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Landfall!  Sunrise over Cabo San Lucas,  1996, after 3 weeks at sea
Two views of the hull after digitizing 1300 points from lines drawings
I took the lines and offsets and input them into a CAD package so I
could view the hull in 3-d prior to building anything.  It's a good way to get a visual
that a flat drawing or a table of numbers can't portray.  Also, I can now re-plot full size
patterns and compare to my set of original mylars to look for shape changes.

3-D view of the 1300 digitized points Bottom view of hull showing keels

The 3-d views are fascinating to rotate in real-time.  One thing you notice immediately is the simplicity of the basic hull form.  No complex curves.  Almost too simple compared to the way my Hess 28 hull was shaped.  I can see the drawbacks here, as well as significant advantages to the builder.

Construction

The builders manual lists the following major materials required for construction:

 

2 x 55gal resin

250 lb Woven Roving, 24oz

75 lb 3/4oz Mat

60 lb 2oz Mat

20 lb 10oz Cloth

100yds 4" Tape

23yd Dynel or 6oz cloth

10 Sheets 1/2" 4x8 plywood

3 lb Nails - bronze or monel

1 gal MEKP catalyst

 

 

 

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