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javascript:emoticon(':(') Hi Leon To cut a long story short, way back in 2005 , I lost my job , so the first casuality was the boat project. But then things are impermanent .. so when I settled inthe next job..... ...3 years later I built the Stevensons Minicup, completed the hull , but had to sell ...

Hi Thought I would like to share some interesting experience in this forum. I am a volunteer for the group called Sailability NZ. I understand there are groups like this in many parts of the world. I help with the rigging /de-riggging on weekends. The Auckland group have the 2.4m class boats ( 4metr...

Uploaded info to my web page . A long way to go still... had to make a start !!

http://www.sigma-services.co.nz/arpita/soduit.htm for details.

Would appreciate your feedback via this forum.

Cheers

Bhatla

An update. Daughter bought a Sony Digital Camera for Christmas, so now I can take more and hopefully better pictures !! I quit my job just befor Christmas, so there has been a temporary hold on the boat building. Starting on a new job soon , in a couple of weeks, , so the project will take off again...

Opps .. forgot to mention..

notice the curved "side-wall" supports of the "boat-yard".

They are the left over pieces after cutting the station frames.

Tried to recycle !!!!

Cheeers

Bhatla

Here is quick update. Got the "boatyard" finished and finally got to putting up the frames and have just started adding the longitudinal stringers. [img]<img src ="modules/Upload/bhatla/start-boatyard.jpg "> [img]<img src ="modules/Upload/bhatla/apurva-stg1.jpg "> The S...

As far as I know, the International colors for the lights are : Port ==> Red ( Aaah !! the sweet aroma and taste of port wine !) Starboard ===>Green I am sure if you use the Blue light , you will be singing the blues a shade sooner. BTW , thats a good idea to use a yellow bulb to get an overall gree...

A while back I read somewhere ( I thought it was on the Loctite site, but just cannot find it now) where it was recommended to use methacrylate technology adhesives for structural bonding of aluminium, especially assemblies subjected to high torque and stress. Anyone have any experience with this st...

I would be concerened with the different thermal expansion rate of wood and aluminium. Especiallly on a hot summer day for above waterline parts. Years back, I was involved in building a fixture ( wood /aluminium) for environmental testing( temperature) of a military elctronics item. We think one of...

Just another quick update. I finally managed to get all the frames built. ( Wife is away on a 4 week trip .. so can mess up the garage !! yay !!). I transferred the paper plans to thick corrugated paper ( cardboard cartons from the local super market) , this template were easier to handle than the p...