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Today we have worked on the actual building for the first time.



Therefore we tried to get the vacuum pump working. First the pump was not running at all. We found out that the rotor was blocked by a small part of metal that was lost in the inside. After that problem was fixed we were suprised to find out that our vacuum pump was not sucking in air but blowing air out. So after four hours we were finally able to laminate our first test.



For the test we laminated a panel measuring 50 cm * 120 cm. The picture shows Helmut with our first test..If this test has been succesfull we are going to laminate the first hull tomorrow.

I will keep on posting more regular now (as more is happening now)

I know that I haven't posted for quite some time and I know you think that we are not progressing at all.





The first two weeks we have set up our shop and ordered all materials for the first four boats.



While we waited for the materials we have started to change the female plug. We have cut off part of the form and thus lowered the whole boat by 7cm and narrowed it to a deck width of 39,5cm.



As the form was lowered the hood didn't fit anymore. So we cut off part of the hood mould, too. This way we saved quite a bit of material, weight and money