glued the rudder bracket tube in place

I started the day with drilling holes for the motor mount to fit on the rail, this did take some time because the tolerance for the holes is small. When that was done I started with the remote rudder post, I make this out of a 40 mm PVC tube with carbon around it. In this tube fits a 32 mm PVC tube and in this on fits a 25 mm steel tube. The post fill be fitted under the traveler. After the lunch I started with the bailers for the water ballast tank, I had to modify one because that one will be fitted the other way around to fill the tank. I drilled the valve away. I drilled the holes to the outside and counter sunk them on the outside. Then Fetske did arrive with some stuff from Farrier marine, I had order some tubes and bushes. We first did a tea break and I then glued the tube in place, Fetske had to do some shopping and would return with some winches for on the cabin roof. In the meantime I did some clear coated epoxy in the water ballast tank. When Fetske did arrive with the winches we mounted them with some Sikaflex. I later came to the conclusion that the bolts were a bit to long so they have to be shorted later. Fetske did some cleanup of the shed because our parents come to visit tomorrow and it is always better working in a clean space.

Placed the motor bracket rail

I first cleaned the edges of the motor bracket and then drilled the holes for on the sleds. I drilled the holes over sized and filled them with putty and glued a glass fiber strip on both sides. The I drilled the holes again for the rail. Last time I filled them with some putty. In the afternoon Fetske did come to help me with fixing the screws in the rail and glide strips, Fetske screwed them will I was on the inside holding the nuts. We did the same with the organizers and they are now finish, another check in the box.

put some silicone kit in the window seams

I started with some sanding of the motor mount and made some gliding strips for under the mount. We then did the taping of the windows to get ready for the silicone kit. After the lunch we started with the kit and this was much faster than we did with Thrill Seeker. When the windows were done we did a tea break. The next job was drilling the holes for the gliding strips on the floor. After the holes were drilled on the right position we made them what bigger so we could fill them with a glass bubble putty. We also put a layer of glass on the underside of the motor mount. On the end I mounted the genaker winches. The youtube from boatworks today helped a lot.

glued the windows to the sides

Yesterday I did try to publish a post but blog spot was not working good. I did get my windows from Marco his shop were they were cutout. They also made some iron work. When I got home I glued the wedge in front of rudder case in place and glued some piece to my motor mount. The Spinlock gas throttle was a little modified, normally the small spacers were in place but I did need some more room for the panel.
Today I drilled the holes for the mast raising support. I made them like the F22 and the F32SR on the sides. I had to look at some old photo's to see were I did put the HD foam. There have to be place some U bolts in front of it to make it complete. After that was done I started with taping the 3M VDH tape in place were the windows will come. My window is in three pieces with 5 mm between them. In the afternoon we first put the windows in place with some duct tape to position them on the right spot. I made some spacers from 5 mm thick plastic witch could be placed between the windows.
We then removed one window and pulled of the plastic from the tape and the window. I put the spacer on the tape against the other window and now we could easily position the window in place.
When the widows was firmly pushed I removed the spacer and moved to the next window. First pull away the plastic, put the spacers in place again and place the window. Tomorrow we put some silicone kit in the edges. As last job for today we put some HD putty in the edges of the motor mount.

Laminated the second step of the rudder bracket

This morning I realized that I made a mistake with the height of the bracket I did measure from the back from the design drawings, but we make a high aspect rudder that is slimmer so the front is lower now. I think it is still ok, but I have to put some extra carbon around it on the upper side. Releasing the rudder blade was relatively easy. The wax plate is still in tact. I cut the necessary pieces of carbon and cut a wedges out of glass what will be laminated with carbon. This is the spacer between the G10 tube and the bracket. I ordered the tube and have to wait two weeks before it arrives. In the afternoon we put the laminated on the bracket and put nine layers of carbon on its other with the glass spacer on top and press it together with clamps. We then had a tea break. I then decide to cut the inspection access holes in the water ballast tanks. I need dose holes also to reach the bolt of the motor track and the bailers. I filled the edges with a glass putty. It was still to early so I diced to drill the hole for the Spinlock gas throttle. There was a nice template a calk paper enclosed with it. After some measuring were to put it exactly I put the template on the side with some tape. I then drilled the holes threw the template. The big hole was drilled after removing the template. I then wanted to do a trial fit and I did  see that the holes did not align with the real front plate. After some measuring of the front plate I did see were the problem was, the dawn thing was not on a 1:1 scale but a slightly smaller. So lesson learned first check before you drill. I filled the holes with putty so they can be drilled again. As last yob I put some Armaflex around the hoses and the connectors under the sink so they cant slam to the sides. At the end I did a fit of the wash boards.

laminated the first step of the rudder bracket

We started in the morning with laminating five layers of 400 gram carbon to form the bracket. There are also some UD carbon pieces involved on specific places. This was the first step in the process. Tomorrow I can make a wedges what fits between the G10 tube and the bracket. This is to angle the rudder 6 grade to balance it. In the afternoon I first started with sanding the motor mount and make the holes fit for the tube to attache the motor. One nut was still stuck on the tube and I don't get it lose. For the moment it is ok, I had still some tread left on the other side to fit a nut on it. I trimmed also some sides to let the motor better fit. I also looked at the Spinlock gas throttel. Then Fetske did drop by with some tea. After the break we trial fitted the motor and measured were the track had to be placed. I shorted the track and drilled the holes in the deck. The next job was to cut the sliding strips for the motor mount on the deck and routed I nice edge on it. They also protect the deck from the motor tail. While I was doing that Fetske did paint the wash boards again and the flag post.