Flying Dutchman restorations....what happened to all of them?
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Yes, It was a mistake of some sort. The table saw kicked back, I was on the side pushing the piece in. When it kicked back, my body or arm initially absorbed the force and then I think compensated and my arm and hand went forward at the blade. I still have all my fingers, but my right index did get a severe cut, maybe 7/8 through. If I had made the piece out of carbon, it wouldn't have been a problem. Lesson learned.
Yes, all the modern boats are some or most or all carbon. I have read the rules pretty carefully.
Alan Crawford
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What a great restoration!
Goes to show that with desire and time (and a little money thrown in
) many "basket cases" can be brought back to life!
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Thanks for the link / pictures. Please tell us a bit about the job.
Very pretty boat, well done!
There are comments on most pictures about what is going on at each step. But overall, I got into this thinking that I might get a free Mader with a trailer and lots of sails, harken bullets and cams and all I need to do is vacuum out the leaves, replace some decking and maybe a bit of the forward double bottom which I noticed was buckled.
The boat was more likely a Bianchi, which is still fine but then I found the balsa core was rotten and very heavy. From there things just escalated with feature creep. I had a lot of time to ponder FD design and all the unusual features they have and the rich Olympic history. I think I read all the old trapeze issues. My boat has some features that may or may not have been done. The keel stepped mast is an effort to get everything back farther when the mast is raked but still meet the rules. The Bianchi rocker line is a bit less straight in the tail then the other modern boats and I added some to that, still within the keel line rules, looking carefully at Rodney Pattison's second olympic boat data that was published. I also added the double pivot centerboard which keeps the board sections aligned with flow while retracting. Some of these things I'm pretty sure are good. The big question is if the keel line is going to be fast or not. The other problem is my former cat like reflexes have been laden down like concrete with age. Sailing with my wife during this covid time, maneuvers are completed on glacial time scale. We may stick to portsmouth racing with the other FJs, c15s, whalers, lidos etc.
Coquina012
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My wooden FD, above, is becoming a project, as perhaps all of them (and we) become. Bad retrofitted deck hatches open up into a spider web of broken supports and carlins. All hidden under deck and out of sight, which I luckily noticed from the deck flexing while stepping the mast. Fix won't be too bad--if I can get the boat on its side for two days. Easier to say than do however, I don't have much help. I will install 9mm knees under deck and then lay some triaxal on the underside of the deck. But even simple repairs take time, which I don't have.
Randy Hormaster
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Mine is still alive and will hopefully be getting some updates in the nearish future. I see Klavdios has already beaten me to the finish line.
ortegakid
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My newest project is coming along.USA 1160
Randy Hormaster
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Getting back in the fixit game and went to add some content to my build today but it has been archived so no can do.
ortegakid
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NEWEST PIX, CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO ROTATE
Randy Hormaster
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ortegakid
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ALMOST DONE
chuso007
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God knows I'd love to have one of those...
ortegakid
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ortegakid
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ortegakid
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GRYPTALITE ANTI SLIP DECK, FREAKIN AWESOME.
MAAS HALYARD LOCK, NO MAST COMPRESSION
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LiquidLimo
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I've just started a rebuild/restoration here in Australia. So far removed about 20kg of dodgey repairs and CSM over the timber deck, would have been nice to stop there, but a bit of water damage has made me rip out most the deck work.
