Advise has been coming from all over the place on some extra structure in the 'crash-zone'! Guy has taken some of it on-board and made a decision. For the sake of it, we've today cut some extra frames that will go in-between the bulkheads nearer the bow. We hope to bond and glass them in place tomorrow after the last longitudinal is in place.
Working from the bow to the wide end we're going to finish all the structural bits, and as we've made the keel casing (photo to follow), this is gonna be one of the next sections to complete. Had a few 'real' boat builders look over the area and listened to their advise, now all they need to do is show up for work!
Unfortunately as I'm quite busy at work I cannot get the mast onto the loft floor to get some bits and pieces sorted, the splicing of halyards is something I would like to get done soon, I know just the person! Chain plates have been designed by Guy, the local engineering shop will get a drawing soon. Once we've designed the adjustable forestay and hardware (and the structure etc is done in the boat, including the chain plates) the mast will go up and final measurements will go to North Sails UK for finishing the sail design.
Back to work.............
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This was posted on the i550 boards a while back. Its an above deck solution that could easily be bulked up for your purposes
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Hi Alex
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for that, looks interesting. We have a little more room that the pictured dinghy,might even consider a cascade and std purchase system combined, guessing about 18:1 maybe.