HC14 to Sailing Trimaran!
Re: HC14 to Sailing Trimaran!
Looking great Narfi. Have fun on her. Tom
Restored Mirror Dinghy, Bought OD18 built by CL, Westlawn School of Yacht Design courses. LT US Navy 1970-1978
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First launch was amazing! Pictures posted here,
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So... Second sail today. We did a pass around the bay then headed for open water... Wind was a little better than first night but still quite mild. We hit quite a few dead spots but always picked back up and maintained forward motion.
The waves on the lake were not bad and the trimaran was solid, but the mast moved a lot and the forestay which I knew was loose was worse with the stress on it so we turned back and got back to the ramp safely. The wind had mostly died off when we entered the channel to the bay and we had to tack a few times to get through, got off to the side as much as possible when a float plane was landing and hit the leeboard close to shore once. The cord stretched some when hit and I think maybe some stretchier rope might be good enough for kickup on it.
The trailer under canoe and skids under outriggers is working great behind the Honda 4wheeler the less than 1 mile down the runway to the boat ramp.
After we got home I redid the forestay and shrouds much tighter then started fiddling with the steering system, first dummied up longer yokes which helped some but still not good. Dummied up some tillers and they were very smooth. I just need to stop being stubborn with the cable system and make some tillers.
The waves on the lake were not bad and the trimaran was solid, but the mast moved a lot and the forestay which I knew was loose was worse with the stress on it so we turned back and got back to the ramp safely. The wind had mostly died off when we entered the channel to the bay and we had to tack a few times to get through, got off to the side as much as possible when a float plane was landing and hit the leeboard close to shore once. The cord stretched some when hit and I think maybe some stretchier rope might be good enough for kickup on it.
The trailer under canoe and skids under outriggers is working great behind the Honda 4wheeler the less than 1 mile down the runway to the boat ramp.
After we got home I redid the forestay and shrouds much tighter then started fiddling with the steering system, first dummied up longer yokes which helped some but still not good. Dummied up some tillers and they were very smooth. I just need to stop being stubborn with the cable system and make some tillers.
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Re: HC14 to Sailing Trimaran!
You will get there! When you design and build your first sail boat I would be shocked if there were not some teething problems.
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Almost there Narfi!!! Congrats to you and Landon!!! Jeff
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Do they still make slip-n-slides? When I was a kid we had one. I imagine if you covered it in a few gallons of vegetable oil and doused yourself in more oil..... That's about how slick and smooth my new steering system is.
Only concern now is to keep them from banging around while trailering..... Bare wood till we can test it on the water.... It is a prototype after all... Made it all with 2x4s on the band saw. The crossover pole was a scrap cut off a 2by from the structure for our new patio roof. Knocked the corners off the square with the cordless DeWalt plainer and (not much effort put into it) sanded the 8 new corners a little.
Eyebolts in the ends of the tillers and rod with a plastic rod (off cuts from the rudder hinge pins) as the connecting pin with washers and cotter pins.
Only concern now is to keep them from banging around while trailering..... Bare wood till we can test it on the water.... It is a prototype after all... Made it all with 2x4s on the band saw. The crossover pole was a scrap cut off a 2by from the structure for our new patio roof. Knocked the corners off the square with the cordless DeWalt plainer and (not much effort put into it) sanded the 8 new corners a little.
Eyebolts in the ends of the tillers and rod with a plastic rod (off cuts from the rudder hinge pins) as the connecting pin with washers and cotter pins.
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Should have done it like this..... now I have to do it anyway
Edit: guess quoting myself doesn't show the picture, you can look back at it, it is my original drawing of the gussets to support the leeboard case.
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That's because they are attachments and not gallery photos. phpBB is very inconsistent in properly managing attachment includes. Gallery includes will never fail in quotes (unless you remove the image tags)
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Work is still summer busy (not sure if it will slow for winter or not) so haven't got a lot done, weather hasn't been great either.... Mostly both excuses for feeling lazy in the evenings last week........
Cut and kicked the leeboard case till I broke it off the beam and rebuilding it. I hadn't glassed the inside corners any first time around, this time 3x layers of 6oz on each corner and another layer of 6oz between them, so 4 layers right at each inside corner.
3x layers of 12oz biax around the outside corners. (Overkill anyone?)
I cut into the glass on the beam quite a bit getting the case off, so filled the cuts and played 2x layers of 12oz biax over it. Should more than reinforce the area where the case and new gussets will bond.
We have had 2 frosts already..... Running out of good epoxy days and sometimes taking 2 days till I can send it now.... Hopefully we can get it done and back in the water still some this fall.
If I was to do it all over again.... I think I'd make keels on each of the outriggers with reinforced axel holes in each. In my imagination that would have been a pretty slick 'trailer' idea and one less moving part to worry about on the water. This is still fun though
Cut and kicked the leeboard case till I broke it off the beam and rebuilding it. I hadn't glassed the inside corners any first time around, this time 3x layers of 6oz on each corner and another layer of 6oz between them, so 4 layers right at each inside corner.
3x layers of 12oz biax around the outside corners. (Overkill anyone?)
I cut into the glass on the beam quite a bit getting the case off, so filled the cuts and played 2x layers of 12oz biax over it. Should more than reinforce the area where the case and new gussets will bond.
We have had 2 frosts already..... Running out of good epoxy days and sometimes taking 2 days till I can send it now.... Hopefully we can get it done and back in the water still some this fall.
If I was to do it all over again.... I think I'd make keels on each of the outriggers with reinforced axel holes in each. In my imagination that would have been a pretty slick 'trailer' idea and one less moving part to worry about on the water. This is still fun though
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Love the trailer idea! Crazy that the season is coming to a close. Still nice weather here in Upstate NY but days are getting noticeably shorter, nights cooler, and the Geese are SENDING it already! No frosts in sight, you get the belt there.narfi wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:48 am Work is still summer busy (not sure if it will slow for winter or not) so haven't got a lot done, weather hasn't been great either.... Mostly both excuses for feeling lazy in the evenings last week........
Cut and kicked the leeboard case till I broke it off the beam and rebuilding it. I hadn't glassed the inside corners any first time around, this time 3x layers of 6oz on each corner and another layer of 6oz between them, so 4 layers right at each inside corner.
3x layers of 12oz biax around the outside corners. (Overkill anyone?)
I cut into the glass on the beam quite a bit getting the case off, so filled the cuts and played 2x layers of 12oz biax over it. Should more than reinforce the area where the case and new gussets will bond.
We have had 2 frosts already..... Running out of good epoxy days and sometimes taking 2 days till I can send it now.... Hopefully we can get it done and back in the water still some this fall.
If I was to do it all over again.... I think I'd make keels on each of the outriggers with reinforced axel holes in each. In my imagination that would have been a pretty slick 'trailer' idea and one less moving part to worry about on the water. This is still fun though
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