Here's some more progress. The pictures show the hull area ground clean and ready to have the new stringers added and the hull thickness built up.
The stringers are built around a foam core form which is epoxied in place before glassing over.
Next you can see one of the stringers with a first layer over it, then on the other side a layer over both the stringer and hull. There are two ore layups required to get to the 7/8" of additional hull thickness required.
Earlier this week another pallet of components arrived, and today I got the touch screen control panel installed in the lower helm. There also is a remote enable/disable control panel on the fly bridge which I installed, but didn't photograph yet. Stay tuned for that part.
I also spent some time with a helper today marking off the fin position on the hull, including it's fully deflected position in both directions. In the outboard position, the fin will hit a chine on the hull, so the fin needs to be notched to clear it. The measuring is so I can tell ABT how to make up the fins. I want to get them going since it will take 3 weeks or so to fabricate them.
The stringers are built around a foam core form which is epoxied in place before glassing over.
Next you can see one of the stringers with a first layer over it, then on the other side a layer over both the stringer and hull. There are two ore layups required to get to the 7/8" of additional hull thickness required.
Earlier this week another pallet of components arrived, and today I got the touch screen control panel installed in the lower helm. There also is a remote enable/disable control panel on the fly bridge which I installed, but didn't photograph yet. Stay tuned for that part.
I also spent some time with a helper today marking off the fin position on the hull, including it's fully deflected position in both directions. In the outboard position, the fin will hit a chine on the hull, so the fin needs to be notched to clear it. The measuring is so I can tell ABT how to make up the fins. I want to get them going since it will take 3 weeks or so to fabricate them.
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