By now the front deck stringers are there. All but one, I decided to be a rebel and have the front deck supported with three instead of four stringers (280 g less !?).
The lower and upper "mast socket support pads"(items 30 and 31 in the Minisail exploded diagrams key) have been made. The making was the easy part – two pieces of plywood with a +70mm hole.
Fiddling out their exact size was more of a challenge. The size of these will determine the mast rake.
Thanks to a discussion on Minisail Google groups i found out that the rake of my wooden Mini was rather generous so I reduced it a little. How much? I couldn't say. Just compared the angle of incline of the mast to the rear part of the front deck of my reference boat and gave my new one a little less, not much. Not happy with this decision but it will have to do for now.
The mast support deck pad (item 36 – the funny teardrop on the deck) was not really a priority but I made one, a Joni Mitchell Special on the radio got me in a real good mood to do that.
Bulkhead 3 middle strap (item), third bulkhead (item 4) an fourth bulkhead (item 6) have been made.
Pictures of these next time.
As always, the larger pictures are to be found in the photoalbum, or click the first image and you will be redirected automatically.
Greetings,
Ronny