Hi all,
I decided to post here my latest development mainly because I wanted to share my good mood. Recently the hulls started to look like real catamaran hulls (nice feeling, like a proud dad or something <img src=
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Sadly the Zandvoort is now out of my reach <img src=
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Valtteri
Here you go:
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Coming along nicely I think! <img src=
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Ok, some new development. The hulls are now mostly faired, only decks are still left. I had some many bumps in the hulls that the fairing took few extra days, but slowly she starts to look like a cat <img src=
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Valtteri
Beautiful
I must be worst spray painter in the world or I bought too cheap sprayer. Tomorrow light sanding and some more primer.
![[Linked Image]](http://www.rahkonen.fi/images/img_8969.jpg)
Blog is currently little bit out of sync, I'll probably have time to post on wednesday.
The hulls are now coated with polyurethane paint, it was sprayed lot better than the first primer layers. Hopefully she dosn't look as spotty as in pictures after the paint is fully cured <img src=
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First sail happened today with only main sail. Spi will be up, I just got tired of fitting things and needed to get her on the water <img src=
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Ultra sexy photo, any high reso image? Would make a nice wallpaper.
Also what main is that?
Also what main is that?
You can get 3 Mpixel version from here.
Main was made by Ullman Italy, the Trieste loft to be exact.
Nice, when im bored ill make something up we will all like and enjoy.
Im already tired of having the PUR team on their Tornado as my background.
Valtteri,
It's great to see your creation sailing.
If you have any close ups of the boat, even just sitting on the beach, I'd love to see them.
You have my email address.
I hope you get a lot of enjoyment from the product of your hard work and dedication.
Regards,
Phill
That is how all homebuilders start out sailing the boat. I know of no single exception !
But congratulations with your achievement. It is a real boat now. All the items added later are just
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Looks like your mast rotation is still very tight, if so then I would let it out some more.
Welcome to the full club membership, Valtteri !
You are an F16 sailor now. ( <img src=
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Wouter
But congratulations with your achievement. It is a real boat now. All the items added later are just
performance improvements
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Thanks, felt pretty good after sailing <img src=
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Yeah, we had two issues while on water. First my boom was too bendy, so we couldn't sheet her properly or use full outhaul. Also the mast rotation control was a quick hack and didn't provide enough adjustability for mast. Anyway I know from experience that boats are never done, there is always some fine tuning to be done <img src=
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