Thursday, June 10, 2010

Rudder Mold and first part.

The rudder plug and both molds.


The first rudder skin, three layers of 6oz cloth, one layer of 6oz kevlar, and one layer of 6oz uni S-glass all in the bag.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Taking the J46 from Georgetown to Chesapeake City

Taking my brothers J46 from Georgetown to Chesapeake City on a Monday in the spring with no one on the bay. Weather was nice with a 18 kn out of the NW.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0jyHQz3cg0

Tiller heads are mostly done.

Made two tiller heads using carbon and s-glass, I need to create a jig to drill all the holes that are needed.

Mast Rotation

I made a mast rotation controller.
Went to the local Golf proshop and got a few carbon fiber driver shafts that had been broken at the head end.  ( it seems that this is a frequent issue with golfers) Then cut them to length and glued on to tabs to bolt it to the mast than bridged the trailing end wit carbon fiber.