mosaic of foam

I started with the unpacking of the rudder and to cut some foam pieces to mosaic it in the rudder half's. This did take the hole morning. In the afternoon Fetske did come to assist me to glue all the foam pieces in place with some putty. When all was in place we put the vacuum on it to press all the foam down. After a short tea break I moved on to install the water taps. As final yob I glued the holding tank hatch in place and mounted some screws in the frond hatch. I had not all screws because some must be longer and where not in stock and must be ordered.

Layed some layers on the center HD piece

In the morning we directly did go to the shed to laminated three layers of biaxial on the center HD piece of the rudder and with some leftover epoxy we glued the table stand in place. In the afternoon we did some shopping and bought some water tap and hose.
There was not much time left when we arrived at home so I only drilled some holes for the tap in the kitchen and connected some hose.

just a update

The router tool works perfectly, the center piece is 1,5 mm lower for the extra laminated

Glued the HD foam in the rudder halfs

We first started with unpacking the rudder half's. After that I started to work on a tool for my router to route away the foam what sticks up in the rudder half's. The HD foam was cut in the right corners and then glued in place with some HD putty. As last job for the morning I place a horizontal tube in the kitchen locker to keep lager objects in place. In the afternoon I started with the table to round the corners and some other small things. As last job for the day I made the backside of the locker for the instrument panel and glued it partial in place. The other part is removable.

Laminated the rudder halfs

Just some pictures of what we did today.

Preparing for laminating the rudder

In the morning we went to a supplier for our windows to look what kind of material and tint we wanted for our windows. In the afternoon we prepared the mold and cut all the carbon pieces. In the frond edges of the mold we put some extra tape so when the last layer on the front is put on when the half's are put together there is a rebate to put the carbon in. The taping and the plastic did take some time to put on.

Painted the under side

In the morning my dad did come by to look at the boat, so I started a bit later. I drilled out some holes were the glass fiber tubes were placed. I than wanted to place some winches but did come to the conclusion that my bold were to big to fit in the plastic buses. I had M8 and it must be M6. So that have to be done later. I also had not the right bits and bolts and we decided it was time for lunch. After the lunch we glued the back of the rudder mold with piece of scrap foam, I had a lot and most of it is gone now. After the drying of the PU glue we filled the the holes with PU foam, this time the PU foam could rise. The last yob for the day was the final layer of paint on the underside, this was not good so it had to be done ones.