{"id":4178,"date":"2022-09-12T11:53:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3gwiz.com.au\/passion_wp\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2022-09-12T11:53:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:53:42","slug":"taking-shape-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gwiz.au\/passion_wp\/?p=4178","title":{"rendered":"Taking shape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today I finished attaching the two layers of 3 mm ply to the bow area to form the first 6 mm layer of the radius chine. From the bow the shape of the yacht has finally taken shape and I am very pleased with the appearance. On Passion X the first two layers of 3 mm ply were placed back to back as a single double layer but for Passion X1 the two layers have been staggered. This appears to have produced a fairer first layer which i will be able to fair with the torture board before fitting the subsequent two layers.
I could not resist getting to work with the torture board to see how fairness of the bow area. The excuse I made to myself was that I needed to check the alignment before planking the port side. It seemed a reasonable rationalisation and I indulged myself with some very fine tuning of the stringers on the port side before completing the last four double planks.

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Planking almost finished on the starboard bow area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n



It was not a busy day but rather one of careful sanding and very fine planing to ensure that the two sides would come out the same. In the process I got some exercise with the torture board and also tested the 150 mm random orbital sander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starboard bow area before the torture board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bow area with the starboard side post torture board and the port side with the glue still curing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n



The spotted gum timber I had ordered was ready for pick up which was a pleasant drive in the country to timber yard and also a justifation for an easy day on the tools.

With the spotted gum home and the first layer of the radius chine completed I am accumulating a long list of tasks that can be done in accord with the weather conditions. The spotted gum will go on the edges of the king plank as a very strong doubler to take the bearing pressure of the keel bolts. It will also go under the keel so I can at any time plane the “V” of the bottom of the hull and form the keel shoe.
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One of the rainy day jobs was to install cleats for the furniture in the head and yes the paint was removed before the cleats were glued in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


But my priority will be to get the second layer on the radius chine so that the hull is water tight and final fairing can begin. I will need plenty of less vigerous tasks to do in parallel so it could be a good thing that the list is long.

In the RANSA winter Wednesday series there is just two races left this season. I cannot say that I am not frustrated at the windward performance compared to the Sydney 38 Agrovation and the Sydney 36Cr’s Amante and Crosshaven. To be fair they are respectivly rated 4% and 3% faster to windward and apart from sailing smarter I have to acknowledge they have the natural speed edge on the windward work.

Our new yacht, the Didi 120 prototye is designed to be faster to windward and with a longer waterline still have good downwind speed but it will be winter 2024 before we can put it to the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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