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[Nrg85]

What are target upwind speed? Is it possible in some conditions over 6knots?

[noosa special]

What are target upwind speed? Is it possible in some conditions over 6knots?

Have replied to your request on other subject

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

2 and a bit days and we went from this.......

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[Tokyo Trash Baby]

to this..... bit of bog to apply tomorrow but pretty happy with the result!

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[Nrg85]

Great work and great progress!
What filler do you use with epoxy for making bog?

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

Just used the west system microfibre blend for gluing and the microspheres for bog.

[Sporty]

The last three days working on the hull cedar stripping, just need to tidy up a few points then the carbon wrap, such an easy build for the amateur i just need more time to play boat builder. I start on the keel next week.
Cheers

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[Sporty]

Cedar done!

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[Scottyk]

Looks good, will the hull side be foam?

[Shaw-650]

yeah for a home build I reckon Mr Leech got this one right. Very cool.....

[Sporty]

Looks good, will the hull side be foam?

The sides you can see in black are carbon over foam and I will be laying the carbon cloth over the timber to the sides, The panels you can see in the back ground for the deck , floor and internal stations etc are e-glass / foam, dramatic saving $$ over a small weight increase.
Cheers
Damo

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

cabin and foredeck faired and off the jig...

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[Jethrow]

That's a pretty expensive sun shade ya got there TTB

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

it keeps blowing away and you lose your shade!

[itkiwi]

A launch date has been set in Dunedin, Friday 25th at the Port Yacht Club. Will do the launch about 6pm, followed by BYO takeaways and then a talk by the designer Dan Leech - and of course some beers.

Attached photos - finishing the keel and bulb - picking up the hull to do the keel install - Graeme driving the 25T crane in the club shed thanks.

How goes the building in Oz?

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[Mojounwin]

^{will this be the 1st kiwi Leech?}

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

We are looking good, and another flush decker is in the build .

[itkiwi]

^{will this be the 1st kiwi Leech?}

There is a 8m Leech Trailer Yacht across the bay about to splash but this is the first 6.5. I commissioned the design about a year and a half ago

[Liquid Assett NZ]

^{will this be the 1st kiwi Leech?}

There is a 8m Leech Trailer Yacht across the bay about to splash but this is the first 6.5. I commissioned the design about a year and a half ago

I want to see the 8 metre trailer boat have had my eye on this design for a bit post up some photos when you can.

[GybeSet®]

I want to see the 8 metre trailer boat have had my eye on this design for a bit post up some photos when you can.

http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=128719&#entry3478077

[WCB]

Can I ask what the plan set for the 6.5 from Dan Leech costs? Maybe somebody can PM me the number. I'm curious as I think building something like this could be a lot of fun.

Thanks

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

Contact Dan at his website. He will be able to explain it all to you.

[WCB]

Thanks Tokyo. Dan got back to me within minutes of my post.

[itkiwi]

Fitting the bulb seemed to go OK until I got home. Hmm do I chainsaw a bit off the fin or the carport.

Launching at the Port Yacht Club on Friday 25 is on at 6 - all welcome. Dan Leech the designer will be there if you're interested in one of his boats. Magnus Doole the designer of the sails is going to do a presentation after food and a beer. He's got plenty to talk about :-) has been a grinder on AC boats, done the Atlantic record on a 100' ketch and ...

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[Tokyo Trash Baby]

Looks great!! Well done!! I can't wait to get that first launch feeling again launching a new boat!! Great stuff

[Sporty]

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Your build has inspired me to push hard through the fairing process now ready for the carbon, I start building the keel this weekend. Keep the pics coming. :-)
Cheers
Damo

PS I see you have built an Alloy trailer did you build this you self??

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

Looks good sporty. Out project has stalled for a bit at the moment :-( we will be building an alloy trailer as well to keep the towing weight down and avoid having to have brakes on the trailer. They aren't heavy boats so they don't need a heavy duty trailer.

[facthunt]

yes you shouldnt require trailer brakes if the boat has an anchor.

[itkiwi]

I got the trailer made locally - by the time you get a steel trailer galvanised there was no saving with steel. I don't have the skills to make trailer from either material whereas some people will be able to make a steel one themselves. Complete alloy trailer was $4300

[Nrg85]

Is that orange antifouling at the keel?
From what manufacturer?
I used some on my boat but when you touch it by hand it's leave a orange paint on a hand.
Don't to mentioned when you try to clean the keel with sponge.

Great progress, just a little more to go, I hope you are excited about launching.

[itkiwi]

Is that orange antifouling at the keel?
From what manufacturer?
I used some on my boat but when you touch it by hand it's leave a orange paint on a hand.
Don't to mentioned when you try to clean the keel with sponge.

Great progress, just a little more to go, I hope you are excited about launching.

Altex 2 pot. I am over antifouling paint. That's one of the reasons I built this thing.

[itkiwi]

Leech 8m out for a first sail yesterday. Looks good Bryan.

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[itkiwi]

Launch day - seems to float Great night at the Port Yacht Club

Hopefully Les will set a course out to the landfall tower tomorrow and we can see how the sailing goes.

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[Nrg85]

Congratulations!
More pictures please and a more sailing impressions!

[GybeSet®]

that looks awesome

congrats, you must be pleased with that !

[itkiwi]

First race over - the race was an unscheduled one so after a little persuasion the RO agreed to a Landfall Tower race. This is a favourite - a beat of 4 miles or so to the harbour heads and then a couple more miles to buoy off-shore and return. You can usual hope for a good spinnaker run on the way back as the afternoon sea breeze builds.

Designer Dan was on the boat and Magnus Doole the North Sails designer. Having never sailed a 1980's IOR 1/2 ton boat for the last few years the presence of these two was a very good thing. Big asymmetrics are a whole new thing to learn.

Mostly too many new things going on to process them all. Key things that struck me were

• the boat was stable and easy to move around on in the tacks and gybes, I was expecting it to be twitchy
• the difference between too high and too low downwind seemed small - but most of that I think I can learn with practice
• similarly the tiller was very sensitive as speed increased - another thing to learn to do better
• everything worked - all the fittings and layout were spot on - thanks Dan
• Otago harbour gets real small sailing downwind
• the 3DL sails looked amazing - no hooks, wrinkles or other nasties. I paid slightly more than I could have but I got the advantage of their designers using the data supplied by Southern Spars to make sure everything worked together
• now that the rockstar crew have gone home we will put the big blue spinnaker away for a while and get the small one out

The result - a well sailed Young 88 beat us out to the buoy by 100m+. After the downwind run back we were well ahead, maybe 15 min or so. Some parts of the channel suited us - particularly the reachy bits. The Young caught up where they were able to go straight downwind and we had to gybe.

Thank you for all the kind comments plus thank you to all the numerous people to help along the way.

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[Tokyo Trash Baby]

Awesome!! Looks brilliant!

[Mojounwin]

Well done, big effort. Have fun.


Cheers
Mojo

[spich]

Nice job !

[Dead air]

Looks awesome, well done!

Let us know when you hit 35kts though

http://www.odt.co.nz...-leaves-carport

"The lightweight 6.5m long vessel was designed by Dan Leech, of Christchurch, and is capable of reaching speeds of up to 35 knots - something he hopes to experience on Otago Harbour this weekend."

Don't believe everything you read in the papers I suppose

[itkiwi]

Looks awesome, well done!

Let us know when you hit 35kts though

http://www.odt.co.nz...-leaves-carport

"The lightweight 6.5m long vessel was designed by Dan Leech, of Christchurch, and is capable of reaching speeds of up to 35 knots - something he hopes to experience on Otago Harbour this weekend."

Don't believe everything you read in the papers I suppose

Maybe if I drop it out of a plane?

I told him 25 three times! I will never hear the end of this.

Rob

[facthunt]

thats 75

[crossa]

i dont stand a chance if te waka comes to oamaru, chances are that he will be going that fast he'll miss oamaru completely hehehe lol

[juniordave nz]

You should look at taking a trip up to the Port Nic regatta in Wellington next year. There are usually a couple of Shaw 650's and other similar sized boats racing there. Good regatta

[itkiwi]

If anyone out there is going to Oamaru this weekend and wants a ride come and ask - i'll try and fit a few in on Saturday after the racing.

Rob and the Te Waka crew

thanks for the Wellington tip - that's a bit more doable than a trip to Auckland.

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

Well we have finally finished planking the hull this weekend. W just need to fair the timber and bag our hull sides before we sheath the whole hull so we can pop it off the jig. Nearly everything else for our boat is sitting in my shed waiting for the hull to be flipped and carbon'd. should start to see some good progress once the hull is up the right way!

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[dinghysailor]

is it public which foil sections being used for the leech? How about the shaw?

Thanks

[Rawhide]

Well we have finally finished planking the hull this weekend. W just need to fair the timber and bag our hull sides before we sheath the whole hull so we can pop it off the jig. Nearly everything else for our boat is sitting in my shed waiting for the hull to be flipped and carbon'd. should start to see some good progress once the hull is up the right way!

Really is a pity to cover up the timber work, torcher board and clear epoxy finish?

[Tokyo Trash Baby]

No idea what foil shape it is, I just got te 3d file and had the foil blanks machined.

It would look pretty sweet with a clear timber bottom and clear coat carbon sides, one day when I win the lotto that could be a reality..... Maybe....