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Testing G10 against 1/4 Plywood and lightweight sandwich materials
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Testing G10 against 1/4 Plywood and lightweight sandwich materials
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Testing G10 against 1/4 Plywood and lightweight sandwich materials
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Getting the G10 sheets to the cutters
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Bike Sailing, take 3
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Strong enough to weigh: 120 pounds so far.
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BIke Sailing front buoyancy compartment
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Hull progress
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Folding bike in front compartment.
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BIke Sailing front buoyancy compartment
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BIke Sailing front buoyancy compartment
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BIke Sailing front buoyancy compartment
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Additional buoyancy compartment
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Sketch shows an approximately 17-20' sailboat with a relaxed seating position. "Keelboat Vibe"
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BIke Sailing front buoyancy compartment
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G10 hull with gunnels, eerily translucent
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G10 deck with access hatch and mast step reinforcement
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Hatch doesn't change the deck line
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Hatched
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Underside of hatch showing geodesic ribs
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Mocking up trailer system
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'Rolling Hitch'
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Carbon and Douglas Fir spars make triangle structures of different heights to acheive different purposes.
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Locked in a pivot point for the lower towbar
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Stingers now have a steel socket to accept 1-sided trailer wheel axles.
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Getting ready to glue in a small bit of steel for the magnets to attach to
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Set magnets in to top of stingers.
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'Nother pivot
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My method for squeezing excess resin
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198 pounds without the trailer system.
