PDR Build in the Philippines.

Cybernaught · #1 26th Apr 2008, 09:09 AM

Wood has been butchered and epoxy spread here on Pangangan island in Bohol, Philippines.

From this:

To this:

In two and a half days. Here are the particulars.

She's an Oz version of course. Her name is "The Ducklaration of Independence" but I call her "DI Duck" for short. (Dee-Eye-Duc)
She's currently screwed but not glued in order to test the fit and make sure everything mates up OK.

The boat will have full length side air boxes and an offset daggerboard to keep the cockpit clear. There will be two external skids for stiffening along the bottom as per Michaels recommendation. Everything else will be as close to plan as I can get it.

I sent an email to Shorty and hope to have my hull number within a week or two. To the best of my knowledge, DI Duck will be the second PDR in the Philippines. Dan is building the first one in Davao Mindanao.

Time to go to work. There's boat building to be done.

I'll post updates.

CN

Daddles · #2 26th Apr 2008, 02:50 PM

Oi, he's building a BOAT

Richard

bitingmidge · #3 26th Apr 2008, 10:19 PM

You Ripper CN!

And I like the fact that the timeframe is less than... well ... normal!

cheers,

P

m2c1Iw · #4 26th Apr 2008, 11:18 PM

Hmmm.......took me two months to get that far

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Hope I'll keep shorty busy this week too

but somehow I think you will beat me to the water.

Cheers
Mike

Daddles · #5 27th Apr 2008, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bitingmidge

And I like the fact that the timeframe is less than... well ... normal!

You mean 'less than midge-like' don't you? How does that equate with 'normal', even by MY standards

Richard
building something the Mik forgot he'd designed

Daddles · #6 27th Apr 2008, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by m2c1Iw

Hmmm.......took me two months to get that far

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Two months eh? It takes a mere weekend to build a PDR ... sounds like you're well within the 'normal' time frame

Richard

dognest · #7 27th Apr 2008, 01:06 PM

And all this for less than the cost of a normal night out!

Now I want to build one too but it's probably going to take me two months to find enough loose change behind the couch so I can afford the plans.

CN, looking forward to watching your build and seeing your modifications.

Cybernaught · #8 27th Apr 2008, 10:50 PM

This weekend I had more visitors than I have had in the past 3 months. Saturday it was Bill from Australia for a nice chat then Ken and Annie came by for a while in the afternoon. Sunday Bill came back over with Bob and his wife. They left just after noon and then Thiery and his wife came not 10 minutes later. Just before they left at around 2pm Bob and Adeline came back for another visit and left just before dark. I turned the light on in the Garage and Boy showed up to tell me about all the happenings in the Mayor's office last week.

All this company slowed down the build and I was only able to get the sides, transoms and front-deck bulkhead epoxied together and the mast step built. I am using a stainless pin for the mast step made from the original rudder post of the pump boat.

Here are the mast step pieces.

Here is the assembly epoxied up.

I wanted to get the assembly installed and the bottom epoxied on tomorrow but my better half informs me that we have to go to Thierry and Marylie's house tomorrow. He's here from Tahiti where he works for the Frech government as an air traffic controller. Last chance to visit for a while. When there's nothing needing doing we never see anyone at all. I may have to pull an all nighter.

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CN, looking forward to watching your build and seeing your modifications.

There won't be many mods. I ran the changes I want to make past Michael and side tanks and moving the daggerboard is about it. Bamboo spars first then Oz style when I can get to Cebu for some FG cloth and resin. There's really no hurry but I'm just anxious to sail it and see how she does.

CN

Boatmik · #9 28th Apr 2008, 11:26 AM

Excellent work CN,

Nice to see it going together!

Any idea of cost so far? I think Philippines prices will make everyone here VERY jealous!

MIK

Cybernaught · #10 28th Apr 2008, 06:07 PM

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Any idea of cost so far?

For two sheets of 3/16", one sheet 1/4" ply and the 8 pieces of 1" x 1" x 12" That it will take to complete the hull I have spent 1800.00 pesos. Thats about $42.75 USD. I have more than enough material on hand to do the rest of the build left over from other projects. I will go with bamboo spars first and less than perfectly shaped foils to get her in the water fast. The bamboo I have on hand is enough for both a sprit and balanced lug. I paid 150 pesos the bamboo, or $3.56 USD The tarp I have cost about 180 pesos or $4.28 USD Enough for either sail but not both. Metal for hardware and the pulleys I have on hand. I may have enough paint but Edna let our helper use some of it painting grandma and grandpa's house so I may have to buy more. I'm not sure yet. The least I can get away with will about $50.59 USD and it may go as high as $60.00 USD. Actually the bamboo and the tarp were bought for another project that I never did so you can knock off the $3.56 and $4.28 because that money was already spent whether or not I built the PDR. In that scenario I would have $42.75 USD in new money spent solely on this build.

What does that work out to? About the cost of one Harken block?

The bamboo and tarp were for a balanced lug for Aquila, my bobtailed and nosejobbed 16 foot decked sailing canoe that is now a skinny 9' pram. The old 42 square foot Gunter pulls her just fine. I decided 60 squares would be too much for her narrow beam. For "The Ducklartion of Independence" I'll start out with the 80 square foot spritsail. then work on the Oz foils and spars for the 90 square foot balanced lug.

Aquila underway, pointing up a bit with the Gunter, in light air.

CN