Building Paterson 8 in Dubai

[douglas_hassell]

Mast stump finished
Can now get the crew deck fitted.
Travelling again but should do it in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for all the support.

Doug

[douglas_hassell]

Thinking of the next few jobs!

I have started making the rudder.  Andy P design but I am going to add a t-foil half way up, I14 style.

Planning the racks and the serious business of the bowsprit, boom and mast!   Once the crew deck is on I will begin the filling and fairing of the hull.

Doug

[Will_Lee]

Good work!

[phil_kirk]

I made the tube for the snout that the bow sprit slides through on the inboard end of the bow sprit it'self. Just make sure it is not a tight fit. You need this short tube to finish off the bow and hence the hull.

For the racks I was advised to line up the rack tubes so that they point at the level of the top of the bow.  if you turned the boat upside down it would sit on the length of the racks and the bow.  This is meant to make the asthetics of the boat look right.

Failing this attempt to get the racks parralell.  I think we were within 5mm of this in all aspects.

[douglas_hassell]

Thanks for the advice.  I am really looking forward to getting the racks completed and on the boat.  We sail over the winter here and so the season starts in September and this is the target! 

Thinking of sails and also fitting out!

Doug

[Phil Alderson]

Depending on the space in your workshop it may be best to leave the longtitudinal rack tubes till the end of your build, it is much eisier to get in to work on the cockpit and bottom of the boat if they are out of the way, and the boat takes up much less space.

I will also echo Phil's comment about lining up the racks, they can look very different when on the water compared with on shore, and the slightest mismatch becomes obvious.

[roland_trim]

Hmmmm

[douglas_hassell]

Depending on the space in your workshop it may be best to leave the longtitudinal rack tubes till the end of your build, it is much eisier to get in to work on the cockpit and bottom of the boat if they are out of the way, and the boat takes up much less space.

I will also echo Phil's comment about lining up the racks, they can look very different when on the water compared with on shore, and the slightest mismatch becomes obvious.

Good idea and thanks.
Travelling for a week and a bit, both Europe and then Saudi Arabia.  I have been making progress on fitting the mast stum this morning and so should get that in once I have returned.

It is getting very hot here!
Doug

[phil_kirk]

Well remembered Phil I tried to leave fixing the actual rack tubes until all the other structure was complete so I could get round the boat.  I still ended up fitting them too early and had to cope with the 450mm of available space around each side of the boat whilst doing the fairing.

Since I bought my rack tubes and they were really shiny I left the packaging on them except where they bonded to the beams. This protected the racks until we had finished painting. I would reccomend taping polythene around them if you make your own to save accidental spills of paint, resin and accidental damage from moving the boat around.

No offence meant Roland. EJ still looks great.

[douglas_hassell]

Well remembered Phil I tried to leave fixing the actual rack tubes until all the other structure was complete so I could get round the boat.  I still ended up fitting them too early and had to cope with the 450mm of available space around each side of the boat whilst doing the fairing.

Since I bought my rack tubes and they were really shiny I left the packaging on them except where they bonded to the beams. This protected the racks until we had finished painting. I would reccomend taping polythene around them if you make your own to save accidental spills of paint, resin and accidental damage from moving the boat around.

No offence meant Roland. EJ still looks great.

Will do.  I have a couple of days before going off to Saudi and so hope to make more progress.
Had the last day of saiing yesterday and went out for the day on a yacht.  12knots.  Glorious weather.
Doug

[douglas_hassell]

Mast stump now in place and so can fit the crew deck.

Doug

[douglas_hassell]

Hi,
I have been travelling for many weeks now but just had a weekend in Dubai.  Got the crew deck fitted. 

I am interested in getting hold of the bowsprit bearing.  Any thoughts on where to go?

Thanks,

Doug

[douglas_hassell]

A couple of pics of yesterday's action

[Phil Alderson]

Hi,
I have been travelling for many weeks now but just had a weekend in Dubai.  Got the crew deck fitted. 

I am interested in getting hold of the bowsprit bearing.  Any thoughts on where to go?

Thanks,

Doug

A lot of people go for a tapered carbon tube matched to the bowsprit, in theory when the pole is fully out the point loads are lower. The taper on the pole needs to be very exaxt, if you have a slightly bumpy home made pole, it can jam.

If you want some low friction bearings then you can use bits of a nylon chopping board, just cut a strip off and warm in boiling water to bend it to fit. They can be held in place with fillets of epoxy.

[rich_taylor]

I have a set of pole bearings and inboard and out board pole end caps.  CNC machined from acetal, used on Bdagers, Subtle and Antidote.  If you need some dimensions send me a mail.