Bloody hell Cisco, a 40' centreboarder??
Mind you, the keel folds up and rearward, shifting the cog backwards, hence pulling the nose up....
she may motor better with keel down shaggy u will find the sweat spot no doubt. What's the stages to get the keel back down if u break the seal? Reset the circuit breaker?
Hi Guitz ,
What are you using as a filler below waterline ?
As I think the Micro balloons are hollow and can absorb water , maybe im wrong but I don't think the fairer used them on my hull below water.. might pay to check..
Shot from the front.
I continued the bottom color up over the prow, what do you think? Does it look ok, or is it too jarring? I like it, but its a bit different, so I don't know if I spoilt the lines or not?
oh shaggy !!!!! now i can see why your going to get the speed !!!!!!! what a shape !!!!!
I think i,m getting exited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've used this product with vinylester, just kept adding the balls and mixing until I got
the right consistancy (ice cream as Southace says). Quite forgiving and easy to use.
Sands to an excellent finish. Good job Guitz.
Shaggy,
In France they lift the keel so the boat can take the ground at low tide. In your case is the hull reinforced where the retracted (lifted) keel can press against it if sitting on mud?
Installed Motor and Gearbox Temperature indicator with high temp alarm also installed alarms for low oil pressure and low cooling water flow.
My boat is ready to be launched tomorrow after having topside painted and bottom soda blasted removing 30 years of buid up. The installation of a complete B&G instruments including auto pilot. Looking forwardto now using it.
HI Seabird,
Sorry mate, I am unsure what you mean. Do you mean the chine,where the vertical sides of the hull meet the bottom? Or do you mean the actual mobile steps behind the boat?
HI Yara,
they use different strength 20mm foam throughout the layup, so before infusion it looks a bit like someone had run out of one color, whole blotches of colors! I have a list of all the different grades and where they are positioned, but you could roughly say the forrard half of the lower hull, around the rear of the rudder posts, and the rear and sides of the keel box are all high density foam, with the rest medium density. Structures treat this all the foam weights as intellectual property, ie: I'm not supposed to publish any detail which is a shame, it is interesting the thought that goes into it.
Twodogs, she looks beautiful, congratulations ! I'd be licking my lips at the B&G stuff!
Reaching or downwind is a different story, this is where the beam starts coming in. There is no wave drag per se, and you can see/feel the difference.
Great info Shags. As I've said before, the physics of sailing is very interesting. I once talked to jockey Johnny Letts
Who told me that for most of the race you hold the horse back, but when you let it go it's like hanging to something
that's never going to stop accelerating. I reckon your boat is going to be exactly the same. All the very best to you.
Please tell me that is a brand new one Andy, and you didn't clean it up to look that good!
We used to use one that looked identical to this to start a drag bike. It had two protruding arms that locked into the frame, so the torque didnt try and snap your amrs off. I know because I missed a few times!
Get some paint on it andy. It won't stay looking like that for long.
Also that oil line with banjo connection going into the block just below it needs attention before it rusts through.