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iGRF
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Topic: Farr rebuild - this time it's real. Posted: 05 Apr 19 at 11:48am |
Tink it's real carbon over foam backed by glass I think. |
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tink
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 19 at 12:13pm |
Thanks, very very nice
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davidyacht
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 19 at 12:33pm |
Some thoughts for you ...
Some of the builders in Merlins and Solos have used a ply foam sandwich, and spray paint the finished product. This gives the ease of building a chined boat with the weight and stiffness of FRP sandwich boats. You could go to someone like Jordan Boats to supply a CNC cut set of parts, which could include part numbers cut into the parts, which would make the project less daunting. A class owned female mould would make the construction process much easier. ... hire the class mould, get the precut kit of parts ... drop them into the female mould ... apply epoxy fillets ... take to car spray shop ... job done Plenty of opportunity to customize with carbon twill or Fablon
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Fatboi
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 19 at 1:41pm |
The OK class in NZ has a lot of home built boats. There is a CnC cut file that you can buy and then get the parts cut and stick together yourself.
I think some people have molded from this to make GRP boats, which appear quick - I think there were 5 or so of this design in the top 10 at the worlds. A carbon home build would be amazing though. No idea how hard it is in reality to do. I think you have to be very skilled and have vacuum pumps, etc. I tried making a carbon tiller once for my finn. It looked like a mars bar that had been left in the sun too long when it was finished! |
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davidyacht
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 05 Apr 19 at 3:44pm |
Happily living in the past
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Jack Sparrow
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Apr 19 at 4:29pm |
The Farr 3.7 class has had CNC files for some time, you can get them here: https://www.3-7class.org.nz/plans.html
You can build in any material. Ply over Foam, Foam, Ply, Fiberglass, Nomex ... I've even seen an early AUS boat with an internal aluminum frame! |
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Jack Sparrow
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Apr 19 at 4:32pm |
Blyme - Nigel Waller with long hair.
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iGRF
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Apr 19 at 7:11pm |
You can, but the difficulty is over powering the wood botherers mind, wood botherers do not live in the world of logic. They live in a world of varnish, and G clamps. |
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iGRF
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 12 Apr 19 at 8:02pm |
There she/he is, picked it up today whilst I decide if it's had gender re-assignment now it looks Awesome...
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Do Different
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 12 Apr 19 at 8:31pm |
Respect to your commitment and very nice it looks.
Some seriously high kick bars on the cockpit floor, are they any hindrance when changing sides? I only ask because Contender only allow in their rules one pair of quite small measured wedges.
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