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Scratch built Wasque 26 ft
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📝 Continuing progress
16 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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I’ve been making the cockpit sole, etc removable to provide access to running gear & bilge. This all because the 26’s bottom has not yet been wetted so I have no idea what might be amiss & require fixing or replacement
Spray rails glued & pinned to hull.
Decided on a bit of color change for deck.
Cockpit details begun; the fun stuff.
Owner anxious for first boat ride.
Spray rails glued & pinned to hull.
Decided on a bit of color change for deck.
Cockpit details begun; the fun stuff.
Owner anxious for first boat ride.
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💬 Re: Continuing progress
15 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Thank you Bob. The windscreen proved to be quite a challenge given that it took over 30 pieces to construct. Should have constructed a fixture…..oh well!
On another note I hope your offset rudder solves your Kommander handling issue. Watching your video I see you were not running as fast as I had assumed. The wake also looked flat as it should. Tells me that prop walk(torque) is the issue assuming your prop is a right hand prop. Hopefully I’m wrong but offsetting the rudder will reduce/solve the diving problem in right turns but will show up somewhere else. The reduced & asymmetrical water pressure on the rudder may make left turns a problem. Left turn radius could become impossibly large & tracking straight may be difficult. Anyway I’ll be watching to see how you make out.🤞 ▲
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💬 Re: Continuing progress
15 days ago by 🇬🇧 zooma (
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That is coming along very nicely - I do like the windscreen shape that you have made.
I made something "similar" for the Chris Craft Corvette that I restored and I am thinking about making something like it for my Swordsman to replace the plain wrap-around screen too. Bob. ▲
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📝 Some progress
28 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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Well, it’s been tack glue, marking fit pieces to fit, remove, cut, re-tack glue to check fit, & repeat! For next scratch build I need to improve cutting accuracy for bulkheads, gunnel support, etc. Same for applying epoxy sealer in hull interior. Kind of slopped epoxy blobs onto gluing surfaces. *#*”#!
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Sprayed cockpit sides with ammonia based
window cleaner, clamped to gunnel, & left to sit
overnight. Will reduce tensile stress on joints
when finally glued in place.
Motor box fabricated. Servo will be hidden by
removable aft seat.
Owner is anxious for a boat ride but yard
schedule indicates that is in the distance.
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Sprayed cockpit sides with ammonia based
window cleaner, clamped to gunnel, & left to sit
overnight. Will reduce tensile stress on joints
when finally glued in place.
Motor box fabricated. Servo will be hidden by
removable aft seat.
Owner is anxious for a boat ride but yard
schedule indicates that is in the distance.
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📝 Windscreen
1 month ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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Finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel! So far, excluding the windows, the windscreen required 34 pieces to construct. Maybe one more sanding with 500 grit paper & one more coat of gloss clear. Then the windows & figuring out how to attach the screen to the hull in a way that is removable with the trunk cabin.
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💬 Re: Windscreen
1 month ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR (
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I like the hull line and the color you chose, Chum.
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💬 Re: Windscreen
1 month ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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Very sharp Chum!
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📝 Windscreen
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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So far a week’s work on the windscreen. Fiddly work with 18 individual pieces & more to come. Gaining on it!
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📝 Windscreen fabrication
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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The next gating item in my modified build sequence is the windscreen. Its exact size, shape, & location determines how I fabricate the trunk cabin roof. Specifically how much of it can be made removable to access the motor, ESC, the drive coupling. The more course mahogany grain renders it much less flexible than basswood for bending.
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💬 Re: Windscreen fabrication
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Phil,
Fortunately the pieces I am using are small in cross section so they can be bent (carefully) after a quick soaking in ammonia based window cleaner. The two side pieces are the main challenge. The next issue is how to attach it to the hull so it is has some structural integrity to prevent it from being easily knocked off. The glazing will provide some rigidity but not to the degree that satisfies me. Haven’t thought this one through as yet. ▲
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💬 Re: Windscreen fabrication
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 PhilH (
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Hi one of those many problems we have to over come I'm modeling ,could you use other wood type with saple veneer over when bent to shape?.
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📝 No maiden voyage as yet.
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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Since I don’t want to get kicked off the property that has my test pond I have to wait until the residents have mostly finished their use of the beach. That has gotten me out of sync with my usual build sequence.
I’ve been working toward cockpit templates for future construction. Photo shows a bit of how the finished cockpit will look. Cutting card stock much easier than wood or styrene. One thing becomes apparent; the engine cover box mock-up is oversized.
I’ve been working toward cockpit templates for future construction. Photo shows a bit of how the finished cockpit will look. Cutting card stock much easier than wood or styrene. One thing becomes apparent; the engine cover box mock-up is oversized.
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📝 Steering ahead
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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Rudder post tack glued in place. Needs gussets or other strength members.
Rudder & skeg in place. Some tight clearances so weedy venues may be problematical.🤞
Rudder & skeg in place. Some tight clearances so weedy venues may be problematical.🤞
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💬 Re: Steering ahead
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Thanks Ronald. That is good advice. If weeds become a constant problem I’ll have to go to that.
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💬 Re: Steering ahead
2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (
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I suggest you add a cage to keep foreign matter out of the propeller
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📝 Leak testing & ballasting
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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Well, the first time in the water not exactly a success. A serious leak immediately appeared at the point where the keel penetrates the hull. So, let the hull dry & added quite a bit more epoxy to where I thought I had already sealed.
Operation was a success; no leaks after the weighted hull sat in the water for almost two hours.
Then on to placement of ballast. Didn’t do a weight calculation just added lead fishing weights until things looked correct. 28 oz looks like it will suffice.
The test supervisor, who flew in from Baltimore nodded his approval.
Operation was a success; no leaks after the weighted hull sat in the water for almost two hours.
Then on to placement of ballast. Didn’t do a weight calculation just added lead fishing weights until things looked correct. 28 oz looks like it will suffice.
The test supervisor, who flew in from Baltimore nodded his approval.
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💬 Re: Leak testing & ballasting
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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Hear you Chum. As for me, I wake up at night screaming worrying about ballast!
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📝 Shaft log
3 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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Shaft log is a common term ( at least in U.S.) used to describe the metal tube that supports the prop shaft. Doug & Thad sent me to the net to research its origin.
SHAFT LOG
A strengthening member fitted on the Keel, Keelson or Deadwood where the Stern tube passes through the hull. Originally a shaped
lump of timber, such logs may nowadays be made entirely of metal.
Not certain this really clarifies it. What is the stern tube? I assume it was a hole in the timber through which the prop shaft passed.
SHAFT LOG
A strengthening member fitted on the Keel, Keelson or Deadwood where the Stern tube passes through the hull. Originally a shaped
lump of timber, such logs may nowadays be made entirely of metal.
Not certain this really clarifies it. What is the stern tube? I assume it was a hole in the timber through which the prop shaft passed.
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📝 Housework
3 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Captain)
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Thank you Doug & Chris with the advice regarding how to eliminate a post made in error. I would have NEVER seen the trash bin to the left had you not pointed it out Chris. It certainly is dim at least on an iPad.
Okay, enough HOA talk over in the Forum. Working on the trunk cabin/cockpit coaming.
1 Balsa falseworks to hold things in shape &
two sides together.
2. I think the profile looks okay.
I’m working cabinets sides & gunnel width together to get the gunnels trimmed to the correct width sides set to a fair shape. Granted I’m using thin (0.040”) styrene but I find it very flimsy to work with other than for decking. We’ll see how rigid things become after I install all the bracing.
Okay, enough HOA talk over in the Forum. Working on the trunk cabin/cockpit coaming.
1 Balsa falseworks to hold things in shape &
two sides together.
2. I think the profile looks okay.
I’m working cabinets sides & gunnel width together to get the gunnels trimmed to the correct width sides set to a fair shape. Granted I’m using thin (0.040”) styrene but I find it very flimsy to work with other than for decking. We’ll see how rigid things become after I install all the bracing.
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💬 Re: Housework
3 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Installed & test ran the drive today.
1. A longer shaft log than I like but necessary. 2. Kept the motor mount screws loose, ran the motor to let it do a final self alignment, tightened the screws. Purrs like a kitten. 3. Lubrication tube location & fabrication worked out as planned. 
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