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King plank and fin tubes installed

Today I cut two holes in the bottom to accept the 7/32" brass tubes for the fin. The keel is set extremely far back for a normal Star 45 but I'm hoping it's just right for the new Star 47.5x.

Because on my first Star I blew out the king plank trying to drill through it after it was installed, today I drilled the holes on my drill press before I installed them. I had cut the strips extra long so that I could adjust where the king plank holes were relative to the bottom holes and still have enough plank to work with. Worked out great. Now I'll need to reinforce the sides of the king plank. 


Then I laminated two oak strips to form the king plank. Because this variant on the Star will have an open transom the king plank will not run the entire length as it does on the normal Star 45. I've ended it where the mainsheet block will go. You can see that in the pictures.


I had a big question answered today. I had been wondering what would happen when I cut the tops out of frames 7 & 8. Would the transom flare further out? Would the sides squish inward? The answer... nothing happened. I cut both frames and the sides stayed exactly where they were. Cool. 


Aloha!  _/)



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  1. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2017 at 11:05 AM

    If you have to drill holes in fragile material you should first use a drill that's to small. Then you should go a little larger an repeat this until you've got the right size. Just a tip.

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