As you may know, I had plans to build a footy, to my own design. Since then, there have been a few fluctuations with the amount of work I have been doing on the model racing yacht, but so far, I have started off the rudder, built the hull, and this is now drying (with epoxy filler, to fill in any imperfections) as we speak...although, the actual hull started being built around 3/4 of a year ago, I am finally getting on with it.
So I thought I would share this here, with my design, and images.
The hull compared to the very first cardboard cut out, to compare how the shape changed from start the end of the designing process. The hull was constructed from blue styrofoam, and sanded to shape, after being cut to a close match. This was the easy bit!
The hull floating, in my sink. Surprisingly it did float upright without any ballast!
To show the construction phases, I had a 12"x12"x6" block, and this can make three hulls, I started making a second, although, I never got any further with this one. And a block to the side, to compare...
The rudder drying, with selotape reinforcements to keep its shape, and the 1/32" thick piece of plywood it was made from.
The boat, having been fibreglassed and sanded, and the (forgotten the technical name!) keel daggerboard, type thing....
The hull having been painted, unfortunately, the paint started eating away at the foam, where it wasn't fibreglassed, however, this is not structural *luckily*.
The boat, now dryed, with imperfections. Weight - 154g completely fibreglassed.
First water testing, discovered the wave piercing bow works quite well (with velocity) however I am unsure of how well it will work when sailing!
The boat, with epoxy filler, for imperfections on the sides, now weights around 190g, as I mixed 40g of the stuff, but did not quite use all of it...
The boat, now drying, as we speak.
So, what do you think? Anything you might change?
Also, does anybody know where it is possible to either get custom cut model yacht sails, or sailcloth, so I could have a go experimenting myself?
On a side note, I have been also getting on with building the Farr 3.7, although, sadly, I haven't had time to update the blog recently. But I do have plans to do this as soon as I can.
Cheers,
Max
EDIT: Sorry about using up space bandwidth space with the photos, if any of the moderators or the admins want me to delete them, then I will do so. I don't want to take up all the space so nobody else can post photos....
