- Finish paint the cockpit (hull interior) with the white over the white primer
- Finish paint the hull exterior with the Senator's red over the current paint which counts as primer after it has been sanded
- Make the mast & boom. I'm going to test building a bird's mouth method hollow wood mast to see how it turns out. This won't cost much as it takes just a 2x10 about 12 feet long. I may play with a two-part mast as well. My thoughts aren't completely decided on the mast and rig areas yet. I like Eric's balanced lug approach, but a Laser-like luff tube main sail on a two part mast may be worth trying as well
- Make the rudder, rudder headstock, tiller and daggerboard. This step doesn't frighten me, as it is basically table saw and jack plane work with a little finish time on the belt sander. I've got to section the mahogany into 3/4 inch wide pieces and glue it back together, reversing the pieces to stabilize the wood from warping. I haven't done this yet simply because I didn't want the saw dust around during painting and varnishing.
- Make the sail - I want to use white polytarp as it will look better than the Tyvek. The miserable Dupont Canadian rep never called back and never followed up on my request for unbranded Tyvek. I don't know how companys stay in business with crappy staff that fail to follow up with paying customers
- Figure out the pintle/gudgeon situation.
- Once rig is figured out, I'll need to put a shopping list together for the cordage, blocks and running rigging stuff
- Reinforce the mast partner thwart, and build the mast step. These will have to be aligned very carefully and be tweakable fore & aft to balance the rig for lee/weather helm
- Make the detachable motor mount for the transom and the little Evinrude.
- Make the daggerboard slot-insertable rowing seat
- Figure out the oar/rowing situation
- Figure out daggerboard slot reinforcement ideas for giving suitable support to gasketing the slot top and bottom. Perhaps some caulking "goo" will work - got to test and think about it
Friday, May 7, 2010
Things to do
There is a lot more to do, even though the basic hull is complete. Here is a list of tasks / incomplete ideas (in no particular order or priority):
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She is looking really good......nice work!!
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ReplyDeleteYour boat looks nice and shiny
Have you got any more done yet?
Have you been out on it?
Is it as fast as it looks?
Wish we were closer
Ed
This is a wonderful build. But I'm curious to see how it would look on the cheap and not done "right" in your words.
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