A Webb Winter
Friday, February 23, 2018
I have to go back school
We have come to my last post. Winter work was over in a blink of eye. We made a lot of progress on the boat in the last two months, but there still is a long way to go to get her ready for the spring season. Leo and Vlad (and maybe me on occasion) have a hard two months of work ahead to finish the boat.
Friday, February 9, 2018
New Bulkheads
The big project this week was the fabrication and installation of two new bulkheads. The new bulkhead will make the boat much stronger. It was really interesting to see the process of creating a composite part from start to finish.
One layer of Biax is laid up onto the MDF base |
A strip of Biax is laid up to form the base of the flange |
The foam core is then laid on top of the MDF base |
Mid set break |
The foam core is then covered by a final layer of Biax |
Vacuum bag it |
Bake it |
Finished part |
As Vlad would say, Smuck it in |
Ready to be tabbed |
I got to do my first vacuum bagging all by myself. I installed a small patch of Biax to reinforce a filled in hole.
It was a simple job |
We removed all the stickers from the stern of the boat to prepare the stern for sanding.
Before |
After |
We also have been preparing the front longitudinal for repair.
I spent this weekend up in Newport, Rhode Island. There were a total of nine webbies in Newport this weekend with me.
We had a fun Superbowl party |
Friday, February 2, 2018
Spackle on, Spackle off
The sanding of Peacemaker continues. We have one side done and ready for primer and have started on the other side. We are spackling the low spots and then long board sanding again. This process is then repeated until the boat is perfectly fair.
It was really cool to watch the puzzle piece disappear as we sand.
We have finally got the first keel fin back from the machine shop. It will be installed on the leading edge of the blade of the keel. The original material was removed to save weight.
Finally, we finished laminating the rear stanchion.
On the weekend, I traveled to Philadelphia to visit another Webbie, Muriel Weathers '19, who is working at Philly Shipyard. We went to the Philadelphia car show and visited to the Liberty Bell.
The areas circled in marker are low spots |
The low spots filled in |
Spackle Paste |
A really deep low spot |
We have finally got the first keel fin back from the machine shop. It will be installed on the leading edge of the blade of the keel. The original material was removed to save weight.
On Monday I traveled to North Shore Composites in Bristol, Rhode Island. North Shore Composites is building the new rudder for Desperado. I dropped off the bearing sleeves, picked up some pre-preg carbon, and checked out the molds for the new rudder (sorry, no pictures). North Shore Composites has a lot of cool equipment that we do not have access to. They have a 5 axis CNC machine and mostly importantly, an autoclave big enough to fit our new rudder. Desperado is the last boat Leo and Vlad modified and Webb's current offshore sailing boat. Unfortunately, Desperado's rudder broke off this fall, so a new rudder is needed. I want to thanks my fellow Webbies living in Newport for putting me up for night.
North Shore Composites |
Desperado, rudder still attached |
Who let six college rent their house? |
Leo is very excited to be done climbing around of Peacemaker |
On the weekend, I traveled to Philadelphia to visit another Webbie, Muriel Weathers '19, who is working at Philly Shipyard. We went to the Philadelphia car show and visited to the Liberty Bell.
Star Wars Car |
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