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Lindsay M a scratch built Wasque 26 ft
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📝 In the water & running
15 days ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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After making a somewhat major ballast redistribution LindsayM floats as intended. I polished the shaft to reduce friction with the shaft log which greatly reduced the running amperage & the resulting motor heat. Still more to be done to cleanup the shaft log & change to a three blade prop. Those mods have to wait until I’m home. But for now it’s running much better.
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15 days ago by 🇬🇧 GaryLC (
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Behind every great man there is an even greater woman giving the necessary instructions. Well done and God bless you both a marriage made in heaven.
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15 days ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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Love it!!!!!
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15 days ago by 🇺🇸 chugalone100 (
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Just MARVELOUS 😍
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15 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (
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Your wife did a fine job filming! Thanks for sharing.
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📝 South Florida Boatyard re-opens
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Warm enough to send the Lindsay M on her maiden voyage.
- I thought it would be too slow…it was.
- Limited rudder throw looked like turning radius
would be excessive…it wasn’t
- No leaks expected…none showed up.
- I thought it would be too slow…it was.
- Limited rudder throw looked like turning radius
would be excessive…it wasn’t
- No leaks expected…none showed up.
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💬 Re: South Florida Boatyard re-opens
15 days ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR (
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Hi Chum, you can be very satisfied with your great work.
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2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (
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Elegant paint and finished model.
If you like figures the Fisher Price Family look well with this model. 
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💬 Re: South Florida Boatyard re-opens
2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Thank you Lew. It has been uncharacteristically cool in Naples also. Not complaining though; still single digit low temps at home on Cape Cod.
My sailing has been limited to the condo community’s pool. It’s a small community & everyone is very interested in the boats, how they were built, how they work, & seeing them run. I only launch when no one is in the pool & make it clear I will beach it whenever someone wants to get it in the water. My boats are not fast. I understand there is a park a few miles from here where folks sail. I intend to check it out but haven’t as yet, ▲
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2 months ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ (
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Chum... you are a little south of me. Been a little too cool up here (Tampa Bay area) especially for MB meets. Had a few tank meets though. Glad you first run was a success. Where do you sail?
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2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Thank you DWB. It’s been a fun build. I always enjoy it when the builder, in this case, CW Hood of Marblehead, Ma, gets involved. They provided me with the lines & other much appreciated advice to complete the build.
No’gators, or falling iguanas today! 😂 ▲
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2 months ago by 🇺🇸 DWBrinkman (
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Chum,
Great boat! It looks fantastic on the water. Those (manmade) Florida Caribbean Seas are beautiful, and no worry about Gators! Dave ▲
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2 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Thank you Jump. I’ve got a few things to straighten out it I’m happy with the maiden splash.
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2 months ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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She's a Beauty Chum!!!!!
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📝 A bit more final finishing.
4 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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Most of final details completed prior to shipping boat to Florida for maiden voyage.🤞🤞🤞
Then finish up punch list.
Then finish up punch list.
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4 months ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ (
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Ah, time to break the ice. None here. 10 days to go until Christmas and I was outside in a tee shirt running tanks. Next week is boats.
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4 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Thank you Phil. The boat will go to Florida with the builder who escapes the New England winters for three months. In the past my wife & I enjoyed the snow & winter sports but age caught up with us so skiing is no longer an option.
As mentioned earlier in this thread I usually do the maiden voyage early in the build. But rehabbing from knee surgery prevented that. So I will use the large test tank ( the condo association’s pool) for the first splash. Thus the crossed fingers. ▲
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 PhilH (
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Being nosey why are you shipping it to florida boat looks good mate
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📝 Details, details, details
5 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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The helm.
Looking aft at the cockpit
Motor box & stern seat.
Overall view of cockpit,
Clamshell vents for circulating air thru bilge.
Cabin porthole.
Cleat & fairleads on foredeck.
Looking aft at the cockpit
Motor box & stern seat.
Overall view of cockpit,
Clamshell vents for circulating air thru bilge.
Cabin porthole.
Cleat & fairleads on foredeck.
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5 months ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR (
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I really like this Chum setup.
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📝 Continuing with details
5 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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- Trunk cabin hatch & companionway hatch to
cabin in place.
- Chrome rub rail & stern hatch, access to
rudder post, added.
- Companionway doors installed. Helm details
started.Typical tight fit on 26 ft boat.
cabin in place.
- Chrome rub rail & stern hatch, access to
rudder post, added.
- Companionway doors installed. Helm details
started.Typical tight fit on 26 ft boat.
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5 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Those boats look some fine Ronald. Do you have build logs for them herein? Tx for the info for figures; they’re never easy to find.
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5 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Owner very upset it’s 1 Nov & no maiden voyage.
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5 months ago by 🇺🇸 Cashrc (
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The 3m77 will cure permanently after 20 minutes or so. However, there’s a product called Easy Tack by Krylon that’s supposedly removable.. Amazon wants 20 bucks, probably get it cheaper in some other stores.
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5 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 (
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Thank you Cash. I used Elmer’s which was impossible to peal off the frames. Do you know if the glue you referenced is still on the market.?
Even though I glued the frame drawings to the ply I have to be a LOT more careful cutting them out. I thought I was being precise but not. For next scratch build I will probably contract for laser cutting. Bill ▲
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5 months ago by 🇺🇸 Cashrc (
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Got a look at this late. She’s looking real nice Bill, good work on a great subject. I like how you cut the frames out with the plan’s attached. That is some old school building. I did something similar when I was building old timer model airplanes, I’d use 3M77 to glue the patterns to wood, then peel them off before I permanently glued the part in place. I like your work sir.
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📝 Continuing progress
6 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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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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6 months 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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6 months 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
7 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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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
7 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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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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7 months ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR (
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I like the hull line and the color you chose, Chum.
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7 months ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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Very sharp Chum!
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📝 Windscreen
7 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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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
7 months ago by 🇺🇸 Chum444 ( Commodore)
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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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7 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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7 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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