I think I can see one or two hints at a possible paint scheme for this one
Cheers Col
Let me start tonight by saying a huge thank you to TP1 for his massive efforts and assistance today.
A 38degree day and we had 2x1.5hr glassing sessions at 4kg of mixed resin per side. meters of surfboard cloth,chopped strand and coremat, the fumes were awful, TP's brass band music hit the spot and the coffee was STRONG. and that was after we shifted 12 tonne of pallets by hand
no beer was consumed as i was given the choice?ultimatum of beer or yacht.
the seat is now out of the mold, all 10kg, and not a single bubble or void due to TP's expert rolling technique
Thank you again TP1
your a
legend
Looking good, you make it look easy or is it your apprentice that makes it easy for you to look at it
all the fiddly boring bits at the mo.
strengthening the bolt holes,cleaning metal, undercoating chassis, building steering systems, sheeting mounts............
This is the bit I really hate.
also 1 more 26"wheel to finish. I was short on rims to sacrifice, but.....
as i was driving down the road there was a bike, with a free sign on it. I have put stuff out so many times and here were the free fairies paying me back!
Now your sure some kid isn't at home cos his bike went missing??
We all know how mean you were to TP1[}:)]
Ron
Its putting it together day !!!!!!!!!
naturally all the customers rang for urgent jobs .
thanks again TP1 for your work there.
give us your ** and some money and it will all go away
little stig was great, handing the bolts , nuts, grub screws,cheeseheads,nylocs(metric and imperial), and parts in the rightish order.
I was happy to see it all fit , right height, i fitted.
all you can see is the undercoated version, unnamed, so far
of course in the traditional location with a more manly backdrop than you were hoping for
sailcloth and bits arrived this morning.
i figure if Ive designed and built everything else I might as well do the sail as well.
that way if is a true escargot on the beach in France there is only 1 person I can blame
Bloody Vic
sorry there are no new photos to show, i pulled the whole show apart on saturday,and rebuilt the mountings.
finally reasembled last night , but the steering felt wrong
but when we wheeled it out onto the road today the steering felt great and rather nicely responsive, with no signs of bouncing .
. its back in the shed with the pulley mounts chopped off . a good nights sleep should give me what i neeed to redesign that part.
. then all that left is handbrake, seatbelt,boom,outhaul,sail,wheel alignment,1 wheel left to build, a crate, new mini pod for wedgetail, some practice and tuning...
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after a good session of fiddling yesterday we made it to the lake
it all seems happy and steering straight. the steeper steering head angle worked well on the hard clayand you really had to push to get a bounce out it. maybe a harder rubber block for windy days.
hope to work on a new ish sail this week recut from a 7m formula tushingham
when i got back from the claypan and cleaned upI cleaned out the shed floorand started playing with a suitable profile, ...............
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by tonight my 7m tushingham formula light was looking like this
just waiting on some batten tensioners
from a windsurfing shop!!!!!!!!!
thank you second wind .
the added panels are in new material as is the mast pocket
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back to boom and sheeting now!!!, but tommorrow is no landyacht friday
Paul,
That is a nice looking Bed Sheet or is it a Table Cloth??[}:)].
Stop playing Silly Buggers and get some footage up on this beast..
Ron
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finished the new sail,new boom to match, got to the lake rigged up with wind and got a ripper sail.
i managed to make a sail that needed no recutting at all
thats a first for me
i got some fascinating results from all my tyre tests.
I started with a maxxis miracle on the front,after all the great reviews I was rather dissapointed. I pulled it off and changed toa bmx trye called a tioga,very light sidewall with a low cross cut rib, heaps better.also an Animal GLHwas a nice ride as well
my old 5 was running on chinese 26x1.95 knobblies that came off the rims from the tip and we could find no difference in performance between them and the hookworms. I didnt even bother to cut off the knobs.
did a lot of tuning on the front suspension and ended with it very hard and jacked up , tilting the mast right back .
saturday nights highlight was an upside down pineapple cake in the campoven by George
then a sunday of no wind,and a blow out on the car on the way home
Looks good Paul.
As for the wheels, I think the hookworms will be what is needed on sand. but as I mentioned before, I am going to build some wheels on 32mm width rims as I think they a will work fine on hard surfaces(Lefroy and maybe Lake Walyungup) used with normal bike width tires.
How did your new yacht compare with your old 5.
I have had a marked improvement after changing my mast post position back 6" and moved my weight back the same.
Surprises me about the miracle tire my one holds on like grim death.
Cheers
Vic
the miracle was simply lumpy and wouldnt fit nice, maybe the ridges were too high for smooth salt?
the tioga is a tiny skinny thing , and just went straight on the rim and ran smooth.
the hookworms felt slow ,but the gps said otherwise. I think they will be the better on sand. but ive ordered some shwarlbe kojaks to see what they are like.
Im so f%%%'n happy with the sail. it only took 5 hrs on the floor and sewing machine.
this new yacht just seems that bit fasterthan the old 5 but I havent really started tuning it yet.
back in the shed for handsteering,nosecone, another wheel and a wheel alignment.
we cleaned up the pod mold tonight to whip out the mini version of the seat for lyndons wooden plank mini.
I,m drooling to see how that will turn out
any chance of coming up before easter vic as we will be packing soon after and the yachts may be stripped down????
Have you been reading my mind I ordered 2 shwarlbe kojaks x2" two weeks ago, they where $26 each
I can not get up to Kambalda to at least June
Cheers
Vic
