Sea Sled madness. It’s in my brain.

I need to rent some load cells.

 

Travel lift usually had pretty good scales.

Gauges neat the driving station (although most are remote now) usually have good weights.

 

I had forgotten. When the lift splashed her down last time the scale on one strap was out, so we didn't get a good read. Coming out this time, I forgot.

 

So what were the readings from the three functioning cells then?

 

I don't recall. It was 3 years ago. But on the way out I will defintely take note.

 

Damn. Getting off the barnacle bases w/o flaying the epoxy off the hull is an endless process.

 

YUP. Not a lot of fun is it?

 

Umhum....painting with antifouling is slightly less unfun I'd say.....

 

That is my hope.

 

Well dang. Seam opened.

 

I’m not sure whether I see the broken seam properly. If it is over the fillet, I’d say the quick look would suggest insufficient tabbing. Lotsa loading there and you’d need probably about a minimum of 75 oz of glass tabbing there, plus the glass on each surface. And that is a gut hunch is all. 100 might be closer.

I think the forum has lost a great contributor in @rxcomposite . Not sure, but he’d be able to give the best laminate plan if he is able.

I wasn’t gonna tell you, but I threw away a set of 4 load cells mounted on 8” C channel. Might have cost $200 to ship to you, bit had no buyer here for them.

 

I believe you are correct. I had substantisl mechanical connection there, with screws and cleats etc. The fillet and tabbing were supposed to manage water. But the mechanical side allowed about 1/16" motion. Enough to break the tabbing and fillet. Darn.

What is up with @rxcomposite ?

 

That's really unfortunate.
Great weather to grind it wide open and let it dry. Acetone.
You may want to build up some layers around your bolting points too
over and above the transom reinforcement layers.
Too bad those didn't go on during the build... next time.

I don't think you need rxcomposite type direction, this is a pretty easy fix.

 

Fairing compound going on. Chine flats were really coarse. 17oz biax plus epoxy. No fairing. Might give a tiny increase in Vmax.

 

I would'nt worry much about fairing, just smoothen the highest ridges and get a good af on (the new silicon based seem to be good and are environmentally fine). But the chine should be sharp and with a horizontal surface, ca 50 mm wide.