Building the F-22

Alright – It’s been too long.  I apologize for the delay.  Between work, travel (for work), work and more work, what boat-related stuff we did took a back burner to documenting it.  Buy the time I had a moment to sit down, there were so many pictures I felt overwhelmed to update.

This post covers everything from the last update until 31-December 2008.  Some pictures were taken with my cell phone, some of them might be a little out of order but hopefully they make sense… Basically, you get what you paid for…

The hull halves were positioned over each other so the slots could be cut for the daggerboard case to fit in the port half

Then we bogged the foam seams/screw holes at the keel to start with the extra laminates called for in that area

Here are some more pictures of the joined hull

Aft cabin deck

Aft cabin deck looking forward

Aft end of keel

Deck and daggerboard case opening

Cockpit looking forward

Forward keel

Deck looking at aft cabin hatch area (hole for ventilation)

Some extra laminate areas marked on keel

Aft beam bulkheads joined to keep shape

Aft cabin deck

Cockpit looking forward

Anchor well foam routed out for bog

Anchor well cut-out bogged and HD with extra laminate for bow cleat

Extra laminate across deck

Deck stringer and daggerboard case lamination

Marking location for jib tracks to add HD foam

Rough-cutting foil shape in daggerboard case keel end

Thickness of laminate at bottom of daggerboard case

Flange for second half of aft cabin bunk

Pad plus extra laminate for rudder web

Slot cut for rudder web in stern deck

Constructing anchor well

Completed anchor well

High-build primer on anchor well

I’ve misplaced pictures of making the basic gudgeon parts but if I find them I’ll edit the post and add them

Putting carbon fiber on gudgeons

Gluing to rudder web

Completed rudder web w/ bob-stay eye to right

Making molds for beam mount flanges.  They’re clamped to beam mounts to help hold proper shape

Laminated forward beam mount flanges

Molds taken off forward beam mount flanges

Cleaned them up some to a rough-shape

Laminating flanges for aft beam mounts

Making large foam blank for daggerboard

Adding some of the extra laminate on the keel

And finally….  some frames seem to have gone missing late at night on the 31st….  could something be in store for New Years???