OK, back on it hoping to get everything under the deck sorted (about time!) this week - what with a bank holiday coming along too, surely this is achievable! Above is a piccie of the keel "box". We just wrapped it around the foil (which had packaging tape on) with an acetal block to take the trailing edge. The block also helps us spread the load into the hull/deck/glass when we go aground - after all this is going to be raced in the Solent! We then cut along the leading edge so we could easily release the glass from the keel. We will replace in way of the cut as well as adding a little spacer so the keel slides easily. You could easily make a ply-box instead, but we had the glass and is just as straight forward.
Hopefully you can see the extra frames I have added today in the picture above (2nd and 4th one back in the picture). Basically mid-panel ring frames in the slamming areas. It may be argued either way whether one needs them or not, but I have decided that the extra stiffness for a small weight penalty is probably worth it. Back down again tomorrow to get working on the keel.
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