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Moonglade Hull fairing drawings
Once I started thinking of turning the 110 degree angle into a curve, ideas from articles about staple and epoxy glue laminated construction and the notion that a curve can be a series of straight lines came together in my head and I put pencil to paper. I used clear straight white pine which a carpenter friend of mine cut for me in strips. I couldn't get close grain yellow pine which would have been ideal. However it is the epoxy and lamination all sealed up which creates the strength. I used a piece of shaped wood and bent the platen of my belt sander to sand off the excess wood which was like a series of small steps. The cured epoxy made it tough, but 80 grit tore through it.
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Comment by William P. Gibbons on September 13, 2012 at 1:27am
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The hull number of Moonglade is 115. The effect of the fairing on performance is only a theorhetical one to me; the boat is still on the hard, with multiple system upgrades underway. The fairing was done in 1996. It seems like yesterday. I found no rot. I am re-painting and upgrading virtually all the systems. So all my sea stories are dock-sailing or yard-sailing. Still a lot of fun.
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Comment by Clyde A. Phillips on September 12, 2012 at 11:56pm
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That is some job of fairing from bottom to keel! The system you used may not be the only system available but it is a good one and I doubt the finished product of any other system will be any better than yours. Being me, of course, I’ll be trying to develop another system. That process will likely only convince me that I can’t better yours. I’m assuming your statement that you don’t think you improved the performance any is a 21st century statement. If you have not discovered any difference since 1975 until now it probably is not discoverable.
Improved performance is not what you were looking for (as I read your post). The grade of the work should be based on how many cracks in the glass you’ve found, how much work you’ve had to put into the boat because of leaks in the area, and how much rot you have found because of intruding water. If it has passed those questions with flying colors it would be worth the effort even with lower performance. But I would think that if a real study was done with finding some parameters as a base before the fairing and comparing those with the boat’s abilities after the work is finished you’d find some interesting, even surprising, results.
I think this is something all Newporter caregivers should look into even if they aren’t having problems in the area. Thanks for your input and “Welcome aboard.” Let us know the hull number of your boat and other details. And post some of your sailing stories.
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