The kit we have just cut and have ready for collection,will go to a local builder but the next kit will go to a customer in Spain and by air freight,this makes Spain country number twenty (20) we have exported to from Cape Town.
One of our Optimist kits built and sailing,I like the choice to leave the inside of the boat natural,then paint and decorate the outside.
Our kit to the Optimist class dinghy
What the boat consists of:
Marine Grade Ockume plys to BS1088 standard
2 x 4mm x 72mm x 2300mm (3-ply stringers)
1 x 4mm x 182mm x 2300mm (3-ply hog)
1 x 6mm x 1220mm x 2500mm (5-ply plywood)
1½ x 12mm x 1220mm x 2500 (7-ply plywood)
½ x 9mm x 1220mm x 1220mm (5-ply exterior grade hardboard to make spacer bulkheads)
The CNC machine work to cut the above plys to the right shapes; (Hull sides, stern, bow, bottom panel including the daggerboard panel, mast bulkhead and thwart, canter bulkhead and daggerboard case sides, two dummy spacer bulkheads, templates to shape the Meranti wood parts for the floatation, kicking strap mount blocks, corners to stiffen the hull with and the rudder and daggerboard.)
Meranti wood machined and planed all round;
6 x 16mm x 35mm x 2400mm
2 x 20mm x 25mm x 2400mm
1 x 16mm x 150mm x 1800mm
2 x 27mm x 50mm x 400mm
1 x 60mm x 100mm x 180mm
Cross rail stiffeners; (removed when the hull is built)
1 x 22mm x 44mm x 380mm
1 x 22mm x 44mm x 700mm
1 x 22mm x 44mm x 830mm
Cleats 22mm x 22mm
Resolution Epoxy.3kgs
Screws
Graded Teak Wood Flour ½ kg
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