Center board

Last week-end was a busy one for Lady C....


There was this old boat vendor on the port of Brest, who told me once a motto he said was coming from our old neighbors, accross the channel. He was the kind of old Breton that do not really like the neighbors, but respect them as great sailors. So I was going to start the installation of the legs on my boat back home and I needed to drill 4 holes, about 1/2" in the hull. Humm, the kind of thing, I do not like much. So the old man told me: "as the englishman says, it is better to measure twice and drill once, than the opposite". So, I wanted to try the big centerboard in place before we glued in place the final soles pieces around the trunk. If I had to modify the trunk, better to know it now rather than later.
So the first thing was to lift the boat of its cart. This was done with the tack of Lady C. on one side and the tack of KerNess on the other side and a securing web. All was attached to the garage roof framing.
Then the centerboard was attached to the cart, ready to get in the trunk. The cart was pushed underneath the boat, centerboard inside the trunk.

Last piece was to lower the boat and have the kids put the axis in place through the trunk and centerboard.

It all went very well and we were able to test the lifting mechanism. Hughh it's heavy. I may have to rethink it a bit. At this moment, we have 4 strings, I may be able to add one more.

I also took the opportunity to trim the trunk to the outside shell shape and tapped to layer of cloth from inside the trunk to outside hull.

Next week, we need to glue the sole in place and get ready for the decks...