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Hallo everbody, At last a bit of a progress report: First I had to modify my entrance to the building shed, because I decided to use it rather than the only single garage we have got: The shed beforehand: http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/87433/DSCN0507.JPG The shed with the new opening: ht...

Hallo SP,

I made a mistake the first X should be about 440 mm

Hallo SP, X is 649 mm according to my plan at the intersection of the sole and seats with bulkhead C ( at the front end of the cockpit ) X is 478 mm at station D ( more ore less between min C and max at T transom ) X is about 520 mm at the transom. ( This is my guess because one cannot find the exac...

Hallo SP, I am building an AD14 and wondered also about the seats if they will be ok for me and my short legs. I think I will build the skirt along the side that I at least dont slide with my heavy bum into the water. I have seen it on Georges AD16 which is praxis proven for years and he also has a ...

Hallo MartinV, I can answer only your question about woodflour. I cut the marine plywood ( 6 mm ) with a very fine tooth jigsaw blade and the resulting sawdust I put thru a tea strainer which i have seen once as a joke from a Dutch poster. ( My dutch born wife says it is a tee zeef ) This works perf...

Hallo Bondo and Salvatore, Thank you both for the help. It is correct that I want the distance from B to station C for the spacing of the cradle supports. I did find the location of C with Bondos tip that if I follow the right angle of the centeboard case (already built) down and where it crosses th...

Hallo Salvatore, Thank You very much for the fast reply. I think on the AD16 plan you have got a measurement to the base of station C while I have on the AD14 plan no measurement to C. 833 mm to A , 855mm to B , 686 mm to the base of Bulkhead C, 1143 to D You write that the measurement to C is somet...

Hallo Jaques, Unfortunately I cannot find the position of station C on plan D264/4 Stations. I want to set up the cradle with the supporting frames at station A C and T and I battle to locate C. The top of bulkhead C is 686 mm from B and I think station C is about 300 mm further in the direction to ...

Hallo Salvatore, I follow the build of your boat since May 2014 and I admire the speed with which you put it together and besides that you also think out all the problems of an Adelie builder like the loo position and now the lifting of the centerboard. I am also busy thinking this thru but you are ...

Hallo Bondo, Thank you very much for the info, I will do it naturally your way. I forgot that the strength comes from the fiberglass connection to the sides of the boat. I am doing well with my build and I will post some pictures as soon I have the cradle finished. Did You actually bevel the frames ...