TimW

Pedro, if you have any ideas please sketch them up. We have a pretty cool idea being undertaken but are struggling to get it to come together.

Matt Stuart worked out that the Curved foils have to built from Solid High Modulus Carbon to withstand the loads they will be under. They will weigh 15 kg each. And under full load will deflect 32mm at the Tip. The lift they provide is Massive ! Thanks Matt

Its that time ! with the Green all the way to the bow I just thought it looks too long and low wooded, but not really sure how to handle it. want to restrict it to maximum of two colours, the Green and the Deck is a very light grey. Any artistics out there ?

This photo shows it pretty well after the socket is glassed to the deck. The cavitys you see in the other photos are then filled in. there is also a fairing on the beam of the boat that will be extended onto the ama deck once the ama bolt in the socket is permanently (finally) attached. The massive faceplant that Sodebo does in the homepage vid certainly still shows the potential for these "wave piercers" to turn quickly into "submarines".

Now the port ama is back at work ready for us to catch it up to the same stage as the Starboard ama. It was a very humbling experience to have so many people from Crew'org drop what they were doing to come down to help me and my crew yesterday and this morning. Thank you all very much indeed once again. There are now a lot of people who are owed a sail in a Rum race !

Weather for Sunday is looking really good. So am looking to make a start around 1300 on Sunday. Have had a fantastic response from Crew readers. Which is great because we need plenty of hands to lift the amas and move and adjust the wood stacks. Can't say it will be very exciting but we definitely greatly appreciate all the help on this one that we can get. Lift off the ama on Monday will be at 10am. Am actually really looking forward to it, just a little bit closer all the time ....

We have the Port ama ready to glue in the beam sockets. Subject to weather we'll be taking the ama down on Sunday to glue on. We have to block up the ama to get it at the right height, then check the centrelines and angles are correct, before dropping the hull back down and gluing on the sockets. Then we quickly check everything is right. Needs to be a fine evening so that the epoxy has a chance to dry overnight. Then on Monday it will be lifted off to be finished off. Both jobs need a few extra hands. The Sunday mission takes longer (at least 2-3 hours) the Monday one only 1

when we sailed in one design classes you would never dream of racing in a boat that was unfair. timberwolfs old amas weren't very fair so I would expect just the fairness aspect of the new amas will make a big difference. But as Martin says if you don't get them fair from day one it will never happen. Its hard work but its satisfying to know at the end of each days sanding that you are that much closer to the end.

PROVIDED you have a decent,stiff platform then that idea has some real merit. It would probably make a real nice cat and that could be an option after we have tried it out in its original configuration. One of the things I like most about the Cat idea is that I wouldn't need to put a bigger rig on it !

Port ama meets Starboard ama for the first time !

Port ama is nearly ready for me to collect, just final fairing to go. we put the Microsurfacer and Interprotect on, then fully sanded that and got it right. then just grind off in the area of fittings. we still have to bog detail around the tramp tracks and fitting plinths, then microsurface and Interprotect the patches only. Then ready for a final undercoat YRA600, then top coat. Much the easiest way, and once you get all the fittings in the way its very hard to get properly fair (which to me just means it will end up heavier with more paint and bog around all the fittings

The pictures show the beam sockets now Carboned in place and the holes at the ends of the sockets filled and carboned over. There are plinths where the various fittings will go along with those for the Inspection Ports. There is a Carbon fitting where the Topmast backstays attach along with the Tramp lashing tubes.

since this drawing was done, we have made the foil angle less aggressive, as we were informed that BMW tried this style and ended up porpoising. i.e. too much lift and the whole foil comes up out of the water, cavitates, and back down you go, then once it bites again, back up you go etc.... At 15 knots our foil should provide around 350 kg of lift in its current configuration, if that is too much we will just have to pull it up, With such a big case we still have the opportunity to play around with all the various angles involved.

Last night we got the second ama joined together. Was a fantastic team effort, thank you very much to all the guys that helped. All remaining now on ama2 is to Laminate the outside, then fill and fair. Looking good to make Bay week !

Yes. they need to be perfect to fit properly and slide easily in the bearings. as they are so assymetric it is vital that the windward one is lifted clear of the water.

The plug for the curved foils. A female mould is laid up on the mdf plug. It is actually the top and the bottom, as the foils are assymmetric.

Tim - What's the reason for wrapping the carbon 'under' the bearing in that fashion - are you trying to resist forward thrust or just the bearing 'squashing' the foam in some situations. Does look very sexy though! A To Stop the Orkot bearing from squashing into the HD foam. If there is no laminate on the HD, the Unis on the outside of the bearing are in peel if the foam starts to squash. The laminate spreads the load, and this way the carbon encapsulates the bearing. Fear not Pedro, I have used this system for a good many years now, the Orkot bearings last ages, and it is ext

Rudder Gudgeons. High density Foam is carboned over. Bearing is made from Orkot which glues well. then Carbon Unis over Bearing onto transom. Very strong, simple and cheap, and Bearings last for ages.

Mumbled something about being treated fairly even though they are built from ply, and going to their lawyers to survey their options !