27th May

Went to Horta this morning to the graphics guy to order the name transfer.  As soon as that is on I can continue with the yacht registration.  (got to send photos)

Did a bit of welding preparing the trimtab stock. 

Welding the tabs deformed the 10mm stock a bit and had to bend it straight again.  Pacified the welds and roughened up the stainless where it will be epoxied into the tab.

All glued up on an aluminum straight edge on some parcel tape to stop it sticking.  Two strips of 5mm plywood epoxied over the tabs with lots of epoxy squished out.  Got to let it cure and can then shape and glass over, fill, sand, prime etc.

Doing a little experiment.  Epoxied some 3mm  dyneema into the same pine I used for the stringers in little loops.  Holes 15mm deep (stringers etc 22mm thick) and different sizes and epoxy mixes.  Going to do a pull test with my scale on my tractor to see if it is strong enough for using as tie down loops inside the boat.  I want to put lots of fixing points for tying stuff down inside.  Dont want a few anchors or batteries flying around inside in a knockdown. An alternative is stainless steel saddles with bolts or screws.  Screws only good for very light loads.  Going to leave this for at least one week to let the epoxy cure properly before testing.