After seeing several instances of Norton double sided sticky glazing tape on my cat builds, I had assumed that it was as good as the 3M VHB products. Maybe even better as it had more thickness.
I have just been informed by Norton that their double sided adhesive tape is not actually adhesive and should not be relied upon. They recommend using the 3M product. I have a call in to the 3M rep to see if there is anything else I should know, over and above my posting here from last Spring. The lunar lander will need a lot of this product.
The lunar lander dwelling got squirted with the 2 part poly that I needed to get on before the weather got colder. So I’m back in the office getting to everyone’s projects now.
I have learned that several of my builders have excess fabrics and core. I wonder if there is any interest in setting up some kind of exchange here? I would like the materials to only go to my builders if possible. Thoughts?
Got a rendering of my 40 daycharter cat built in China. It was based on the F40 performance cat built by Mystere a decade ago. In the new economy, the customers take my 3D model and have a kid create the rendering at minimal cost.
I spotted these great examples of composite hardware foundations on the Hall Spar at CSR. The boat is a Baltic 77. One is a boom base and the other is a vang base. Flipped upside down the vang base is how I see the best hound bases on multi now.
While at CSR today I saw this new Bieker anti-cavitating rudder. I was told that it helped a big Perry boat, Icon I think it was, a lot. Not sure how it works. Would mean rudders must be CNC if it is a thing. I don’t know if it only works on monos or at what speed it works best. Would real fences work better? I only found this online. http://www.biekerboats.com/Bieker_Boats/Rudder_Tubercles.html
Was 36 years ago this week that I launched my first trimaran. Was my home for a couple of years.
I heard it held the Point Hudson Race record time for several years. I remember the race officials asking if we could prove we rounded the mark. We could. It was still daylight when we crossed finish line back in Seattle.
