June 2006,  101 hours.

Activities:

The beam stub fairings are a pain to make. They are the 4 big foam blocks protruding out from the center hull in line with the cross-beams. The boat looks good when un-folded but at what price...

 

Laminating mast post out of scrap corecell panel strips:

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Shaping mast post with jigsaw followed by long board:

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Getting ready to roll fiberglass and carbon on mast post:

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Trimming mast post to length. The outer layer in a carbon fiber sleeve:

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Cutting cabin window openings:

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General view of the centerhull. The pop-top will not have a companionway hatch. The top will lift like the L-7. This is simple and light:

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Carbon and foam knees inside cabin to support cabin top and jib tracks loads:

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Underdeck beams. I made the beam for the mast in 2 pieces. This makes the installation of the mast post and mast base easier and is still very stiff:

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Laminating mast post in place

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General view of the interior showing all the carbon tapes. Mast post and lower bulkhead in place. I extended this bulkhead inside the setees for added stiffness:

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$$$:

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Starting the dreaded beam stub fairings. lots of small pieces to cut, fit and bond in place. Is there a better way?:

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Making winch bases. These will be trimmed to tilt the winches back so that the jib sheet lead angle is as specified by Harken:

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Folding system made by Precourt. I made CAD drawings on Catia and did a stress analysis on the parts. I will make fiberglass parts to make the spacer pieces between the struts. Most pins are aluminum except for 4 of them which are titanium:

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Trial installation of the floats. They fit, what a relief!:

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When completely folded, one half of the boat is exactly 48" wide. Total folded boat will be 8' wide:

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Still working on the dreaded beam stub fairings. There is nothing in the plans to explain how to make them. I improvised and made the lower parts curved:

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I painted the underside of the beams with white epoxy paint"

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Port beam stub fairingss finished. They look good when the boat is un-folded:

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Underside of the forward beam stub fairing:

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Underside of the aft beam stub fairing:

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