Thanks to surfcity catamarans (free advertising Jeremey!) I've got pretty much everything i need to finsh my Hobie, less a trampoline, aussie halyard, shrouds/forestay, and a hiking strip....
After God knows how many hours of work and a long winter, I'm done with school for the the semester and have kicked it in high gear to finish this sucker!
The starboard side hull is 100% finished except for the poor drain plugs....notice the one piece rudder gudgeons, and the new "sleeves" in the pylons.
The sleeves go in very easily. I needed to use a dremel to sand down the inside edges a little bit of the pylon, then took a piece of wood and just slammed them down! ONE sleeve fits TWO pylons.
Also, theres a close-up shot of the bow tang...i insereted a nylon spacer to protect the fiberglass. Using the proper size washer on the bottom and top, this will help relieve stress on the fiberglass of the boat from the forestay.
Also notice the sealant inside the pylons. I put a bead around the outside (where its supposed to be) and also around the foam plug. There are TWO plugs in each pylon, an upper and lower. This well help keep even more water out and the inside dry.
Also notice the notch i had to cut out on the lip of the hull near the top of the gudgeon. You might have to do this to make yours fit propely. I did NOT take the time to drill the two holes at the bottom of the gudgeon and tap then. This should be fine, as i used all the holes the standard gudgeons use. ALSO! i found out if you drill out the fiberglass away from the transom plate, you are able to screw the screws in without re-tapping anything. Just make sure to use extra sealant (which you can tell i did).
Bzzz line for the main and jib sheets....notice the 6:1 downhaul...need to order the class legal mounting system, which i believe is just the travler hookup and pin....new harken blocks (downhaul is ronstan) and nice spyderline for the halyard....
Yeah, the boats painted. Why? cause i used lots of git-rot in the hulls to get them stiff, and i didnt really want to spend anymore time/money to re-gel the boat. This is a lake boat, thats driven from a garage to the lake, sailed, then washed off and driven back to the garage....no beaching, sitting in the sun, or anything like that...it should be fine!
I though about epoxying the boat together, but turned against it because in the future if these hulls fail, i want to be able to take the crossbars off (all my new stuff) and transfer eveything to a new boat....so i figured i would build up the worn-down pylons with JB weld. With this, you just smear it all on the pylon and you can see in the picture where its filled the voids. My goal is to build it up enough so i have to use a mallet to hammer the crossbars down onto the pylons, just like it should be. If this build up is still not enough, ill resort to beer-can shims, but i think this should work fine.
Spiffy new trailer as well, i need to put a few more coats on the wood
any questions?!?!?!
