DINGHY PT15

 

Hull now filled and sanded.Time to fit and glue the 3 whale-strakes each side.

SPINDRIFT II

 

 

Had dinner with Hilton and Melva the other evening.
Hilton was keen to show me his 1:10 scale model of my SPINDRIFT design (their name) for them.It has been ballasted to float on the waterline andhas pwer and radio control set up.I can tell you it was heavy! Has dive weights as ballast.
Note no rubrail on the starboard side yet.

DINGHY PT14

 

 

Glassed the port side today. will do starboard tomorrow. Need to grind off the lap along the keel area. This is heavy structural double-bias with chopped strand on the inside. Ends up 1.5 to 2mm thick. really soaks up the epoxy resin!

DINGHY PT 13

 

Hull now has been filled and sanded, spotted and sanded again. Now ready for glassing. (After which there will be more filling and sanding!)

MATAI

This is a Marco Polo Design from LFH. Remarkably built according to the plans some years ago. A regular at the Mahurangi regatta.
Work continues on the dinghy but have to download from the camera, and its cold outside!

DINGHY PT12

 

Now filled and ready for sanding.

DINGHY PT 11

 

 

 

Fully sanded and the first filler coat applied.There had to be quite a bit in both bow areas due to the hollow there. But generally quite [pleased and keen to sand further and gradually get ready for glassing. Bought the 600gm doublebias with chopped strand matt when I went thru Auckland.

DINGHY PT10

All planked up.But not trimmed at the ends you will notice.

DINGHY PT9

 

Working up to the turn of the bilges. Might change layout now.Will be pushing on rapidly now I have a system!.

DINGHY PT8

 

The strips are creeping up from the sheer. This is port side, starboard the same.The raised sheer for the 'quarter deck', which is part of Bolgers design that I quite like is also stripped up.The odd clamp here and there to make sure they are tight together.The strips are square-edged.

DINGHY PT7

First strips glued on.  Doing port and starboard sides together to avoid any distortions. 

Cedar strips are 20mm by 10mm. We will see how we go on the tight part of the bilges.

TWO 'SHOESTRINGS'

David Thatcher kindly sent me this foto.
Two different Shoestrings together, both junk rigged.
please notice the slightly modified sheerline in Footprints (the right hand one).small changes can sometimes make a big difference.
Footprints is off to New Caladonia in August, he tells me.

DINGHY PT6

 

 

 

Got the stem, stern knee, and keel in place.The transom is oversize and will be trimmed and beveled later.I have started beveling the stem, and this also will be fine tuned as the cedar strips work their way up. 

DINGHY PT5

All molds (Now spelt correctly!)  completed. 13 in total, spaced every foot. But I am spacing them 320mm. Tomorrow will do the transom.Then we can see what she will be like with them erected.
The notch is for the kelson.She sure has hard bilges!