Monday, 13 March 2023

 Rudder Transom and clean up all frames


Today the remaining 2 pieces of the rudder were glued-up - tomorrow the 2 pieces each of 2 pieces will be glued together, so in total 4 layers of ply in the rudders,



also 2 small backing blocks were glued in the transom, not totally needed but was in the plans for the centreboard version, 2 little blocks  of extra, stiffness and strength.



 and ALL the frames were cleaned up so that the plywood bulkheads are flush with the frames,

 just a few pieces of framing to glue onto the companionway bulkhead and the A frame for a cockpit floor support and then all frame/bulkheads are complete

- till tomorrow  - até amanhã
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Saturday, 11 March 2023

 Rudder Glue-up

Today 2 pieces of the rudder were glued - up ,
first the ply was saturated with epoxy then a high strength glue mix was added
and they were clamped up.











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Rudder ready for glue up 

today the rudder dimensions were double checked and checked again, then a master was cut out and 3 more rudder pieces were duplicated, then they were abraded in preparation for glue up.






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