Thread: GIS Build in Queenstown New Zealand

Ian way to go on the rabbeted gunwales! Isn't it a nice touch?

Originally Posted by CCBB

Ian way to go on the rabbeted gunwales! Isn't it a nice touch?

Actually, I'm not much of a fan of this. I think the end grain of the ply looks nicer and adds more interest and detail to the gunwale. It's not a criticism at all, just a personal preference.

If I was ordering a boat, I'd choose the un-rabbeted option.

Hull now complete, bottom faired and epoxied then wet sanded. A bit of cleanup/sanding of the interior and I can epoxy that as well, then it's on to varnish and paint. Ready to sail for the shortest day?

Hopefully warmish weather will hold long enough to finish the epoxy coating and painting.

Looking great! I like how you did the transom knees. I did not run the inwales all the way back to the transom and now have a bit of a funky angle between the inwales, knees and the top of the transom.

Love your work Ian. She's looking fantastic.

I finished my Goat this time last year and was able to get in some warm sailing days before the wet-suit was needed. But then I don't live at your latitude!

Originally Posted by SimonLew

Looking great! I like how you did the transom knees. I did not run the inwales all the way back to the transom and now have a bit of a funky angle between the inwales, knees and the top of the transom.

Yes, I did similarly at the bow, it meant that all the knees are simple triangles, so they can just be trimmed along two sides till they fit exactly. If you cut the inwales shorter, you end up with those notches to fit around the end of the inwales, there are a lot of angles to get right and not much room for trimming to fit. Converse is that the inwale ends have to be cut exactly to fit for length and angles at the bow and stern before they are glued in place.

Woodeneye - yes it gets cold in winter here. (but not like Poland or
Finland) We get some beautiful clear frosty but sunny days, completely windless in winter, so we should be able to get out in the middle of the lake under oars and enjoy the sunshine and the views of snow on the mountains. Best days are when it is cold and calm enough that the water is smoking.

Enough wind for sailing and it will be too cold for the kids, so I may not get too much sailing in before the spring, but hopefully a reasonable amount under oars will be possible.

Ian

So yes, a few degrees of lattitude makes quite a difference. Contrast to the Hunter Valley here in NSW where I'll be sailing with some keen Laserites on Grahamstown Lake right through the winter! We would say that our mornings are becoming quite chilly, but it's relative with our early morning temps still above 10degC. Daytime temps are still reaching 22 degC so we have no real excuses not to get onto the water.

Well, I didn't get finished before the winter set in and put a stop to epoxying, painting and varnishing, so I had to put things away till the spring. I'm now back into it, things left to do include finishing touches on spars and varnish, paint on the bottom, I'll post some more pictures when there's something new to look at. My wife is now working part time, so three quarters of the time I had available to work on the boat is now gone looking after the kids, but should be able to get it launched by Christmas. (How many completion dates have I mentioned and gone past now!) I have to beat Clint Chase to a launch so I don't end up with the record for the slowest GIS build.

Ian

I have to beat Clint Chase to a launch so I don't end up with the record for the slowest GIS build.

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What GIS? Oh, the one my cat has been sleeping in, under random stuff in my garage?

The race is on...may the slowest builder win.

Originally Posted by CCBB

What GIS? Oh, the one my cat has been sleeping in, under random stuff in my garage?

The race is on...may the slowest builder win.

That's it, I'm moving in.

Originally Posted by CCBB

What GIS? Oh, the one my cat has been sleeping in, under random stuff in my garage?

The race is on...may the slowest builder win.

Hi Clint, How are you going with your other builds (Jewell?) Or is that still at the concept stage?

I'm going to do my boat as a Yawl as well, feedback from Mik and John Goodman from the Texas Raid convinced me. I've just ordered a mizzen mast in prepreg fibreglass wound on a 50 mm tapered mandrel, two piece with a sleeve join in the middle. The prepreg mandrel wound fiberglass seems a good way to do spars for this size of boat. Of course not as light for the stiffness as carbon, but still significantly lighter than the equivalent birdsmouth wooden spar. Price was good- $140 including the joiner sleeve, versus about $700 for the same in full carbon.

I sleeved the mizzen in the middle mainly so I can use it as a main mast on a future SOF folder sailing canoe I have in mind.

I'm also doing a set of oars with two piece fibreglass shafts so they can fit right up the front of the GIS.

Ian

Well, we finally got our boat launched this Christmas. Still a few bits and pieces to sort, some pieces only had an epoxy coat and no varnish, and I still plan to put a mizzen on it, but it was great to get out on the water at last. A huge thanks to Mr Storer and everyone else who provided help and advice, and especially my wife for her patience through all that time.

First launch in Lake Wakatipu. My wife is smiling on her first time sailing, so a big relief there!
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We were off to Colac Bay on the South Coast to put the boat in some salt water. On the edge of Foveaux Strait, and not much between there and Antarctica, this picture of some trees gives an indication of the typical weather down there.


However, we got extremely lucky with conditions for sailing.

Getting ready to launch:
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Out on the water:
The first picture shows how I've set up the three reefs, spaced 600 mm apart. Second reef takes a bit more off the sail area than Mik's original first reef, third reef leaves enough luff that the yard and boom aren't clashing.
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We trolled a lure behind the boat and my six year old daughter caught a big Barracuda:
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Again, many thanks to Mik, the boat met and exceeded expectations: Light enough to get off the road trailer and down and up a steep and semi derelict boat ramp on my own, big enough and solid enough to feel comfortable on the water with three adults and the kids on board. The second day was windier than the first with an offshore wind, but we tied in the first reef and the boat went beautifully.

More soon, I'll try and comment on some of the variations I've made in the boat, from carbon rig to the central buoyancy compartment.

Ian

Congratulations on the big day. She looks great, rig looks great. What a memorable day for your family and especially your daughter catching such a huge fish.

Brian

Well done Ian, she looks fantastic. Nice to see that you have been able to take some advantage of the warm weather.

The techie carbon spars just seem to blend away and don't detract at all. How did they perform?

Have a great new year.

PS. I'm hoping to get mine out on the w/e for its first sail this summer. It will probably be after March before I get another chance.