seemed to prove it was moving O.K. in what breeze there was, but ten minutes of my time distracted saw me returning to a very different scene, he'd totally vanished.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>As I moved further round the corner to see if he'd gone down the coast, a rather agitated lady came hurrying up the beach from the line of fisherfolk, saying she was going for the lifeboat crew, because a boat had just suddenly flipped over and couldn't get up. My heart sank, ' Er it's an experimental boat' said I 'he could be deliberately testing it where is it?' She pointed, sure enough there he was way out in the channel getting blatted by fast cruising stink boat wakes, upside down stood on the bottom. Why couldn't he right it I wondered, he didn't appear to be even trying, then a rib made it's way toward him. I pointed out that help was at hand and delayed further embarrassment at the hands of the RNLI.</div><div>But as the minutes ticked by, I became increasingly dispirited, it had been such a shit day, I checked my watch, the date said 11th (it was wrong as it turned out but nothing was going to halt my slide into depression at this stage) doh, why the 11th, (9yrs ago i'd gotten myself killed on August the 11th at the hands of a kite and the promenade wall for a few minutes), I wished at this stage that something similar would fall on me now to end the humiliation, it was all obviously a waste of time, my unsinkable 'un tip over able' boat was there in perfectly flat conditions at the hands of a very competent sailor, upside down going nowhere, the bottom quite literally fell out of my world.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Eventually they righted it, but he never seemed to try, didn't get out onto the end of the plate, just let the rib pull him over and climbed up the back, it did at least just sit there and not fall over the wrong way, not bad since it had been a windward righting. He then slogged back upwind to the slip.</div><div>
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<br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzZB74SJQMYpWzlqiDHngdlqdqvkV_Ufj1bRJPLgOew2pMtjlYC1R06wLGXPsnIUcBXWV80760FSSPd6uzOOw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <i>This last vid as you can see him coming ashore unable to sheet in, having to play the jib right out and sheet on and off with the foil pushing against the flow, nothing working right yet still it moves through the water O.K. the only worry I have is that the racks are high enough. O.K. on this stuff, but in the waves of the channel I can see me removing them and Trapezing or at least lifting them another notch.</i><div>
<br /></div><div>Once ashore, he seemed surprisingly chipper, 'did you get me going in?' No said I explaining about the infuriating car and parking machine incident. 'It's like an ice rink' he said 'the primer, I had to go up front to untangle the kite hoist and slipped arse over tit and grabbed at something or other and pissed the whole thing in, it did turtle a bit quick, you're right about those rack covers'.</div><div>Thank God for that I thought, 'and it's got massive lee helm I couldn't get on the racks even, couldn't get a footing, it's way out of balance.' 'Nothing unusual' he said obviously looking at my long face '' If it had been any different with this dog rig set up, I'd have been really surprised, I told you not to expect much today (He had but i did anyway not being the patient sort).</div><div>"The plate needs to go the next notch forward, the rig needs rake, we need some deck grip there's lots to do, but I've sailed much worse first time out", he then went on to regale me with tales that I can't repeat publicly of incidents with quite well known boats which took up to 27 repeats of what we'd just done before finally sorted, so it looks like I've got a tad longer to wait, he's off on vacation for Salcombe week and I'm up to my ears at work so it'll be a while. In the meantime they'll be finishing the hull and I'll be writing a snagging list and next time, i'm hoping to get a go myself and this time we'll need a rib.</div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-72347787535283006212011-08-10T11:44:00.000-07:002011-08-10T12:01:32.138-07:00Failure to LaunchTo many snags got in the way of a launch today, but I got a chance to finally see how it's going to be. Had a bit of a sit on it, took a stroll around the deck, lifted it up, tried to imagine righting it in the unlikely event of a capsize, confirmed my feelings about the inadequacy of using B14 washerwoman bits, talked about the jib gnav and how it would function and why it was necessary.<div>
<br /></div><div>Suggested snowboard toe binding strap and ratchets, that we use on our two part Kayaks as a solution to the quick yet firm fix and or release of the racks for storage and transport.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>But it did confirm in my mind that going ahead with it was a bloody good idea, I'm sure it's going to work, saw the massive plate, not finished yet, but the size is bang on what I want. Offwind was never going to be an issue, I just want to be first upwind as well.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>It's righting moment is massive at 3.20mtrs rack to rack, it aint far off the righting moment of a 49er they tell me and 18 foot skiffs are only another 1/2mtr and should I decide to trap off the racks it'll go even faster.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Anyway here are the pics, best the iPhone could do in the circumstances, but enough to get the picture...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHoGMCka7UaIxoRCawbCPH8mhoXBNWkd0XB96PUYDUdd9-4G3mFg3I4a8UcWT2N12_AaoakDp3MjA6Yz0YsMp1un-XHKZ_8UyyjGYDp0QgQFcZYGegTj4V8a7wFIEL6ylfOXATvxy3O0C/s1600/vrig4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHoGMCka7UaIxoRCawbCPH8mhoXBNWkd0XB96PUYDUdd9-4G3mFg3I4a8UcWT2N12_AaoakDp3MjA6Yz0YsMp1un-XHKZ_8UyyjGYDp0QgQFcZYGegTj4V8a7wFIEL6ylfOXATvxy3O0C/s320/vrig4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639303977050278034" /></a>
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<br />iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-89121424630888782242011-08-08T13:13:00.000-07:002011-08-08T13:54:23.018-07:00Carbon wing-wang and racksThe first pics that I've found a little disappointing, not from a technical standpoint, more from a cosmetic visual, they look a tad ugly just sat on the deck of a flat grey primed hulk. They'll look better I'm sure when the rest of the fittings are in place and it's duly painted.<div>
<br /></div><div>I hate the colour of the rack tramps, insipid cream, they'll have to go, they need to be black and mesh or there'll be to much windage if the day ever dawns when she goes over.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>So in the essence of warts and all publishing, I give you this latest lot of pics, technically they'll all work well enough, but something will need to be done about the visual. We're due on the water come wednesday for the initial sea trials, if all works out well we'll have to see about tidying up the look.</div><div>
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkINm8J1C6xU9gEJsP9kAz4UafjE50Lgp1YaG9as2rYjrv6rCEVFZnelYYzF6koSpianVagGOR04mBUL_TdbFa70cpUJ8olxuKxSxfzZIA9DO3j_GPQW9TKPtFPbJ_Kr02Q1EQgk-kidx/s1600/DSCF3020.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkINm8J1C6xU9gEJsP9kAz4UafjE50Lgp1YaG9as2rYjrv6rCEVFZnelYYzF6koSpianVagGOR04mBUL_TdbFa70cpUJ8olxuKxSxfzZIA9DO3j_GPQW9TKPtFPbJ_Kr02Q1EQgk-kidx/s320/DSCF3020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638584556199108434" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySg0ziiL1KwNmW3ggDlBTMov1VrgcSjSxyCEGqHQQPGELchrOOkgs6Z8HzZNL7ch3EYBTPkagc_UMkBA41ICzsUT9aaDIhyphenhyphenxSwZxQ0GnY1QZ0OPojmqsb5emmG05UxFs9bYVAiXidpDBV/s1600/DSCF3021.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySg0ziiL1KwNmW3ggDlBTMov1VrgcSjSxyCEGqHQQPGELchrOOkgs6Z8HzZNL7ch3EYBTPkagc_UMkBA41ICzsUT9aaDIhyphenhyphenxSwZxQ0GnY1QZ0OPojmqsb5emmG05UxFs9bYVAiXidpDBV/s320/DSCF3021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638584556071871010" /></a>The wing wang and spinnaker chute mouth, it does need to be big, but it looks so ugly not recessed, maybe when the bags in place and the mouth is all black with the jib mounted it won't look so bad, but it does address all the issues I've had with other wing wang devices, not least weight, it's all carbon with a nylon block which should prevent the pole lifting and make it easier to adjust under load.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fTW-kUC3a5XW9_76AsJP22gx0yREujUNMPOiGP8y7rw9yAYn4TVuRsOAgf9rZbZwncrjs41kog66UgpQTcOedmsDrZfS0dHU1kjgFpb6hW1t212sTkiHguuIwT1ZYUi3HB5xNDwHY6dA/s1600/DSCF3028.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fTW-kUC3a5XW9_76AsJP22gx0yREujUNMPOiGP8y7rw9yAYn4TVuRsOAgf9rZbZwncrjs41kog66UgpQTcOedmsDrZfS0dHU1kjgFpb6hW1t212sTkiHguuIwT1ZYUi3HB5xNDwHY6dA/s320/DSCF3028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638583681184961714" /></a>Oversized, over engineered and all over my boat, B14 washerwomen racks the downside of expedience.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCyqbVVbGmhUoxDu3Ewj8VRpJy-Avgzr4maE9__XJEqdwYy8bVekm1IL0YMncaoHRydC6nVhyphenhyphenQoBa5v2mPpErImNo2Sk6cJ3jkhv5v-OrbiZE9RgcN5U_WRIschsOj7l23Zpcmz1wFdbP/s1600/DSCF3030.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCyqbVVbGmhUoxDu3Ewj8VRpJy-Avgzr4maE9__XJEqdwYy8bVekm1IL0YMncaoHRydC6nVhyphenhyphenQoBa5v2mPpErImNo2Sk6cJ3jkhv5v-OrbiZE9RgcN5U_WRIschsOj7l23Zpcmz1wFdbP/s320/DSCF3030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638583671697823938" /></a>Well, it's incomplete, so will only get better... Once I've ditched those rack covers, they totally suck and don't even talk about the battleship grey primer, a necessary evil if we're to get it wet before we settle on where everything finally goes..
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<br /></div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-28579525761976165622011-08-03T11:34:00.000-07:002011-08-03T11:50:28.455-07:00More Progress missed in the email box<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95nNb44cBWrIj0Cdscfks3bvZ-V2kOIlBdM1lwYR4PFkPVNJNJl5FSz2jHf7fJUEu27CRbHIDbMDJiYZtiEitbbooAIGjhwdQsPexx6jbOMaeURGd4BczeQIL234pL8TC68dxq-FX9mAY/s1600/DSCF2996.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Some more pics of the laminated hull have been languishing in my email box, it's been that busy recently at work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div>These show the final lamination of the hull and the screed fill and fair the surface prior to undercoat, which is now on and I'm waiting for more finished shots, as all the fittings are about ready for assembly.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hoping to go down at the end of the week and see it going together.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xWrBECF6wHr7HNDZ7fyXCGOH56j9dTRgCdect284n6TZwkEHa2ZjvN1WaX84fr56H2hW20SpazIXr1Q7YskV9PAt8hWRt_gj2EL0CyE6Ed9eYUXtqVwK2H7pPZw5vbViO-mjlJagk5Dz/s1600/DSCF2991.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xWrBECF6wHr7HNDZ7fyXCGOH56j9dTRgCdect284n6TZwkEHa2ZjvN1WaX84fr56H2hW20SpazIXr1Q7YskV9PAt8hWRt_gj2EL0CyE6Ed9eYUXtqVwK2H7pPZw5vbViO-mjlJagk5Dz/s320/DSCF2991.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636701514453171586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk9BN5HTH9wXSt-M-_GyLvFOe7mgXC9pxahQEj-ynYlSa4cleWTEkS5_wL1NV9WoQVmp3cg93iRWYmlwGh_aKlpzcXS0ihc-XkvAS53RnC05ZvzQB3jQN5mvTk74o0qZsydPU6AbGuMoQ/s1600/DSCF2990.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKk9BN5HTH9wXSt-M-_GyLvFOe7mgXC9pxahQEj-ynYlSa4cleWTEkS5_wL1NV9WoQVmp3cg93iRWYmlwGh_aKlpzcXS0ihc-XkvAS53RnC05ZvzQB3jQN5mvTk74o0qZsydPU6AbGuMoQ/s320/DSCF2990.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636701502094764194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvN0aP4r90k9DjysS9NM-ePOmSGfd3ps7l3kG5n9-d9bGFpmE_4Ot43t-QpEohGziqVQMUS3ILpw5ywi27Eui2U2igt0rKr-vm6HccZAE7VQQJ3Whhg47J57dIPqIDSUrroEoTTvfz-XH/s1600/DSCF2988.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvN0aP4r90k9DjysS9NM-ePOmSGfd3ps7l3kG5n9-d9bGFpmE_4Ot43t-QpEohGziqVQMUS3ILpw5ywi27Eui2U2igt0rKr-vm6HccZAE7VQQJ3Whhg47J57dIPqIDSUrroEoTTvfz-XH/s320/DSCF2988.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636701497069885202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNphXkCrFfIPLp_JW6aH-GUcpRx6prYyAi-5-mJH4sJv4EOlZCaIu8BE2KxEHdh4uGMwA1VlWs2VIUMeSOGFmsCp-UUuxKV7EA0qSY_M9MZ_jqp8i_fjRL7jYP5iTSnPo-9H9uT6aX_f9B/s1600/DSCF2987.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNphXkCrFfIPLp_JW6aH-GUcpRx6prYyAi-5-mJH4sJv4EOlZCaIu8BE2KxEHdh4uGMwA1VlWs2VIUMeSOGFmsCp-UUuxKV7EA0qSY_M9MZ_jqp8i_fjRL7jYP5iTSnPo-9H9uT6aX_f9B/s320/DSCF2987.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636701487752377058" /></a><br /><div>The lines are becoming clearer, showing the hull planing facets, it all looks the way I wanted it, just hope my guesstimate calculations work out with the weight it ends up being and how early it'll get on the plane.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfjkzQUTd1T-dbGAjlLpvzi8iUd839AOM-OFD9KmogifluQWU8aSFN_OZy4pGBxT3oHr8rlgBdgrZ5PrXvNdEoHnBv_Y0tpdB5iyuNxWDuH-chqHHaeDU5XWELRxD0NcxKM85ANjSkzWF/s320/DSCF2959.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633599700864776594" /></a>That's the underside of the deck showing the inserts and deck moulding for the racks and fittings<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZsObEhcF53OXfI_GWReav9vPjixpI7qLTZWlw1mvCJVdsWEkZZ_U6xiwVN30nTmQtXjLJQrD-oyg70J484iztGuls_Ee0my8N5w-_d9aRhDo6fjq7266sDg_qfEw9N9Gl9LpZ25j0qG1/s1600/DSCF2960.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZsObEhcF53OXfI_GWReav9vPjixpI7qLTZWlw1mvCJVdsWEkZZ_U6xiwVN30nTmQtXjLJQrD-oyg70J484iztGuls_Ee0my8N5w-_d9aRhDo6fjq7266sDg_qfEw9N9Gl9LpZ25j0qG1/s320/DSCF2960.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633599698910501266" /></a>Same thing from another angle<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36hlaD-MwllXWMSOjLCgDFfNGBACWTyLq7v08j423ZEGjCRW_lV6PuajMlfJh2hPARaS3LIulkhCtV0vCtGLGoM7QiwC0K2wKA89P-45swzV3zVRAKyo6RQpHZ0L3tE2e7RLp3RVQjOsz/s1600/DSCF2961.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36hlaD-MwllXWMSOjLCgDFfNGBACWTyLq7v08j423ZEGjCRW_lV6PuajMlfJh2hPARaS3LIulkhCtV0vCtGLGoM7QiwC0K2wKA89P-45swzV3zVRAKyo6RQpHZ0L3tE2e7RLp3RVQjOsz/s320/DSCF2961.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633599691883426626" /></a>The internals, the centreboard case and bulkheads to reinforce the hull.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP4cQdBHh3rnLEqX8eK5Z_5PLQUU5MGLV6f5gFbM4CU2Gi70AeQPCqtiro2rLwy3pCBURgtTlnDa1EL247E5mLunt5xy2VwG2yk3yOqxx6Rqj0hfoJcdgxIdrP1vsfjqqffz0jTY3_R1d/s1600/DSCF2963.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP4cQdBHh3rnLEqX8eK5Z_5PLQUU5MGLV6f5gFbM4CU2Gi70AeQPCqtiro2rLwy3pCBURgtTlnDa1EL247E5mLunt5xy2VwG2yk3yOqxx6Rqj0hfoJcdgxIdrP1vsfjqqffz0jTY3_R1d/s320/DSCF2963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633599686911246786" /></a>Couple of shots of its raw state out of the mould frames...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOmJ6PXfGTkNSSIyYsCRVNO8rwXbZUPwZKNzq7DrT60ogHXpQL7AajL0KWuEU0UhXwbLzrKjWdDlK99Gr2LuwIVuj_PiSwNWvSh-JNhREShJi1vrfuKkgfvPjZk396-U-F0u71sTO2dNy/s1600/DSCF2964.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOmJ6PXfGTkNSSIyYsCRVNO8rwXbZUPwZKNzq7DrT60ogHXpQL7AajL0KWuEU0UhXwbLzrKjWdDlK99Gr2LuwIVuj_PiSwNWvSh-JNhREShJi1vrfuKkgfvPjZk396-U-F0u71sTO2dNy/s320/DSCF2964.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633599685472202834" /></a>Prior to sanding.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQ40joqwPB9WbEuWPX4_IuXsLkwtiNBIv-AL9qqDzjMqiMBQOJuaxAqqEy43ExZJOj6mxrBhNXyTr9ktwnHBY9Z1CtMBClWEseQ5MEj1Tgz30NtDFQWgj13nvmKmfPBLiHDGi1x1fAHii/s1600/DSCF2965.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQ40joqwPB9WbEuWPX4_IuXsLkwtiNBIv-AL9qqDzjMqiMBQOJuaxAqqEy43ExZJOj6mxrBhNXyTr9ktwnHBY9Z1CtMBClWEseQ5MEj1Tgz30NtDFQWgj13nvmKmfPBLiHDGi1x1fAHii/s320/DSCF2965.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633598528195001986" /></a>Next step is to rub and fair the surface<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90u19kujEVGlEeiuYl3qKoNWKVVY86GmECyxPXF76grdrrSnsJbNU4pKjUA7QZp6UjOhQA68ceSm6NM-MccK92G6vJK6ggXqqpFXhQiZxJgVcnl2AtkJyH25wEwgLHtEdBktw3Xoh4LIV/s1600/DSCF2966.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90u19kujEVGlEeiuYl3qKoNWKVVY86GmECyxPXF76grdrrSnsJbNU4pKjUA7QZp6UjOhQA68ceSm6NM-MccK92G6vJK6ggXqqpFXhQiZxJgVcnl2AtkJyH25wEwgLHtEdBktw3Xoh4LIV/s320/DSCF2966.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633598528070254242" /></a>Prior to filling and painting.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1qZm3geSu1NiQAXRMjOtKNdwCGAFyO9hyphenhyphenKkDGINh4SFcASCrPCm533Xos8RG845buS6fCQk_E7MVmVElp5WaEQXyjhtFEh8jX69vp10FuBaW2QuBdcRNgywHMzd4ZNPuw9GRV-2bZmhZ/s1600/DSCF2967.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1qZm3geSu1NiQAXRMjOtKNdwCGAFyO9hyphenhyphenKkDGINh4SFcASCrPCm533Xos8RG845buS6fCQk_E7MVmVElp5WaEQXyjhtFEh8jX69vp10FuBaW2QuBdcRNgywHMzd4ZNPuw9GRV-2bZmhZ/s320/DSCF2967.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633598524353239698" /></a>Clearly quite a lot of work, these stages which took most of last week.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonDUYDUJvePqRhZri-JsG6PCcK9vtvxEcOs9eIIlTyjrKlJqv9TDucQc29E60G_AoyVRuXh5fUioaexrsdGCDKOn3YqnQJeKca6qqyuWzw5Pttnwbzp8AMjtQKS56DeYqIOtQigtkual6/s1600/DSCF2968.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonDUYDUJvePqRhZri-JsG6PCcK9vtvxEcOs9eIIlTyjrKlJqv9TDucQc29E60G_AoyVRuXh5fUioaexrsdGCDKOn3YqnQJeKca6qqyuWzw5Pttnwbzp8AMjtQKS56DeYqIOtQigtkual6/s320/DSCF2968.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633598521842720642" /></a>It is however taking shape, and looking remarkably like the original plans and CAD programmes which although expected, is surprising nonetheless and very assuring.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nVM2nyjXMjvHlVSwzlMpjzbwhf7htV6jKRONd9eqn24HPbJsb-QUOYNUSfMNIuJZELdrocFnZYq_9AtXO5bsUJIqom4rdMof26diKmHyyLyxYzTxPvrQoRQCeI-J5f_HQmcOTz3AEij6/s1600/DSCF2969.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nVM2nyjXMjvHlVSwzlMpjzbwhf7htV6jKRONd9eqn24HPbJsb-QUOYNUSfMNIuJZELdrocFnZYq_9AtXO5bsUJIqom4rdMof26diKmHyyLyxYzTxPvrQoRQCeI-J5f_HQmcOTz3AEij6/s320/DSCF2969.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633598514854785522" /></a>Looking at the shot of the bow and these stern sections, it looks fully capable of taking what the sea is going to chuck at it. That nose lift should deal with anything and the stern flats look well capable of fast planing, it is a beast, I certainly won't be naming it after anything floral that's for sure..<br /><div><br /><br /></div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-44126922500722086552011-07-18T04:45:00.000-07:002011-07-18T05:15:49.734-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Coming Together</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr35b3lrtd9hQ9yYgHtstvqfo4U2xBVSoOq815-TMjvnJkCz8yaZOqnI3CaNR2iwZYFcpaUFuIhbfUOEpEcj_hfLnlcw14QdwngRxocbGxPUlyDLdjp_Yczv7Is-UbDVApOujhRigwyno/s1600/Pole+swivel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxqKpnntAvWPMOktBFXdHPWTpY3dFnTMUZgrrLdfmk5Nq9SgWlSM6QSaiwWHxc5hqY5WiOdCJbRXgb8kWhyFx7ldXLyKKnQp3UYzjoLPJWG6yEqojJ2brClEvrf8dOlNHmMgJW0k874Zp/s1600/Racksinplace.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxqKpnntAvWPMOktBFXdHPWTpY3dFnTMUZgrrLdfmk5Nq9SgWlSM6QSaiwWHxc5hqY5WiOdCJbRXgb8kWhyFx7ldXLyKKnQp3UYzjoLPJWG6yEqojJ2brClEvrf8dOlNHmMgJW0k874Zp/s320/Racksinplace.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630662084446993490" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFYVDGb8Di9jD_uUn_-OcZEh9kOaJ_xihzKQ82nghyphenhyphenBpgDsR7bWKRVV3UGFkJGW4a6zHRqKe17PVrK8vAxHDolflZsHZP7iujJ5O_mUwWBnt8uF2utZf4YykuOV0TQjx1yzeaGO7eVfDV/s1600/Bulkheads.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Nearly a month has gone by since the last update and the summer is already flying by. I've lost another chum to cancer since this started and it does lend a sense of urgency to 'doing it while one still can'.<div><br /></div><div>Anyway this is another exciting update, it's been tricky sorting all the fixing points and making certain that the swinging pole swivel works and that the racks won't dig in. They're a little wider than I'd first planned, but that is due at the moment to the expediency of using B14 bits I'm going to guess.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr35b3lrtd9hQ9yYgHtstvqfo4U2xBVSoOq815-TMjvnJkCz8yaZOqnI3CaNR2iwZYFcpaUFuIhbfUOEpEcj_hfLnlcw14QdwngRxocbGxPUlyDLdjp_Yczv7Is-UbDVApOujhRigwyno/s320/Pole+swivel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630662087890541922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div>You can see the preparations for the internals and the raising points of the racks and the whole craft is beginning to look a whole lot more racier, it's definitely going to have enough righting moment for my weight, which at the end of the day was the whole deal.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFYVDGb8Di9jD_uUn_-OcZEh9kOaJ_xihzKQ82nghyphenhyphenBpgDsR7bWKRVV3UGFkJGW4a6zHRqKe17PVrK8vAxHDolflZsHZP7iujJ5O_mUwWBnt8uF2utZf4YykuOV0TQjx1yzeaGO7eVfDV/s320/Bulkheads.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630662073287596914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_z3BcMcC24GMf8xVb9godP-8YqJZ0TdmvAEq5V2rbeuvBWkNPJ5HkaU9NuIHJZZ3spYozSrPzyn-hSjThzMiFxUbbDtqRzzmXRZ-OwwMqo5ty9NT76c7US4fPVPvM3kuoMriGvoKQmrP/s320/DSCF2923.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630659750100621474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>I can see this thing maybe being able to be sailed flat and bang the corners planing like a Formula Board on certain types of water. I can't wait to get on it, with any luck we may even be getting it wet this weekend according to Jamie, although I must admit it doesn't even look close, but then he knows what he's doing.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BADAmg7vC6fcxTvaTIyF6IXyR-MGcX81ud02jFHFjnLNbX311tWbXfX_HpUho1a65OLQcriO202GlchEVpqV1aMhsl4H58K_RYEwC6We494v8LCOFjhaZMOPBhZGw1bknTVjsptfgUxi/s1600/DSCF2938.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BADAmg7vC6fcxTvaTIyF6IXyR-MGcX81ud02jFHFjnLNbX311tWbXfX_HpUho1a65OLQcriO202GlchEVpqV1aMhsl4H58K_RYEwC6We494v8LCOFjhaZMOPBhZGw1bknTVjsptfgUxi/s320/DSCF2938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630659776475697650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaR4CuVpjIGubcZZ0USz3gbXIY7PPwtQ5OZPbkAe-kMmEgTHUP_tceT1WB3ICMrSeFxbc-hT87NbmgZ-EqS8Yi6zMjO86cUBjT1Zos3waMwyGWlGmcpyJkCGOPrcTxN1CwQYweCzFtckZw/s1600/DSCF2939.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaR4CuVpjIGubcZZ0USz3gbXIY7PPwtQ5OZPbkAe-kMmEgTHUP_tceT1WB3ICMrSeFxbc-hT87NbmgZ-EqS8Yi6zMjO86cUBjT1Zos3waMwyGWlGmcpyJkCGOPrcTxN1CwQYweCzFtckZw/s320/DSCF2939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630659767315297586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrrVLtBs2T07C-JZwghZJ_JM_A7P9LXzcudOuH5bdPVNYVIclsYEGnjWENN17HqagQXmsyIxssjvLLW85jgeqQ54y5eq6gUbCVAjTXz-phyphenhyphenhO4utiFCt29-8TTycXgsE5Ay30_bW8EMhc/s1600/DSCF2940.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrrVLtBs2T07C-JZwghZJ_JM_A7P9LXzcudOuH5bdPVNYVIclsYEGnjWENN17HqagQXmsyIxssjvLLW85jgeqQ54y5eq6gUbCVAjTXz-phyphenhyphenhO4utiFCt29-8TTycXgsE5Ay30_bW8EMhc/s320/DSCF2940.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630659763357155890" /></a>Just looking at that plan view, it must be 3m 20 wide by the look of it rack to rack, that's going to take some moving across, but then us small folk are nothing if not quick and needs must when the devil drives..<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_z3BcMcC24GMf8xVb9godP-8YqJZ0TdmvAEq5V2rbeuvBWkNPJ5HkaU9NuIHJZZ3spYozSrPzyn-hSjThzMiFxUbbDtqRzzmXRZ-OwwMqo5ty9NT76c7US4fPVPvM3kuoMriGvoKQmrP/s1600/DSCF2923.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-28454393193992816652011-06-18T13:15:00.000-07:002011-06-18T14:09:23.541-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3lenVP69MHo/Tf0K2azOlSI/AAAAAAAAADY/Vp6YqUSwvSk/s320/IMG_0543.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619659840051647778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px; " /></span>Saw the two bits together for the first time today, which confirmed just how big she is, but it's exactly the parameters I want, long waterline so she'll go upwind just fine, and wide so she'll be stable.<div><br /></div><div>So today was all about decisions, poles, kites, jib, mast position, tillers, centreboards, racks, obviously to prepare the fixing positions for shrouds, mastfeet etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>We're basing our dimensions on what's going to be a bit of a cross between an RS700 & 800, we're going to definitely go with a wing-wang, a jib boom with a furler, the pump system to hoist the kite and a mix of the fittings of those two boats, the hull itself is already radical enough to best to go with tried systems initially to make it go.</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uWAt9kuKPtY/Tf0LXQ8n5EI/AAAAAAAAADg/eUrGDrjCMNY/s1600/IMG_0541.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uWAt9kuKPtY/Tf0LXQ8n5EI/AAAAAAAAADg/eUrGDrjCMNY/s320/IMG_0541.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619660404342383682" /></a><br />The stern, we've decided to go with carbon racks centred at 1.50m each given 3.00mtrs width and righting moment which should be more than enough to keep her as upright as she needs to be and able to fly a hull. So to prevent the racks digging in they'll need to be set into the deck and wedged.<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-olmw_f4rHsA/Tf0OXGTB3zI/AAAAAAAAADo/g209zIQVpX8/s320/IMG_0542.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619663700018454322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div>The centreboard case is going to be and extended plated similar to the RS200, it'll need to be longer to compensate for the tunnel height and high aspect ratio so will extended pretty much the entire length of the tunnel, the case is built already and we've allowed for pivot positions so I can bring the mast back even further if necessary.</div><div><br /></div><div>It still looks like it could be a potential twin handed thing, but we're still going for the original concept, it'll have a fairly long tiller extension , we had a lot of discussion about twin rudders, twin tiller extensions off one rudder, for or aft sheeting, off boom or centred, but given the jib and the need for the main to be centre sheeted, we've opted for conventional centre sheet bridled and the jib and main connected, we're also considering a jib pole to facilitate goose winging the jib for the odd occasion when running with the kite isn't feasible.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going to settle for two sail sizes, one as big as I dare for light to medium, we may as well go for broke, see just how fast we can make it go, and a smaller main for breezy conditions.</div><div><br /></div><div>So with any luck next time I see it, she'll be together and maybe even on the water..</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-86183634197519849732011-06-10T16:39:00.001-07:002011-06-10T16:47:04.091-07:00More Progress<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3t2ozqVl9QY/TfKsINynt8I/AAAAAAAAADQ/T6RSpxRqUO0/s1600/DSCF2854.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3t2ozqVl9QY/TfKsINynt8I/AAAAAAAAADQ/T6RSpxRqUO0/s320/DSCF2854.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616740942425339842" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NFDHFagBnQg/TfKsHtIPMrI/AAAAAAAAADI/-esK2s3qkbw/s1600/DSCF2849.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NFDHFagBnQg/TfKsHtIPMrI/AAAAAAAAADI/-esK2s3qkbw/s320/DSCF2849.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616740933657637554" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uL2TsTEhPbc/TfKsHE5s6FI/AAAAAAAAADA/h0fl_GcVowE/s1600/DSCF2851.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uL2TsTEhPbc/TfKsHE5s6FI/AAAAAAAAADA/h0fl_GcVowE/s320/DSCF2851.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616740922859251794" /></a>More pics of the deck laminate. I've been away all week working in France, so I shall popdown next week and have a look at it in the flesh. </div><div><br /></div><div>Looks big enough, might even have room for a pool in the front deck, should have no problem with cupholders</div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-57118435274408743022011-06-08T03:23:00.000-07:002011-06-08T03:43:15.583-07:00Taking shape at last<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oeLtXZFmLU0/Te9REnSjj5I/AAAAAAAAAC4/pC2l8xLUFc8/s1600/DSCF2811.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oeLtXZFmLU0/Te9REnSjj5I/AAAAAAAAAC4/pC2l8xLUFc8/s320/DSCF2811.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615796400062435218" /></a>Deck Laminate<div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b_Iy06Fdplg/Te9REIacumI/AAAAAAAAACw/m2pgajS9HYM/s1600/DSCF2827.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b_Iy06Fdplg/Te9REIacumI/AAAAAAAAACw/m2pgajS9HYM/s320/DSCF2827.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615796391774042722" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Br8elLiMyW8/Te9RDzkpWmI/AAAAAAAAACo/7s9Z5lWepDk/s1600/DSCF2828.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Br8elLiMyW8/Te9RDzkpWmI/AAAAAAAAACo/7s9Z5lWepDk/s320/DSCF2828.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615796386179668578" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ghwgpfILCkw/Te9RDXmovjI/AAAAAAAAACg/qGhseiByJBM/s1600/DSCF2830.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ghwgpfILCkw/Te9RDXmovjI/AAAAAAAAACg/qGhseiByJBM/s320/DSCF2830.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615796378671824434" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jGIYvn_Elgw/Te9RDESmWOI/AAAAAAAAACY/6rejzDYJQjM/s1600/DSCF2832.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jGIYvn_Elgw/Te9RDESmWOI/AAAAAAAAACY/6rejzDYJQjM/s320/DSCF2832.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615796373487507682" /></a><br />It seems ages since I last had anything to update with and time seems to be flying by, but this month things should start to accellerate, now we have the deck and hull bits 'planked' and glassed.<div><br /></div><div>I'm stuck in a sales meeting in France right now and the last month or so seems to have been an endless round of travels and new product launches so the jolly old v-twin has been a bit on the back burner. I've sold my RS100 just this week so now I'm single handed boat less, this will focus me a bit more.</div><div><br /></div><div>One thing that's worrying me as she comes together is the sheer size of her, looks more like a radical two hander than something I'm going to be able to launch and recover alone, she's a big old girl.</div></div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-16107444538767825922011-04-27T13:17:00.000-07:002011-04-27T15:19:57.222-07:00April 27th<div><br /></div><div>So today, after much procrastination and a couple of delays, I finally got to see the ribs laid out on the floor of the builders.<div><br /></div><div>Laser cut MDF sheets, they are spaced a fw inches apart and the foam strips will be laid into them, then glassed on the inside, then flipped and the external surface glassed, not sure wether to use carbon yet, it's a tough decision, it's very expensive when the hull isn't exactly tried and proven.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Deck Mould</b></div><a href="http://www.surf-sales.com/Pics/vtwindkribs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 485px;" src="http://www.surf-sales.com/Pics/vtwindkribs.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><b>The Hull Layout.</b><div><br /><a href="http://www.surf-sales.com/Pics/vtwinrib2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 485px;" src="http://www.surf-sales.com/Pics/vtwinrib2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Straight edge to check the rocker.<br /><a href="http://www.surf-sales.com/Pics/vtwinribs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 485px;" src="http://www.surf-sales.com/Pics/vtwinribs.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>They've altered the original spec to reduce the wetted surface and to encourage the hull to heel and fly one side up wind, it'll be interesting sailing something deliberately designed to heel, I can do that bit well enough, although I had hopes it could also sail flat and plane should the water conditions permit, i.e. flat estuary stuff or offshore wind where I sail.</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995348908506520931.post-11688249134256380262011-02-03T09:14:00.001-08:002011-04-27T13:16:31.833-07:00V2-V-Twin Project<a href="http://www.surf-sales.com/Pics/Renders/underrender.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br />Having come to the gentile art of dinghy sailing relatively late in the day, I find it has followed a course of action not unlike that of another sport dear to my heart, Windsurfing.<div><br /></div><div>Basically most of the exciting fast stuff becomes next to near impossible to sail by someone with the level of work commitments and perhaps the deteriorating motor skills bought on by the decay of years. Fast boats are over canvassed slim skiffs that fall over if no-one is inside them to mind whats going on. They fall over even more, with people inside them, even if they do mind what's going on, especially when its windy or in challenging sea conditions, to the point even the finest of Gold Medal Olympic atheletes are at a loss to control them as witnessed in the Olympic medal race at Beijing.</div><div><br /></div><div>So having once more purchased what I thought would be the answer in the shape of a super new boat the RS100 only to find it needed the level of skills possessed by an ex Olympic Squad member in order to suceed at, I decided there must be an easier way, and I'm hoping the answer will be the final result of this blog which will record my progress in fabricating new style racing dinghy.</div><div><br /></div><div>I christened it initially the V2 as a latter day version of a dinghy known as the Vortex which due to its narrow nose and multiple daggerboards I'm tempted by but find unsuitable to the beach and sea condition I sail from at Hythe in Kent, but have since renamed, due to the V shaped hull which flows into twin aft planing sections and it is now called..</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The V-Twin.</b></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3UBGq1LRt78/TUrkwd5SmWI/AAAAAAAAABQ/pSaymkb_bjI/s1600/3%253A4rear.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3UBGq1LRt78/TUrkwd5SmWI/AAAAAAAAABQ/pSaymkb_bjI/s320/3%253A4rear.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569515410506815842" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3UBGq1LRt78/TUrkwd5SmWI/AAAAAAAAABQ/pSaymkb_bjI/s1600/3%253A4rear.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}">The illustrations on the left are renders from a CAD programme drawn up by Dan Holman who works for a company called </a> </span>Synthesize Yachts and Design.<div><br /></div><div>I'd drawn sketches of my requirements, which is for a fast stable boat capable of being launched from our infamous shore dump at Hythe, safely. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3UBGq1LRt78/TUri0Tel8rI/AAAAAAAAABI/7rE5cAUbn2Q/s1600/pers-render.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3UBGq1LRt78/TUri0Tel8rI/AAAAAAAAABI/7rE5cAUbn2Q/s320/pers-render.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569513277406704306" /></a>I wanted a retracting centreboard, planing hull, widestyle with good righting moment and stability, the ability to either hike (easily without trashing my knees) or trapeze once I'm accomplished.</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't want a Cat, they're difficult to right if they go over, don't tack well so not really suitable to close quarter tactical sailing using shifts etc that I enjoy, so the answer seemed to me to try and produce a cross between a Cat and a Mono but using some of the expertise I've learned over the years from assisting in the design and production of racing long windsurfing boards.</div><div><br /></div><div>Having spent a day down at Synthesize and absolutely amazed at the capabilities of modern computer programmes and their ability once rendered to predict planing, wetted surface, plot attitude and generate a feasible model prior to production. I agreed to generate the inital design and move on to get quotes to mill a blank ro build the first prototype.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxru-cVYp3hcvI2klBOpZzslOg5dgRVV4NQd0MjvbdH3CnUmRuNwC7riN3oMBm6hE-MZb3g7uit-XdVSblnKw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><div>Hythe on a relatively benign day.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The design calls for three stage rocker, a 'rocker' being the varied angle of attack of the planing surfaces of the hull presented to the water. Most dinghies seem to have a progressive rocker, because primarily they are 'displacement' rather than 'planing' hulls. Or, more recently there has been a trend to straight rockered 'skiffs' that are designed to plane on rather than displace water, they use Assymetric rigs and emulate windsurfing techniques of planing at angles downwind rather than directly toward a mark by using their greater speed which generates apparent wind to progressively sail further and further offwind. </div><div><br /></div><div> However when the windspeed is not great enough for them to work this way, they are inevitable sluggish due to the high area of wetted surface always present when no dynamic lift from motion is present. These hulls we also found in racing longboards with similar rockers, whilst good on flat water are slow to plane in sizeable waves and at certain wave angles promote a downward trajectory into the back of the next wave with sometimes dramatic results as the boat slows down or stops quickly and in some instances pitch poles stern over bow.</div><div><br /></div><div>So having a rocker with three distinct 'sections' at each level altering the nose attitude whilst reducing contact with the surface presented by the previous section as the boat planes, assists this problem. The challenge was to work out the area, volume, hull width at key points in order to brief the designer, so I simply used what we already knew from long windsurfing boards, the result of which the two rear sections emulate two windsurf boards side by side.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://www.surf-sales.com/Pics/Renders/underrender.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 100px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>iG.R.Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10175784221173929305noreply@blogger.com0