Progress Report ( with picture )
Hi Everyone,
I have at last got the decks finished ( still need to be sanded and given the final epoxy coat before painting ), I have just updated my website with a few new pictures, the main one showing the enlarged size picture of the whole hull is below. :U
http://members.dodo.net.au/~davidgom...r/PDRacer5.jpg
As you can see it looks like a OZ MK 2 PDRacer now. :cool:
Next step is to roll it over and open up the centreboard slot, before adding some low profile skids ( 8mm deep floor reinforcements ), and glass taping the hull seams. :2tsup:
Estimated time of completion
Hi Richard,
I hope to have her ready to sail by about Christmas. :2tsup:
Or about 'one week after she's finished', if either before or after Christmas. :roll:
I have been concentrating on construction of the hull so far, I still have to make the mast, boom, yard, rudder box, etc., and shape the foils ( all major wooden parts are cut / foil blanks made ). :U
I have all the fittings, mounting hardware, paints, rigging, and sail, just waiting to be used. :cool:
Resin coated PDRacer hull weight
Hi everyone,
As I needed to flip the hull over to finish working on the bottom, I decided to weigh the hull first. :U
I used a set of digital bathroom scales to weigh the hull using the following method: :2tsup:
I first stood the hull on It's side, and supported it on two blocks of wood under each end. :;
Then I placed two smaller blocks of wood on the scales, and positioned them under the middle of the side of the hull ( making certain I could read the display first ). :roll:
To start the scales it was neccessary to press on them first ( this turns them on and automatically sets the zero point ). :;
Then I quickly removed the wooden blocks from under each end of the hull to do the actual weight measurement ( hull is now supported only on the two smaller bocks on the scales - the weight of the two smaller blocks was deducted automatically by the scales automatic zero point adjustment ). :2tsup:
I was expecting it to weigh about 35 Kg max., as it turned out it actually weighs 40.2 Kg( I still need to add the fibreglass tape reinforcements on all of the hull seams, the third coat of resin all over, and my last modification, three 8 mm x 30 mm rubbing strips/floor reinforcements to finish off contruction ). :o
My modifications all added stength etc. to the design, so I expected my PDRacer to pay some weight penalty as a result, or maybe it was my choice of timber ( Durien ) but I didn't expect it to be 5+ Kg heavier. :o
Has anyone else weighed their resin coated PDRacer hull yet ?, if so, was it lighter ?, or heavier ?. :?