Itärastit, Noux
Orienteering again after almost a month of other stuff (rogaining and hiking). The lack of practice/routine shows up as big U-turns on #1, #4, and #10 😉
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Noux IOM builders in Hungary and Australia
Forster Tamas in Hungary has a nice set of pictures of his wooden Noux: http://www.rcsailing.hu/photos/wooden_noux_building_(builder_forster_tamas)/ Down Under, Bill Hutch is also busy building. He has first made a wooden plug, then a mould, and finally moulded a glassfiber hull. http://radiosailingshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=6
A Noux65 from Bangkok
Phanchita Supasirithanawat (www.rcsails.com) from Bangkok Thailand sent me these pictures of a down-scaled Noux design built to the RG65 rules. It's called a Noux65. There is a video here http://www.rcsails.com/noux65.htm
Another Norwegian Noux
Here's a picture of Per Robert Jentsch's home-built Noux.
Noux in Colombia
Peter Bright from Colombia in South America sent me this picture of his Noux building progress. He's using clay between plywood shadows to build a plug.
One Noux kit for sale
It looks like we will be sailing the first three Noux Mk2 boats early next month. We have a few extra mouldings lying around that are for sale: This is the glassfiber hull with some wooden planks glued around the edges (for attaching the deck). Here are the two deck mouldings. The aft deck has … Continue reading One Noux kit for sale
Noux building in Norway
Steinar from Norway sent me some more pictures of his Noux boats. He has completed the first boat (see below), and is now building a second one. Another view of the spray-painting setup. The bulb is home-made, cast in a plaster mould. Here is Steinar's first boat, now completed and painted. I posted some building … Continue reading Noux building in Norway
Noux pics
Steinar from Norway who started building a Noux in December now sent me some pictures of the finished boat.
Norwegian Noux News
Steinar from Norway wrote to tell me about his Noux project. He started out building a planked wooden Noux (above), but it ended up too heavy, so instead a wooden plug was made (below) Using this plug Steinar has now made a mould and moulded a few glassfiber Noux hulls. There's no standard deck solution … Continue reading Norwegian Noux News
Prototype finbox for Noux
Although we've already built a number of finboxes, I've forgotten to publish the plan - so here it is. As the Noux Mk2 is still somewhat of a prototype this finbox has a long 27.5 x 5 mm slot for the mast which will allow optimisation of the best mast position and rake angle during … Continue reading Prototype finbox for Noux