Boat in build pics (Squadron 78)

benjenbav said:
I was wondering how hulls are released from the female moulds. Dry ice applied to the outside of the mould?
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On a very big boat there are a few of places on outside of mould where they can inject compressed air but for the most part they just rip em out with a crane and the release wax really does do what it says on the tin.

Occasionally a patch of gelcoat sticks to the mould leaving a section of boat with bare matt, urgh. Shouldn't happen, but it does. They repair these by slapping fresh gelcoat on and rubbing down/polishing

I used to mould smaller boats eg 16 foot and we separated hull from mould at gunwhale with a lever, then put water in with hosepipe. You can then lean on/wobble the hull and it can force a wave front of water which helps separate, and also sort of floats it out. But for the most part the release wax works well
 
jfm said:
On a very big boat there are a few of places on outside of mould where they can inject compressed air but for the most part they just rip em out with a crane and the release wax really does do what it says on the tin.

Occasionally a patch of gelcoat sticks to the mould leaving a section of boat with bare matt, urgh. Shouldn't happen, but it does. They repair these by slapping fresh gelcoat on and rubbing down/polishing

I used to mould smaller boats eg 16 foot and we separated hull from mould at gunwhale with a lever, then put water in with hosepipe. You can then lean on/wobble the hull and it can force a wave front of water which helps separate, and also sort of floats it out. But for the most part the release wax works well
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Would come out better with three coats of wax and some better quality US gel coat :D:D:D
 
jfm said:
On a very big boat there are a few of places on outside of mould where they can inject compressed air but for the most part they just rip em out with a crane and the release wax really does do what it says on the tin.

Occasionally a patch of gelcoat sticks to the mould leaving a section of boat with bare matt, urgh. Shouldn't happen, but it does. They repair these by slapping fresh gelcoat on and rubbing down/polishing

I used to mould smaller boats eg 16 foot and we separated hull from mould at gunwhale with a lever, then put water in with hosepipe. You can then lean on/wobble the hull and it can force a wave front of water which helps separate, and also sort of floats it out. But for the most part the release wax works well
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Thanks for that. The reason I was curious was that I was helping my daughter make candles. Release wax (well, butter) is applied to the mould and then you pour in the wax. Sometimes they are v tricky to remove but five minutes in the freezer makes it easy peasy.
 
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Hey is not fair to dump this thread about gelcoat quality types. If someone wants to know and give input about this please open a new post.

This is a great thread about JFM building of his 78 Squadron. So for any gel questions arguments open a new post.
 
PowerYachtBlog said:
Hey is not fair to dump this thread about gelcoat quality types. If someone wants to know and give input about this please open a new post.

This is a great thread about JFM building of his 78 Squadron. So for any gel questions arguments open a new post.
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Agreed , let's just admire the fantastic gel goat on JFMs boat...
 
Things are moving ahead. The boat was craned into Fairline's test tank yesterday, which allows them to run systems that need to suck in water (including engines). All went well. They also took the opportunity to crane a Laser hull onto the boat to design the chocks. This design work has to be done "manually" as Laser wouldn't supply CAD files for the Laser, so I bought an old Laser hull off eBay which is what you see in the pictures. The real Laser, which Laser have custom made in the same white as Fairline's, is finished and about to be delivered into storage in my garage

Fairline sent me a few pictures. First, some exterior shots and the Laser offer-up job
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Here's a close up of the mast. This is custom, with an extra cross bar. The 3 GPS engines are nav, stabs and backup nav.
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Stab fins have been delivered
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Here are some more of upper dash, powered up. Hope folks are happy with the steering wheel/throttle position thing - looks fine to me. (The steering wheel isn't the finsihed job, of course!). The top panel with the Caterpillar dials has been remade with the tachos and cluster-of-5 centred on the steering wheel, hence this is different from the dash pics above
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Finally, lower dash powered up. The three switches to left of the tankmanager displays for the black tanks are the electric seacock controls
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I'm going to try to visit factory at end of next week and will maybe get a few more pics then
 
Looking fantastic jfm but they're going to have to go some for an early Dec completion. I was going to ask about a handrail on the internal flybridge steps but having seen the rendering, I see there is one at least on one side. Is there a handrail on the other side 'coz it looks like a hell of a drop to the galley floor if you miss your footing? Fly dash looks fab. Did you think about pairing the guages and what are those guages off to the s/b side? Cool electrical control board too. Have you got a close up of that?
 
The f/b dash is a triumph, (as opposed to looking like something off a Triumph). I hadn't appreciated the angle at which the steering wheel sits, which makes the throttle positions work really well - as jfm said they would.
 
jfm said:
Hope folks are happy with the steering wheel/throttle position thing
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Absolutely! Those in the lower helm, that is... :D
Bit of an "each to their own" thing, as we said.
Impressive mast indeed. It really gives a ship feeling.
Amazing also how nicely the laser fits. Looks like you had it custom made for the Sq78 f/b!
 
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