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Edge Capping a Cored Panel: Packing Unidirectional Fibre Into a Tight Channel

Edge Capping a Cored Panel: Packing Unidirectional Fibre Into a Tight Channel Following on from the beam-theory reasoning behind cutting a bulkhead for headroom, this is the actual execution — getting calculated unidirectional fibre packed properly into a narrow routed channel, which turned out to be a genuinely different challenge from laminating it onto a […]

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Can You Make a Catamaran Too Light? The Real Answer

Can You Make a Catamaran Too Light? The Real Answer A question that comes up often enough with all the weight coming out of Paikea right now deserves a proper answer, because the honest one has more nuance than a simple yes or no. Can a Component Be Too Light? Yes. Individual parts of a

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Rebuilding a Forward Bunk: Beam Boxes, Panel Span, and Water Catchment

Rebuilding a Forward Bunk: Beam Boxes, Panel Span, and Water Catchment Rebuilding Harry’s forward bunk space meant moving his bed further back and lowering it slightly for more comfort and width — straightforward on its own, but it sits right beside two bulkheads doing real structural work, which meant thinking carefully about what could change

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Closing the Loop: A Return Flange at the Site of the Original Hull Crack

Closing the Loop: A Return Flange at the Site of the Original Hull Crack Some of the best footage this week came from behind the camera rather than in front of it — a week away at work meant the boys took over documentation duties, catching two genuinely separate projects happening in parallel aboard Paikea.

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Laminating a Bulkhead Penetration with a 3D-Printed Plug

Laminating a Bulkhead Penetration with a 3D-Printed Plug Every hole through a structural bulkhead is a weak point unless it’s reinforced properly — and reinforcing it properly starts with a plug that comes back out again. Matching laminate to the surrounding skin The basic rule for reinforcing a penetration is straightforward: match the laminate going

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Penetrating a Structural Bulkhead the Right Way

Penetrating a Structural Bulkhead the Right Way Every wire, hose, and pipe that needs to cross a bulkhead has to pass through it somehow — and how that hole gets made and finished is the difference between a boat that holds up for decades and one that develops a serious structural problem. Why a Hole

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