Hey it's busy around here. sorry for lack of bloggage, but we're making a lot of stuff for customers - in particular our special projects side, and of course it is the sailing season and championships in various classes are coming up fast and we are involved one way or another.Well as you can see the wings are on, the sprit fits properly and we're busy stringing up. The mast has been up an down a few times and hopefully we'll get the skiff on the water soon. Big up to Ady who has been putting a lot of time in helping me catch up with skiff work when 'real' work gets in the way.
Stringing up the trampolines is a big deal - they take a couple of hours each side to get right, and that's using a pre made trampoline... We got through probably 30 metres or so of high tensile dyneema (cordura casing) to string them on, with each 'stitch' pulled as tight as we could get it, working the corners first, then the outboard edge, the inboard edge and finally the ends. Its a lot of string - and even more when you consider each tramp' has around 70 metres of string in it. When it's done properly, they are so tight they ping!The whole boat has taken a long time - a lot longer than we wanted it too, but 2 things are just plain facts. 1. Every job on one of these things needs to be done properly - you can't just lash something up on the way to the start, and 2. The project has generated a lot of interest in what we do (err kind of the point!) and made us busier this year than ever before - and that's right in the teeth of a downturn... I am therefore happy that we have been so busy that the boat has had to take the back seat at times - and delighted that each and every job on her looks so good. Can't wait to get the thing in the water!
