A beautiful precision job and a snazzy detail by Ray Joyce. The idea is to incorporate a bungee into the Dyneema ‘limiter’ strop for the automatic speed/height ‘moding’ adjustment on the swing rigs. A lesser mortal would have tied the bungee separately, but this would have left an untidy loop of Dyneema when the limiter […]
Neat detailing for jib boom adjustments. Beautifully executed by Ray Joyce.
Hulls from tools…
Very neat execution by Ray Joyce of an experimental ‘mode’ control system. It closes the exit of the mainsail automatically when the boom is on centreline. This allows a standard ‘open’ setting for acceleration and reaching to change into ‘pointing mode’ once the boat is up to speed close hauled. The standard four rigs are […]
Carbon/foam sandwich jib booms were chosen to maximise jib efficiency and allow ‘finite’ adjustment arrangements using notches and pin/hole systems. The jib boom swivel line goes through a fairlead in the top skin of the yard and is anchored through the bottom skin. This is to maximise length for the required twisting of the line. […]
Successful mould lamination and release under contract in QLD. Result!
It’s alive! RC gear in place, sheeting run complete, rigs assembled. Getting closer to that first sailing day…
Just something in the pipeline… We want to get this right so the testing will continue until we are confident that meaningful gains are possible. In the excitement of a new project we must remain clear and resolute about our aim and why we are doing what we are doing!
More very interesting aerospace work. Unfortunately details are confidential except that this is a (discarded) model for wind tunnel evaluation… The experience we are gaining in this field has fantastic applications in boats and other vehicles, not to mention commercial drones.
Some more declassified shots of another prototype being readied for flight tests…
