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Oops! First major disaster

Every project has its ups and downs. So far I've had a few minor ones. Not happy with my hull weight or the clear coating on the inside of the hull for example. There are others too, but mostly I can live with them or they are recoverable.

Last night though I had a huge disaster. The king planks that I just installed needed to be drilled through to mount the keel. However my bit was just too aggressive, and big, and the king planks were just not wide enough. The bit completely blew out the sides of the king plank! God...


I had to cut out a section of the king plank and will instead put side planks. In the end it'll all be OK and is certainly a learning experience. I'll have to consider what the best practice might be and put some options in my manual.

You can see multiple holes in the section I cut out. That's because I'm installed three different sets of keel tubes so that I have three different keel positions to choose from depending on the wind.

Work to do... but it's all fun, right?!  =D  I'll update you when I've completely figured it all out.


Peace!

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