Making Some Parts

At the moment work is extremely busy & the workshop is full so I've decided to just start making parts so that when I am ready to get the frames set up on the jig, I should have most of the bits & pieces ready to go. Started out scarfing my stringers together & making my rudder.

I will get all of the other chine battens, frame timbers, etc scarfed & machined to size next. Frames will come after that.

I have set myself a time line of having my boat ready for launch by the end of next year (2022). Sounds like a long time off, but I think it's realistic for me. So if there is to be a transatlantic in 2023 I may be able to make that. If not, its the Mini Globe Race in 2024.. :)

Jig for cutting scarfs straight off the bench saw. I will modify it for the next lot I have to scarf together

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Scarfs cut, glued & clamped

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Glued on the bench & nice & straight

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Machined to size & ready to go

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Rudder template

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The rudder is made from 3 laminations of 12mm Okume marine plywood. I recessed the inner surface of the two outside laminations to insert a little extra stiffening for the rudder. The fibreglass sheathing will bring the thickness of the rudder up to 40mm as per the drawings.

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