Beautiful job. I am building a sailing rig for my kayak while contemplating building a GIS so I can sail with my boys. Thanks answers the question: should I epoxy the rudder or just varnish.
Hi Lee! Sorry for the late reply but I didn't see this comment. The epoxy will degrade with the UV and so will the varnish. Once the UV blockers are saturated on the varnish, it breaks down. The difference is that you can scrape the varnish and apply new coats and you can't easily scrape the epoxy. it all depends where you store the rudder. If it's usually kept safe out of the sun you can go either way tbh. Or you can encapsulate the wood with epoxy and then varnish it...😉
@@TheBoatRambler Thank you very much. I realised building a GIF would cost more than buying a second hand dinghy. So I just bought one but needed to fix up the old rudder and dagger. I epoxied them but will look to paint for UV protection. Got out sailing on Port Phillip bay yesterday. ruclips.net/video/_FhDw1J7Uv0/видео.html
Not that it hurts anything to watch it again, but didn't we see you build these near the beginning of the series? Did you decise to rebuild them, or is it more of an in order witj the plans thing?
Yes Thomas, the foils were built over a few weeks as I had some free time. I believe something like weeks 2,5,7... That is one of the reasons why I decided to put all of it in just one video, much easier to follow! 😉
10 hours might sound like a lot. But the numbers from competitive racing boats shows around a 8 to 10 percent upwind improvement over something shaped by eye. That is from club racing large numbers of boats and seeing what happens to the fleet handicaps when people use a nice board like these. What does 8 or 10 percent look like - it is a yard or metre every five seconds in a medium wind. If you are next to a boat that is so much faster with no effort, it is pretty depressing. Also as the weather gets worse, there is a lot more control and even better performance relative to a boat with less perfect foils. So 10 hours work to gain so very much.
Hi, and thanks for your feedback! I have repaired these for the new season and used glass cloth cut at 45 degrees to the weave, it works a treat. Have a look 😉 ruclips.net/video/GuRqybH2a-o/видео.html
Hi Dusty! I used Spruce for the daggerboard blank but the darker strips are hardwood. It is Ok to use softwood (some daggerboards are made of balsa and even foam core) but a hard material should be used for the leading and trailing edge to take the impacts.
Fantastic job,ty for taking the time to video your project, will be very helpful with my leeboard and rudder, have a great day
Glad it helped 😉
Thanks for this excellent video. I need to replace the centerboard on a Cape Dory 10. This is very helpful.
Glad it was helpful! 😄
Well done, this is a big help to me in shaping my centerboard.
Quality work as always, very nice!
Thanks Ray! 😉
Beautiful job. I am building a sailing rig for my kayak while contemplating building a GIS so I can sail with my boys. Thanks answers the question: should I epoxy the rudder or just varnish.
Hi Lee! Sorry for the late reply but I didn't see this comment.
The epoxy will degrade with the UV and so will the varnish. Once the UV blockers are saturated on the varnish, it breaks down. The difference is that you can scrape the varnish and apply new coats and you can't easily scrape the epoxy. it all depends where you store the rudder. If it's usually kept safe out of the sun you can go either way tbh. Or you can encapsulate the wood with epoxy and then varnish it...😉
@@TheBoatRambler Thank you very much. I realised building a GIF would cost more than buying a second hand dinghy. So I just bought one but needed to fix up the old rudder and dagger. I epoxied them but will look to paint for UV protection. Got out sailing on Port Phillip bay yesterday. ruclips.net/video/_FhDw1J7Uv0/видео.html
Not that it hurts anything to watch it again, but didn't we see you build these near the beginning of the series? Did you decise to rebuild them, or is it more of an in order witj the plans thing?
Yes Thomas, the foils were built over a few weeks as I had some free time. I believe something like weeks 2,5,7... That is one of the reasons why I decided to put all of it in just one video, much easier to follow! 😉
10 hours might sound like a lot. But the numbers from competitive racing boats shows around a 8 to 10 percent upwind improvement over something shaped by eye. That is from club racing large numbers of boats and seeing what happens to the fleet handicaps when people use a nice board like these.
What does 8 or 10 percent look like - it is a yard or metre every five seconds in a medium wind. If you are next to a boat that is so much faster with no effort, it is pretty depressing.
Also as the weather gets worse, there is a lot more control and even better performance relative to a boat with less perfect foils.
So 10 hours work to gain so very much.
Great video! I would of used chop strained for the edges easier to work with anyone agree or disagree
Hi, and thanks for your feedback!
I have repaired these for the new season and used glass cloth cut at 45 degrees to the weave, it works a treat. Have a look 😉
ruclips.net/video/GuRqybH2a-o/видео.html
What kind of wood did you use? Is it bad to use soft wood for dagger board?
Hi Dusty!
I used Spruce for the daggerboard blank but the darker strips are hardwood. It is Ok to use softwood (some daggerboards are made of balsa and even foam core) but a hard material should be used for the leading and trailing edge to take the impacts.
@@TheBoatRambler thx a million for the help!
Paint?????? 😱 Those are too beautiful to cover up!!
Thank You!
Don't you worry, I'm planing on varnishing them. That's why I put that middle strip in a different wood/color. 😉