Started on hardware
Drill the holes for these guys. My kiwi bow fitting is now attached. Well it was, it got removed shortly.
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Last phase of major construction about to start
Despite a week of distraction (see my other boat ) I got a few minor jobs done and finally ordered the last two ply sheets for the deck and the carbon for the deck and foils. I may actually have enough carbon for the gantry setup too and ordered a 1" pipe to connect the transom together and hang the gantry from. The minor jobs included mounting the chainplates and cutting away some of the extra bulkhead so that there is a chance to access the back of the chainplates through the inspection hatch. I also wimped out and added a small amount of support for the mainsheet block in the form of two cedar doublers on the girder. This is because I may go with a four screw block and the screws would be near the edge of the girder. The plan for the weekend is to cut out the rest of the card templates for the deck, and to start the centreboard. I now have an approximate plan on how to get the shape right but some trepidation too! Will need to get my hands on some vacuum bag...
Hardware thoughts
I'm building up the forward bulkheads (basically a variation on the pattern set by Dave - here ). This got me thinking about hardware as some of it needs to go in before the boat is sealed up (Namely the chainplates, I guess you drop in a small access plate if needed. Looking at Dave's build the chainplates just appear majically in March 2013, I don't see him having them on before at all. The plans call for them being bolted on prior to the upper deck. I tried 4" access ports but found it hard to reach around with my arm inside, so went with WestMarine 6" ports. Later on I saw you can get 5" ports, these might be ideal. I can see the weight coming on.... Now I've cut the holes for two bulkhead access panels it strikes me one would be lighter... oh well. Forestay For the forestay attachment a SS EyeBolt seems easy to add, neat and pretty robust. Perhaps something like this - well a bit smaller as nearly 9000lbs breaking strength is a slight...
