Leave and recovery joints
In this new video of the Duracell Open 60 renovation, Matt tackles the floor of its new cockpit. After lengthening the hull planks and making a scale model of the new geometry, he cut out the parts that were no longer needed.
It is now time to make the piece that will extend the bottom of the existing cockpit.
Made of sandwich, it is supported by 2 gussets positioned in the extension of the existing longitudinal partitions. Pre-positioned with screws, they are glued with filled epoxy resin. Matt then makes a fillet joint to ensure the strength of the connection, forming a constant radius with a ruler. A layer of lamination, a bit complex in the small space under the floor, completes the arrangement.
Finally, a vacuum lamination of a fabric on the upper side will make the junction between the old bridge and the new piece invisible, once the work is completely finished.
Classic sailboat regatta
For once, Matt takes us away from his shipyard to finish up. It's the occasion for a regatta tour aboard a pretty 42 feet wooden schooner, named La Vie en Rose, based at the Northwest Maritime Center. A few beautiful tacks on the northwest coast of the United States.
