VG23 New Build

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Re: VG23 New Build

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Mick , if you haven't read his articles on the Amateur Boat Building site you should , the forum is no longer active as far as I can tell , but the content is still there . Jeff , if there is any way you could get his articles from that forum it would be great to have them here .

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Re: VG23 New Build

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Rick, The Forum is a little slow but still active. Mick can find anything he needs. I am always happy to help if he needs anything specific!!! Jeff

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Jeff , Jacques did work on another forum " Amateur Boat Builders " , ran by a guy in Europe . The whole design process of the VG26 is on there in 7 or 8 part articles as well as other of Jacques designs . It would be nice to get those articles from that site put onto Boat Builders Central . Rick

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rick berrey wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 11:04 am Jeff , Jacques did work on another forum " Amateur Boat Builders " , ran by a guy in Europe . The whole design process of the VG26 is on there in 7 or 8 part articles as well as other of Jacques designs . It would be nice to get those articles from that site put onto Boat Builders Central . Rick
Yes, an excellent series of articles by Jacques that I've looked at often. This is the link for the VG26:

https://www.amateurboatbuilding.com/art ... sign1.html

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mhd wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 11:21 am
rick berrey wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 11:04 am Jeff , Jacques did work on another forum " Amateur Boat Builders " , ran by a guy in Europe . The whole design process of the VG26 is on there in 7 or 8 part articles as well as other of Jacques designs . It would be nice to get those articles from that site put onto Boat Builders Central . Rick
Yes, an excellent series of articles by Jacques that I've looked at often. This is the link for the VG26:

https://www.amateurboatbuilding.com/art ... sign1.html

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I thought he was somehow involved , there is a lot on that site that could benefit builders here , and a nice rendering of the TW32 dream .

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Small world! :-) Yep, the content is still valid and very useful.
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Dry-fitted the stringers - they look fine. Took a while adjusting the height of bow/stern to match the bottom curve of the stringers but I'm happy with it now. The stringers terminate aftwards at the originally-designed location of the transom. Any skirt will be fitted aftwards of this point.

I've also dry-fitted Bulkhead A and B and they look okay also. Working on fabricating the other bulkheads one by one now. I'm fitting them more-or-less "whole" initially; i.e. without all the little cuts for the galley, etc. Again, I'm still thinking about the final layout of things and want to see the full-size bulkheads in the boat before I make decisions that will be hard to change in future.

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Re: VG23 New Build

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Are you leaving the hatch location as designed and bringing the cabin top as you drew it aft of the hatch ?

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Re: VG23 New Build

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rick berrey wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:44 pm Are you leaving the hatch location as designed and bringing the cabin top as you drew it aft of the hatch ?
Hi Rick,

Yes, exactly. Extend the cabin top aft on the port/starboard side of the hatch. The original hatch position will be unchanged. I'll also install the bridge-deck that Jacques outlined for the "offshore VG23". The changes will decrease the cockpit volume, which will be useful for offshore sailing, as well as providing some additional interior cabin storage space.

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