Peter,
Thanks for the interest.
Hull frames are laminated from 6mm thick Douglas Fir to make them about 60mm
square. They were laminated around the 8mm ply permanent bulkheads, which
were hoop pine core, and Australian Silver ash face veneers.
Hull planking is Western Red Cedar, apart from the high impact area in the
forward 1.5 m by 300mm forefoot of the hull where it needs to ride over the
aft trailer rollers. (WRC was too soft and compressed under the glass on a
friends boat) That section is Douglas fir.
All hull strips are 16mm by 35mm, bead and cove. Glue thickened with cabosil
and finish coats were with West Epoxy, and strips were edgenailed with
silicon bronze boat nails 85mm long, about every 350 mm - probably overkill,
but specified by the designer.
Internal edge trim on the silver ash ply is Australian Red Cedar (known
locally as Red Gold cos of the price).
Internal keelson is two layers of 20mm by 150 mm Douglas Fir, with a layer
of cross grained 10mm ply between. Stem is about 10 layers of 6mm douglas
fir, 100mm wide laminated to conform to shape of bow stem/keel joint.
Lockers and bunks etc are all silver ash veneered hoop pine core ply. Same
for external coach-house sides, roof, sliding hatch, cockpit and transom.
Hull weighs about 600 kg with all hardware attached, but then has about
250kg internal ballast and about 300kg ballast in the retractable keel. I'm
now removing (well trying to remove) the internal ballast, (its epoxied to
the hull) and reposition all keel ballast on a bulb on the bottom of the
keel.
Should reduce total weight by about 250 kg, and double the righting moment,
and thus allow a taller rig.
Regards, Ron Deane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Anders Lindner" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: Roll Call
> Ron,
> What wood did you use in your yacht?
>
> Rgds
> Peter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Deane" <rdea6314@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Roll Call
>
>
> > G'day
> >
> > I am in Brisbane Australia, I have seen the website, and been excited by
> the
> > prospect of a strip built high perfomance skiff.
> >
> > I have previously built a strip built 7.8m (26ft) trailable yacht which
I
> > still own and am in the process of updating and lightening even further
> with
> > repositioning of ballast on the keel.
> >
> > Unfortunately yesterday I discovered I had a leaking mitral valve and
need
> > heart surgery in the next 3-4 weeks, so I won't be starting the swift
solo
> > any time soon - maybe 4-5 months.
> >
> > Regards, Ron Deane
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Warren Stevens" <warren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:23 AM
> > Subject: Roll Call
> >
> >
> > >
> > > OK, there are about 20 people signed up for this list now (up from 13
> > > on Monday morning). I'll get the ball rolling.
> > >
> > > This list is intended to discuss building, sailing, and other matters
> > > related to Bram Dally's Swift Solo. Ideally, this is the place to
> > > start with a question, rather than going to Bram (because Bram is
> > > crushed in email at the moment). As we all get going, there are bound
> > > to be other people who have solved the same problems, and this is a
> > > great forum to share the solutions.
> > >
> > > What I'd like to do here is see where everyone is, and how far along
> > > they are in building. Here's my information:
> > >
> > > I'm in Issaquah, Washington, and have seen Bram's boat (it's great!).
> > >
> > > I'm just at the point of getting quotes for the cedar stripping.
> > > Right now i'm leaning towards a B.C. supplier Raven -
> > > http://www.ravencommunity.com/ - has anyone used them before?
> > >
> > > I've also done some research on the materials (glass, resin, etc.) and
> > > it looks like the best supplier is John R Sweet
> > > http://johnrsweet.com/index.html which is one that Bram's site
> > > recommends. It's got everything, and the prices are good.
> > >
> > > Other recommendations?
> > >
> > > Please reply with your info!
> > >
> > > Warren (the list administrator)
> > >
> > > --
> > > warren stevens - catzooks.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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