Spindrift #733 10 ft Nesting version

[Steve Day]

Well, yeah, that would be like "showing off." ;D ;D That's the idea of shows like that. We get to "toot our own horn" a bit 'cause ain't no one else gonna do it.

I was just looking at the calendar and it appears the show will be around the first weekend of May, if things hold true to form.

We need to get these two Spindrifts together one of these days.

Steve

[lbrewer]

We need to get these two Spindrifts together one of these days.

I'm getting a lot closer now to being splashable.  I'm in the "pesky little detail"  aka "why did I just now notice that" stage :

[Ken_Potts]

nvadaf;douiyha - Sorry...  My keyboard was malfunctioning because of the drool...  ;D

[Steve Day]

Looks good, Larry.

Keep getting the details and you'll be ready to go sooner than you think.

Steve

[adla]

WOW  :o :o :o

i was going to build the d4 - this thread is making me change my mind.......

a.

[John Burritt]

Beautiful work!!!  What kind of wood are you using for trim?

[lbrewer]

Thank you all for the nice comments.

What kind of wood are you using for trim?

Teak and  purpleheart.

[lbrewer]

What kind of wood are you using for trim?

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After I replied above, I dug a little further and discovered that the teak I bought is Brazilian teak as opposed to Burmese teak.  It is also known as "cumaru".  I did a google search on it and apparently it shares some of the qualities of Burmese teak and is about 3 times as hard.  I thought it was awfully dense compared to other teak I have worked with.  I'm glad I found it though because I like the way it finishes out and it isn't nearly as expensive.  It's a little rough on tools, more like Ipe than Burmese teak.

http://www.eastteak.com/products/finehardwoods/cumaru_data.html

The contrasting wood is purpleheart.

http://www.exotic-wood.com/purpleheart.htm

Larry

[Hirilonde]

I really like purpleheart.  It has to be the most purple of any of the woods available.  I have used it for decorative purposes and inlay.  As a matter of fact, I am nursing and infection from a splinter of it right now.  >

Looks good on your Spindrift too!

[lbrewer]

It has been officially splashed now. 

I launched at a friend's house in Orange Beach on Saturday.  The pictures were taken on Saturday afternoon after the wind started to behave a bit.  Saturday morning my camera operator didn't get any photos because he was obviously waiting for an upside down shot during one of the 25 mph gusts.  It sailed very well, even in the difficult winds of the morning with no mishaps.  I did have a little trouble swinging thru the wind on a tack but that was, I believe, a skipper problem, not a problem with the boat.  It was my first time sailing anything smaller than about 20 ft. 

[Greg Luckett]

Congratulations on the splash event and on building such a nice looking boat.

[Hirilonde]

Congratulations, she looks good.  First sails are exciting even if not ideal winds.

Where did the sail come from?  I thought all Spindrifts were designed with regular booms and full mains?  It seems small and it may have a center of effort a bit forward.  This may be part of your tacking issue.

[lbrewer]

Thanks Greg.  I got a lot of nice comments from people around the cove.

I thought all Spindrifts were designed with regular booms and full mains?  It seems small and it may have a center of effort a bit forward.  This may be part of your tacking issue.

I think you are right on target Dave.  The sail is smaller than designed. I had the sail before I built the boat. Graham and I discussed it by email and we arrived at the same conclusion, that the center of effort is a bit too forward.  He saw the sail in a picture posted earlier in this thread.  Since I had the sail, I wanted to try it at least.   I was ok with the sail being too small on that first try in the gusty winds .  Even underpowered the boat got up on a plane.  I think it will take a few trips for me to get a feel for dinghy sailing in general.  I have purposely kept as little rigging as possible thinking I will probably change the sail to the correct one for the boat.

  You could be right about the tacking issue.  I was just assuming it was me being all thumbs.

[Ken_Potts]

Looks great, congratulations!  Make sure to keep us posted on your adventures.

[Steve Day]

Larry,

Looks really good!

Are you going to bring it to the Perdido Wood Boat Festival??

Steve

[brucee]

Hi Larry,

Your Spindrift is looking great.  Congratulations!  It's an inspiration.

I'm at the centreboard-trunk-installation stage on my Spindrift 10N.  The project is slowwww going, but I have a couple of questions:

Does your centreboard trunk feel secure with the only lateral support at the nesting bulkhead?

It looks like you have no inspection ports in your rear seats/buoyancy tanks.  Did you do anything special to the insides of the tanks?

Thanks for sharing your photos,

Cheers

Bruce

[lbrewer]

Steve, 

I am going to try to be there with the spindrift at least part of the weekend.

Bruce, 

The daggerboard trunk does indeed feel secure.  No problem there.  As for the inspection ports,  well, I never could decide exactly how/where I wanted to put them. I figure I can always put them in later when I know just how I want to do it.  The inside of the tanks are just epoxied, nothing special.

[Steve Day]

I found this guy and his Spindrift 10 at the Perdido Wood Boat Show today! Larry, you and the boat looked great and it was good to see you.

We had at least three or four regular contributers at the show. The weather was great and I would call it a very good show. Lots of cool boats there.

Steve