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Thanks for the compliments. Yes, just to the side of the keel. This way the keel stays intact the entire length of the boat protecting it while dragging it up on the beach etc.. I have installed a piece of bronze half-oval on the edge of the keel to act as a chafe guard for it.Peter wrote: Is the centerboard slot off-center?
It is designed by Graham Byrnes and the plans are sold by his company http://www.bandbyachtdesigns.com/ This model is a Spindrift 9 (nesting version).MikeD wrote: Is it your own design? BTW, what does "Wing? Nert?" mean in Elvish? :)
The plans call for 5 bolts, three of which would be at or below the waterline and require rubber washers on each side. A fellow Spindrift builder invented his own lower hardware which makes assembly of the two halves in the water much easier and eliminates the leaking all together during assembly and in use. I used his plans to fabricate my own set of hardware from 1/8" stainless steel.A30_John wrote:I see that you used bolts with wing nuts to fasten the top of each hull half. What did you use on the bottom? Do you have fasteners below the waterline, and if so, what did you use for a gasket? Next question, how much does each half weigh?
I routed out some material from the transom of the forward section and the bottom of the aft section. As the hull is just 6 mm Okume plywood I had to first glue in "patches" of 1/2" plywood to create enough meat to do this. Visit http://www.pbase.com/sailrosita/connector_design and you will find the drawings for the connectors and details for routing out to receive them. This site belongs to the man who designed them. He made and used jigs for the routing, I just did them free hand. Other than that I made and installed them exactly as he specified. I saw no reason to try to improve them.A30_John wrote:Did you have to grind out some wood or glass on the "transom" of the forward half in order to make room for the bracket to fit?
The only glass used is one layer of 3" - 9 oz glass tape on both the inside and outside of all joints. The only exception being additional layers on the nesting bulkheads/transoms (they are bulkheads until you cut the dinghy in half, then they become transoms), which have significant stress on them. The entire hull is then coated with 2 coats of epoxy, 6 coats of Awlgrip 545 2-part epoxy primer and then 5 oats of Awlgrip outside and 2 of EasyPoxy inside with Interdeck on the bottom.A30_John wrote:did you cover the dinghy with glass inside and out? Or is that weight representative of the dinghy saturated in epoxy without glass?
I am looking forward to these. Am I correct in thinking, because of how this one looks, she wouldn't stow upside-down? I am also guessing she needs some sort of cradle/shaped chocks?Hirilond? wrote: I will update with nested, sailing and on deck pictures as the events occur.
I bought the material through the store at work. It is a dacron cloth over foam material. I will get the brand/model info monday for you.Figment wrote:What'd you use for the gunwale guard?
I am planning on stowing it upside down on the foredeck/over the leading end of the coach house. My Renegade is still under a frame and cover so this detail has yet to be worked out. I am considering chocks to receive the gunwales in a couple spots, or just using foam blocks that fit onto the gunwales. I would tie down with either option. Right side up could work, but the profile would be higher and it would need a cover. I want to avoid both of those.Duncan wrote:Am I correct in thinking, because of how this one looks, she wouldn't stow upside-down? I am also guessing she needs some sort of cradle/shaped chocks?
Every boat is different. I stow my current nesting dinghy upside down on the foredeck, covering the hatch. The centerboard trunk on the dinghy pictured above would impede stowage in this location. Here's what my current configuration looks like:Am I correct in thinking, because of how this one looks, she wouldn't stow upside-down?
Good thinking Dave. I wouldn't feel comfortable storing it right side up on a boat y/our size. If the dinghy ever filled up with water in heavy weather you could have a serious problem on your hands. I would not trust a cover to prevent that from happening.Right side up could work, but the profile would be higher and it would need a cover. I want to avoid both of those.