UK’s 78 SN

Lets see how much water the foam of today will soak up? the lump is off the top of a pour hole so has a nice skin on the dome and a sawn flat face to the other side.
The dry weight is 46.7g now have placed in a old can under water with a rock on it to hold it down, will check the weight every so often.

Thanks Peter thought it would make a few smile, it was my first attempt with foam so unsure how tight it would go but as it happened the PVC I used was a good thickness and along with the pour holes not that much pressure build up, but you do get some heat as it sets so you could get problems if you used thin PVC
As for the pull strips as it worked out they were not needed you can just lift out foam in a bag in one.



One thing that may be of interest to the purists if you are going to pour Foam straight into the hull for a lay up floor you could do as I have but cut the PVC off around the top or if its a total original foam straight in the hull make some boards up with pour holes cover with PVC to lay on top of stringers add weights and fill that way foam is set at right height with that nice film to the top.

Need some out of the box thinking juice so a few bottles of Old Peculiar Ale should do it

If you have the odd hole make a small amount of foam and fill, just lay the PVC back on then the board with weights




Once your happy with the foam just clean off odd bits around the edges and fold over the over hang onto the top and tape up


Now you should have the foam in a bag


This should be Ok for the guys that use sheet material for the floor like I am, but would need some more thought if you are to lay up a floor over it.

HI Jim and thanks good to see how others are doing there glass work, like the Idea of your stringers will have a go at that on my other 78 and will try your PVA tip as I have tones of Mdf here and PVA but may have a slight problem as I think in the USA your PVA is much better,yellow in colour and pure, as in the UK we have the white type which has allot of fillers in it but will give it a go.

Have a look at Hasbeenskier posts he has used a sheet of glass with
wax.

More Like a Briar Patch


Roger.

Roger,

Great work! love the foam molds. You probably know already but if you want to avoid the plastic you can use PVA. just brush or spray on and it makes a plastic like film over your mold that is water soluable. For flat surfaces you can use a MDF/fiber board with a coat of cheap primer and then the PVA each time you lay up and it will pull right off.

Either way very cool work.

Pete, your passion for CC boats is known around the world, all the best Roger.

Thanks Monty good to here from you,not good on the contract front not sure how it works in the USA , but with this hanging over your head you just can't plan for the future.

As for the boat I plod on, for the rudder port I used 1/4 sheet glass first to bring me up over the uneven hump in the hull around the port so just cut a big hole and filled around the hump, I found the old wood was set on a cotton wool like glass which was full of water after 3 years out as was the back ply lifting support,water had wicked right up to the top. I know you have uncovered your port just be careful if you grind the glass under the wood its not flat there is a hump to work around.

Then on top of the 1/4 layer some cloth followed by 1/2 glass sheet then cloth and biaxial over the top.

As for no wood hope the boats will be used by my daughters and there kids if I'm lucky, so with that in mind trying to build in low care boat for sea and lake.

The only wood I'm keeping are the 2 blocks each side for the Speedo dampers just to remind me of original Pete.

Roger.

Seb here are some odd bits I did a while back.

All in S/S and Glass/Epoxy





All the best Roger.

Shaun I think the cradle came in mid to end of 79 so if you do not have one I think yours is pre cradle which was a 6x2 notched into the stringers and across under the floor, as for the partition in front of it yes it should be there and water tight if not water will soak into the foam and slow the boat down with all the extra weight.

May be able to pull the pylon out and fix a 8x2 or bigger to get you to the end of the season but it sure looks like its a full stringer job in the fall/winter.

Have a look at this post too, you will see what needs to be done.


79 nautique rebuild

Roger,

Seb you can always earn more money but time once its used that's it.

Kap:

I enjoy both football and rugby. We're really jacking up for World Cup. Our city is a host city so pop in if you like. I got space.....you're welcome.

thraed jack..
nauti..so u like soccer? how about me going there to the world cup? got place? LOL

Roger:

Fancy work. Most impressed......

Greg and Seb I could spin a load of BS that it was all worked out but the truth is I just went for it to see if I could do it had no idea of what weight it would come out to shame the extra 2 lb is on the drivers side, still if I use speedo's instead of board shorts may balance it up.

Which side are you going to put the heavy one on?    

Just kidding; that's amazing that your weights are so close!