CK17 construction questions
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:12 pm
I have a few questions for others who have built this design.
If you purchased the epoxy and fiberglass kit for the CK17 from E-boat, I assume your package, like mine, included a bag of reddish powder similar to the bags of wood flour – what is that reddish powder? I’m hoping it is a component for a fairing compound, but the only tutorial I’ve seen for mixing a fairing compound is for quickfair, and this isn’t it. So what is the powder and how is it mixed for its intended purpose?
Another question relates to setting sails that are laced to the mast. If I lace the head board of the sail snug to the mast down near the mast partner (after the mast is set), then use a halyard to draw it up the ever narrowing mast diameter, how do I take up the slack in order to keep the luff snug against the mast when the head reaches the top of the mast? Can you just pull the lower end of the lacing near the tack, and that will re-tighten the lacing along the entire mast? OR, is it the nature of this sail rig that the sail has to be laced and snugged down while the mast is horizontal on the ground, and then raised and set through the mast partner. If the later is the case, then there is no halyard and the sail would be semi-permanently laced to the mast. So, what is the intended arrangement at the mast peak – a tenon to tie off the head & leave the sail "up" permanently, or a block and halyard arrangement to raise and lower the sail?
Last item (for now), has anyone put rubber gaskets, hinges, and hasps on the two locker lids and sealed the internal seams of those holds so that they may serve as buoyancy tanks as well as secured storage?
Thanks.
If you purchased the epoxy and fiberglass kit for the CK17 from E-boat, I assume your package, like mine, included a bag of reddish powder similar to the bags of wood flour – what is that reddish powder? I’m hoping it is a component for a fairing compound, but the only tutorial I’ve seen for mixing a fairing compound is for quickfair, and this isn’t it. So what is the powder and how is it mixed for its intended purpose?
Another question relates to setting sails that are laced to the mast. If I lace the head board of the sail snug to the mast down near the mast partner (after the mast is set), then use a halyard to draw it up the ever narrowing mast diameter, how do I take up the slack in order to keep the luff snug against the mast when the head reaches the top of the mast? Can you just pull the lower end of the lacing near the tack, and that will re-tighten the lacing along the entire mast? OR, is it the nature of this sail rig that the sail has to be laced and snugged down while the mast is horizontal on the ground, and then raised and set through the mast partner. If the later is the case, then there is no halyard and the sail would be semi-permanently laced to the mast. So, what is the intended arrangement at the mast peak – a tenon to tie off the head & leave the sail "up" permanently, or a block and halyard arrangement to raise and lower the sail?
Last item (for now), has anyone put rubber gaskets, hinges, and hasps on the two locker lids and sealed the internal seams of those holds so that they may serve as buoyancy tanks as well as secured storage?
Thanks.