20171112

20171110

Cleaned up the blanks for rudder and daggerboard. Designed the section shape for rudder and daggerboard: round leading edge, taper trailing edge (9cm).

Played around with a mockup of the helm and rudder box. I liked the concept of the Goat Island Skiff where the helm is an integral part of the rudder box. If I were to copy the GIS approach I would stick the helm through the transom. To lift the rudderbox of the transom would however require a big hole in the transom. Also the distance between the rudder pintles would be a mere 23cm. Not comfortable with it, so I decided to sleep over it.

20171111

Decided to stick with the Oz-style rudderbox but with the helm over the transom. I removed the 'crown' from the transom and added a full width transom beam for the upper rudder pintle and to provide extra strength. The distance between the rudder pintles is now a reassuring 40cm.

• Created a backing plate for towing eye from hardwood.
• Created backing plate for lower rudder pintle.
• Trimmed transom.
• Rounded the leading edge of the rudder and daggerboard blanks with the router.
• Found that the port side of the aft deck beam was not glued properly. Pried it loose and sanded the insides for repairing.

20171112

• Glued backing plate for towing eye
• Glued backing plate for lower rudder pintle
• Glassed daggerboardcase to bottom.
• Filled screw holes
• Reworked transom fillets.
• Reattached aft deck beam to transom./li>
• Shaped blanks for rudder and daggerboard.