Back on the job!

Got my glue order so I'm back at it. Here are a couple of things I had been working on while waiting.

I turned these Sheaves on my drill press for the rigging blocks I am making.

Matthew cut and bent these block parts for me.

And here are some of the assembled blocks.

I installed the toe rails as well, I think they are a nice little detail at the edge.

Here is the upper part of the rudder assembly. There is not enough room to put the rudder on yet It'll have to wait till I get the boat outside(It's raining here this week). The rudder is hinged near the bottom of this upper part so if you were to hit something under water like a rock or shallow bottom, it would fold up instead of breaking itself or the boat. Seems like a good thing to me.

I like this tiller as it can be raised up while you are using it, You might want to stand up and stretch or otherwise get it out of the way.

You can also easily remove it from the rudder altogether.

Matthew also made this really nice boom gooseneck for me. He runs a laser cutting machine and he programmed these parts and cut them for me.

Ran out of glue!!!

This week I got the rudder pieces cut out and glued up so that it's about ready for assembly but I am out of glue and I need to glass and epoxy coat it before it gets put together. The mast pieces are also ready for glue as is the centerboard awaiting fiberglass sheathing. so while I am awaiting my glue shipment, I am trying to knock out some other small items that are on the "gotta get done" list.

Last weekend, my son was up helping me with a few things and we were playing around with the mast. Though it's not glued together, just duck taped, we stood it up for a picture.

My son Matthew also made these stainless steel straps to re-enforce the mast tabernacle.

Here is the rudder assembly. It will hinge so that if the rudder contacts something under water, it should fold up out of the way instead of causing harm to itself or the boat.

I am anticipating getting the boat rigged for sailing so I started making some of the goodies required for that. Here are a set of belaying cleats. I will need maybe a couple more of this size and a couple smaller ones as well.

Here I have cut some slats to laminate a tiller for the rudder. All ready to go when my glue arrives.