A Little Vacuum Bagging

[jrandy]

Thanks Guys, my misery appreciates your company. It's nice to know that I am not uniquely gifted in that regard.

[PonoBill]

One of my board racks has a pointed 2x4 wood edge. It punched a little hole in the bottom of one of my race boards. While I had it out on my shaping stands, I figured I'd fix a few other non-leaking dings and scraps. I got a little careless with the sander while doing the patches and made a bigger hole. I finally got it all patched, then took it for a paddle. When I was putting it back on the rack, that dam pointed edge punched another hole in the bottom     . I immediately took my rasp to the 2x4 and rounded off the pointed edge. Still have to do the repair.... again.....

I'm saying nothing. NOTHING!. Even though before I padded the bottom throat of my new stand I fumbled my 17 V1 and dropped it into the middle on it's edge. Four leakers with one fumble--top and bottom, front and back. But I'm saying NOTHING!!

[jrandy]

I was able to take a little trip to sail the PDRacer with a group of builders/sailors. For perspective, the boat is 4x8 feet and the mast is 16 feet. We did a capsize test and there was barely a cup of water in the boat after righting it due to the side floatation chambers. I added a block to the boom (with a borrowed knife and a piece of line out in the middle of the lake) to help with the mainsheet angle through the traveler.