New Ellway 7 Build

[ade white]

Hi Paul, looking good! Will you be able to eat Christmas dinner off it? I bet you are getting quite excited... I was looking forwards to the radical paint job - My eldest, Emily, is studying contemporary fine art and her bo is part of a graffiti gang, I am sure they are cheap!!!

[simon_jones]

A graffiti cherub, that would be cool!

[PaulJ]

Maststep design has now been finalised, the pole will pass through the tunnel. The lower parallel section will be installed below the deck to transfer the loads to the bulkhead and hull structure.

[BenR]

How are you going to lift the dagger board when the pole is in? Pretty sure if atums was in the middle we'd have some problems

[PaulJ]

How are you going to lift the dagger board when the pole is in? Pretty sure if atums was in the middle we'd have some problems

The daggerboard is far enough back to allow the  pole to be fully retracted without hitting it.  The pole will also be inside a pole sock which has a webbing strap on the aft end to prevent the pole from going too far back. The sock also prevents all the knitting in the bow from getting tangled in the pole launch line.

[phil_kirk]

We have a pole sock on the underside of our kite sock.  It does help to guide the pole and it does keep all those possible tangles at bay.  With 300mm of pole sticking out the front as the rules require I can see a normal length pole not clashing with the board.  The elastic take ups on our kite sheets stop our pole going too far back but do allow the pole to be retracted close to the bow for towing.

[PaulJ]

All the bulkheads have now been installed and over taped, the whole lot has been post cured for a day. Deck mould complete and the deck is being laid up today.

Allen Bros delivered all the fittings for both boats last week.

T-foils have arrived from Demon Yachts

[Will_Lee]

BOTH boats?

[PaulJ]

Latest progress
Mast step completed, approx 1.8kg when trimmed up, also useful if auditioning for Star Wars

Wing Strut mould nearly finished, one mould is used for all 4 struts, transitions from wing section outboard end to a square section at the inboardend

Hardpoints and blind nuts being set out in the deck

Will - the fittings are for both mine and Clive's boat

[Tim Noyce]

Coming along nicely Paul! The Darth Vader helmet is a lot bigger in reality than I expected it to be from seeing the CAD image! Is it a one size fits all, or are they made to measure dependent on head size?

[PaulJ]

Tim - the mast step is like an ice berg most of it is below the surface. We also need plenty of space to attach all the fittings for the adjustable rig. Deck going on as we type. Each sale of the helmet comes with a free E7 cherub according to Peter

[PaulJ]

The boat is out of the mould and progressing very well, on target regarding weight as well.

[roland_trim]

Looks fantastic.
Great see a Henry sitting in prime positition as well.

[PaulJ]

The hull is coming along very well, should be ready for paint early next week, more photos tomorrow

I have made a couple of the minor parts which seem to take a surprising amount of time

1. Wing bar forward ends, these will have all the rig control take aways passing through them into the wing tubes. The blanks were water jet cut with Clive's stuff and then faired by hand

2. Jib tower parts, again water jet cut, just need a bit of the surplus wing tube to finish. The tower has been designed to allow 360deg rotation

[simon_jones]

I really like those rack tube ends. They look great it's a shame you had to make them, but top job.