Wednesday the 1st of February and the ballast is ready to bolt up to the hull. Everyone is in high spirits and we even lured Doug Jones back from San Diego to work for a couple of more weeks. We are very impressed with the level of accuracy and production the crew is able to produce. Chris Stohlman, Ossian Smith, Greg Freidrickson and David Griswold are ON. Floor timbers, mast step, drilling, counterboring…. a regular beehive of activity. Port Townsend Foundry delivered 11 brand new 1″ aluminum-nickel-bronze bolts and nuts/washers to the job site and as of this evening 8 of them are in place and tightened.
At the NWMC, all of the mast staves are thickness planed and ready for the bird’s mouth and tapers. Glue up should occur next week.
The rudder is ready to go to Turn Point design to infuse the GRP skins (more about this process later.)
A big thanks out to Townsend Bay Marine for the donation of vectran ply 108oz infusion cloth.
