Dion_Dunn
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I've done some searching on and off this site for anyone who has done a home made daggerboard using foam and fiberglass.
I currently have an original 1983 mahogany daggerboard that has seen better days. I will eventually restore it, but since my primary use of the boat is for club racing, I want to go with the more competitive, longer foiled shape. It would be easy and probably cheaper to just go buy one of the Intensity boards and be done with it, but I like to make stuff whether it makes economic sense or not.
One of my other hobbies is RC aircraft, and I have made plenty of super stronger, high performance sailplane wings using foam, reinforcing spars, and fiberglass. I can send one of my 12 foot wings up a winch line at full power and barely get it to bend. That got me thinking about building a daggerboard using the same techniques. I have a hot wire bow that I use to cut wing cores. I can either make a carbon fiber/kevlar composite or a set of steel spars, and then cover the hole mess with bi-directional fiberglass and epoxy. Of course, I'd follow the class dimensions, etc.
Thoughts? Has someone already done this? Bad idea?
Dion
I currently have an original 1983 mahogany daggerboard that has seen better days. I will eventually restore it, but since my primary use of the boat is for club racing, I want to go with the more competitive, longer foiled shape. It would be easy and probably cheaper to just go buy one of the Intensity boards and be done with it, but I like to make stuff whether it makes economic sense or not.
One of my other hobbies is RC aircraft, and I have made plenty of super stronger, high performance sailplane wings using foam, reinforcing spars, and fiberglass. I can send one of my 12 foot wings up a winch line at full power and barely get it to bend. That got me thinking about building a daggerboard using the same techniques. I have a hot wire bow that I use to cut wing cores. I can either make a carbon fiber/kevlar composite or a set of steel spars, and then cover the hole mess with bi-directional fiberglass and epoxy. Of course, I'd follow the class dimensions, etc.
Thoughts? Has someone already done this? Bad idea?
Dion