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for the youtube vids you have to really dig for them. as for the blog link. I had better luck with this one: http://www.yachtblueheron.blogspot.com/

ouch! did you tape the outside joint?

Vinegar works well.

here's how the seats and hatches are laid out on mine, 5" and 6" screw in round hatches with O-rings.

there you go., thanks ray. how robust are those things anyways? what would happen if someone accidentally steps on one or falls on one? will the bailer break or will person get lacerations??? , those metal protrusions look sharp. roy

I was thinking of inserting a rubber hose through the hole (has to be tight) and some type of gasket seal around the holes between the bulkheads.

Hi all, After a capsize in my nesting spindrift during a race last week. I realized that I really need a self bailer. It has been suggested for nesters that two bailers be installed because of the bulkhead. I was wondering if it would be possible instead to install the bailer only in the forward section and put in a flow through hole in the bulkhead so water that has collected in the aft section can drain forward? Initially I was thinking of doing it the other way around (bailer in the aft section) but the bailer might interfere when the boat is nested, that, and I think it looks neater that way. The boat performed well even with all the water in it, I was actually able to finish the race even while partially swampped. came in second btw, could have been first but... here's a picture of what it looks like sailing with 5 inches of water in the boat. Cheers/Roy

Hi all, Graham, I found this sail plan of an s11 somewhere on the web. it shows detail of webbing at the top of the sleeve. Is this an updated version? the one I have doesn't have this detail (ordered late 2005) I'm getting a sail made by a sail loft in Cebu cheers/roy

I live in the Philippines and it's impossible to find 6061-T6 tubing here too. so I used aluminum pipe for the lower section, (wall diameter around 3.8mm) it was fairly heavy but it worked. for the top sections I just used regular aluminum tubing. 2" aluminum tube on the left and 2" aluminum pipe on the right. (thumb included for scale)

This is a nester right? when do you plan to make the "big" cut. or have you already done it and I just can't see the seam

Would this also work for an 11N? is it advisable to attach one end of the hiking strap to the center bolt of the nesting bulkhead?

I've only capsized once in my 11N, I was still learning and it was my first high wind jibe. I also have the extra floatation on the forward half like garry does, after the capsize she was on her side for some time and it went turtle very slow like. I got caught in the sheet and couldn't get to the dagger board right away. It was pretty much my first capsize, and righting was fairly textbook (though I did forget to point it to the wind ). The hardest part was getting back in, as she still had a lot of freeboard. I tried boarding from the stern, no luck, my arm strength wasn't enough to lift 220 lbs out of the water. . So I boarded from the side, leg first. i think the water in the boat gave it enough stability to keep it from rolling over again. As to the hole in the quarter knee, I really think it's the best. I used to have a horn cleat next to the quarterknee for cleating the main on those lazy drifting days, but the sheet just kept getting caught on it every other tack on any other day, dang thing almost capsized me twice. so I took it off..

Sorry Ray, no idea, we don't really get a selection of wood species of marine ply in this part of the world, some people I know say it's Lauan based. we're pretty much happy with with what we get, and it's only 7 to 10 US$ per sheet (5mm). ;D Yes, it's rigged for sailing, I can't really say how well she performs as she's the first dinghy i've sailed on. It's now rigged with a polytarp sail as i'm still saving up for one from Graham.

mine came out to 130lbs, each half was 65lbs. but the outer hull was glassed and has additional floatation in the forward section

Thanks Rob, Was able to download it. Cheers/Roy

I liked the other video from the same site, the one with Richard's CS17 in it ;D this one: http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/david77/movie10/video10.html ey Rob, by any chance do you still have the videos from the launch of your cs20? I checked on this thread (http://www.messing-about.com/forums/index.php?topic=1621.0) and it wasn't there anymore

great stuff Garry! just the thing I was looking for. Do you think it would be possible to use the same system with the boat in nested mode? my car is a sedan (shorter roof). do you foresee any problems? -Roy

Didn't anyone tell you that they don't snap together : some bits does require "some" coersion. That aft part of the keel line would require the most elbow grease. do it slowly, add more stitches if its hard to pull in. You have pretty much the right idea. I didn't have to undo the stiches on mine though. I also noticed that you also have that gap under the nesting bulkhead. I thought I made a mistake when putting mine together as I had that too.

oooh another nester. work table? I used a floor, made sure I had made saw horses though before my boat went 3d. moving around 12 foot peices of ply can be a pain, but if you're marking, cutting and building on the same floor space, then that shouldn't be much of a problem. My work area was an uneven carport. so I had to butt join, and mark the panels in my living room. it did get pretty hairy moving the finished butterflied panels from the living room to the carport but I had help. there is, don't make laminated gunwales laminated gunwales we're to much work for me, so for the gunnels, I just ripped lengths from a 1x6 plank of Philippine mahogany .

Yep, did that too. the cleats on mine has a wedge like shape.

My Spindrift 11N is named Ceol Beag (pronounced: kyol bek) which is Gaelic for Light Music. in Scottish Gaelic, Ceol Beag is a classification of Scottish Bagpipe music, which generally means common music (marches, jigs, airs, reels etc..). Playing Ceol Beag is actually what paid for the boat. :wink:

any news on the article Graham?

Just showing you guys my new baby Here's our boat carrier: It Fits! I knew white is too bright in the tropics Out for a row I'm still saving up for sails, but in the mean time my friend lent me his rig from a Snark sunchaser II. We had to extend the mast though with a 3' piece of bamboo, to make it fit. and she sailed! even with three grown men on board, we made good speed. construction and completed pics can be found here http://www.pinoypiper.com/myboat/

question for Graham: I've been trying to find aluminum mast tubing locally for my spindrift and so far found no local source for 6061 T6 tubes. What i've found however was: 2" 6063 aluminum tubing 1.2mm wall 1 3/4" 6063 Aluminum tubing 1.2mm wall 2" 6063 aluminum pipe 3mm wall (out side diameter is almost 2 1/4") 2 1/4" and 1 5/8" sized tubing is aparently unheard of here. My question. Would it be okay to use the above materials to make a mast? 2" pipe for the bottom section and 2" tubing for the middle and the 1 3/4" inch for the top? How heavy is standard mast for a spindrift anyways? cheers/roy

Congrats Joe! Pipers get gigs everywhere