Thursday, March 29, 2018

Deck Hardware Prep...

All deck hardware is mounted on 1/8" G-10 Garolite plates above and
below the deck. G-10 is a glass-based phenolic that is strong,
stiff, and has high impact and compressive strength. In this photo, the
light green plate under the black organizer is G-10 Garolite.


The running backstays come forward through a tube to a turning block,
then into a clutch and then on to a winch.
The turning block and the clutch are
mounted on a plywood plinth 
to insure the correct angles to feed into the winch.


The plywood plinth is glued to the deck in the proper position.
The plywood plinth is covered with two layers of carbon cloth,
 one layer of glass cloth then vacuum bagged.

Ready for fairing


Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Trailer Update...

Eric's son Joe gluing reinforcement to forward trailer bunk.
Forward bunk dry fitted into welded trailer mount. Mounts will be attached to trailer with U bolts
which will allow for some adjustment. After diagonal side braces are added, the metal
parts will be sent off to be hot dip galvanized.


Keel bulb will rest on this plate.

Trailer with all bunks dry mounted. Rear bunks will be separated an additional foot or so.