Thrill Seeker going to the winter storage

Yesterday we hauled Thrill Seeker out of the water to bring her to the winter storage, she is still for sale, see website for details.

extra layer on the bottom

Today we laid a extra layer of carbon on the bottom (this is by design). Tomorrow we take Thrill Seeker out of the water to bring him to the winter storage.

Taped the entrance bulkhead

Yesterday we prepared Thrill Seeker for the winter storage and the plan was to take it out off the water today but due to the bad weather we postpone that till next weekend. But before we did leave a I unpacked the stringers and it looked really good.  Today we taped the entrance bulkhead and unscrewed the battens.

Laminated the stringers and place entrance bulkhead

We laminated the stringers with UD and biaxial and and between the stringers a piece where I had some air bubbles. After that Fetske started to unscrew the battens and I glued the entrance bulkhead.

place the stringers on the underside deck

Today I placed the foam stringers on the underside deck. I also pulled some air bubbles open an put some putty in. I could not figure out  why they were there because the vacuum was good maybe to less vacuum. The rest was good. I will place a extra layer of carbon on the underside half between the stringers were all the air bubbles were.

Taped the front beam bulkheads together

Today I tape the beam bulkhead and the daggerboard case with lots of carbon tape pieces and some UD pieces. The friday I did some prep work before we did leave for some sailing for two days.

Taped the bunk and glued the front beam bulkheads together

Yesterday I took some hours free from my work to tape the bunk bulkheads and tonight I glued the front beam bulkheads together. This weekend the weather will be nice for sailing and maybe on sunday I tape the beam bulkheads.

some different perspective