I think you will find that laying right back is the way to go. The back part sticking up on Clems yacht is his head rest. I could go to sleep in mine (aus230
it is all about getting it right while building it.Love your work


Cheers
Vic

I just wanted to show a alternate way of building a seat out of foam and the ease it is to work with and the unlimited shapes you can build with it. It is very very light weight before glassing and very cheap to buy. A LITTLE MESSY to work with. I keep wondering if it has any possiblities in fabricating light weight wheels by using it to fill in between a widened rim and composite bearing hub and using it to relace the spokes would make wheel building simple. i might try an experiment one day.

sabydent said..

Yankeesailor, I like how your foam work is going. Are you leaving the foam as a core, or do you plan to glass one side and remove the foam? When I made the pig, I covered my foam with tuck tape so I could remove the foam easily once my glass was on. Looks good.

Brian
(you should start your own topic)

My plan for now is to leave the foam in as a foam sandwich construction

well with all the distractions this year it took a while to put together a 5 for september, but i finally got it all together.
the 5 i took to france got binned(free chassis anyone)
i recycled the seat/pod but really chopped it up .reducing the height by 60mm and extending the rear by 250mm ,for a more european feel and to fit a mega cushion for sleeping in on the long legs.



intenallyy its all cleaned up and the pedal adjust ment is set with bolts rather than a rope and pulley set up.
i managed to retain the 400mm movement in the pedals though.
gone for a solid steering rod after a couple of bailouts at walyungup




and increased my mast step length to help stabilize the mast when fully sheeted.
gone back to a wheelbarrow tyre on the front to see how it handles the rough stuff .
all we need now is wind and salt

I couldnt justify starting a new 5 when i had 2
slowly selling off the oversupply of minis, but will keep sailing spirit of stupidity till barry beats me on a regular basis
theres a couple of really nice y frames around town that i think will smoke me with a good sail
I was planning a sail on the weekend but its starting to rain as we speak and the big july winds are just starting to kick in

mast stepmight be too long but ican cut it down

I like that idea, might give it a try(I have been hung up with the car seat belts)

? does it hold when wet.

Ive used 3 rows of stitch,4mm stitch length. give the sheer surface area of the velcro ,the weak point would probably the spot where the mounting bolt passes through the carbon reinforced fibreglass body
its slightly fiddlier to put on ,but great to take off,if your hanging upside down