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Ethan,

Sorry, should have said 'Good Luck with the build' and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did. If I can help at any stage, PM me (which will alert in my email - I don't visit this forum very often) and I'll be happy to assist if I can.

Best,

Nick

Sorry, Jaques but I did post here: https://forums.bateau2.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=58206&start=10 It was quite hard work keeping up to date here, on the Wooden Boat Forum and my Blog ! Before going on to comment, I should let you know that since my MF14 build and after more than a decade of ...

After a winter of waiting, we conducted sea trials of Blue Streak (as the Moonfish has been named) on Easter Day. After suitable christening with beer: http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/RaggyladXIX/2015-04-05%2015.59.34_zpsnjutuhp9.jpg she was launched onto the River Cleddau. She floated (lev...

Well - I have finally finished her !

I'm way behind with keeping up with this thread, so I have posted an album 'Whameller's MF14' full of photos of the completed boat, polytarp sailmaking and some others.

I'll keep posting in the thread to fill in the detail.

And a Few More ...... ..... gratuitous shots of her outside on the refurbished 1960s trailer: http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/RaggyladXIX/2014-08-26170634_zps182f9ef8.jpg http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/RaggyladXIX/2014-08-26170625_zpsebb37de1.jpg http://i209.photobucket.com/albums...

Rudder Making the rudder has caused me more head scratching than any other part of this build. As allowed for in the Moonfish plans, I am using Sunfish rig and foils. The challenge is finding out the exact dimensions of the foils - particularly the rudder. The Sunfish class regulations give this inf...

Thank you, gentlemen.

Well - hull complete, painted, varnished and fitted out ! http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/RaggyladXIX/2014-08-02174427resized_zps550785b5.jpg http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/RaggyladXIX/2014-08-02174527resized_zps3cca9855.jpg http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb127/RaggyladXIX/201...

Next came the paint job on the cockpit and watertight compartment, together with the fittings for which I needed access to both sides of bulkheads B and C at each end of the cockpit (the hatches and the hiking strap fittings): http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oGDZkl69zO4/U1bN21tg24I/AAAAAAAAAS4/t-kxiNqvAcc...

Now it was back on (upside down) to work out where all the deck fittings were going to go (I used the Sunfish class rules diagrams to guide me here), so that I could fit the doublers to support them: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rmt7cYrKRsM/U1bKg1G7obI/AAAAAAAAASI/PIhjYq3OVrI/s1600/2014-02-19_16.42.39....