Didi mini cruise drop keel

We have already sent out a drop keel for the cruise verson of the Didi mini transat,thats in Freemantle,Australia,this one will be going to Salisbury in England when its complete,we supply and mould the lead ballast halfs too.

We use Iroko for the drop keel on the Didi Mini Cruise as its quite heavy and also hard,so it will easily take the added 400 kgs of lead ballast that will be later bolted to it,we start the process with this lamination.We use phenolic marine glue,it dries well and stays hard in any weather,hot or cold,the lamination will stay clamped on our traveling saw bed over the next few days. Then it goes to our CNC shop guys at Digicut,they will profile the Iroko blank,I will later shape and finish the keel,ending up with epoxy paint primer.View the blog every so often for progress pictures.

Roy