More photos of the sails being constructed

"A" Jib

"B" Main

FINISHED 'A' JIB (without sail number and grommets)

STICKYBACK FOR THE CORNER REINFORCEMENTS

Making Sails!

SAIL BOARD

PANELS CUT OUT

Tonight I started the tedious process of building sails. I ordered my sail cloth from Midwest Model Yachting and got it in the mail a few weeks ago. I was fortunate that Al has boards made with the template for the panels for all three sets of sails. So I unrolled some sail material and cut it then put it on the sail block and stuck it together. It seems easy, and it is very easy with Al's help, but to do this on your own may be a bit trying.

Ended up putting the panels together for the jibs and mains for the A rig and the B rig. We finished up the night by cutting the A jib to shape, putting the corner reinforcing patches on and then putting the luff wire and the luff tape on. I still need to put my sail number on this sail and then punch some grommets in it for the clew, tack and the head. Tomorrow I hope to put my sail number on this sail and then to continue work on the B jib. It is tedious work but i hope to get her sailing before too much longer as I want to take the boat to Dallas in November for the Region 5 Championship Regatta to debut this boat.

Sanded on Keel

Today I sanded the extra epoxy off the keel bulb and then primed it, added some bondo filler and sanded it more. In fact, did this a series fo times. Hopefully I will get the final paint on it this week. I think I am going to use an appliance type epoxy paint. It has a very durable finish.

My sail cloth should be here this coming week too. I ordered from Midwest Model Yachting 10 ft of 1.4 mil mylar material and 10 ft of the 2.0 mil mylar material. I understand this should be enough material for me to make 2 sets of A sails and 2 sets of B sails. Al has some cloth I can use for my C rig. The sail cloth cost $27.00 with shipping.

Took keel/bulb out of the jig tonight

We took the keel and the bulb out of the jig tonight. I have a few photos here. I also realized it was i tad too heavy, so i drill some holes in the the lead to lighten it and then filled with epoxy and i will sand and finihs next week when i get home.

Attaching the bulb to the blade

Here are a few more shots of the bulb and the blade.

Attaching keel bulb to the keel blade

Today i had the chance to do some more work on the IOM. Al and I aligned the keel blade to the hull and the bulb. I will write more about this later, but here are a few photos.