Working on all the small details, watertight seals, deck layout, and Hard Dodger version 3.0 or 4.0 but most probably version 4.9.7.3. and making dyneema things - update from the last weeks
First up the hard dodger has gone through its last upgrade and suprisingly there was only a small amount of waste from the previous designs. It has evolved to be a hatch garage, with built in laminated handholds on the back edge, a mini Imoca (haha) type "piano" (haha) where reefing lines come back to the cockpit, 4 extra cleats and I have added 2 extra handholds to make it easier to always have a handhold in reach when going forward( there was a spot ehere there was a handhold lacking on the centreline. It will also be the forward edge of the fold away soft dodger made from sunbrella canvas (if I can source it), with a stainless frame that folds forward to the aft edge of the hard dodger. I am waiting on the stainless folding dodger hinges to be shipped.These will mount to the tabs of the hard dodger that touch the cockpit seats and will also hold the sides of the hard dodger to the cockpit seats. The front of the dodger will be held to the deck with a 10mm stainless u bolt for fastening tethers to, and also some other fasteners. A lot of thought has gone into this dodger so I hope it fulfills all the multifunctions I have assigned it. Time will tell.
the previous version functioned well as a dodger and hatch garage, but it always worried me that there was a lot of windage and the dodger part was not fulfilling its full potential.
so here are the pics of the Mega-function version 4.9.7.3
working out sheeting angles and placement of the 3d sheet lead system
front 3/4 view
Side view
FR4 and quadriaxial glass has arrived
I have started on the dyneema splicing - first 2 of the final 6 done,
each low friction ring has a double locked brummel eye splice to make the loop, lots of soft shackles to be made as well. By the time the synthetic rigging gets made I will be a master dyneema splicer
all mast parts are finished
all the watertight hatches have had gaskets and fastenings added
working out sheeting angles and placement of the 3d sheet lead system
front 3/4 view
Side view
FR4 and quadriaxial glass has arrived
I have started on the dyneema splicing - first 2 of the final 6 done,
each low friction ring has a double locked brummel eye splice to make the loop, lots of soft shackles to be made as well. By the time the synthetic rigging gets made I will be a master dyneema splicer
all mast parts are finished
all the watertight hatches have had gaskets and fastenings added
and the windvane self steering is in progress, and lots of other things that I have forgotten about have also been finished, all for another update
