Carbon Anchor Roller, Nav Lights, and the Final Details on Paikea’s Front End The structural work was done. What remained was the detail — and on a build like this the detail takes as long as the structure. The trampoline tracks needed to move up. The original position was too low for the geometry of […]
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Forestay Attachment and Wet Preg: Engineering the Pin Into a Carbon Longeron Attaching a forestay to a carbon longeron built from recycled mast sections isn’t a standard job. There are no off-the-shelf fittings for this configuration — the geometry is specific to this mast, this boat, and this longeron position. Shayne spent a lot of
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Servicing Vetus Hydraulic Steering Rams Push the cylinder rod side to side and feel it move more than it should — that’s the seals telling you they’re done. Paikea’s steering rams had been leaking hydraulic oil since we got the boat, and once the play in the rod confirmed it, there wasn’t much point putting
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Wet Laminate vs. Prepreg: Choosing the Right Carbon Fibre Method Choosing between wet laminate and prepreg is one of the first decisions you’ll face on any carbon fibre project, and it’s one Shayne’s made a few hundred times over — from grand prix campaigns down to a single part on Paikea. Here’s how he breaks
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The Benefits of Using Peel Ply Peel ply is the layer that never stays with the boat — and it’s doing more work than its five minutes of fame in the lamination stack would suggest. It goes on as the first layer against the laminate, and it comes off before the next layer goes on.
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