After a week away up in Port Macquarie helping with the construction of a Farrier F22R. It was time to get back in the shed to get some work done.

The final frame has gone in, and been tagged, and I have almost finished work on the rudder adjuster and I started the bow forestay “fitting”, which has been built using an identical method to the chainplates on the F22R, although it has been rotated 90 degrees.

I also thought it would be a good time to “hit the scales” and the hull, with all the frames and CB case is 7.2kg, light enough to be lifted by my little helper (just).

I have 2 weeks of leave before I start my new job so the push is now really on to get the deck fitted ASAP.

The centre case is one of the key elements of any foiler that has to be 100% right. The fore – aft positioning affects foil spacing and mast balance, the angle of the case effects foil ventilation, and the height of the case effects deck curve, the height of the pin holes effects adjusters and can add unnecessary weight

Many many things that need to be thought through, and in advance as once she is in, things get a lot harder to change. That thinking process took a but longer than I would have liked, but she is in now, apart from the tagging of the frame and case itself.

When the lamination is done (tomorrow), the next “big thing” will be the work in the bow, to add the stem fitting, a couple of other reinforcements, and then it is time for the deck, then one of the jobs that I dread … tramp lacing holes.