Ok Jonny,

new boat (ferro?), new plans. The C-mist is also 32'  -  I once bought the plans for it, but had the common sense to stop there.

Here is a sketch of a sail plan I did for a Westsail 32. 

http://www.junkrigassociation.org/Resources/
Documents/Arne%20Kverneland's%20files/
20120826%20Westsail%2032%20text%20plus%20JR.pdf

 

Arne

Oh man ….. how do I say this? ! I hate quitting a horse mid stream!

My beautiful Storfidra is about 75% done …. and …..gulp …..I just bought ANOTHER boat!

I can't help myself! hahaha! Actually , I got an offer I could not refuse on a gorgeous Samson C-mist. She is almost identical to a Westsail 32. The builder passed on before he could finish her …she has never even seen the water.

That being said , she has never had any hardware mounted to the deck , so , instead of converting her to a junk rig …I will BUILD her as a junk rig.

Here is a link to the new boat:

http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/52294

Isn't she cozy? The hull is 2" thick fiberglass in places. Extremely STOUT.

I am thinking 2 masted junk schooner …but , I will definitely need help from all of you experts. (please!)

As for The Storfidra: I cannot have two boats. And , unfortunately , I would rather put the next few months of money and toil into the new boat…so , she will be listed for sale as a "nearly completed project" 

I am trying to get her cleaned up and cleared out this week so I can take proper photos.

stay tuned!

xo

Jonny

Arne Kverneland wrote:

 

Today I cut the hole and fitted the deck collar to the deck of my Ingeborg. The shown collar is this time made of aluminium. I had a workshop make it for me to my design. Such things are not cheap, and I wonder if this method would be just as good:

Grind away the deck’s gelcoat on the area around where the mast should be, say somewhere between 50 x 50 or 80 x 80 centimetre, depending of boat size. Then just plaster up a number of layers of glass, roving or mat, say 1-2 cm thick (thicker closer to the mast), using plain polyester resin for bonding.  One could even glass in a stub of metal after having cut the hole in the deck. This kind of partners could be made plenty strong and would be a lot cheaper than taylor-made metal collars. You only need to keep the boat out of the rain while working on  it...

Cheers,
Arne

PS: How do you paste in photos directly into the text? I understand the photos must be crimped first, but then how?

PPS: later, after having received the instruction. I could copy from my  Member's Album, but not from my PC.

 

I was thinking about making a mould to produce the deck collar out of grp.  Would the partner plate be strong enough in grp as well, I am thinking that it would make a tidier job inside to produce the part and then fit.  I wanted to make it with two flanges, bolted on the deck underside and and cabin comings with triangular webs between the two planes.  Would it be best to add Kevlar or just chopped strand and woven roving?

 

Today I cut the hole and fitted the deck collar to the deck of my Ingeborg. The shown collar is this time made of aluminium. I had a workshop make it for me to my design. Such things are not cheap, and I wonder if this method would be just as good:

Grind away the deck’s gelcoat on the area around where the mast should be, say somewhere between 50 x 50 or 80 x 80 centimetre, depending of boat size. Then just plaster up a number of layers of glass, roving or mat, say 1-2 cm thick (thicker closer to the mast), using plain polyester resin for bonding.  One could even glass in a stub of metal after having cut the hole in the deck. This kind of partners could be made plenty strong and would be a lot cheaper than taylor-made metal collars. You only need to keep the boat out of the rain while working on  it...

Cheers,
Arne

PS: How do you paste in photos directly into the text? I understand the photos must be crimped first, but then how?

PPS: later, after having received the instruction. I could copy from my  Member's Album, but not from my PC.

 

Hey Mark - sorry about the late reply - try this link...http://www.rigrite.com/Spars/SparParts/Deck_collars.html

Erik