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240 and 400 grit sanding

Sunday, December 6, 2009

When not shopping online for lathe-electronics/parts I have been busy sanding the Pikanto moulds. First the last bits of 180-grit today, then all over with 240 grit, and finally started with 400 grit which I will have to continue with next in the next session. The flat bits and large gently curved areas of the [...]

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Pikanto moulds

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Our three-piece hull/deck-moulds for the Pikanto IOM (designed by Graham Bantock) are now ready. The next step is to sand the surface smooth and polish the moulds. We hope to mould a prototype hull before the new year.

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More Polish Laerke pictures

Sunday, November 8, 2009
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A Polish Laerke

Monday, November 2, 2009

Grzegorz from Poland sent me these pictures of his home-built Laerke IOM.

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Noux IOM builders in Hungary and Australia

Monday, September 21, 2009

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

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A Noux65 from Bangkok

Sunday, April 19, 2009

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

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Mad Max comes to Finland

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Riku and Lasse from the Turku-area IOM-fleet are proud new owners of Jeff Byerley designed Mad Max IOMs. These are the very first boats to come out of Mike Clifton's moulds in the UK. Note black main-boom, I hear it's about 10% faster than the standard aluminum-colored one!

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Ultra High Modulus

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Unidirectional (UD) Ultra High Modulus (UHM) 250 g/m2 carbon which will go into the skins of our IOM fins.

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Pikanto plug painted

Saturday, March 7, 2009

The parts of the plug have been glued together, painted, and sanded. We should be ready to lay up the moulds in a few weeks.

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MDF plug pictures

Sunday, February 15, 2009

The first half of our Pikanto plug is now milled. The other half will be done next weekend - and then we have a lot of painting and sanding to do before laminating moulds.

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