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Offline PaulJ

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Re: New Ellway 7 Build
« Reply #60 on: February 25, 2013, 01:11:59 PM »
After a visit from Graham on Sunday, we now have a plan B

If the weather plays ball we will briefly launch on Friday afternoon have a quick sail and then pack up and head straight for the dinghy show. We still have 28 items on the to do list though :-) to complete before adding water
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Re: New Ellway 7 Build
« Reply #61 on: February 25, 2013, 01:30:11 PM »
That's only 7 a day, or about one an hour, should have time for a cuppa inbetween !

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Re: New Ellway 7 Build
« Reply #62 on: February 26, 2013, 08:35:12 AM »
I had been considering a similar thing for Loco so that boards with different sections can be used....this is because Loco has a 'fat' slot and I'm planning to make a skinny board - I hadn't thought of enlarging the slot in the boat tho'...hmmmm....neat.

Loco was designed with the same box system, so there is a box under the floor. All be it a lot further forward than the current board position. We moved it a long way back after initial sailings. If I remember correctly.




You can see the old board position here -


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Re: New Ellway 7 Build
« Reply #63 on: March 01, 2013, 02:56:17 PM »
Thanks Daryl...and thanks for the higher res version of that iconic capsize. One for my gallery
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Re: New Ellway 7 Build
« Reply #64 on: March 02, 2013, 12:56:02 PM »
Cool Beans hits the water just prior to the dinghy show, all went well, plenty of fine tuning to be done though :-)
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