The Bluebird Project

Well of late I have mostly been messing with boats of the sticks and string variety ! Had to re rig the little project yesterday after work... usually when I am on early shifts I tend to be in bed no later than 9pm, however as usual the time ran away as I was engrossed ! 23:30 I left the garage, I have not done that in ages ! Felt quite good

Still need to remove the old grip at the back of the boat, but it's come a long way in a short time from the wreckage I bought.



Nathan's mini can now go into its roll over jig, and we can continue with the dirty metal !

That's a boat? Where's the rest of it?

Needs to be light to be fast... no wood or varnish on this one, it's built for speed ! Mind this is only half the boat, wings off... and it still fills my garage at 16' long

Canny link here to one in action... I picked a Russian crew as they are usually a touch mad !

Cheesy, but a canny vid

https://youtu.be/PxiXqvGD8KY

just needs all that broken umbrella nonsense stripped off the top, a cabin to keep the weather off and a decent outboard. They're definitely doing that the hard way!

Yep.. not in any way civilised ! No sarnies, no Victoria sponge !

Gets the heart pumping though.

You'll be going to work on a horse next, I expect...

There is varnish Richie, it's coating all your carbon stuff


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Been wondering about that, the carbon must flex, if I varnish it, is it not likely to crack the varnish off the spar ?

https://www.roostersailing.com/blog/var ... rbon-mast/


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Cool, cheers ! Need to try and flip the hull tonight after work so I can rememdy a plethora of dings before the sides are wrapped.

Should be interesting !