It have been too cold for epoxy work here the last week and a half. With temperatures down to -10 degC outside the garage is seldom above 10degC. So to use the time we have ripped some more strips. We still think the handheld circular/skil saw is the perfect tool for an operation like ours. Virtually no setup time, no need for a large room to rip the strips, good quality on the strips dimensions and no broken strips. We rip strips of two sizes, 19mm and 38mm and only full length. We can sort through the stock of two lumberyards so we pick the best planks available, which usually are pretty clear grained and with reasonable amounts of knots. To save some time we stack the 19mm planks on top of each other and secure them with some screws. That way we rip two strips for each run with the saw.
Besides ripping, routing more bulkheads and some housekeeping we also weighted the first hull half with the inside glass in place. We weighted it three times and it was between 8.4 and 8.8 every time. We are pretty pleased with that.
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Out of interest, how long is your window of true summer?
I've spent a bit of time in Canada(always the winter) and I know theirs is short and sharp.
How do you compare.
Sailors in Norway must be a truly dedicated.
For those coming from warm countries, our summer probably dont qualify as summer. There is an old joke about somebody moving to Norway from a warm climate and people in the old country was asking how it was. "Well, there are two winters, one white with snow and one green. The green is worst becouse then they turn off the heating".
Summer months are june, july, august. Then temperatures vary from 10degC to 25degC. We have temperatures outside that scope as well, but mostly we are between. It depends on what kind of weather systems are coming here. Lows from the caribbean, or polar fronts from the artic..
I/we usually sail from april through october. If we are lucky, it is reasonably comfortable. We have dug the boat out from under snow and ice some times to go sailing/racing though.. A drysuit is a good investment at 63deg north if you want to sail a lot. We usually have one or two days a year where we sail in shorts and without neoprene shoes..
Hey Rolf, just wondering:
is a 5/3 semidry enough for july there ?
You should be fine in a 5/3 semidry, perhaps even too hot on a sunny day. But with a drysuit you are much more comfortable.
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