ahoy sailors.
well finally today my victoria had her maiden(me too was my first try of sailing)only water she tasted were raindrops on assembling in the garden.and some salt ones from here owner..
have red in other topics she can be build in a few hours,ooops not this one.
did not want to make any mistakes,i kept on checking a lot of things,meanwhile getting nowhere.
so first checked the hull sanded the little inperfections.the keel and rudder where off center.
i put the hull upside down and measured with capenters square,and filed the deckholes.
and epoxied the shafts.drilled a hole in the top of ruddershaft,and placed a wire to be save.
changed out the mast and boom for 10mm and 8mm carbon ones.wow looks sort of racey already.
i am a fan of bill shorney, a great video on you tube can be found with lots of info about the victoria.
for the rigging i went for single arm with double pulley at the arm,and another pulley on the rear deck.
so no holes in the deck.for servos i went HK cheap a 1201 mg 12 kg of force at 4.8 volts and 60 grams i guess it will do.
i squished out a throw of 104 degrees on my futaba 7c.
mounted the servo on wooden t beams made of the leftover wood for the stand.
the rudder i mounted okanagan style. rigging lines a had to learn some knots bowline double reef French 8.pfff
now that did take me a while,it is different practicing with a thick rope,or the thin rigging lines on her.
finally adjusting the sheets this video i found real helpfull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwk8DTptrwYi must confess , first time i saw it i was just listening..
well with the summer we had the fan in action on the very hot days,so why not use it to fine tune the boat.
so with the lines tighter here and there some slack at other points,i was getting somewhere.
not quit to my liking though,so why not trow in a topping lift line.
so i did and to my beginners eye it was rather pleasing.fine curves in the jib and main.
the end of jibboom i have set to the shroud lines,mainboom further in about the inner line of the transom.
now cog o dear according to mr.shorney it should be just behind the keel.mine was mmm 20 mm behind.
well i will take my change,at least she wont submerge downwind was me thinking.
batteries charged and of to the pond,it is a 2 minute walk and had to watch out for the wind as it was pulling already at the sails.
the pond was not for me alone some sportfishers in action to.
i was detected immediatly no wonder virgin white sails making sound already,but the boys showed a kind interest.
so switches on(i did not forged the comment that it is a strange sight the owner try to swim faster than his boat)
and of she went,the wind was not so strong at the bank.no ripples in the water.
it looked like she was build for it sailing at about 45 degrees in to the wind,well i certainly did my best..)
the water was flat like a mirror and my vickyr leaving behind a beautiful trail .
futher out the wind was stronger and she healed over,immediatly turning in to the wind.'
hmm some tuning required,me very hapy althoug the wind was coming and going.
a had some real nice runs,one downwind with her sails fully out bowwave and all.
steered her close to the bank and the wave she created hit the bank with a nice sound.
i get a taste for a lot more.
will let you know.and special thanks to all captains who helped me mr. boomer mr.mrpenguin mr,jaymac and on.