Do you need a table to be longer than the hull, Or are you doing the
50 foot hull in sections? Can you do it in section before final
assembly?

On harrys built so far, how do they behave on a mooring?

Todd
--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "Rob Denney" <harryproa@...>
wrote:
>
> G'day,
>

> Hulls are not quite finished, lee hull needs the mast step, deck
bearing and
> beam mounts, will weigh under 200 kgs/440 lbs when all this is
on. Now that
> we kjnoe how it is done, the next one will be lighter. ww hull
needs the
> cantilevered bunks and decks glued on. These are complete and
have deck
> edge radii, which makes the joining very simple. No idea of the
weight,
> should be 140 kgs308 lbs complete.
>
> ww hull is 450 db glass either side of 10mm foam, lee hull similar
with
> extra glass where required.
>
> Vacuuming onto male moulds would be possible, but first you have
to build
> the male moulds, which have to be fair and airtight. The core has
to be
> bogged on to the cured inner laminate and the outer laminate needs
fairing
> and painting. It is not possible with just stations. I have
built hulls
> using pretty much every technique in common use, and KSS is by far
the
> quickest, especially if you already have the table.
>
> I would give a lot for a sail off between any two harrys. We do
not own
> Rare Bird, so cannot sail it, and I am not sure what is happening
with
> Aroha. Blind Date is apparently sailing regularly and taking the
partially
> sighted sailing, but that is not much help for a sail off.
>
> regards,
>
> rob
>

> On 10/5/07, Todd <bitme1234@...> wrote:
> >
> > Whats the weight of the finished hulls?
> > What was the build up of outer skin?
> > Why not vacuum form the hull onto male molds? Is that possible
with
> > just stations? Wouldn't this be easier all together?
> >
> > When do we get to see a sail off visionary against haragami
Aroha?
> >
> > Todd
> > --- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au <harryproa%
40yahoogroups.com.au>, "Rob

> > Denney" <harryproa@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > G'day,
> > >
> > > The hulls are more or less completed (see photos in the photo
> > section), but
> > > cannot be finished until we know the mast and beam specs. The
> > rudder
> > > shafts are built. The rig and beams are waiting for the
> > engineering to be
> > > completed and for the carbon to arrive. The carbon has been
> > delayed and
> > > will not be here till next month. October launching won't
happen,
> > nor will
> > > Sydney Hobart this year. Still aiming for solo Transpac next
> > year, but I
> > > have some ill family in the UK which may necessitate a month
there
> > round
> > > Xmas, which is prime building time.
> > >
> > > So, unusually for me :-) the schedule has been blown away, and
i
> > am not sure
> > > what will happen, nor when.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > > On 10/2/07, pkeck2 <pkeck2@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Rob,
> > > >
> > > > Any updates on Soliatarry?
> > > >
> > > > Phil
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>