I took some better pictures of the starboard float this weekend. They are in the photo gallery spread out between 01-26-07 and 01-27-07.
Ian sent out some updates for the plans today. Nothing changes, per se, but more makes sense now that I can see a diagram of how the beams attach to the floats. The main part of the update is for the centerboard and centerboard case, which I’m not concerned about since we’re doing a daggerboard. Part of the update included the plans for construction of the daggerboard, but we haven’t decided what to do about that yet.
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The second float half is complete and ready to be released from the mold with the exception of the chainplate installation, which I sent an email to Ian Farrier about earlier today to try and clear up a few questions that I have to make sure I follow the intended instructions properly. This can be done without the float half in the mold, however, and I plan on doing this portion after the halves have been joined since there will still be other work to do after joining – I don’t want to hinder process in de-molding and reversing the frames to make the last two halves.
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