Thread: another Yellowtail begins

Originally Posted by Daddles

Hmm, I just remembered, you're from the Guernsey Isles. Does that make you one of them english type gentlemens (aka pom)? Or have I committed a socio-geographic confusulation?

Richard

no mistake with location but i'm British NOT English so yes i guess i may be a pom i have been called many things in my life but gentlemen is not one of them

Originally Posted by honkongphoie

no mistake with location but i'm British NOT English so yes i guess i may be a pom i have been called many things in my life but gentlemen is not one of them

The term is always used loosely when applied to the Brits

So what'd you put on that boat today?

Richard

i have done nothing at all today i had a bit of a heavy night out on the town last night

but luckily i have this week of work so i'll be able to make up for lost time

Originally Posted by honkongphoie

i have done nothing at all today i had a bit of a heavy night out on the town last night

but luckily i have this week of work so i'll be able to make up for lost time

It's not your liver that's evil. Stop setting a bad example by actually achieving things

I've worked out what's stopping me with mine ... apart from no time (I feel guilty when I'm not studying). I reckon I've freaked myself out with the steel centreboard and all the carry on making that. It's all new for me - working with steel, working with a centreboard, mounting the rotten thing then working out some way of lifting it. The plans show pulleys to the compression post but with Mik's yawl rig, I don't have a compression post any more so I'll have to work out something else. Nothing dramatic but enough to have me running scared, which is a pity because there are lots of other things I could be doing.

Richard

Hey Daddles just yell if you need a hand with the steel bits , got some free time to make sure this upstart from the Channel Islands doesnt finish his before you .

Thanks mate. I think I'm just shy of getting into a new area and don't really know what's needed as far as bearings and the like goes. I've got all the information here, just haven't put it all together in my head yet. You're welcome to cut the steel plate and grind a foil onto it though

Ricahrd

This was an offer of purely instructional help, supervisory roll, make sure you get it right as YOU do the grinding and cutting

Wooooo Hooooo

fitted the sheer strakes yesterday (will post photos later) boy am i glad that bit's over.

today i'm cutting the 50mm x 190mm x 2400mm piece of English oak for the keel to shape
i would like to mention at this point NO power tools have been used yet, (except the cordless drill) all the work has been done with hand tools, and i'm really looking farward to cutting the English oak keel to shape (should only take around half an hour with the hand saw ) and it'd going to be a very hot day for this time of year and part of the world, plus i'm building in an old glass house so it'll be around 40 C

and of cause there's lot and lots of sanding to do and some more sanding building a boat is better than going to the gym.

hey Daddles have you managed any work on you Yellowtail this weekend ?

Originally Posted by Daddles

Thanks mate. I think I'm just shy of getting into a
new area and don't really know what's needed as far as bearings and the like
goes. I've got all the information here, just haven't put it all together in my
head yet. You're welcome to cut the steel plate and grind a foil onto it though

Ricahrd

Cut steel plate & grind it to a foil shape... ???? !!!!

Just how massive is this steel plate, & what tonnage truck is required to drag
the finished boat around ???

Is it not an option to use say, 4 - 6mm steel plate as a centre template, build
a foil shape over it out of wood, & ballast it to the right weight with a blob of
lead let-in near the bottom?

cheers
AJ

Originally Posted by b.o.a.t.

Cut steel plate & grind it to a foil shape... ???? !!!!

Just how massive is this steel plate, & what tonnage truck is required to drag
the finished boat around ???

Is it not an option to use say, 4 - 6mm steel plate as a centre template, build
a foil shape over it out of wood, & ballast it to the right weight with a blob of
lead let-in near the bottom?

cheers
AJ

i think Daddles is getting a bit over exited and making up any excuses no to finish her it is in fact only a 15 kilo piece of steel or lead

attached is the said part of the plan just so you can all see how easy it is

as promised here's a few photos of my yellowtail so far

today i nearly gave myself a cardiac moment cutting the keel with the hand saw, i have the blisters to prove it

i have also planed the stem to shape, both are just positioned for the picys and not glued as i need to fit a 10mm x 40mm fill in piece along the inner keel first, which i hope to get done this week in the evenings, then cut the piece i cut off the keel to shape to scarf in between the stem and rear keel piece.

i'm not fitting a centre board as i will be only ever using her with an outboard so no need for it, but i'm guesing i'll have to add a bit of wieght in the bow to compensate for this


come on Daddles pull you finger out i'll soon be catching up with you

Well I'm impressed on a number of fronts, speed of build, hand tools only and a room with a view just to name a few.

Great work Phoie

Mike

Originally Posted by honkongphoie

i think Daddles is getting a bit over exited and making up any excuses no to finish her it is in fact only a 15 kilo piece of steel or lead

attached is the said part of the plan just so you can all see how easy it is

Nah mate. What you have is the original plan. TAFE here negotiated a modification with David Payne and as a result, my Yellowtail's centreboard case has been narrowed to take a thin, steel plate. Mik's had a look at her and the steel plate is the only way to go. The boys at TAFE just round off the corners but Mik recommends putting some sort of foil on the sodding thing.

Progress? Let's see, this weekend, I studied from 8 - 4 on saturday, then spent the rest of the weekend with my gf, it being her birthday. Nothing will be happening with the boat until the school holidays, no time. If someone were to make a sensible offer, they can have her (seriously) and I'd build that lovely double ended rowboat of PAR's which, I think, is the boat I really should be building.

Richard

Originally Posted by Daddles

The boys at TAFE just round off the corners but Mik recommends putting some sort of foil on the sodding thing.
Richard

Maybe you should invite Mik around to put some sort of foil on the sodding thing then.

AJ