More progress on the boat hull.. Siding is now on, and a lot of ugly patching was added (which will be painted over). I also made a simple boat stand with some PVC pipe and nylon straps. I'm quite proud of my work with Lizzy's sewing machine on the straps! I also added the brass tubing that runs from the deck to the bottom of the hull for the rudder. (not shown in picture).
The next steps are:
1. Order a radio (should have done this last week!) so I can prep the mounting for the rudder servo.
2. Finish up the keel mount (either build something custom OR going to use a surfboard fin box)
3. Determine/implement how mast will be mounted, including hardware, wire (or thin line), etc for the 'fore-, aft- and side- stays'. (Been taking a sailing class and proud to use my geeky sailing terms) 😛 Basically those are the lines that help support the mast.
4. Coat the inside of the hull with epoxy (so that I can quickly move on to adding the deck sheeting)
A new image was added to the Sailboat page showing the boat with it's siding and the new boat stand.
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