Kiki 30 beams

Comment by Rogerio Martin on July 27, 2014 at 7:05pm

Hi John, reinforce with some fiberglass the center of frontbeam. Becouse the moring ropes slide there and sand the wood...I will take some photos of my frontbeam and post here.

Comment by Ann and Neville Clement on July 31, 2014 at 1:39am

Hi John,

   Nice to see your workshop again and one of your good eyes!  That looks like your fine work on the crossbeams  and lots of progress building the boat.  Maybe we can fit the crossbeams to the hulls while we visit you in Sept and perhaps "Monday Club" can be at hour house then too before we drive back to Oriental.  X

Comment by john james on July 31, 2014 at 7:58pm

Rogero thank you for the tip I'm too late for the fiberglass. crossarm is all painted perhaps some kind of sacrificial wood strips there would do as well, softwood should make a good chafing Barrier for the anchor line what do you reckon your building time for your boat was ? it's hard to remember when I started but I think I'm on years three. My daughters house has a leaky roof I have to go fix her roof. The garden needs attention. I know nothing about geometry how do you get the two hulls pointed in the same direction the same distance apart?

Comment by Rogerio Martin on August 1, 2014 at 1:18pm

Make one H in the flor with pencil, set the hull and measure X Starbord bow to port stern.

The wood block under crossbeams command all. Glue it after set the hull.

About the time...I almost be crazy. But I have one partner in build, He work too. We work all comercial days 16:00 to 20:00 and full day in saturdays. We build in 25 months.

Comment by john james on August 3, 2014 at 1:35pm

Hello thank you again Rogerio. I'm working outdoors in the grass . Just like you say Cross diagonals measurements is probably the key to getting  them pretty good . Bubble level on the flat part of cross arms I  guess , crowbar and just keep pinching it about until things look OK ...YES yes I see the whole thing- thumbtack in the centerline of the deck beam number one then another in Center of deck beam  number seven.-Both hulls-the string that goes from number one starboard hull goes to number seven port hull. Another identical string goes from deck beam number one port hull to number seven starboard hull. I can even watch the strings react   as I crowbar the HULLS around this way and that...

Comment by Rogerio Martin on August 3, 2014 at 5:09pm

Centerline to center line is 3,70m...in tikirio lasshing inside block. Lashing outside the hulls, you eat 10cm from beam overal and Center to center will be 3,60m

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