The slot has now been cut and the T has been fitted. These shots are just prior to bonding the T in to the horizontal.

After finally getting a week where minor running tweaks to the boat aren’t required it was time to jump back into the construction of my V 2 foils. The next item on the build agenda is the T-joint. Freshly armed with the info from John Ilett that he uses a ton of carbon. I proceeded to use a ton of carbon, also known as 1/2 a Kg of unidirectional cloth.

The idea was to build a T that replaces the two L shaped stainless pieces in my last foil with a solid carbon T that is then bonded to the horizontal and vertical spars. This is a first for my foils to use spars as the old ones relied on the strength of the skins alone with a core of epoxy bog.

The “mould” was very agricultural, but did the job providing a nice square T Join.

Whilst that was curing, it was time to trim the skins, so they match how they were designed, including the thickness.

The back of the T was then removed with a grinder, an some CST pulltrusion bonded in its place. The last shot shows where it will approximately be placed when it is glued together.