Bill, these pictures are great, thanks for posting them (I was
actually going to ask for someone to do this, just because it makes it
so much easier to describe what's going on). They have caused me to
think up a few more questions:
1) It looks like you have multiple pieces on top of the sides at the
mast step -- two, correct? (on my hull it looks like 2 will fit)
2) in the actual c/b trunk, it looks like the 3/4" pieces have been
bonded in. Is that right, or do you have additional hybrid "caps" at
the front and back of the trunk? (ie. inside those caps, the 3/4"
pieces are there)
3) Tom had installed the 1" thick block on the bottom? Without
cutting out the hole in the hull? (I wonder how he was going to find
the block later when he did cut the hole..) If the trunk had been
true, could you have drilled through the block to find the right
location?
4) once the c/b trunk is installed, what is the best way to cut the
right hole in the hull for the blocks? What are other people doing
for this?
Again, thanks for everyone's help. It's these moments during
construction that I like to ensure I understand *exactly* what I'm
trying to do. ;-) (I actually dreamed about c/b trunks last night...)
Warren
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 09:13:33PM -0400, WFS03@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Christian,
> One item to add to your comments regarding the upper and lower blocks in
> the CB trunk, is that they should not be installed until after the holes
> in the deck and hull are cut. I took over the construction of USA020 from
> Tom and Felix, and Tom had installed the CB Trunk with the lower block in
> place. At that point, there was no way to remove the lower block without
> either ripping into the hull bottom or removing the entire CB trunk. My
> decision was made for me, as the CB trunk was not straight and true, so I
> had to carefully Dremel-cut the fillets away and remove the trunk and
> starboard half of station eight. Bram suggested that running duct tape
> down each side of the hybrid outside the fillets would allow me to sand
> the excess epoxy away with a palm sander without damaging the cloth. It
> worked like a charm. I used the same technique to remove the 2" trim
> pieces from the top and bottom of the CB Trunk, as they were not installed
> properly. The CB Trunk was easier to reinstall with the 2" beveled trim
> pieces off, allowing me to true up the trunk and get a tight fit for the
> beveled trim pieces on the top and bottom.
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