Hey Rick,
Seeing it in person, I think I went too far on the windward flat bottom. It will be a ball breaker. Strangely enough, I could turn it over force it closer together and it would come out pretty much like you're first sketch. I'll argue with myself some more and maybe run some Godzilla on an upside down one. But I like the 5" depth of the windward with the big bottom.
The rudders will be basically in cassettes. I haven't drawn them, but basically the fillament wound pictures show the full height (24" below and15" above the hull bottom). The blank will be cut back to have a shaft diameter of 1.3". The cassette will be wedge shaped and gasketed. Can't let it suck any air down next to the shaft.
Dennis
From: Rick Willoughby <rickwill@bigpond.net.au>
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au
Sent: Mon, September 6, 2010 6:24:35 PM
Subject: Re: [harryproa] MLM Build Update
Dennis
Looks like the drawings so far. It is getting crowded in your basement.
I am interested in the stiffening you plan for the hulls and the mounting of the rudders in the lw hull.
I prefer outward flare on the hulls but if you get away without burying your bows I might rethink that.
The ww hull is going to be bumpy - I know you are looking forward to this but it means it will get a hammering so needs ample stiffening.
Rick
On 07/09/2010, at 4:38 AM, Dennis Cox wrote:
Cost $109.44Hours 61Leeward hull cut, glued up.Windward hull cut, glued up.Diagonal beams cut, formed up.See pictures in My Little Mule photo album.
Rick Willoughby
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0419 104 821
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