Bulkheads Aligned

All bulkheads have been positioned and aligned.

 

Working time been invested: 175 hours

Move to My Greenhouse Shipyard

Through the winter time I was just able to work little things in my basement boiler room. But now it should really start.
Today I begun to setting up the prepared bulkheads.

 

 

Keel Foil

In contrast to the original design the lead bulb is not built from two vertical split halves. In order to make it more handy I plan to assemble it from a dozen horizontal lead slabs each of less than 30kg mass. Six stainless steel rods of 16mm diameter are glued into the keel foil to attach the lead slabs. In order to mount or demount the lead slabs piece by piece each one is fixed by three nuts to alternating rods. The inner fastening rods are crossing the foil from the bulb to the lifting tackle. For lightning protection they will be electrical connected to the mast later on.

 Working time been invested: 130 hours

 

Timber Roughly Shaped

This will be once the keel foil.

Timber for Building the Keel Foil

Since mid-October, it is too cold outside to work with epoxy.
Therefore I will build the keel foil in my warm cellar now.

I have spent some time wondering what could be the best timber for the keel foil. Ultimately, I decided to use Sapele as recommended by Dudley Dix.

Stem Bar

The stem bar ist made from four layers 10mm ply.

Scarfing Two Sheets of Ply for Bulkhead G

The dimensions of Bulkhead G didn´t fit one plywood sheet. Therefore it was nessesary to scarf two 2500mm x 1220mm sheets.

  Working time been invested: 72 hours